anthropology
Stonehenge, Easter Island, Venice: Climate Change Will Destroy Human History
Beloved World Heritage sites all over the world might disappear forever, thanks to climate change.
There's Only Room in Your Brain for Five Best Friends, Says Science
Turns out it doesn't matter how many Facebook friends you have, because your brain only has room for five BFFs.
Looters, Tourism, and Racism: Controversy Surrounds 'Discovery' of Lost City in Honduras
A US-led expedition claims to have found the legendary White City in the Honduran rainforest, but local archeologists say they've always known where it was. They kept it a secret to protect it.
The Struggle to Save Teen 'Love Huts' in Cambodia
For the Kreung ethnic minority living in Cambodia, the practice of building “maiden huts" allowed young women to experience courtship on their own terms—and sometimes led to true love and lasting marriages. But now, the traditional sleeping huts have...
You're Sad Because Your Ancestors Fucked Cavemen
A 2016 study suggests that modern-day descendants of trysts between Neanderthal and humans have an increased risk for depression, tobacco abuse, and UTIs.
Japanese Researchers Want to Row to Taiwan on Rafts to Solve an Ancient Mystery
In the age of high-speed transport, Japanese researchers are turning to some vintage methods to find the origins of the Japanese people.
Being a Regular at a Bar Is Good For Your Health
The local drinking hole could be one of the last bastions of meaningful human interaction in an increasingly digitized age.
9,000 Years Ago, Someone Chopped Off This Person's Head and Hands
It's the oldest evidence of ritual decapitation in Brazil.
Is Homo Naledi, the New Species of Human, a New Species at All?
According to one of the researchers who made the discovery it might not be, and that might not matter.
New Research Suggests the Ancient Greeks Believed in Zombies
In a new paper in Popular Archaeology, one anthropologist claims the Greeks "imagined scenarios in which reanimated corpses rose from their graves, prowled the streets, and stalked unsuspecting victims."
These 100-Year-Old Photos Are Being Reunited With the Communities They Depict
In the early 1900s, anthropologists amassed 26,000 photographs of the indigenous Evenki and Orochen people from Inner Mongolia and Siberia. Now they're being digitized.
Anthropologist David Graeber Explains Why Dead-End Jobs Exist
His latest book, 'The Utopia of Rules,' is an attack on capitalism's love affair with bureaucracy