How Will We Remember Coal?
Anticipating a new energy future, an anthropologist returns home to contemplate what lessons we will learn from the coal industry’s material remains and monuments.
Field Notes
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Raising Up African Paleoanthropologists
Generations of scholars from around the world have converged to study human evolution in East Africa. Now a new training program seeks to bring more African students into the field.
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Can Anthropology Help Heal Puerto Rico’s Diabetes Crisis?
Anthropological studies show the potential impact of community care and creative policies in improving health care in Puerto Rico.
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What Indigenous Languages Reveal About Bear Genetics
New research on Indigenous language groups in British Columbia shows a relationship between geographical patterns in genetic variation in grizzly bears and words used to identify these bear populations.
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Who Is the Nesher Ramla Homo?
An international team of archaeologists has uncovered ancient remains that add new dimensions to the story of human evolution.
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A West African Window Into Human Evolution
Senegalese archaeology is revealing new insights into human history on the African continent.