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.
An anthropologist explores whether the qualities fathers acquire though caregiving shifts their understandings of manhood.
Sexism Still Winning at the Olympic GamesOld ideas about gender are unfairly baked into sporting regulations and guidance. That should change.
Sex in Sport: Men Don’t Always Have the AdvantageResearch shows that real differences exist in athletic capacities, on average, between men and women. But they cut both ways.
Anti-Asian Racism’s Deep Roots in the United StatesSAPIENS talks with anthropologist Kyeyoung Park about anti-Asian violence and Asian Americans’ fraught sense of belonging in the U.S.
Stop Erasing Transgender Stories From HistoryRemembering that human sex and gender lie across a spectrum in the past is vital to curbing violence toward gender-nonconforming people today.
When Kinship Is Traced Through Women, Their Health FollowsA study finds that there may be health benefits when family ties are linked through mothers and women head households.
The Untold Stories of Archaeology’s WomenStories of pioneering women in the “digging” sciences have been skewed toward those who were White, wealthy, and networked. The TrowelBlazers project aims to reset our imagination—and our future.
Women at the Hearth and on the HuntNew archaeological findings about hunting challenge entrenched beliefs about gender roles in ancient hunter-gatherer societies.
My Nonbinary ChildAn anthropologist muses on what her career and child have taught her about gender stereotypes and fluidity.
What Milk-Sharing Communities RevealAs women in the United States create networks to give or receive breast milk, anthropologists are illuminating the complex social and cultural forces that shape mothers’ choices.
