After a 60-year haitus, an Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna was seen in Indonesia. A poet-anthropologist reflects on the siting.

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Archaeological excavations in the Lake Tagua Tagua basin in central Chile have revealed stone tools and animal bones with cut marks dated to 13,000 years ago.

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Archaeologists say the discovery suggests possible trading links between Viking and Anglo-Saxons.

Since the beginning of excavations at Göbeklitepe, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) site in southeastern Türkiye, fragmented human bones have been recovered from the fill of the special (monumental) buil...

In a personal essay, a mixed-race and Native anthropologist draws strength from the stories of his ancestors.

Archaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha have uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest peace treaty, signed around 1269 B.C.

The Isle of Mull in winter When I was 21, I met the poet Robert Creeley after he gave a reading. “I want to be a writer,” I told him giddily. I had stacks

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Remains in France found by archaeologists and geneticists suggest at least two lineages—not just one—of late Neanderthals in Europe.

The Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA), a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), is happy to announce the 2026 Elliott P. Skinner Book Award Shortlist:  Diaspora wit...

Mobility has long shaped the cultural and material landscapes of the Horn of Africa. Nevertheless, limited ethnoarchaeological research has examined how such movement transforms everyday technologi...

Title: Assistant Professor (Sociocultural Anthropology – Indigenous Health) Position Number: 0082638 Hiring Unit: UHM College of Social Sciences – Department of Anthropology Location: Manoa Campus Dat...

Serving alcohol is haram (forbidden) in Islam, yet most Bangladeshi-owned curry restaurants on Brick Lane hold alcohol licences. This article examines how hospitality entrepreneurs navigate this appa...

Anthropologists and activists in Indonesia and Peru uncover how water scarcity harms women’s health and work to usher in gender equality.

A new theory links storytelling, firelight and the rise of spoken language.