#Anthropology

Neanderthal populations in southern Europe collected shellfish throughout the year, with a marked preference for the colder months, according to a new international study led by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the…

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live and when groups stayed apart.…

A new study by the University of Turku and partners provides fresh insights into an individual buried near Lake Kitka in Kuusamo, Finland, at the turn of the 17th century.…

Curated Collections highlight articles published in the last decade from our AnthroSource archives that speak to urgent issues in the present, offering

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The following is an edited conversation between Ana Croegaert, president of Society for the Anthropology of North America, and section co-editors Tannya

Is World Peace Possible (Part 3) WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? …nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin The life constant The most elemental explanation of why we do what we do was …

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water may flood it in a few million years

Long-forgotten ancient tablets have been decoded, uncovering a mix of magic, politics, and daily life from early civilizations. Among the discoveries are rare anti-witchcraft rituals meant to protect kings and a regnal list that could point to the…

The findings highlight the nuanced ways in which early humans kept themselves well-fed.

In 1753, the Jesuit priest Marc-Antoine Laugier described the origin of dwelling by imagining a lone “savage” troubled by nature’s extremes. This “primitive man,” seeking refuge from scorching heat…

I started college at 21 and by the age of 24 , I will complete my graduation. I am scared that if I continue in the field of science then by the end of the masters I would be 26 and if I go for a PhD in India,it would take another 3-4 years.…

(1946–2026) Andrew H. Maxwell, “Chip,” a beloved former member of the Department of Anthropology at Montclair State University in New Jersey died of a

A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought.

Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect bites.

Archaeologists are keen to learn more about the specific diets and culinary practices of ancient populations around the globe.

Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest known *Homo erectus* fossils in eastern Asia.