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Announcement

After ten years of exploring humanity in all its diversity, SAPIENS has concluded its publishing chapter.

While the magazine has closed, its living archive endures—open to all and preserving the many ideas, voices, and discoveries that deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.

I’ve Got the Neanderthal Blues

New research suggests that depression risk, smoking addiction, and other health and cognitive traits may be partially shaped by the Neanderthal DNA that persists in modern humans.

What Is an Animal?

What is an animal? Take a moment to think about it. it’s still not settled what features defined the very first animals or exactly when they evolved.