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Anthropology news, essays, blogs, reviews, and photographs. Your home for smart and surprising insights into Everything Human.
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Jul 27, 2021
Chasing the Myths of Mexico’s “Superrunners”
The Rarámuri people’s ancient traditions of footracing…
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Feb 25, 2021
Does Love Always Come Before Marriage?
Arranged marriages and love marriages are sometimes seen as…
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Feb 9, 2021
Do Twins Share a Soul?
An anthropologist — and identical twin — grapples with different cultural…
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Feb 5, 2021
What a ‘Safe and Dignified’ Burial Means During a Pandemic
A few months into the pandemic, a friend…
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Jan 31, 2021
Bridging the American Cultural Divide
As Americans stand on the footbridge to the future, an…
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Jan 12, 2021
Crisis and Opportunity — A Look at 2020
The SAPIENS editors review the year’s events with…
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Dec 14, 2020
How Sweat Lodge Ceremonies Heal War’s Wounds
After trying conventional treatments for PTSD, an…
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Dec 8, 2020
What Rez Dogs Mean to the Lakota
Dogs on Native American reservations can be dangerous, but they have…
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Oct 27, 2020
What Does Baseball’s Bilingualism Reveal?
A linguistic anthropologist who is also a baseball…
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Sep 29, 2020
When Deafness Is Not Considered a Deficit
In the Peruvian Amazon, the Maijuna peoples created their…
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