A biological and anthropological researcher explains how humans’ diverse ways of mating might have evolved. ✽ Marrying more than one…
Dismantling the “Man the Hunter” MythTwo biological anthropologists analyze archaeological and physiological evidence to debunk enduring assumptions about the gendered division of labor in ancient…
Weaving Stories: Two Women SpeakAuthor and poet Sia Figiel and activist and anthropologist Doris Tulifau share their stories of being Samoan women. They also…
Sex, Lies, and Science WarsThe Mead-Freeman controversy reaches its climax. Scientists, scholars, and Samoans debate the nature of sexuality, culture, and truth. After anthropologist…
Into the LightChristianity and colonization deeply reshaped Samoan culture starting in the 1830s, complicating how anthropologists Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman saw…
Trashing an American IconAnthropologist Derek Freeman became Margaret Mead’s biggest critic, trying to undo her research in American Samoa and her reputation as…
We Need to Tell Our Own StoriesIn the controversies swirling around Margaret Mead’s work in American Samoa, one set of voices has too often been left…
Flapper of the South SeasA young anthropologist named Margaret Mead journeyed to American Samoa in 1925 and claimed she found a culture where teenagers…
Coming of Age … TodayDoes the transition from childhood to adulthood have to be so difficult? This question sent famed anthropologist Margaret Mead to…
The Problems With Coming of AgeA famed anthropologist’s controversial research in American Samoa reveals the biggest questions about growing up and being human. This special…
