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Part of a Soviet poster with a woman‘s face in front of a red, hammer and sickle flag.

What a Russian Smile Means

How culture and history make American and Russian smiles different

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Why Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings?

Literature’s evolution has reflected and spurred the…

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The Code of the Conch

How the science of sound explained an ancient Peruvian oracle

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To Understand Religion, Think Football

Sacred beliefs likely arose out of prehistoric bonding and…

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Are Suicide Bombings Really Driven by Ideology?

The surprising anthropology of group identity

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How Posture Makes Us Human

The philosophy and science of standing up straight

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Turning Back the Clock on Human Evolution

Digging through the world’s oldest graveyard with African…

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What I’ve Learned About the Past 13,000 Years

A look back at a career spent looking back

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The Modern Mind May Be 100,000 Years Old

New fossil evidence shows sophisticated thought began earlier…

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The Stick Is an Unsung Hero of Human Evolution

Stone’s silent sister in the archaeological record