Australopithecus fossils were regularly interpreted during the late 20th century in a framework that used living African apes, especially chimpanzees, as…
Major discovery in Tamil Nadu’s Keezhadi: A possible link to Indus Valley Civilisation Another major discovery is that people in…
Of the roughly three billion base pairs making up the human genome, only around 2 percent encodes proteins, leaving the remaining 98…
Scientists revived a 48,500-year-old 'zombie' virus from permafrost and found it was still infectious. The virus was tested on amoebae but could…
From the widespread outbreak of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases of Marburg virus in Equatorial…
Linguistic anthropologists study language in context, revealing how people’s ways of communicating and expressing themselves interact with human culture, history,…
Publishers and researchers are creating graphic publications to help stem the loss of Hñäñho, spoken by the Ñäñho people. ✽…
In recent years, anthropology has increasingly reckoned with its colonial and racist roots. In a special forum, scholars weigh in…
Celebrated 19th-century biologist Ernst Haeckel pushed race science as his little-known protégé Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay defended Indigenous rights. A biological anthropologist…
Archaeologists can help communities retake what colonialism and racism tried to erase through a new goal of “archaeological reclamation.” IN…