WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
By Shelly Volsche, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Boise State University 2021 Oct 28 – Have you noticed more cats riding in strollers lately? Or bumper stickers that read, “I love my granddogs”? You’re not imagining it. More people are investing serious time, …
Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren’t in the original vampire myths. Archive Photos/ Moviepix via Getty Images – By Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia 2021 Oct 14 – The vampire is …
A powerful explosion on 2021 Oct 08, in a mosque in northern Afghanistan, left several dead. AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil – By Abdulkader Sinno, Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University 2021 Oct 25 – Close to a hundred Afghan Shiite …
The mass-marketing of the Day of the Dead is evident in the costumes that people buy for the day. Man Hon Lam / EyeEm Getty Images – By Mathew Sandoval, Lecturer in Culture & Performance, Arizona State University 2021 Oct 27 – As …
The ongoing research is looking at genetic differences in couples where one member suffers from severe disease while the other does not get infected. ralwel/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2021 Oct 21 – A massive international collaborative effort has begun investigating whether specific genetic …
A curator at the British Museum details the spooky find in a new book. The tablet depicts a male ghost being led back to the afterlife, curator Irving Finkel says. Photo: British Museum / Line drawing: James Fraser and Chris Cobb for The …
By Edward Helmore Last modified on 2021 Oct 10 – Zachary Horwitz ran a five-year scam that defrauded wealthy investors of at least $227m by claiming to be in licensing deals with Netflix and HBO. It’s a tale about a Hollywood grifter that …
Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated in many states across the U.S. grandriver/E+ via Getty Images – By Susan C. Faircloth, Professor & Director of the School of Education, Colorado State University Updated 2021 Oct 07 – Columbus Day celebrations in the United States …
The author examining pictographs in 60th Unnamed Cave, Tennessee. Alan Cressler By Jan Simek, Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee 2021 Sep 29 – On a cold winter’s day in 1980, a group of recreational cavers entered a narrow, wet stream passage south …
Gibraltar cave chamber discovery could shed light on Neanderthals’ culture. By Sam Jones in Madrid, @swajones 2021 Sep 28 – Researchers excavating a cave network on the Rock of Gibraltar have discovered a new chamber, sealed off from the world for at least …
