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Arts Oct 10

University of California, Berkeley repatriates cultural artifacts to Indigenous tribe

By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson

Nation Oct 10

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Analysis: How well-meaning land acknowledgements can erase Indigenous people and sanitize history

Land acknowledgments state that activities are taking place on land previously owned by Indigenous peoples. They’re becoming popular – but may harm more than they heal, say three anthropologists.

By Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Lambert, Valerie Lambert, The Conversation

Science Oct 28

A Khoisan woman in Namibia on August 22, 2010 are an ethnic group of southwest Africa. They live in the Kalahari Desert across the borders of Botswana, Namibia, Angola and South Africa. Most live in Botswana. They have a foraging lifestyle based on the hunting of wild animals (usually with bows and poison arrows and spears) and the gathering of veld food. Their lifestyle is particularly adapted to the hard conditions of the Kalahari Desert. Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Cradle of modern human life found in Botswana…maybe

The motherland of all motherlands has been genetically pinpointed in northern Botswana, but is it truly the source of modern humans?…

By Nsikan Akpan

Science Jun 26

Humans evolved to walk barefoot and develop calluses that would protect our feet. Now, many of us walk in cushioned shoes and never develop those calluses. Image by annuoka/Adobe
Why you should embrace your foot calluses

Unlike modern cushioned shoes, calluses both protect your feet and allow you to feel the ground you walk on.

By Vicky Stein

Science Apr 10

Callao Cave on Luzon Island in The Philippines, where the fossils of Homo luzonensis were discovered. Photo by Callao Cave Archaeology Project/Florent Détroit
Did scientists discover a new species of human in a Philippines cave?

The announcement of a new species of ancient human (more correctly hominin) from the Philippines will cause a lot of head-shaking among anthropologists and archaeologists.

By Darren Curnoe, The Conversation

Mar 20

Which came first: society or a fear of god?

By Nsikan Akpan

Religion is a fundamental feature of humanity, but did our ancestors need it to form complex societies?…

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Nov 20

Let these globe-trotting lessons in potty training flush your parental worries away

By Alma Gottlieb, The Conversation

An anthropologist explores why there’s no one-size-fits-all model of child-rearing advice for all the world’s parents.

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Mar 10

Why did humans evolve big brains? We don’t know, but math can help

By Kristin Hugo

Evolutionary biologists can use this new equation to test their ideas for how the human brain got so big.

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Nov 30

Lucy, our famous ancestor, was built for tree-dwelling

By Kristin Hugo

Bone scans of Lucy, our ever popular human ancestor, suggest early hominins may have spent millions of years “monkeying around” in trees.

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Nov 17

Column: How colors get their names

By Claire Bowern, The Conversation

A Yale linguist explains how many colors exist in your language’s rainbow.

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