Anthropology
An Ancient Site with Human Skulls on Display
Where our ancestors began to elevate themselves above nature.
Gender Is What You Make of It
Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and the relationship that changed social science.
How We Learned to Love Neanderthals…and a Lot of Other Hominids, Too
Genetic analysis reveals a complex tale of migrations and cross-species trysts in our human past
Why Doesn’t Everybody Have Dark Skin Today?
Questions and answers about the science of skin color.
Galactic Settlement and the Fermi Paradox
The results of galactic colonization models are a mixed bag for SETI optimists.
Why Symbols Aren’t Forever
The removal of cultural emblems is not the erasure of history but part of it.
The Ancient Rites That Gave Birth to Religion
Sacred beliefs likely arose out of prehistoric bonding and rituals.
Are Suicide Bombings Really Driven by Ideology?
The surprising anthropology of group identity.