Researchers are trying to dismantle the flawed concept of homogeneous racial mixing that has fostered discrimination in Mexico, Brazil and other countries Article created by
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Did Processed Foods Make Us Human?
Article created by Bill Schindler Experimental archaeologist Bill Schindler’s globe-trotting research has led him to champion a diet based on humanity’s long history of inventive
The Diet of the Future Is a Menu That Draws From the Ancient Past
Article created By Bill Schindler It was the opportunity of a lifetime. I was starring in National Geographic’s The Great Human Race, a television series in which
Were Neanderthals More Than Cousins to Homo Sapiens?
Around 200,000 years ago, in what is now northern Israel, a small band of tech-savvy humans dragged home and dismembered a bounty of wildlife. Using
The Humans We Haven’t Met Yet
One anthropologist contends that far too many species have been lumped into one category: Our story is more complicated, he argues. Article created by Jeffrey H.
What’s Left Unsaid When a Language Dies
Deep in Papua New Guinea, the speakers of Tayap have stopped using their native tongue. In ADeath in the Rainforest, an anthropologist recounts his journey over
Changes of Divination in traditional and digital times
Aman stands in front of a judge, accused of stealing. The judge consults a source that will determine whether to grant bail. A woman stands in
In establishment of Ancestry: Does DNA Simplify or Complicate Repatriation Claims?
A restitution effort in South Africa illustrates the challenges to scientists, policymakers, and living descendants as they navigate the complex repercussions of genetic analysis for unethically obtained
Five Breakthrough Signs of Early Peoples in the Americas
More and more archaeological finds reveal a complex picture of how and when people first arrived in North America. Alot of ink has been spilled
COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL APPROACH
Anthropology is a comparative and integrated discipline. Anthropologicalresearch examines all the societies, simple and complex. Anthropologicalresearch has two purposes:to collect and record descriptive data about