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.
In Ecuador, Shuar people, an Indigenous group in the region, face increasing threats to their ways of life from industrial…
A Mausoleum of Our Everydays/Nai nsang negu heroukiA humanities and social science doctoral student from Manipur, India, takes readers on a journey through ordinary moments interwoven with…
What Is “Natural” for Human Sexual Relationships?A biological and anthropological researcher explains how humans’ diverse ways of mating might have evolved. ✽ Marrying more than one…
Can We Understand One Another?The Mead-Freeman controversy draws to a close, with some answers to who was right and who was wrong. But, in…
Trashing an American IconAnthropologist Derek Freeman became Margaret Mead’s biggest critic, trying to undo her research in American Samoa and her reputation as…
We Need to Tell Our Own StoriesIn the controversies swirling around Margaret Mead’s work in American Samoa, one set of voices has too often been left…
Restoring Faces and Dignity to Skeletal RemainsAn anthropologist explains how a South African university used community-driven research to honor human remains acquired unethically. This article was…
To Wear the WindA tribal scholar from the state of Nagaland in India engages with the loss of traditional cultural practices and locates…
Archaeological Tropes That Perpetuate ColonialismTwo Indigenous archaeologists from the U.S. Southwest shed light on how “abandonment” and other common archaeological terms continue to cause…
Speaking in TonguesA scholar from Nagaland in India offers visceral, familial insights on language and culture loss in her Indigenous tribal community.…
