WEIRD HISTORY

English dialects make themselves heard in genes

Conditions in rural England around the turn of the 20th century offer a case study for cultural evolution researchers. Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images – By Yakov Pichkar, Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University AND Nicole Creanza, Assistant Professor of Biological …

 

Why no living people appear on US postage stamps

The practice of putting images of only deceased or allegorical people on U.S. stamps dates back to 1847. Schulte Productions/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Richard Handler, Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia And Laura Goldblatt, Assistant Professor of English, University of …