Latest anthropology News

Projects funded by 2024 New Frontier Grants look toward the future
Variability In Human Body Vocabularies
Beyond the ‘booms’: Book probes everyday disasters, hope in South Baltimore
Playing with the kids is important work for chimpanzee mothers
Everyday life and its variability influenced human evolution at least as much as rare activities like big-game hunting
Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them
Poverty Puzzle: Deepening Gap Between Rich And Poor
Maribel Garcia awardee honored for conservation efforts in Central Africa
La Trobe recognised for health innovation in QS world subject rankings
Health Innovation Recognition In QS Rankings
How And Why Animals Can Live Alongside Humans
Why kretek – ‘no ordinary cigarette’ – thrives in Indonesia
University of Manchester to Host First ASA Public Anthropology Festival
Learning From Conspecifics
What Drives ‘Drug-Induced Homicide’ Prosecutions in North Carolina?
Early life adversity leaves long-term signatures in baboon DNA
Bringing Barbara McGrady’s Photography To Life
Ancient genomes reveal Down Syndrome in past societies
Cultural evolution of collective property rights
Statement of the Max Planck Society about Prof. Ghassan Hage
Husky football players take their skills from the field to the classroom and beyond
Chance find fulfils 110-year mission to give ancient Nubians a voice
Revealing close and distant relatives in ancient DNA with unprecedented precision
In India, computer typists embody ‘fuzzy’ nature of state borders
Science communicators need to stop telling everybody the universe is a meaningless void
Talk explores connections of antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism
59 teachers and staff honoured for 50-plus years in NSW public education
No scientific evidence for cognitively advanced behaviours and symbolism by Homo naledi
No scientific evidence Homo naledi was advanced
Oct. 26 panel focuses on Israel-Palestine conflict
Why some worms regenerate and others do not
Panel to explore reported rights violations of Uyghur children
Panel to explore reported violations of Uyghur children
Linguistic luminary, Sir Patu Hohepa’s legacy
Balzan Prizes 2023 for Max Planck researchers
Police Involvement May Hamstring Overdose Outreach Efforts
Do languages become less complex with more new adult speakers? Research shows it’s not that simple
Evolution of complex grammars
AFP Forensics assist in recovery of WWII soldier remains in PNG
Ötzi: dark skin, bald head, Anatolian ancestry
New insights into origin of Indo-European languages
Family trees from European Neolithic
Increased efficiency, precision and reliability in DNA editing
Dynamic interaction zone between farmers and pastoralists
Telling story of change in our world
Ancient DNA reveals the earliest evidence of the last massive human migration to Western Europe
Cultural Studies goes YouTube
Magical Handbook for Afterlife