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October 2025

The Politics of Mourning After Itaewon – SAPIENS
The Politics of Mourning After Itaewon – SAPIENS
Dreamscapes of Refusal: A Chorus – SAPIENS
Dreamscapes of Refusal: A Chorus – SAPIENS
The Costs of Cuts to NPS Anthropology – SAPIENS
The Costs of Cuts to NPS Anthropology – SAPIENS
Ukrainians Weave Camouflage Nets as Grassroots Defense – SAPIENS
Ukrainians Weave Camouflage Nets as Grassroots Defense – SAPIENS
When Women Say “Ta-Ta” to Ta-Tas

September 2025

Another Censorship: A Dulling Of Memory In Kashmir | Outlook India
Another Censorship: A Dulling Of Memory In Kashmir | Outlook India
Communities are Key to Human Origins Research
Communities are Key to Human Origins Research
Cold Water Swimming and Successful Aging – SAPIENS
Cold Water Swimming and Successful Aging – SAPIENS
Fearing Outsiders in Santiago's Informal Settlements – SAPIENS
Fearing Outsiders in Santiago's Informal Settlements – SAPIENS
How Mistrust Helps On-Demand Drivers – SAPIENS
How Mistrust Helps On-Demand Drivers – SAPIENS
The Day I Heard My Mother’s Accent – SAPIENS
The Day I Heard My Mother’s Accent – SAPIENS
The Myth of "Risk-Free" in the Global Gold Industry – SAPIENS
The Myth of "Risk-Free" in the Global Gold Industry – SAPIENS
How Tanzanian Communities Are Shaping Archaeology’s Future – SAPIENS
How Tanzanian Communities Are Shaping Archaeology’s Future – SAPIENS
The Human Costs of Tiger Conservation in India – SAPIENS
The Human Costs of Tiger Conservation in India – SAPIENS

August 2025

Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS
The Many Lives of a Face Mask
The Many Lives of a Face Mask
Listening to Murmurs – SAPIENS
Listening to Murmurs – SAPIENS
In Zambia, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Chinese Migrants Find Common Ground
In Zambia, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Chinese Migrants Find Common Ground
When People—and Files—Talk Back to Bureaucracy
When People—and Files—Talk Back to Bureaucracy
The Tangled Roots of Corruption in Today’s South Africa
The Tangled Roots of Corruption in Today’s South Africa
Salt and Paper in Bureaucratic Jerusalem
Salt and Paper in Bureaucratic Jerusalem
Feeding Community When Government Aid Runs Dry
Feeding Community When Government Aid Runs Dry
What's Behind a Michelin Star?
What's Behind a Michelin Star?

July 2025

How Women Shaped Human Evolution Through Food Processing
How Women Shaped Human Evolution Through Food Processing
Want to Make Academic Writing More Readable? Ask a High School Student.
Want to Make Academic Writing More Readable? Ask a High School Student.
To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents
To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents
An [un]Heroic Journey
An [un]Heroic Journey
Snapshots of Losing Jenna
Snapshots of Losing Jenna
What Vietnam’s Scarred Lands Reveal About Modern Warfare
What Vietnam’s Scarred Lands Reveal About Modern Warfare

June 2025

Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama
Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama
Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ?
Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ?
Forest as Kin and Pantry in the Himalayas
Forest as Kin and Pantry in the Himalayas
How Societies Morph With the Seasons
How Societies Morph With the Seasons
Shading U.S. Empire in Puerto Rico’s Ballroom Scene
Shading U.S. Empire in Puerto Rico’s Ballroom Scene
How Cultural Knowledge Sustained Desert Farms in the Ancient Andes
How Cultural Knowledge Sustained Desert Farms in the Ancient Andes
Earworm
Earworm
Caring Across Distance—One Call at a Time
Caring Across Distance—One Call at a Time
Protest and the Public University
Protest and the Public University

