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.
SAPIENS’ 2023 poet-in-residence sketches the history she speaks to in three poems from Indian-occupied Kashmir. “Speak up for your lips…
Best of SAPIENS 2023In another year of exceptional challenges and hardships, anthropologists tackled a range of issues and questions about what it means…
Treasure Hunters Pose Problems for ArchaeologistsTwo scholars discuss the challenges of accurately studying underwater archaeological heritage—among them, unauthorized acquisitions. This article was originally published at The…
Dismantling the Walls in Our HeadsThe Berlin Wall fell more than three decades ago—but political, social, and economic divides between East and West Germany continue…
Past and Present Approaches to the Management of Red DeerAn archaeologist weighs the pros and cons driving debates around the rising population of Scotland’s renowned animal and explains what…
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its WorkA museum curator and a First Nations leader explain how a treaty pipe, sold at auction, exemplifies a new path…
Ancient DNA Supports Swahili Oral TraditionsTwo researchers explain how ancient DNA research is helping to restore the origin story of the Swahili people along the…
The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta StoneAn archaeologist explains how recent archaeological finds in Egypt expand our knowledge of a violent revolt discussed on the now-famous…
What It Means to be Human in an AsylumA sociocultural anthropologist from Pakistan speaks to how women in asylums in a patriarchal culture are in a battle between…
Aného’s Disappearing CoastHow do people adapt when the ground beneath their feet starts to wash away? All over the world, coastal communities…
