There’s Always Next Year…
Thanks to the Maya Long Count calendar, the year 2012 has become something of a pop culture phenomenon. You’ve probably …
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Happy Birthday Indy!
June 12th is the 30th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones remains the world’s most famous …
The Anthropology of War
In light of the recent U.S. intervention in Libya, Scott Atran has a new post on the anthropology of war …
Anthropocene Now?
By Jay Fancher To paraphrase Carl Sagan, science has a way of deflating human conceits. Anthropology reveals that humans are …
Evolution 101: People Don’t Look Like Goats
On the lighter side of anthropology… The Onion takes a satirical look at what outrageously pseudoscientific research into human origins …
Do Archaeologists Care About the Living?
Do archaeologists care about the living? Yes, but like all people, we focus on those aspects of a story that …
It’s Food, I Think…
A hunter-gatherer mother sits stirring a pot of stew over an open fire. Her young son, eagerly anticipating the evening …
I Believe in Evolution
Do you believe in evolution? Forty percent of Americans don’t (more on that later). A student asked me this question …
Jane Says: Keys to Sharing Anthropology
I love anthropology and, since you’re taking the time to read this, you probably don’t hate it. When we love …