From the Archive

What Amsterdam's Parakeets Say About Migration – SAPIENS
What Amsterdam's Parakeets Say About Migration – SAPIENS
Siege – SAPIENS
Siege – SAPIENS
Best of SAPIENS 2025 – SAPIENS
Best of SAPIENS 2025 – SAPIENS
How Tanzanian Communities Are Shaping Archaeology’s Future – SAPIENS
How Tanzanian Communities Are Shaping Archaeology’s Future – SAPIENS
The Human Costs of Tiger Conservation in India – SAPIENS
The Human Costs of Tiger Conservation in India – SAPIENS
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS
Face Masks as Fashion Choice in Pakistan – SAPIENS
Face Masks as Fashion Choice in Pakistan – SAPIENS
Listening to Murmurs – SAPIENS
Listening to Murmurs – SAPIENS
Chinese Migrants and Jehovah's Witnesses in Zambia – SAPIENS
Chinese Migrants and Jehovah's Witnesses in Zambia – SAPIENS
www.sapiens.org
The Tangled Roots of Corruption in Today’s South Africa – SAPIENS
The Tangled Roots of Corruption in Today’s South Africa – SAPIENS
Israel's Bureaucratic Violence Against Palestinians in Jerusalem – SAPIENS
Israel's Bureaucratic Violence Against Palestinians in Jerusalem – SAPIENS
Community Kitchens in Argentina Serve Food and Solidarity – SAPIENS
Community Kitchens in Argentina Serve Food and Solidarity – SAPIENS
What's Behind a Michelin Star? – SAPIENS
What's Behind a Michelin Star? – SAPIENS
How Women Shaped Human Evolution Through Food Processing – SAPIENS
How Women Shaped Human Evolution Through Food Processing – SAPIENS
Demystifying Language Makes Research More Accessible – SAPIENS
Demystifying Language Makes Research More Accessible – SAPIENS
Learning to Parent in Community – SAPIENS
Learning to Parent in Community – SAPIENS
An [un]Heroic Journey – SAPIENS
An [un]Heroic Journey – SAPIENS
Snapshots of Losing Jenna – SAPIENS
Snapshots of Losing Jenna – SAPIENS
What Vietnam’s Scarred Lands Reveal About Modern Warfare – SAPIENS
What Vietnam’s Scarred Lands Reveal About Modern Warfare – SAPIENS
What Archaeology's History Reveals About U.S. Imperialism
What Archaeology's History Reveals About U.S. Imperialism
Legacies of War and the Estuary Crossed by the Korean DMZ – SAPIENS
Legacies of War and the Estuary Crossed by the Korean DMZ – SAPIENS
Himalayan Communities Reclaim Ancestral Foodways – SAPIENS
Himalayan Communities Reclaim Ancestral Foodways – SAPIENS
What Foragers Teach Us about Seasons and Social Change
What Foragers Teach Us about Seasons and Social Change
How Puerto Rico's Queer Ballroom Scene Critiques U.S. Empire – SAPIENS
How Puerto Rico's Queer Ballroom Scene Critiques U.S. Empire – SAPIENS
How Cultural Knowledge Sustained Desert Farms in the Ancient Andes – SAPIENS
How Cultural Knowledge Sustained Desert Farms in the Ancient Andes – SAPIENS
Earworm – SAPIENS
Earworm – SAPIENS
Calling Home and Caring Across Continents – SAPIENS
Calling Home and Caring Across Continents – SAPIENS
Overcoming Divides to Repair a Fractured U.S. – SAPIENS
Overcoming Divides to Repair a Fractured U.S. – SAPIENS
Ancient Tools in China Reveal Middle Paleolithic Innovation – SAPIENS
Ancient Tools in China Reveal Middle Paleolithic Innovation – SAPIENS
Should Students Learn from Looted Antiquities? – SAPIENS
Should Students Learn from Looted Antiquities? – SAPIENS
Feminists Reclaim the Virgin Mary as a Goddess – SAPIENS
Feminists Reclaim the Virgin Mary as a Goddess – SAPIENS
Can Virtual Reality Reconnect a Lost Heritage? – SAPIENS
Can Virtual Reality Reconnect a Lost Heritage? – SAPIENS
Rethinking Care for the Dead in Japan – SAPIENS
Rethinking Care for the Dead in Japan – SAPIENS
Huh? The Valuable Role of Interjections – SAPIENS
Huh? The Valuable Role of Interjections – SAPIENS
A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive – SAPIENS
A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive – SAPIENS
How Social Media Can Fuel Vengeance – SAPIENS
How Social Media Can Fuel Vengeance – SAPIENS
Is Generative AI Good for Archaeology? – SAPIENS
Is Generative AI Good for Archaeology? – SAPIENS
Tallahassee Ghazal – SAPIENS
Tallahassee Ghazal – SAPIENS
Welcome to the World of Patagonian Metal – SAPIENS
Welcome to the World of Patagonian Metal – SAPIENS
Why Forensic Anthropologists Should be Activists – SAPIENS
Why Forensic Anthropologists Should be Activists – SAPIENS
Debitage – SAPIENS
Debitage – SAPIENS
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS
Looking for the Lepchas – SAPIENS
Looking for the Lepchas – SAPIENS
Community-Based Research Explores Roti’s Global Histories – SAPIENS
Community-Based Research Explores Roti’s Global Histories – SAPIENS
In Iron Age Britain, Descent Was Matrilineal – SAPIENS
In Iron Age Britain, Descent Was Matrilineal – SAPIENS
Thousands of Papers Accompany a Nahua Pilgrimage
Thousands of Papers Accompany a Nahua Pilgrimage
Broken Sonnets for the Anthropocene – SAPIENS
Broken Sonnets for the Anthropocene – SAPIENS
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and Activism – SAPIENS
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and Activism – SAPIENS
Grassroots Group Connects Kenyans to Fossil Hunting – SAPIENS
Grassroots Group Connects Kenyans to Fossil Hunting – SAPIENS
www.sapiens.org
European Space Agency Launches JUICE from French Guiana – SAPIENS
European Space Agency Launches JUICE from French Guiana – SAPIENS
The First Space Launch for Mauritius – SAPIENS
The First Space Launch for Mauritius – SAPIENS
Is There Evidence of Homo Erectus in Indonesia? – SAPIENS
Is There Evidence of Homo Erectus in Indonesia? – SAPIENS
Primates Deserve More Empathy and Respect in Science – SAPIENS
Primates Deserve More Empathy and Respect in Science – SAPIENS
Were Twins the Norm in Our Primate Past? – SAPIENS
Were Twins the Norm in Our Primate Past? – SAPIENS
Hydropower Dam Threatens Livelihoods in Northeast India – SAPIENS
Hydropower Dam Threatens Livelihoods in Northeast India – SAPIENS
An Order for My Backpack and Three Stages of Nowhere – SAPIENS
An Order for My Backpack and Three Stages of Nowhere – SAPIENS
What Is the Meaning of Laughter? – SAPIENS
What Is the Meaning of Laughter? – SAPIENS
Inside a Hong Kong Ecovillage – SAPIENS
Inside a Hong Kong Ecovillage – SAPIENS
Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador – SAPIENS
Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador – SAPIENS
Translation Notes – SAPIENS
Translation Notes – SAPIENS
A Women's Health Scholar and Her Preserved Uterus – SAPIENS
A Women's Health Scholar and Her Preserved Uterus – SAPIENS
Ancient Wooden Clubs Myth or Reality?
Ancient Wooden Clubs Myth or Reality?
The Laos Cave Pushing Back Human Migrations Into Asia
The Laos Cave Pushing Back Human Migrations Into Asia
The Repatriation of a Stolen Ancestor to Vanuatu – SAPIENS
The Repatriation of a Stolen Ancestor to Vanuatu – SAPIENS
What Amsterdam's Parakeets Say About Migration – SAPIENS
What Amsterdam's Parakeets Say About Migration – SAPIENS
Decoding Diversity and Power at Machu Picchu – SAPIENS
Decoding Diversity and Power at Machu Picchu – SAPIENS
What Ancient Goat Teeth Reveal About Animal Care
What Ancient Goat Teeth Reveal About Animal Care
The Hidden Ancestry Extracted From an Ancient Pendant – SAPIENS
The Hidden Ancestry Extracted From an Ancient Pendant – SAPIENS
Finding Hope in the Anthropocene – SAPIENS
Finding Hope in the Anthropocene – SAPIENS
South African University Restores Human Remains – SAPIENS
South African University Restores Human Remains – SAPIENS
How the Fulbright-Hays Penalizes Native Language Speakers – SAPIENS
How the Fulbright-Hays Penalizes Native Language Speakers – SAPIENS
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites – SAPIENS
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites – SAPIENS
Past and Present Approaches to the Management of Red Deer – SAPIENS
Do Strict Criminal Penalties Protect Animals From Abuse? – SAPIENS
Do Strict Criminal Penalties Protect Animals From Abuse? – SAPIENS
Dressing Fish – SAPIENS
Dressing Fish – SAPIENS
Gene Therapy's Promise Meets Nigeria's Sickle Cell Reality – SAPIENS
Gene Therapy's Promise Meets Nigeria's Sickle Cell Reality – SAPIENS
Taking on Parkinson's Disease—With Boxing Gloves – SAPIENS
Taking on Parkinson's Disease—With Boxing Gloves – SAPIENS
How Racism Shapes the U.S. Opioid Epidemic – SAPIENS
How Racism Shapes the U.S. Opioid Epidemic – SAPIENS
Why Shoes Do Not Make the Runner – SAPIENS
Why Shoes Do Not Make the Runner – SAPIENS
How Museum Items Go Missing – SAPIENS
How Museum Items Go Missing – SAPIENS
Can Spain Decolonize Its Museums? – SAPIENS
Can Spain Decolonize Its Museums? – SAPIENS
The Problem with the Term "Prehistory" – SAPIENS
The Problem with the Term "Prehistory" – SAPIENS
Phantom Vibrations in the Smartphone Era – SAPIENS
Phantom Vibrations in the Smartphone Era – SAPIENS
How and When Did Humans First Move Into the Pacific? – SAPIENS
How and When Did Humans First Move Into the Pacific? – SAPIENS
Her Dirge – SAPIENS
Her Dirge – SAPIENS
Is It Possible to Count the World's Languages? – SAPIENS
Is It Possible to Count the World's Languages? – SAPIENS
What Doctors Get Wrong About Race – SAPIENS
What Doctors Get Wrong About Race – SAPIENS
Are Moose Invasive Species in Colorado? – SAPIENS
Are Moose Invasive Species in Colorado? – SAPIENS
What Are the Origins of Food Insecurity in West Africa? – SAPIENS
What Are the Origins of Food Insecurity in West Africa? – SAPIENS
What Does Intersex Say About Biological Sex? – SAPIENS
What Does Intersex Say About Biological Sex? – SAPIENS
What White Power Supporters Hear Trump Saying – SAPIENS
What White Power Supporters Hear Trump Saying – SAPIENS
The Myth Behind Black Squirrels Being More Aggressive – SAPIENS
The Myth Behind Black Squirrels Being More Aggressive – SAPIENS
Life and Death After the Steel Mills – SAPIENS
Life and Death After the Steel Mills – SAPIENS
Unraveling a “Ghost” Neanderthal Lineage – SAPIENS
Unraveling a “Ghost” Neanderthal Lineage – SAPIENS
Why Navajos Love Their Country Music – SAPIENS
Why Navajos Love Their Country Music – SAPIENS
Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs – SAPIENS
Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs – SAPIENS
