WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
A 19th-century engraving depicts the Angel of Death descending on Rome during the Antonine plague. J.G. Levasseur/Wellcome Collection, CC BY – By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College 2020 Oct 01 – Before March of this year, few probably thought disease …
Mike Stewart / AP – By Dennis McNevin, Professor of Forensic Genetics, University of Technology Sydney 2020 Sep 27 – Far-right White supremacist ideology is on the rise in Europe, North America and Australia. It appeals to a racist notion whereby many White …
If confirmed, the footfalls would represent the oldest evidence of Homo sapiens’ presence on the Arabian Peninsula – Researchers identified seven prehistoric human footprints at Alathar, a dried-up lake bed in Saudi Arabia. (Palaeodeserts Project) – By Alex Fox, SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Sep 21 …
The accents that creep into the way we speak can reveal a lot about where we are from, but there are also subtle clues visible in our faces and the way we move. (Credit: Alamy) – By Leo Benedictus 2020 Sep 13 – …
Pulverized ancient bone can provide DNA to scientists for analysis. Xin Xu Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CC BY-ND – By Melinda A. Yang, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond 2020 Sep 15 – The very first human beings originally emerged …
Harry Smith, under the name of Jay Silverheels, was a Mohawk actor who famously portrayed Tonto on The Lone Ranger – By Liza Black – Liza Black is Assistant Professor of History & Native American and Indigenous Studies at Indiana University and author of Picturing Indians: …
Each year, some choose to ‘disappear’ and abandon their lives, jobs, homes and families. In Japan, there are companies that can help those looking to escape into thin air. – This piece is based on this BBC Reel video produced by Andreas Hartman, …
Enheduanna means ‘Ornament of Heaven.’ She studied the stars, wrote hymns and myths 4000 years ago, and yet is almost entirely unknown today. Standard of Ur mosaic, 26th century BC. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. – By Louise Pryke, The Conversation – The world’s …
A dazzling civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5,000 years ago. Why was it forgotten? Meroe, 150 miles north of Khartoum, served as a necropolis for the kings and queens of Kush for close to 600 years. (Matt Stirn) – Text by Isma’il Kushkush; …
Painting depicting transfiguration of Jesus, a story in the New Testament when Jesus becomes radiant upon a mountain. Artist Raphael /Collections Hallwyl Museum, CC BY-SA – Author Anna Swartwood House, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina 2020 Jul 17 …
