Anthropologist Paul H. Gelles will headline the next installment of the free Second Thursday series hosted by the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural ...

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 ...

Anthropologist uncovers the 11,000-year history of avocado domestication by Jordan Fox, Texas A&M University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes The GIST ...

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 trajectory of human evolution has many markers, including footprints left in moist, volcanic ash 3.66 million years ago by three individuals in Laetoli, Tanzania. Anthropologist Mary Leakey’s team ...

Criticism of explorer Benedict Allen, rescued in Papua New Guinea, raises an important question: when is it legitimate to travel to remote communities? An anthropologist, an explorer and a tourist ...

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 ...

One of the sharpest exchanges that took place in yesterday's Supreme Court hearings on California's Proposition 8 was sparked by Justice Elena Kagan. The counsel arguing in support of Proposition 8 ...