AI Can't Fully Capture Oral Languages – SAPIENS
AI Can't Fully Capture Oral Languages – SAPIENS
Harvest Song – SAPIENS
Harvest Song – SAPIENS
The Challenges of Co-Management at Bears Ears – SAPIENS
The Challenges of Co-Management at Bears Ears – SAPIENS
A Palestinian Family’s History—Told Through Olive Trees – SAPIENS
A Palestinian Family’s History—Told Through Olive Trees – SAPIENS
www.sapiens.org
Derogatory Places Names Need Indigenous Revision – SAPIENS
Derogatory Places Names Need Indigenous Revision – SAPIENS
Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters – SAPIENS
Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters – SAPIENS
Hurricane Katrina's Forgotten Survivors – SAPIENS
Hurricane Katrina's Forgotten Survivors – SAPIENS
Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul – SAPIENS
Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul – SAPIENS
Stewarding the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary – SAPIENS
Stewarding the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary – SAPIENS
Digging Into the Ancient Apocalypse Filming Controversy
Digging Into the Ancient Apocalypse Filming Controversy
Hunting Down the Facts About Paleo Diets – SAPIENS
Hunting Down the Facts About Paleo Diets – SAPIENS
www.sapiens.org
What If Kashmiris Could No Longer Dream?The Land of Dreams – SAPIENS
What If Kashmiris Could No Longer Dream?The Land of Dreams – SAPIENS
Payangko, or Echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) – SAPIENS
Payangko, or Echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) – SAPIENS
Archaeology and Finding a Way Forward—by Remembering – SAPIENS
Archaeology and Finding a Way Forward—by Remembering – SAPIENS
www.sapiens.org
Remembering the Forgotten Chinese Railroad Workers – SAPIENS
Remembering the Forgotten Chinese Railroad Workers – SAPIENS
An Anthropologist Explains Amazon's Union-Busting
An Anthropologist Explains Amazon's Union-Busting
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions – SAPIENS
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions – SAPIENS
Can Ancient DNA Support Indigenous Histories? – SAPIENS
Can Ancient DNA Support Indigenous Histories? – SAPIENS
How Rats Are Overturning Decades of Military Norms – SAPIENS
How Rats Are Overturning Decades of Military Norms – SAPIENS
www.sapiens.org
Writing Indigenous Oral Tradition to Fight a Dam – SAPIENS
Writing Indigenous Oral Tradition to Fight a Dam – SAPIENS
How Channel Island Archaeology Can Help Restore Oceans
How Channel Island Archaeology Can Help Restore Oceans
Do Humans Divide Labor By Gender? – SAPIENS
Do Humans Divide Labor By Gender? – SAPIENS
The Mystery of Oman's Bronze Age Towers – SAPIENS
The Mystery of Oman's Bronze Age Towers – SAPIENS
Can Art Save the “Post-Apocalyptic” Salton Sea?
Can Art Save the “Post-Apocalyptic” Salton Sea?
Unraveling an Ancient Code Written in Strings
Unraveling an Ancient Code Written in Strings
Bringing Back the World’s Most Endangered Cat
Bringing Back the World’s Most Endangered Cat
The Shortcomings of Height in Politics
The Shortcomings of Height in Politics
Griko’s Poetic Whisper
Griko’s Poetic Whisper
How Bylock Became Evidence in Terrorism Trials
How Bylock Became Evidence in Terrorism Trials
The Rise of Aunties in Pakistani Politics
The Rise of Aunties in Pakistani Politics
When Colorblind Parenting Meets Anti-racism
When Colorblind Parenting Meets Anti-racism
For Families of Missing Loved Ones, Forensic Investigations Don’t Always Bring Closure
For Families of Missing Loved Ones, Forensic Investigations Don’t Always Bring Closure
Raising My Children in an Ableist World
Raising My Children in an Ableist World
Albania’s Waste Collectors and the Fight for Dignity
Albania’s Waste Collectors and the Fight for Dignity
Monogamy. Grandmas. Milk. The Evolution of Childhood Is Very Strange.
Monogamy. Grandmas. Milk. The Evolution of Childhood Is Very Strange.
Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in Sulawesi
Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in Sulawesi
Grappling With Guilt Inside a System of Structural Violence
Grappling With Guilt Inside a System of Structural Violence
How Power Pervades Portrayals of Human Evolution
How Power Pervades Portrayals of Human Evolution
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites—Long Before Modern Astronomers
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites—Long Before Modern Astronomers
Imagining Other Worlds at the India-Pakistan Border
Imagining Other Worlds at the India-Pakistan Border
Why the Famous Folsom Point Isn’t a Smoking Gun
Why the Famous Folsom Point Isn’t a Smoking Gun
On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge
On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge
Neighborliness Matters to Your Health
Neighborliness Matters to Your Health
Nameless Woman
Nameless Woman
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions
What Google Maps Don't Show You
What Google Maps Don't Show You
Scientists Uplift Indigenous Human-Horse Histories
Scientists Uplift Indigenous Human-Horse Histories
Does Love Always Come Before Marriage?
Does Love Always Come Before Marriage?
What Did the Stone Age Sound Like?
What Did the Stone Age Sound Like?
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
The Nachtwinkels of Antwerp
The Nachtwinkels of Antwerp
www.sapiens.org
www.sapiens.org
Navigating the Ethics of Ancient DNA Research
Navigating the Ethics of Ancient DNA Research
Do Twins Share a Soul?
Do Twins Share a Soul?
The Visit
The Visit
Two Pioneering Female Archaeologists
Two Pioneering Female Archaeologists
Being a “Good Man” in a Time of Climate Catastrophe
Being a “Good Man” in a Time of Climate Catastrophe
Are Insomniacs Overthinking Sleep?
Are Insomniacs Overthinking Sleep?
A Flower and a Way of Life in Peril
A Flower and a Way of Life in Peril
Extraordinary Lessons From a Community-Led Excavation
Extraordinary Lessons From a Community-Led Excavation
What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing
What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing
How Babywearing Went Mainstream
How Babywearing Went Mainstream
The Aztec Antichrist Chronicles Indigenous Resistance and Religious Conversion
Cultivating Modern Farms Using Ancient Lessons
Cultivating Modern Farms Using Ancient Lessons
The Evolution of Comfort Food
The Evolution of Comfort Food
What Orangutans Taught Me About Motherhood
What Orangutans Taught Me About Motherhood
How Human Smarts Evolved
How Human Smarts Evolved
What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?
What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?
Did Processed Foods Make Us Human?
Did Processed Foods Make Us Human?
The Evolution of Throwing
The Evolution of Throwing
In Deforestation’s Wake, Wild Animals Turn Troublesome
In Deforestation’s Wake, Wild Animals Turn Troublesome
The Macabre and Magical Human-Canine Story
The Macabre and Magical Human-Canine Story
The Moral Code of Chinese Sex Workers
The Moral Code of Chinese Sex Workers
What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?
What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?
The Power of the Dictionary
The Power of the Dictionary
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan
What a Shipwreck’s Tree Rings Reveal
What a Shipwreck’s Tree Rings Reveal
Blinded
Blinded
Why Dwarfism?
Why Dwarfism?
www.sapiens.org
www.sapiens.org
Revealing an Ice Age Route for Indigenous Peoples
Revealing an Ice Age Route for Indigenous Peoples
Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils
Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils
Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé
Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé
www.sapiens.org
www.sapiens.org
What It’s Like to Grow Old on the Margins
What It’s Like to Grow Old on the Margins
Can Anthropologists Propel Astronauts Toward Mars?
Can Anthropologists Propel Astronauts Toward Mars?
At the Intersection of Sarinah Plaza, Thamrin Street
At the Intersection of Sarinah Plaza, Thamrin Street
Who Gets to Study Whom?
Who Gets to Study Whom?
What Do Monuments Reveal About Their Makers?
What Do Monuments Reveal About Their Makers?
Infant, Name Once Known
Infant, Name Once Known
Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
Fishing for Dust
Fishing for Dust
Preserving the Voices of the Antioch Colony
Preserving the Voices of the Antioch Colony
The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery
The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery
Iceland’s Forgotten Fisherwomen
Iceland’s Forgotten Fisherwomen
What’s Behind the Evolution of Neanderthal Portraits
What’s Behind the Evolution of Neanderthal Portraits
Solving a Riddle About the Dawn of Art
Solving a Riddle About the Dawn of Art
Celebrity Status Almost Ruined Ancient DNA Research
Celebrity Status Almost Ruined Ancient DNA Research
Why This Paleolithic Burial Site Is So Strange (and So Important)
Why This Paleolithic Burial Site Is So Strange (and So Important)
Finding Footprints Laid at the Dawn of Time
Finding Footprints Laid at the Dawn of Time
When Marine Mammals Clash With Archaeological Heritage
When Marine Mammals Clash With Archaeological Heritage
Reading the Future of an Amazonian Mine
Reading the Future of an Amazonian Mine
The Chinese History That Is Written in Bone
The Chinese History That Is Written in Bone
The Myth of Racial Purity in Roman Britain
The Myth of Racial Purity in Roman Britain
How Smart Were the First Toolmakers?
How Smart Were the First Toolmakers?
Difficult Truths: Confronting Irish Industrial Schools
Difficult Truths: Confronting Irish Industrial Schools
Secrets of a Brothel Privy
Secrets of a Brothel Privy
Earlier I Had Nightmares, Now I Have Insomnia
Earlier I Had Nightmares, Now I Have Insomnia
Gene Therapy's Promise Meets Nigeria's Sickle Cell Reality
Gene Therapy's Promise Meets Nigeria's Sickle Cell Reality
A Curator's Search for Justice
A Curator's Search for Justice
Tools of the Wild: Unveiling the Crafty Side of Nature
Tools of the Wild: Unveiling the Crafty Side of Nature

