WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
This is what the school day currently looks like in many parts of the U.S. AP Photo/Jessica Hill – Authors Eric M. Anderman, Professor of Educational Psychology and Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement, The Ohio State University Kui Xie, Cyphert Distinguished Professor of …
Intentionally mutilated head of Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Elizabeth Ellis, CC BY-SA – Author Sarah Kurnick, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Aug 19 – Amid pleas for racial justice, protesters across the United States have mutilated hundreds of monuments. They …
Composer Edmund Hunt leads effort to examine sonic footprints of Vikings and Celts. TV shows such as Vikings captivate modern audiences, but history does not record exactly what Vikings sounded like. Photograph: Allstar/MGM/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar – By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent @rorycarroll72 Last modified …
Social media makes dating-related harassment and stalking that much easier. smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images – By Emily Rothman, Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University 2020 Aug 13 – CC BY-ND – Falling in love for the first time can be a …
Native American protesters demonstrate in Keystone, South Dakota, ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the Mount Rushmore memorial, Friday, July 3, 2020. Protesters advocated for the Black Hills to be returned to the Lakota people. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves) – By Simran Jeet …
We have short, soft fingernails, not claws and our canine teeth are small and blunt and have no chance of penetrating a hide. Looking at our lack of canine teeth and claws is a clue… (Photo: Adobe) – Dr. Justine Butler of Viva! 2020 …
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, both wearing garlands, are received by admirers after landing at the airport in New Delhi on Feb. 10, 1959. King, who was known as the American Gandhi, went on what he …
Courtesy of Pixabay/Creative Commons – By Kalpana Jain 2020 Jul 21 – (RNS) – It started three months ago with a sore throat. Then the dizziness began. When my heart rate jumped to a precipitous 150 beats per minute, I went to the …
We have developed a very unique way of expressing ourselves. – If you’re talking to someone from another country and they’re looking at you like you’re a few roos loose in the top paddock, it’s likely they literally have no idea what you’re …
Weekend in the Islamic world usually means Friday and Saturday. Jasmin Merdan/Moment Archive via Getty Images – By Chad Haines, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University 2020 Jul 29 – Weekends just aren’t what they used to be, as the COVID-19 …
