WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Millions have watched Netflix’s hit Ancient Apocalypse, which is just the latest interpretation of an enduring tale. But in its appeal to ‘race science’ it’s more than merely controversial. How Atlantis has been portrayed in popular culture. Photograph: Fernando Gregory/Alamy – Robin McKie …
Wilma Mankiller served in the top leadership role of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. Peter Turnley/Corbis Historical via Getty Images – By Julie Reed, Associate Professor in History, Penn State Published: 2022 Nov 23 – If you fish in your pocket …
Cutting open bears, wrangling cows: retracing her voyage across the Rocky Mountains made me realize how extraordinary this woman was. ‘She was always looking forward’: Isabella Bird. Photograph: Royal Geographical Society/Getty Images – By Ruby Wax Last modified on 2022 Nov 23 – …
A cast of Dickinsonia, an animal that lived during the Ediacaran period. Verisimilus/CC BY-SA 3.0 – By Michael Irving 2022 Nov 22 – Scientists believe that the Earth is currently in the midst of its sixth major extinction event, but a new study suggests …
Australia’s green light for the procedure opens up potential to treat bacterial infections, as well as other diseases. A fecal microbiota transplant helps an unhealthy gut to ‘repopulate the bacterial microenvironment’. Photograph: Steve Gschmeissner/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF – Tory Shepherd Last modified …
Participants in the Indigenous Peoples Of the Americas Parade in New York City, 2022 Oct 15. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images – By Torivio Fodder, Indigenous Governance Program Manager and Professor of Practice, University of Arizona Published: 2022 Nov 07 – Curious Kids is a …
Got the winning ticket? AP Photo/Julio Cortez – By Jay L. Zagorsky, Clinical associate professor, Boston University Published: 2022 Nov 04 – The latest Powerball jackpot swelled to US$1.5 billion on 2022 Nov 02 – just shy of the record amount – after …
Dance is a unique way of passing on cultural stories to a younger generation. Aaron Hawkins/Flickr.com, CC BY-ND – By Rosalyn R. LaPier, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, The University of Montana Published: 2018 Oct 05 – Alaska has a “linguistic emergency,” according …
This clay facial reconstruction of Kennewick Man, carefully sculpted around the morphological features of his skull, suggests how he may have looked alive nearly 9,000 years ago. Brittney Tatchell, Smithsonian Institution – By Samuel Redman, Assistant Professor of History, UMass Amherst Published: 2016 …
James Gensaw, a Yurok language high school teacher in far northern California, goes over some words with a student. Mneesha Gellman, Author provided – By Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College Published: 2022 Nov 03 – Whenever November would roll …