May 2025

Excavating the Traces of Ice Age Foragers
Excavating the Traces of Ice Age Foragers
The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners
The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners
Reclaiming Collective Life in a Fractured U.S.
Reclaiming Collective Life in a Fractured U.S.
Ancient Tools in East Asia Reveal Middle Paleolithic Innovation
Ancient Tools in East Asia Reveal Middle Paleolithic Innovation
When Wartime Plunder Comes to Campus
When Wartime Plunder Comes to Campus
South Africa’s Road Out of Colonialism
South Africa’s Road Out of Colonialism
Is Cyclical Time the Cure to Technology's Ills?
Is Cyclical Time the Cure to Technology's Ills?
Did Processed Foods Make Us Human?
Did Processed Foods Make Us Human?
Taking on Parkinson’s Disease—With Boxing Gloves and Punching Bags
Taking on Parkinson’s Disease—With Boxing Gloves and Punching Bags
Unraveling the Mystery of Human Bipedality
Unraveling the Mystery of Human Bipedality
Tackling the Wreckage of War
Tackling the Wreckage of War
Dismantling the “Man the Hunter” Myth
Dismantling the “Man the Hunter” Myth
Writing Indigenous Oral Tradition to Fight a Dam
Writing Indigenous Oral Tradition to Fight a Dam
The Long Count
The Long Count
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions
Five Breakthrough Signs of Early Peoples in the Americas
Five Breakthrough Signs of Early Peoples in the Americas
The Last Wild Lions of Europe
The Last Wild Lions of Europe
Neanderthals Traversed Vast Distances
How Museum Items Go Missing
How Museum Items Go Missing
Does Art Have a Homeland?
Does Art Have a Homeland?
Neanderthals Traversed Vast Distances
The Vibrant Worlds of Batuan Paintings in Bali
The Vibrant Worlds of Batuan Paintings in Bali
Baby Fat Is About More Than Cuteness
Baby Fat Is About More Than Cuteness
SAPIENS (@SAPIENS_org@mastodon.world)
SAPIENS (@SAPIENS_org@mastodon.world)
SAPIENS Magazine (@sapiens-org.bsky.social)
SAPIENS Magazine (@sapiens-org.bsky.social)
Meet the Ancient Technologists Who Changed Everything
Meet the Ancient Technologists Who Changed Everything
Broken Bones Could Rewrite Story of the First Americans
Broken Bones Could Rewrite Story of the First Americans
When Colorblind Parenting Meets Anti-racism
When Colorblind Parenting Meets Anti-racism
How the Folsom Point Became an Archaeological Icon
How the Folsom Point Became an Archaeological Icon
How Do We Know Which Historical Accounts Are True?
How Do We Know Which Historical Accounts Are True?
How Migrant Filmmakers Practice Archival Activism
How Migrant Filmmakers Practice Archival Activism
Ancient Pollen Is Hiding in a Surprising Place
Ancient Pollen Is Hiding in a Surprising Place
Why Losing Bonds Sports Fans
Why Losing Bonds Sports Fans
How Ancient Humans Came to Cope With the Cold
How Ancient Humans Came to Cope With the Cold
There’s No Shame in Shame
There’s No Shame in Shame
Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
As Seas Rise, Ancient Footprints Are Revealed
As Seas Rise, Ancient Footprints Are Revealed
Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in Sulawesi
Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in Sulawesi
Do Clothes Make a Messiah?
Do Clothes Make a Messiah?
The Problem With Heritage
The Problem With Heritage

