Gold Glimmers in the Amazon
Daily life in the remote gold-mining camps of the Amazonian rainforest is difficult, dirty, and sometimes treacherous. But that’s only part of the story.
Gold Glimmers in the Amazon
Environment
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“The Anthropologist” Isn’t Another Climate Change Horror Flick
An evocative new film brings the realities of climate change out of Hollywood and into the intimacy of our everyday lives.
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American Confederates and the Origins of Archaeology in the Amazon Basin
Southerners who settled along the Amazon River after the Civil War stumbled upon rich soils for their plantations—but they also discovered an even richer past.
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Natural Disasters Are Less Natural Than You Think
It’s become apparent that “natural” disasters are largely human creations. So why do we keep creating them?
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Climate Swings Drove Early Humans Out of Africa (and Back Again)
A new study details how climate change directed early modern humans’ intricate dance among continents and pushes back their dispersal out of Africa to at least 100,000 years ago.
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In Deforestation’s Wake, Wild Animals Turn Troublesome
The destruction wrought by the expansion of large-scale oil palm plantations in West Papua is transforming once-wild animals into problematic pets.