AnthropologyMarch 1, 2023
Eight Billion People in the World Is a Crisis, Not an Achievement
More people will not solve the problem of too many people
Anthropology
AnthropologyMarch 1, 2023
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: March 2023
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AnthropologyFebruary 1, 2023
Native Americans Conducted Large-Scale Copper Mining 6,000 Years Ago
Prehistoric pollution reveals extensive copper mining near Lake Superior
ArchaeologyJanuary 26, 2023
Did Plants Domesticate Humans? Watch The First Entanglement
Archaeologists studying one of the birthplaces of agriculture find a complex interplay between human actions and the workings of nature and genetics.
GeneticsJanuary 18, 2023
Dads Have Been Older than Moms since the Dawn of Humanity, Study Suggests
Using modern human DNA to estimate when new generations were born over 250,000 years, scientists suggest that fathers have been having children later in life than mothers throughout human history
GeneticsJanuary 12, 2023
Ancient Americans Crossed Back into Siberia in a Two-Way Migration, New Evidence Shows
Scientists have long known that ancient people living in Siberia made their way into what is now North America. Mounting DNA evidence suggests migration also happened in the opposite direction
GeneticsDecember 8, 2022
DNA from Extinct Human Relative May Have Shaped Modern Papuans’ Immune System
DNA from Denisovans, an extinct human species, that was found in the genomes of Indigenous Papuans may mold their immune system
AnthropologyOctober 21, 2022
First Known Neandertal Family Discovered in Siberian Cave
Ancient DNA from closely related individuals offers fresh insight into Neanderthals’ lives and social structures
AnthropologyOctober 7, 2022
Desecrated Human Skulls Are Being Sold on Social Media in U.K.’s Unregulated Bone Trade
The human remains trade is thriving on Facebook and Instagram
AnthropologyOctober 3, 2022
Discoveries about Ancient Human Evolution Win 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Svante Pääbo’s work on sequencing the DNA of Neandertals and Denisovans, which won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, revealed surprising interbreeding among human species
CultureJune 29, 2022
How Indigenous Groups Are Using 3-D Technology to Preserve Ancient Practices
To safeguard fragile cultural objects, some groups are replicating them with digital models
AnthropologyMay 1, 2022
This Amazonian Indigenous Group Has Lessons in Sustainable Living for All of Us
The Apiwtxa community has designed a way to live with, rather than off, nature