April 2025

Why Are People Worshipping the Virgin Mary as a Goddess?
Why Are People Worshipping the Virgin Mary as a Goddess?
Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky
Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky
When Biblically Inspired Pseudoscience and Clickbait Cause Looting
When Biblically Inspired Pseudoscience and Clickbait Cause Looting
Retracted: Did an Asteroid Shape This Famous Biblical Story?
Retracted: Did an Asteroid Shape This Famous Biblical Story?
Documenting the Kashmir Conflict Through Poetry
Documenting the Kashmir Conflict Through Poetry
How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture
How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture
In Japan, Rethinking What It Means to Care for the Dead
In Japan, Rethinking What It Means to Care for the Dead
Hunting, Gathering, and the Fluidity of Gender Roles
Hunting, Gathering, and the Fluidity of Gender Roles
Huh? The Valuable Role of Interjections
When Calls for Vengeance Go Online
When Calls for Vengeance Go Online
A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive
A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive
Cementing the Past
Cementing the Past
Climate Wars
Climate Wars
The Untold Story of Japan's First People
The Untold Story of Japan's First People
Archaeologists Should Be Activists Too
Archaeologists Should Be Activists Too
Did Humanity Really Arise in One Place?
Did Humanity Really Arise in One Place?
Why the Famous Folsom Point Isn’t a Smoking Gun
Why the Famous Folsom Point Isn’t a Smoking Gun
How Pottery Offers Glimpses Into Ancient Foodways
How Pottery Offers Glimpses Into Ancient Foodways
Piecing Together History From a Roman Mosaic
Piecing Together History From a Roman Mosaic
Dismantling the Walls in Our Heads
Dismantling the Walls in Our Heads
In Defense of Museums
In Defense of Museums
Paleolithic Ax Debunks Colonial Myth
Paleolithic Ax Debunks Colonial Myth
Raising My Children in an Ableist World
Raising My Children in an Ableist World
Do Strict Criminal Penalties Protect Animals From Abuse?
www.sapiens.org
Who Started the First Fire?
Who Started the First Fire?
Are Trophy Skulls Evidence of Civil War Among the Classic Maya?
Are Trophy Skulls Evidence of Civil War Among the Classic Maya?
How Eugenics Shaped the U.S. Prenatal Care System
How Eugenics Shaped the U.S. Prenatal Care System
Speaking in Tongues
Speaking in Tongues
The Evolution of Comfort Food
The Evolution of Comfort Food
Unraveling an Ancient Code Written in Strings
Unraveling an Ancient Code Written in Strings
Solving a Riddle About the Dawn of Art
Solving a Riddle About the Dawn of Art
Raising Up African Paleoanthropologists
Raising Up African Paleoanthropologists
Reflecting on the Rise of the Hoteps
How We Found an Elusive Hominin in China
Earlier I Had Nightmares, Now I Have Insomnia
Earlier I Had Nightmares, Now I Have Insomnia
Five Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine
Five Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine
Scientists Uplift Indigenous Human-Horse Histories
Scientists Uplift Indigenous Human-Horse Histories
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
Sign Up for the SAPIENS Newsletter
Sign Up for the SAPIENS Newsletter
Where Cultures Collide
Where Cultures Collide
How Power Pervades Portrayals of Human Evolution
How Power Pervades Portrayals of Human Evolution
Black Lives Matter and Reflections From a Civil War
Black Lives Matter and Reflections From a Civil War
The Lost City That’s Not Lost, Not a City, and Doesn’t Need to Be Discovered
The Lost City That’s Not Lost, Not a City, and Doesn’t Need to Be Discovered
Excavating a 19th-Century Detroit Saloon
Excavating a 19th-Century Detroit Saloon
How “Wilderness” Was Invented Without Indigenous Peoples
How “Wilderness” Was Invented Without Indigenous Peoples
Centering the Voices of Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Centering the Voices of Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Centering Black Lives in the Study of Human Remains
Centering Black Lives in the Study of Human Remains
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Book Publishing for Anthropologists: A Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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Ancient DNA Supports Swahili Oral Traditions
Ancient DNA Supports Swahili Oral Traditions
The Anthropology Professor in an Amazon Warehouse
The Anthropology Professor in an Amazon Warehouse
The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta Stone
The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta Stone

March 2025

How Heavy Metal Fuels Indigenous Revival in Patagonia
How Heavy Metal Fuels Indigenous Revival in Patagonia
Fighting for Justice for the Dead—and the Living
Fighting for Justice for the Dead—and the Living
When I See Spring in Your Eyes/yeli bU’ vuċh canen Ạċhen mnz nō bhar
When I See Spring in Your Eyes/yeli bU’ vuċh canen Ạċhen mnz nō bhar
Revealing an Ice Age Route for Indigenous Peoples
Revealing an Ice Age Route for Indigenous Peoples
Two Pioneering Female Archaeologists
Two Pioneering Female Archaeologists
Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right's Dangerous Transphobia
Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right's Dangerous Transphobia
Post-
Post-
The Psychedelics Industry Is Booming—but Who’s Being Left Out?
The Psychedelics Industry Is Booming—but Who’s Being Left Out?
www.sapiens.org
How Dr. Li Wenliang Went From a Whistleblower to a National Hero
How Dr. Li Wenliang Went From a Whistleblower to a National Hero
At the Limits of Cure for Tuberculosis
At the Limits of Cure for Tuberculosis
Neighborliness Matters to Your Health
Neighborliness Matters to Your Health

