An anthropologist uses explicit insults to get students thinking about gender and power in everyday language. Plus, a brief explainer…
Twitter’s Blue Tick Is a Fake SignalEvolutionary theory can help us better understand the recent debacle about social media platforms’ popular symbol as a signaling problem.…
Dating Apps Can Gauge Attraction but Not ChemistryWhy do attraction and chemistry feel different in the digital age? The answer lies in how digitally mediated information is…
Extraordinary Lessons From a Community-Led ExcavationAn archaeologist examines how community members in Cardiff, Wales, collaborated with a research team to make important insights into the…
a love letter to my qáqnaʔA sqilxʷ poet and artist who currently lives in Mohkínstsis, Treaty 7 in Canada speaks to their grandmother of longing…
The Woods Lament For MePoet-anthropologist Jason Vasser-Elong revitalizes stories of interwoven lineages of his African-descent ancestors and those who were Native American. The Woods…
Navigating the Ethics of Ancient DNA ResearchPaleogenomic research has expanded rapidly over the past two decades, igniting heated debates about handling human remains. Who gives consent…
Mayel LyangA poet of the Indigenous Lepcha community of the Eastern Himalayas ponders how to draw maps of the mind, heart,…
Planting Seeds for a More Ethical FutureThree contributors to a special series reflect on why slowing down and building trust between community partners is fundamental to…
What If Neanderthals Had Outlived Homo Sapiens?An anthropologist considers how different the world might be if Neanderthals—and hence, their ways of navigating relationships with the environment…
