An archaeologist considers the history and biology of what defines a taste of home.
What If There Is Life on Venus?The surprising scientific discovery of phosphine in the clouds of Earth’s closest neighboring planet is reanimating questions about humanity’s place in the cosmos.
The Green Woods of ResilienceAn anthropologist unwinds the complex threads of forest conservation, revealing how Rwanda’s Gishwati Forest has emerged as a place of hope after decades of turmoil.
A Mammoth Find Near Mexico CityScientists have identified the largest ever assemblage of mammoth bones.
Do Black Lives Matter in Outer Space?Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, is ramping up its efforts to inhabit Mars, raising crucial questions about who gets left out of fantasies of space colonization.
Saving Ifugao Weaving in the PhilippinesA system of heritage ownership by the Ifugao people has helped revive Indigenous traditions and even fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
BlindedA SAPIENS poetry contest winner peers through imagination’s angled lens to consider a city that is both visible—and invisible.
Grass TrilogyThree poems by Mongolian author Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar, translated by a poet-anthropologist, offer timeless celebrations of life on Earth.
Introduction to Grass TrilogySAPIENS celebrates Earth Day 2020 with a poet-anthropologist’s translations of three rapturous poems by Mongolian author Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar.
i. will. cross.In a SAPIENS contest-winning poem by a Kashmiri anthropologist, the threats posed by crossing the Line of Control, a highly militarized de facto border, are faced down by a lover of freedom.