February 2025

Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures
Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures
In Iron Age Britain, Descent Was Matrilineal
In Iron Age Britain, Descent Was Matrilineal
Broken Sonnets for the Anthropocene
Broken Sonnets for the Anthropocene
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and Activism
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and Activism
Connecting Local Communities to Paleoanthropology in Kenya
Connecting Local Communities to Paleoanthropology in Kenya
Pequi Winds
Pequi Winds
Launching Starship in South Texas
Launching Starship in South Texas
A Spacecraft’s Dance From French Guiana to Jupiter
A Spacecraft’s Dance From French Guiana to Jupiter
The First Space Launch for Mauritius
The First Space Launch for Mauritius
How Cosmic Explorations Are Reshaping Life on Earth
How Cosmic Explorations Are Reshaping Life on Earth
SAPIENS Public Writing Training
SAPIENS Public Writing Training
Envisioning a More Empathetic Treatment of Great Ape Remains
Envisioning a More Empathetic Treatment of Great Ape Remains
Were Twins the Norm in Our Primate Past?
Were Twins the Norm in Our Primate Past?
Passing Notes
Passing Notes
Finding Ceremony for Ancestors Held in the Penn Museum and Other Colonial Institutions
Finding Ceremony for Ancestors Held in the Penn Museum and Other Colonial Institutions
Looking for the Lepchas
Looking for the Lepchas
What Kenya’s Killer Cops Reveal About Police Culture
What Kenya’s Killer Cops Reveal About Police Culture
The Human Roots of Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
The Human Roots of Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
Was the Acropolis a Harem? A Myth of Orientalism
Was the Acropolis a Harem? A Myth of Orientalism
Here’s How to Make Olive Oil Like an Ancient Egyptian
Here’s How to Make Olive Oil Like an Ancient Egyptian
Dating Apps Can Gauge Attraction but Not Chemistry
Dating Apps Can Gauge Attraction but Not Chemistry
The Astounding Origins of Chaco Canyon Timber
The Astounding Origins of Chaco Canyon Timber
What Ancient DNA Reveals About Life in Africa 20,000 Years Ago
What Ancient DNA Reveals About Life in Africa 20,000 Years Ago
Tree Rings Are Evidence of the Megadrought—and Our Doom
Tree Rings Are Evidence of the Megadrought—and Our Doom
Finding Mental Health Issues Hidden in the Past
Finding Mental Health Issues Hidden in the Past
How Gravestones Shaped as Sheep United the Caucasus
How Gravestones Shaped as Sheep United the Caucasus
Slow Death by Volcano
Slow Death by Volcano
With So Few Farmers, Why Are Video Games About Farming So Popular?
With So Few Farmers, Why Are Video Games About Farming So Popular?
Mourning Kin After the End of Cannibalism
Mourning Kin After the End of Cannibalism
The Colonial Roots of Peru’s Troubles
The Colonial Roots of Peru’s Troubles
What If Neanderthals Had Outlived Homo Sapiens?
What If Neanderthals Had Outlived Homo Sapiens?
The Age of Digital Divination
The Age of Digital Divination
Seeker of Life/Kawsay Thawiq
Seeker of Life/Kawsay Thawiq
What Molars and Math Reveal About the Human Brain
What Molars and Math Reveal About the Human Brain
Advocating for Archaeology’s New Purpose
Advocating for Archaeology’s New Purpose
I Carry My Grief With Me, but I Also Carry My Joy
I Carry My Grief With Me, but I Also Carry My Joy
Looking for the Lepchas
Looking for the Lepchas
Difficult Truths: Confronting Irish Industrial Schools
Difficult Truths: Confronting Irish Industrial Schools
Who Pays the Price When Cochlear Implants Go Obsolete?
Who Pays the Price When Cochlear Implants Go Obsolete?

January 2025

How a Megadam Disrupts the Flow of Water—and Money
How a Megadam Disrupts the Flow of Water—and Money
The Vanishing Traces of Our Earliest Ancestors in Indonesia
The Vanishing Traces of Our Earliest Ancestors in Indonesia
Heaven on Earth and Jesus Is Palestinian
Heaven on Earth and Jesus Is Palestinian
The Battle to Protect Archaeological Sites in the West Bank
The Battle to Protect Archaeological Sites in the West Bank
The Strange Power of Laughter
The Strange Power of Laughter
An Order for My Backpack and Three Stages of Nowhere
An Order for My Backpack and Three Stages of Nowhere
Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador
Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador
Translation Notes
Translation Notes
My Errant Uterus
My Errant Uterus
Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through
Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through
Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making
Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making
Living With Parakeets and Other Migrants
Living With Parakeets and Other Migrants
On the Quandaries of Aquatic Forensics
On the Quandaries of Aquatic Forensics
Decoding Diversity and Power at Machu Picchu
Decoding Diversity and Power at Machu Picchu
Inside Mexico City’s Surveillance State
Inside Mexico City’s Surveillance State
Fishing for Dust
Fishing for Dust
Excavating the Coexistence of Neanderthals and Modern Humans
Excavating the Coexistence of Neanderthals and Modern Humans
Replacing Plastic Prayers With Biodegradable Blessings in the Himalayas
Replacing Plastic Prayers With Biodegradable Blessings in the Himalayas
Bila Mwili
Bila Mwili
How Israeli Prisons Terrorize Palestinians—Inside and Outside Their Walls
How Israeli Prisons Terrorize Palestinians—Inside and Outside Their Walls
The Persistence of Fukushima’s Fisherfolk
The Persistence of Fukushima’s Fisherfolk
On the Quandaries of Aquatic Forensics
On the Quandaries of Aquatic Forensics
Extinguishing the Idea That Hobbits Had Fire
Extinguishing the Idea That Hobbits Had Fire
Piecing Together the Puzzle of Oman’s Ancient Towers
Piecing Together the Puzzle of Oman’s Ancient Towers
A New Take on an Old Fossil Hints at Ancient Migrations
A New Take on an Old Fossil Hints at Ancient Migrations
What Spider Games Say About Arachnophobia
What Spider Games Say About Arachnophobia
Why Store 41,000 Bison Bones?
Why Store 41,000 Bison Bones?
What Happens When Catholic Medals Become Mainstream Jewelry
What Happens When Catholic Medals Become Mainstream Jewelry
Fair and Balanced—Weighing Coca With a Wipi in Peru
Fair and Balanced—Weighing Coca With a Wipi in Peru
Scientists Uplift Indigenous Human-Horse Histories
Scientists Uplift Indigenous Human-Horse Histories
Fair and Balanced—Weighing Coca With a Wipi in Peru
Fair and Balanced—Weighing Coca With a Wipi in Peru
The Heaviness
The Heaviness
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
Do Washing Machines Belong in Kitchens? Many Brits Say “Yes.”
Do Washing Machines Belong in Kitchens? Many Brits Say “Yes.”
How Power Pervades Portrayals of Human Evolution
How Power Pervades Portrayals of Human Evolution
Feeling What We Are/A’yel jtaleltik
Feeling What We Are/A’yel jtaleltik
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How to Pitch SAPIENS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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Unearthing Culinary Pasts—With Help From Llama Poop
Unearthing Culinary Pasts—With Help From Llama Poop
What Bigfoot Teaches Us About Public Mistrust of Science
What Bigfoot Teaches Us About Public Mistrust of Science
Why Nahua Pilgrims Carry Thousands of Papers Up Sacred Peaks
Why Nahua Pilgrims Carry Thousands of Papers Up Sacred Peaks
Giving Winter a Funeral in Transylvania
Giving Winter a Funeral in Transylvania
Hunting Down the Facts About Paleo Diets
Hunting Down the Facts About Paleo Diets
Ancient DNA Supports Swahili Oral Traditions
Ancient DNA Supports Swahili Oral Traditions
A Genetic Chronicle of the First Peoples in the Americas
A Genetic Chronicle of the First Peoples in the Americas
Monogamy. Grandmas. Milk. The Evolution of Childhood Is Very Strange.
Monogamy. Grandmas. Milk. The Evolution of Childhood Is Very Strange.
The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta Stone
The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta Stone
The Anthropology Professor in an Amazon Warehouse
The Anthropology Professor in an Amazon Warehouse
Post-
Post-
The Psychedelics Industry Is Booming—but Who’s Being Left Out?
The Psychedelics Industry Is Booming—but Who’s Being Left Out?
Neighborliness Matters to Your Health
Neighborliness Matters to Your Health
Dating Apps Can Gauge Attraction but Not Chemistry
Dating Apps Can Gauge Attraction but Not Chemistry
Slow Death by Volcano
Slow Death by Volcano
On Flores Island, Do "Ape-Men" Still Exist?
On Flores Island, Do "Ape-Men" Still Exist?
The Astounding Origins of Chaco Canyon Timber
The Astounding Origins of Chaco Canyon Timber

