
When Kinship Is Traced Through Women, Their Health Follows
A study finds that there may be health benefits when family ties are linked through mothers and women head households.
A study finds that there may be health benefits when family ties are linked through mothers and women head households.
The ways in which Andean villagers have adapted to a neighboring volcano could offer lessons to other communities in reframing risks and responding to disasters.
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An anthropologist—and identical twin—grapples with different cultural understandings of twinship.
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The pandemic has made visible the vulnerabilities that many undocumented immigrants in the U.S. face on a daily basis.