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The Anthropology News Interview In-depth conversations with the people who make anthropology tick. Doing anthropology isn’t always fun, but some of 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.…

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

This is a conversation between a student and a teacher. It takes place over an undefined period. Some of it on Zoom, some of it in passing at a convention

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…

(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

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology, lifestyles, and burial customs.…

More than 12,000 years ago, Native American hunter-gatherers were already making and using dice—thousands of years before similar tools appeared elsewhere. These bone “binary lots” acted like primitive coins, producing random outcomes for games of chance.…

As I neared the end of my doctoral degree in early 2025, celebration felt inappropriate. News of federal attacks on research programs and withdrawn

It was only a matter of time, and we knew it. Still, when the email from the National Science Foundation arrived on April 18, 2025, our hearts sank. The

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

This piece was selected as one of the honorable mentions for the AAA’s AnthroDay Student Unessay Competition. This year’s competition was inspired by the

The sounds of Jeju’s haenyeo divers after they surface from the sea. This piece was selected as one of the winners of the AAA’s AnthroDay Student Unessay