December 2024

Club-Wielding Ancestors: Myth or Reality?
Club-Wielding Ancestors: Myth or Reality?
My Search for the Origins of Clothing
My Search for the Origins of Clothing
What a Cow’s Horn Reveals About Khoisan Medicine
What a Cow’s Horn Reveals About Khoisan Medicine
Why These Hong Kong Urbanites Are Farming
Why These Hong Kong Urbanites Are Farming
Can Digitizing Gravestones Save History?
Can Digitizing Gravestones Save History?
Dating the Arrival of Modern Humans in Asia
Dating the Arrival of Modern Humans in Asia
What Pots Say—and Don’t Say—About People
What Pots Say—and Don’t Say—About People
The Persistence of Fukushima’s Fisherfolk
The Persistence of Fukushima’s Fisherfolk
What Ancient Goat Teeth Reveal About Animal Care
What Ancient Goat Teeth Reveal About Animal Care
Through Film, Discovering Hope in the Face of Environmental Destruction
Through Film, Discovering Hope in the Face of Environmental Destruction
Best of SAPIENS 2024
Best of SAPIENS 2024
The Hidden Ancestry Extracted From an Ancient Pendant
The Hidden Ancestry Extracted From an Ancient Pendant
Archaeological Tropes That Perpetuate Colonialism
Archaeological Tropes That Perpetuate Colonialism
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions
Forensic Methods Unveil Clues About Megafauna Extinctions
How Eugenics Shaped the U.S. Prenatal Care System
How Eugenics Shaped the U.S. Prenatal Care System
Speaking in Tongues
Speaking in Tongues
Restoring Faces and Dignity to Skeletal Remains
Restoring Faces and Dignity to Skeletal Remains
I Was Penalized for Learning a Language at Home
I Was Penalized for Learning a Language at Home
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites—Long Before Modern Astronomers
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites—Long Before Modern Astronomers
Past and Present Approaches to the Management of Red Deer
Do Strict Criminal Penalties Protect Animals From Abuse?
Do Strict Criminal Penalties Protect Animals From Abuse?
Unwrapping Operation Christmas Drop
Unwrapping Operation Christmas Drop
Survival Notes
Survival Notes
Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue
Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue
It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History”
It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History”
An Imagined Monograph for Nongqawuse
An Imagined Monograph for Nongqawuse
Taking on Parkinson’s Disease—With Boxing Gloves and Punching Bags
Taking on Parkinson’s Disease—With Boxing Gloves and Punching Bags
Tackling the Wreckage of War
How Racism Shapes the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
How Racism Shapes the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
Dismantling the “Man the Hunter” Myth
Dismantling the “Man the Hunter” Myth
Why Shoes Do Not Make the Runner
Why Shoes Do Not Make the Runner
How Museum Items Go Missing
How Museum Items Go Missing
Spend a Day Tracking Chimpanzees
Spend a Day Tracking Chimpanzees

November 2024

Broadening Demands for Reproductive Justice
Broadening Demands for Reproductive Justice
Life and Death After the Steel Mills
Life and Death After the Steel Mills
Are People Projecting Racist Stereotypes Onto Squirrels?
Are People Projecting Racist Stereotypes Onto Squirrels?
Cuando una aplicación de mensajería se convirtió en prueba de terrorismo
Cuando una aplicación de mensajería se convirtió en prueba de terrorismo
The Paradox of Donald Trump’s Appeal
The Paradox of Donald Trump’s Appeal
What White Power Supporters Hear Trump Saying
What White Power Supporters Hear Trump Saying
Protecting Ancestral Waters Through Collaborative Stewardship
Protecting Ancestral Waters Through Collaborative Stewardship
Why Political Ambiguity Appeals to the Masses
Why Political Ambiguity Appeals to the Masses
Slow Death by Volcano
Slow Death by Volcano
A Belated Homecoming for Missing U.S. Marines
A Belated Homecoming for Missing U.S. Marines
How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa
How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa
Do Moose “Belong” in Colorado?
Do Moose “Belong” in Colorado?
Five Reasons So Many Americans Voted for Trump Again
Five Reasons So Many Americans Voted for Trump Again
Muerte lenta por volcán
Muerte lenta por volcán
Lessons From Lucy
Lessons From Lucy
Doctors Are Taught to Lie About Race
Doctors Are Taught to Lie About Race
The Trauma of Helping Asylum-Seekers
The Trauma of Helping Asylum-Seekers
Her Dirge
Her Dirge
Which Hominin Are You? A SAPIENS Quiz
Which Hominin Are You? A SAPIENS Quiz
How and When Did Humans First Move Into the Pacific?
How and When Did Humans First Move Into the Pacific?
Leyendo el futuro de una mina amazónica
Leyendo el futuro de una mina amazónica
Gene Therapy's Promise Meets Nigeria's Sickle Cell Reality
Gene Therapy's Promise Meets Nigeria's Sickle Cell Reality
Five Ways Native American Communities Honor Turkeys
Phantom Vibrations of a Lost Smartphone
Phantom Vibrations of a Lost Smartphone
Alive in the Flapping of Infinite Orange Wings
Alive in the Flapping of Infinite Orange Wings
How Halloween Has Traveled the Globe
How Halloween Has Traveled the Globe
Tackling the Impossibility—and Necessity—of Counting the World’s Languages
Tackling the Impossibility—and Necessity—of Counting the World’s Languages
Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears
Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears
The New Old National Pastime
The New Old National Pastime
What Our Skeletons Say About the Sex Binary
What Our Skeletons Say About the Sex Binary
Harvest Song
Harvest Song
How Water Insecurity Impacts Women's Health
How Water Insecurity Impacts Women's Health
Unraveling a “Ghost” Neanderthal Lineage
Unraveling a “Ghost” Neanderthal Lineage
Anthropologists on Palestine
Anthropologists on Palestine
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan
Why AI Will Never Fully Capture Human Language
Why AI Will Never Fully Capture Human Language
Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors Across the Red-Blue Divide
Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors Across the Red-Blue Divide
Is Donated Blood a Gift or a Commodity?
Is Donated Blood a Gift or a Commodity?
Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs
Archaeological Tropes That Perpetuate Colonialism
Archaeological Tropes That Perpetuate Colonialism
Derogatory Place Names Need Indigenous Revision
Derogatory Place Names Need Indigenous Revision
Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters
Natural Disasters Are Social Disasters
www.sapiens.org
The Distant Origins of a Stonehenge Stone
The Distant Origins of a Stonehenge Stone
Hurricane Katrina's Forgotten Survivors
Hurricane Katrina's Forgotten Survivors
Natural Disasters Are Less Natural Than You Think
Natural Disasters Are Less Natural Than You Think

