A Gibbon’s Tooth, 13 Million Years Old, Fills Gap in Primate Evolution
A shiny object in the dirt turned out to be a 13 million-year-old gibbon's tooth. The fossil fills a gap in how we see primate evolution. Read more ›
How Carbon-14 Sparked a Scientific Revolution & ‘Left an Imprint’
Prof. John Marra details just why Carbon-14 is the most important isotope — existing in every living thing — in his new book "Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science." Read more ›
Do Not Pass Go: The Landscapes of Security
Security is no longer just a lock on the door. It’s about access, infrastructure, and surveillance, from homes and neighborhoods right on up to borders and the regimes that control them. Read more ›
SNAPSHOT: An Anthropologist Measures Health
How do you measure health? A cultural anthropologist came up with a framework for health that examines both “social practice and the physical body.” Read more ›
Less Physical Activity in Children Adds Pounds and Inches
A recent study suggests that when children cut back on physical activity, metabolic competition for calories is less, leaving their bodies free to grow more. Read more ›
Anthropologist or Spy?
In her new memoir, Katherine Verdery recounts the time she spent in communist Romania in the 1970s, during which she was branded a spy, followed, and surveilled. Read more ›
Walkers or Tree Climbers? Early Humans Were Both
In a new analysis of fossils and biomechanics, a team of researchers discovered that the earliest hominins had the bone and muscle structure to both walk and climb. Read more ›
Defining Society Through Space and Place
Spatializing Culture: The Ethnography of Space and Place situates ideas of space and place in contexts of globalization, real estate development, violence, social inequity, and territorial conflict. Read more ›