Biological Anthropology

Depressive Symptoms And Memory Loss in Older Adults Linked to Telomere Shortening

( There's a tiny, slow-burning 'fuse' attached to the ends of all our chromosomes, and as we naturally age, each…

2 years ago

Menopause Isn’t as Responsible For Lost Libido as We Always Thought

Menopause doesn't have to impact a woman's sex life for the worst. A national survey in the United Kingdom suggests…

2 years ago

Footprint evidence of early hominin locomotor diversity at Laetoli, Tanzania

Abstract Bipedal trackways discovered in 1978 at Laetoli site G, Tanzania and dated to 3.66 million years ago are widely…

3 years ago

How the mixed-race mestizo myth warped science in Latin America

Researchers are trying to dismantle the flawed concept of homogeneous racial mixing that has fostered discrimination in Mexico, Brazil and…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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,…

3 years ago

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…

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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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago