Black women in the U.S. are far more likely to die from complications related to pregnancy and birth than White…
The HeavinessA multidisciplinary poet-scholar and suicide attempt and multi-suicide loss survivor unveils complex anthropological threads that shape suicidal ideation. ✽ Worldwide,…
The Psychedelics Industry Is Booming—but Who’s Being Left Out?Three researchers discuss the possibilities and problems arising as psychedelic plant medicines, held sacred by many Indigenous communities, move into…
Slow Death by VolcanoA biocultural anthropologist shares new research on the surprising long-term hazards of volcanoes in Iceland—and how to address them. THE…
What a Cow’s Horn Reveals About Khoisan MedicineAn archaeologist explains what a 500-year-old horn container found in South Africa illuminates about precolonial Khoisan medical and spiritual knowledges.…
A Native Alaska Community’s Reckoning With Vaccine HesitancyAn anthropologist’s research with Tlingit communities in Alaska shows they have good reasons to be skeptical about vaccines. They know…
Broadening Demands for Reproductive JusticeAn interview with anthropologist Dána-Ain Davis digs into abortion rights and reproductive justice after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of…
Does “Monkeypox” Give Monkeys a Bad Name?The debate over naming the virus known as monkeypox says a lot about the close—but fraught—relationships between humans and our…
An Archaeology of Personhood and AbortionOpinions about fetal personhood and abortion have fluctuated enormously throughout history and differ in surprising ways between cultures. ✽ After…
Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?An anthropologist digs into the origins of a popular story attributed to Margaret Mead about the original sign of civilization.
