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In the seventh season of the SAPIENS podcast, listeners will hear a range of stories about how technology—in a variety…
How Accurate Is the Stone Age Thriller Out of Darkness?An archaeologist with expertise in human origins assesses the accuracy of a 2022 film about Homo sapiens who encounter Neanderthals.…
Making Anthropological Poetry ReelIn featuring three SAPIENS poems, students in a digital anthropology seminar infused video reels for Instagram with vivid history and…
Can We Understand One Another?The Mead-Freeman controversy draws to a close, with some answers to who was right and who was wrong. But, in…
Spend a Day Tracking ChimpanzeesA series of short videos captures a rare view into the lives of wild chimps through the eyes of a…
Writing Indigenous Oral Tradition to Fight a DamIn the northern Philippines, the Isnag are documenting their Traditional Stories to sustain their culture and fight a legal battle…
Why I Ask My Students to Swear in ClassAn anthropologist uses explicit insults to get students thinking about gender and power in everyday language. Plus, a brief explainer…
The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta StoneAn archaeologist explains how recent archaeological finds in Egypt expand our knowledge of a violent revolt discussed on the now-famous…
Twitter’s Blue Tick Is a Fake SignalEvolutionary theory can help us better understand the recent debacle about social media platforms’ popular symbol as a signaling problem.…
Dating Apps Can Gauge Attraction but Not ChemistryWhy do attraction and chemistry feel different in the digital age? The answer lies in how digitally mediated information is…
