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Not all human societies throughout history have been patriarchal.
Norman Daly’s 1972 exhibition, ‘The Civilization of Llhuros,’ presented fiction as fact – and reminded viewers of just how easily they could be duped.
Our ancient ancestors didn’t have clothes or houses – but that constant exposure to the sun helped their skin protect itself from the worst sun damage.
An anthropologist explains how years of conflict have made Ukrainians reassess their priorities and relationships.
Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.
As material objects, diaries give scholars an intimate look into their subjects’ lives, including handwriting and mementos. What if diaries in the future are nothing but insubstantial digital ghosts?
The fundamental issue at stake in abortion debates is personhood, which is viewed differently around the world, an anthropologist writes.
The DIALOG network forms a bridge between scientific and Indigenous knowledge. It renews the relationship between the university and the Indigenous world, which has for too long been one-sided.
Perhaps what is most interesting about #Swedengate is not what it tells us about Sweden, but what it tells us about ourselves.
Traditional ecological knowledge, or TEK, can encompass science, medicine, ecology, religion and culture – and help protect the environment.
Ukrainian families’ anguish at not being able to bury their loved ones underscores a deep human need, an anthropologist writes.
The South African Khoe-San communities are no strangers to exploitative research. One research team is trying to provide genetic ancestry results to community members. But they still face many challenges.
The Ukrainian crisis is probably the biggest crowdsourced humanitarian aid operation ever undertaken.
Uncertainty must be embraced and harnessed for the better because stability never lasts long.
A new study doubles the age of ancient DNA in sub-Saharan Africa, revealing how people moved, mingled and had children together over the last 50,000 years.
Stone artifacts and a fossil tooth point to Homo sapiens living at Grotte Mandrin 54,000 years ago, at a time when Neanderthals were still living in Europe.
How Rekambo chimpanzees demonstrate a number of ground breaking behaviours never seen before in animals.
If you ever feel like you can’t stop eating sugar, you are responding precisely as programmed by natural selection. What was once an evolutionary advantage has a different effect today.
Gift-giving might seem needlessly cumbersome and stressful. But the costs and benefits of the custom aren’t what they seem.
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Assistant Curator of Human Evolution., University of Alberta
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Emeritus Professor, School of Humanities, University of New England
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology , NYU Abu Dhabi, chercheuse associée LESC, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
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Tom Austen Brown Professor of Australian Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida
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Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, University of Adelaide
