Athletics, IQ, Health: Three Myths of Race
An evolutionary biologist and biological anthropologist break down why differences in human athleticism, IQ, and health can’t be explained by the concept of race.
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Surfing in Color
A poet-anthropologist witnesses people of the African diaspora “riding waves across the surfable globe.”
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Brotherhood and Anti-Blackness in College Football
As another college football season begins, an anthropologist explores how Black athletes navigate racism by caring for one another on and off the gridiron.
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Five Ways Humans Evolved to be Athletes
An archaeologist explores human athletic paleobiology to explain how our prowess in sport has deep roots in evolution. -
The Evolution of Throwing
Homo sapiens has a throwing arm that sets our species apart from all others—now athletes are helping anthropologists understand this prowess.
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Sexism Still Winning at the Olympic Games
Old ideas about gender are unfairly baked into sporting regulations and guidance. That should change.