SAPIENS In Focus - Oct 3, 2024

In Delhi, Women Find Their Place on the Metro
In Delhi, Women Find Their Place on the Metro
On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge
On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge
An Archaeologist on the Railroad of Death
An Archaeologist on the Railroad of Death
People Are Not Peas—Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul
People Are Not Peas—Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul
Archived Haints
Archived Haints
Gaza’s Deaf Community in the Face of Genocide
Gaza’s Deaf Community in the Face of Genocide
Protecting Ancestral Waters Through Collaborative Stewardship
Protecting Ancestral Waters Through Collaborative Stewardship

#SAPIENSInFocus - Sept 23, 2024

Do Black Lives Matter in Outer Space?
Do Black Lives Matter in Outer Space?
Wandering Among the Stars
Wandering Among the Stars
Picturing the Deep Universe Is Deeply Human
Picturing the Deep Universe Is Deeply Human

How to Pitch Webinar

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September 18, 2024

Digging Into the Ancient Apocalypse Filming Controversy
Digging Into the Ancient Apocalypse Filming Controversy

September 16, 2024

The Land of Dreams
The Land of Dreams

September 12, 2024

Finding Our Way Forward—by Remembering
Finding Our Way Forward—by Remembering

September 11, 2024

The Public Problem With Counterterrorism
The Public Problem With Counterterrorism
Speaking Truth to Israel Requires More Than Academic Freedom
Speaking Truth to Israel Requires More Than Academic Freedom

September 10, 2024

SAPIENS Public Writing Training
SAPIENS Public Writing Training
Teaching
Teaching

September 9, 2024

Payangko, or Echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi)
Payangko, or Echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi)

August 29, 2024

Inside Amazon’s Union-Busting Tactics
Inside Amazon’s Union-Busting Tactics

August 28, 2024

Fighting for Reproductive Rights in Retirement
Fighting for Reproductive Rights in Retirement

SAPIENS in Focus - August 27, 2024

How the Samoan Tattoo Survived Colonialism
How the Samoan Tattoo Survived Colonialism
A New Generation Is Reviving Indigenous Tattooing
A New Generation Is Reviving Indigenous Tattooing
Your Body as a Map
Your Body as a Map

August 26, 2024

Can Archaeology Dogs Smell Ancient Time?
Can Archaeology Dogs Smell Ancient Time?

August 22, 2024

Can Ancient DNA Support Indigenous Histories?
Can Ancient DNA Support Indigenous Histories?

August 21, 2024

How Rats Are Overturning Decades of Military Norms
How Rats Are Overturning Decades of Military Norms
Can Embracing Copies Help With Museum Restitution Cases?
Can Embracing Copies Help With Museum Restitution Cases?

August 14, 2024

Can Art Save the “Post-Apocalyptic” Salton Sea?
Can Art Save the “Post-Apocalyptic” Salton Sea?

August 13, 2024

How Allocating Work Aided Our Evolutionary Success
How Allocating Work Aided Our Evolutionary Success

SAPIENS In Focus - August 12, 2024

The Illusion and Peril of Food “Choice”
The Illusion and Peril of Food “Choice”
The Evolution of Comfort Food
The Evolution of Comfort Food
The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery
The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery

International Cat Day

For the Love of Cats in Turkey
For the Love of Cats in Turkey

August 7, 2024

Bringing Back the World’s Most Endangered Cat
Bringing Back the World’s Most Endangered Cat

August 6, 2024

The Shortcomings of Height in Politics
The Shortcomings of Height in Politics

SAPIENS In Focus - August 5, 2024

Confronting the Colonial Legacies of Museum Collections
Confronting the Colonial Legacies of Museum Collections
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
Collaborating So a 200-Year-Old Pipe Can Continue Its Work
The Blockbuster Exhibit That Shouldn’t Have Been
The Blockbuster Exhibit That Shouldn’t Have Been

August 5, 2024

Griko’s Poetic Whisper
Griko’s Poetic Whisper

August 1, 2024

When a Message App Became Evidence of Terrorism
When a Message App Became Evidence of Terrorism

July 30, 2024

The Rise of Aunties in Pakistani Politics
The Rise of Aunties in Pakistani Politics

July 29, 2024

A Call for Anthropological Poems of Resistance, Refusal, and Wayfinding
A Call for Anthropological Poems of Resistance, Refusal, and Wayfinding

SAPIENS In Focus - July 29, 2024

Your Olympic Team May be an Illusion
Your Olympic Team May be an Illusion
Five Ways Humans Evolved to be Athletes
Five Ways Humans Evolved to be Athletes
Do the Olympics Make Economic Sense?
Do the Olympics Make Economic Sense?

July 24, 2024

An Ancient Child Who's Changing Archaeology
An Ancient Child Who's Changing Archaeology

July 23, 2024

For Families of Missing Loved Ones, Forensic Investigations Don’t Always Bring Closure
For Families of Missing Loved Ones, Forensic Investigations Don’t Always Bring Closure

July 22, 2024

Kamala Harris’ Refusal of the One-Drop Rule
Kamala Harris’ Refusal of the One-Drop Rule

SAPIENS In Focus - July 22, 2024

Writing Indigenous Oral Tradition to Fight a Dam
Writing Indigenous Oral Tradition to Fight a Dam
Searching for the Sources of Water Scarcity
Searching for the Sources of Water Scarcity
The UNESCO Site That Never Was
The UNESCO Site That Never Was

July 17, 2024

Comics as a Medium for Women’s Rights
Comics as a Medium for Women’s Rights

July 16, 2024

Albania’s Waste Collectors and the Fight for Dignity
Albania’s Waste Collectors and the Fight for Dignity

July 10, 2024

Smartphones Are Bicycles for Our Minds
Smartphones Are Bicycles for Our Minds

July 9, 2024

Grappling With Guilt Inside a System of Structural Violence
Grappling With Guilt Inside a System of Structural Violence

June 25, 2024

On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge
On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge

June 24, 2024

A Call for Anthropological Poems of Resistance, Refusal, and Wayfinding
A Call for Anthropological Poems of Resistance, Refusal, and Wayfinding

June 19, 2024

Why Do We Eat at Funerals?
Why Do We Eat at Funerals?

June 18, 2024

Buried in the Shadows, Ireland’s Unconsecrated Dead
Buried in the Shadows, Ireland’s Unconsecrated Dead
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Anthropology in Verse: Sites of Refusal and Possibility. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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June 17, 2024

Nameless Woman
Nameless Woman

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