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 archaeologist traces how rubble from World War II bombings helped turn London marshlands into a footballing utopia. This article…
Documenting the Kashmir Conflict Through PoetrySAPIENS’ 2023 poet-in-residence sketches the history she speaks to in three poems from Indian-occupied Kashmir. “Speak up for your lips…
Anthropologists on PalestineAmid the war on Gaza and long before, anthropologists have been speaking out against Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Here’s a…
The Vibrant Worlds of Batuan Paintings in BaliA new multimedia project connects the development of a Balinese regional painting style with anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson,…
Dismantling the Walls in Our HeadsThe Berlin Wall fell more than three decades ago—but political, social, and economic divides between East and West Germany continue…
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites—Long Before Modern AstronomersAn Egyptologist’s study of hieroglyphic texts has revealed that ancient Egyptians likely understood the celestial origins of iron-rich meteorites. ✽…
Scientists Uplift Indigenous Human-Horse HistoriesAn archaeologist and a Lakota genomics scientist explain how combining archaeology, DNA, and Indigenous knowledge can help revise colonial human-horse…
The HeavinessA multidisciplinary poet-scholar and suicide attempt and multi-suicide loss survivor unveils complex anthropological threads that shape suicidal ideation. ✽ Worldwide,…
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…
When I See Spring in Your Eyes/yeli bU’ vuċh canen Ạċhen mnz nō bharA poet-anthropologist from Indian-occupied Kashmir speaks of hope as inherited through memories of resilience in the past and present. “When…
