Can Medical Anthropology Solve the Diabetes Dilemma?
As the number of sufferers continues to rise, some researchers are moving in new directions to figure out how culture and lifestyle shape disease outcomes.
Can Medical Anthropology Solve the Diabetes Dilemma?
Genetics
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How Molecular Clocks Are Refining Human Evolution’s Timeline
Scientists are getting better and better at using DNA to figure out when key evolutionary events happened.
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Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
As an increasingly complex picture of schizophrenia emerges, researchers are recognizing that a more individualized and humane approach is needed to better understand and treat the condition.
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Is Violence Embedded in Our DNA?
Some research suggests that throughout our evolution an innate tendency toward fighting shaped human anatomy. But anthropologists are sharply divided on the matter.
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What Role Did Autism Play in Human Evolution?
Traits we often tend to disparage were—and arguably still are—critical to human communities.
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The Ethical Battle Over Ancient DNA
Researchers who study the DNA of ancient Native Americans have been learning how to collaborate with American Indian tribes instead of fighting them over ancestral human remains. But a recent case suggests still more sensitivity is needed.