Untangling Race From Hair
One anthropologist has made it her mission to remove racial prejudices from the study of hair and find the evolutionary roots of hair diversity.
Identity
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Reviving Huaycán—and the Community That Surrounds It
A small group of passionate young people, led by a local anthropologist, is organizing to protect an ancient site in Peru, and educate their community.
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“Cowboys and Indians”—When Dirt Rocks Are Dynamite
A poet-anthropologist remembers how a popular childhood game reinforced notions of othering and hate—and reflects on how child’s play can set the stage for how we behave as adults.
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At the Heart of It All
In the third episode of season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast, an archaeologist and community historian share the difficult stories of identifying and protecting unmarked graves at Indigenous boarding schools and a historic African American cemetery threatened by development.
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A Lens on Cyprus Reunification
An anthropologist walks around the circumference of this Mediterranean island, photographing people separated by political conflict and reflecting on the ties that bind divided communities.
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Redrawing the Boundaries
The second episode of season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast features stories about what it means to unearth African history on the Caribbean island of St. Croix and why Black archaeologists are searching for sunken slave ships.