Anthropology
The Point of Men’s Cults
Does their pervasiveness tell us something important about evolution and human behavior?
The City at the Center of the Cosmos
Robots and lasers are uncovering an ancient, sacred geography.
The Rituals That Ward Off Bad Luck Aren’t Arbitrary
Bodily experiences inform the way we think.
The Modern Mind May Be 100,000 Years Old
New fossil evidence shows sophisticated thought began earlier than we thought.
Why Sports Die
Sports don’t survive their cultures of origin if they resist modern measurement.
The Man Who Used Facebook to Find an Extinct Human Species
Lee Berger has a knack for finding fossils his own way.
Through Fortitude or Stupidity, Lee Berger Is Rewriting Human History
The paleoanthropologist makes no apologies for going his own way.
Drums, Lies, and Audiotape
When I was invited to drum in Ghana, I gladly accepted. Then something went wrong.