The mass execution of children was seen as not only a way to calm the rain god, but for a time it helped the community deal ...

Margaret Boone Rappaport, PhD, possesses a rich history in anthropology, health sciences and artificial intelligence ...

On the eve of Election Day, anthropology professor Alexander Hinton talked to me from a Trump rally, where he was already convinced the Republican candidate would win. He’d been observing the MAGA mov ...

When graduate workers strike, they give leverage to other working groups aiming to negotiate better contracts with the University, write a group of graduate student alumni.

On the eve of Election Day, anthropology professor Alexander Hinton talked to me from a Trump rally, where he was already ...

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

According to the available evidence, the original Altai Denisovans began to fragment into multiple lineages some time between 409,000 and 222,000 years ago. The oldest of these populations appears to ...

Andrew Thomas Graney made a first court appearance on Friday after being charged in the 12 shootings in southwest Raleigh this week.

The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, ...

Mineral pigments have been used by humans and human ancestors for at least 500 thousand years. Here, the authors document ochre provisioning in Middle and Late Stone Age Eswatini, demonstrate the ...

In the 21st century, AI is more than a buzzword; it’s an essential element of many sectors, from education and manufacturing ...

Anthropology is the study of humans, their close relatives and their cultural environment. Subfields of anthropology deal with hominin evolution and the comparative study of extant and past cultures.