The president of the field’s leading professional association was asked about a polarizing topic—and showed that she doesn’t ...

Ask any anthropologist what they do and they will find it hard to give you a direct answer. If you've seen the television series Bones, you probably think an anthropologist is someone who studies the ...

TUGUEGARAO CITY — A Filipino anthropologist is questioning the inaccurate and false narratives of a Chinese scholar who ...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He found a creative way to prove it. By Adam Nossiter Ralph Holloway, an ...

In its fifth season, Sapiens, a podcast created by Sapiens Anthropology Magazine, speaks with anthropologists to help uncover what makes us human. This season will be hosted by cultural anthropologist ...

The utterly winning documentary “The Anthropologist” takes a unique perspective on the field of anthropology through the lens of a pair of female anthropologists and their daughters. Margaret Mead’s ...

A remarkable Mexican American scholar, Zelia Nuttall she helped change the conversation around pre-Columbian cultures. Researchers can trace her work through publications held in the collections of ...

Ask any anthropologist what they do and they will find it hard to give you a direct answer. If you’ve seen the television series Bones, you probably think an anthropologist is someone who studies the ...