Ritual Sacrifice May Have Shaped Dog Domestication
An ancient Arctic site suggests a complex relationship between humans and dogs.
Ritual Sacrifice May Have Shaped Dog Domestication
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Can Cryptocurrency Revolutionize the Rituals of Money?
Some people are turning their backs on traditional banks in favor of cryptocurrencies. Beneath the financial and technological conversations surrounding this shift is a story about how trust shapes the culture of money.
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The Weird, Wild World of Mortuary Customs
Embalming is just one among the world’s wide variety of funeral practices, and in a sense it’s as ordinary as any other. Then again, it’s pretty strange.
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Why This Paleolithic Burial Site Is So Strange (and So Important)
An ancient interment site in Russia challenges us to rethink how Paleolithic humans in Europe treated their dead and organized their societies.
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On Fat Tuesday, Break an Egg Over Someone’s Head
A colorful custom that began centuries ago in Asia has spread through various countries and evolved into a celebration of joy and friendship.
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The Death of a Hungry God
The electrocution of a wild elephant in a village in northeast India illustrates how these formidable beings are experienced as both animal and deity.