Transracial Adoption and the Limits of Love
A Korean adoptee and anthropologist reflects on how studying kinship made her rethink her own fraught family bonds.
Kinship
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Did Dads Evolve?
Most male mammals are not involved in raising their offspring. Anthropological observations of fatherhood can provide insight into how—and why—humans are so different.
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Remembering the Forgotten Chinese Railroad Workers
Archaeologists help modern descendants of Chinese railroad laborers commemorate their ancestors.
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On Fat Tuesday, Break an Egg Over Someone’s Head
A colorful custom that began centuries ago in Asia has spread through various countries and evolved into a celebration of joy and friendship.
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Making Love—and Nations
Why was love across ethnic boundaries in colonial nations so dangerous? For one thing, it threatened to wrench nations apart because it risked binding them together.