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THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...
THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...
“The bull’s story reveals a broader urban paradox: Humans engineer nonhuman animals for utility, then often abandon them when economic situations or cultural practices shift.”
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“The bull’s story reveals a broader urban paradox: Humans engineer nonhuman animals for utility, then often abandon them when economic situations or cultural practices shift.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/sacr...
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From the archive. In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic autonomy and political sovereignty. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/drag...
Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador
In Ecuador's Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim political sovereignty.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
From the archive. In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic autonomy and political sovereignty. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/drag...
From the archive. A translator’s notes are refashioned into a poem calling for justice for Indigenous peoples in the Philippines displaced by a megadam. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/tran...
Translation Notes
A translator's notes are refashioned into a poem calling for justice for Indigenous peoples in the Philippines displaced by a megadam.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From the archive. A translator’s notes are refashioned into a poem calling for justice for Indigenous peoples in the Philippines displaced by a megadam. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/tran...
From the archive. In a time of heightened threats to reproductive rights, a women’s health scholar and mother of two comes face to face with her uterus. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/wome...
My Errant Uterus
In a time of heightened threats to reproductive rights, a women’s health scholar and mother of two comes face to face with her uterus.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
From the archive. In a time of heightened threats to reproductive rights, a women’s health scholar and mother of two comes face to face with her uterus. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/wome...
“To be a Black woman planning for pregnancy is to be acutely aware of both possibility and precarity.”
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November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“To be a Black woman planning for pregnancy is to be acutely aware of both possibility and precarity.”
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From the archive. Inspired by pop culture depictions of cavepeople, an archaeologist searches for elusive evidence of ancient wooden clubs. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Club-Wielding Ancestors: Myth or Reality?
Inspired by pop culture cavepeople, an archaeologist tries to confirm or deny the ancient wooden clubs myth.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From the archive. Inspired by pop culture depictions of cavepeople, an archaeologist searches for elusive evidence of ancient wooden clubs. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
From the archive. A team of researchers explains how the discovery of a human skull and jawbone helps push back the timing of modern humans’ migration into Southeast Asia. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Dating the Arrival of Modern Humans in Asia
Researchers explain how a skull and jawbone from a Laos cave helps push back the timing of modern humans’ migration into Southeast Asia.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
From the archive. A team of researchers explains how the discovery of a human skull and jawbone helps push back the timing of modern humans’ migration into Southeast Asia. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
From the archive. An anthropologist and poet reflects on a journey of return that tells a larger story about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity, and the potential for repair within anthropology. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/inte...
Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making
An anthropologist and poet reflects on a journey about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity, and the potential for repair.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From the archive. An anthropologist and poet reflects on a journey of return that tells a larger story about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity, and the potential for repair within anthropology. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/inte...
“To be a Black woman planning for pregnancy is to be acutely aware of both possibility and precarity.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/blac...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/blac...
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“To be a Black woman planning for pregnancy is to be acutely aware of both possibility and precarity.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/blac...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/blac...
From the archive. Amsterdam, like other European cities, hosts growing populations of non-native parakeets. An anthropologist unpacks what shifting attitudes toward these birds reveal about humans. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/amst...
Living With Parakeets and Other Migrants
Amsterdam hosts growing populations of non-native parakeets. What do shifting attitudes toward these birds reveal about humans?
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November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
From the archive. Amsterdam, like other European cities, hosts growing populations of non-native parakeets. An anthropologist unpacks what shifting attitudes toward these birds reveal about humans. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/amst...
From the archive. New DNA analysis has revealed surprising diversity among remains from burial sites in Peru. A genetic anthropologist explains what this suggests about the 15th century Inca palace. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/inca...
Decoding Diversity and Power at Machu Picchu
A genetic anthropologist explains the diversity revealed in DNA analysis of remains recovered from Machu Picchu and Cusco.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From the archive. New DNA analysis has revealed surprising diversity among remains from burial sites in Peru. A genetic anthropologist explains what this suggests about the 15th century Inca palace. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/inca...
From the archive. Unraveling a mystery around millennia-old goat bones, an archaeologist reflects on the harm people can cause their most cherished animals. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
What Ancient Goat Teeth Reveal About Animal Care
Studying millennia-old goat bones, an archaeologist reflects on the harm people can cause their most cherished animals.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
From the archive. Unraveling a mystery around millennia-old goat bones, an archaeologist reflects on the harm people can cause their most cherished animals. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
From the archive. An anthropologist explains how new forensics tools offer unprecedented answers to questions about who likely held or wore Stone Age objects. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/cave...
The Hidden Ancestry Extracted From an Ancient Pendant
An anthropologist examines how new forensics tools offer unprecedented answers about who likely held or wore Stone Age objects.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From the archive. An anthropologist explains how new forensics tools offer unprecedented answers to questions about who likely held or wore Stone Age objects. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/cave...
From the archive. In the midst of acute eco-anxiety, can community-based filmmaking help young people imagine a different future? Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/anth...
Through Film, Discovering Hope in the Face of Environmental Destruction
In the midst of acute eco-anxiety, can community-based filmmaking help young people imagine a different future?
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October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From the archive. In the midst of acute eco-anxiety, can community-based filmmaking help young people imagine a different future? Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/anth...
From the archive. An anthropologist explains how a South African university used community-driven research to honor human remains acquired unethically. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/repa...
Restoring Faces and Dignity to Skeletal Remains
An anthropologist explains how a South African university used community-driven research to honor human remains they acquired unethically.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From the archive. An anthropologist explains how a South African university used community-driven research to honor human remains acquired unethically. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/repa...
From the archive. A researcher explains why the Fulbright-Hays fellowship should change its rules that have kept native and heritage speakers from working where their languages are spoken. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/fulb...
I Was Penalized for Learning a Language at Home
A researcher is challenging Fulbright-Hays' rules that prevent native and heritage speakers from working where their languages are spoken.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From the archive. A researcher explains why the Fulbright-Hays fellowship should change its rules that have kept native and heritage speakers from working where their languages are spoken. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/fulb...
From the archive. An Egyptologist’s study of hieroglyphic texts has revealed that ancient Egyptians likely understood the celestial origins of iron-rich meteorites. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites—Long Before Modern Astronomers
An Egyptologist’s study of hieroglyphic texts revealed ancient Egyptians likely understood the celestial origins of iron-rich meteorites.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From the archive. An Egyptologist’s study of hieroglyphic texts has revealed that ancient Egyptians likely understood the celestial origins of iron-rich meteorites. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
From the archive. An archaeologist weighs the pros and cons driving debates around the rising population of Scotland’s renowned animal and explains what historical archaeology could add to the conversation. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Past and Present Approaches to the Management of Red Deer
An archaeologist explains debates around the rising population of Scotland’s renowned animal and what historical archaeology could contribute.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From the archive. An archaeologist weighs the pros and cons driving debates around the rising population of Scotland’s renowned animal and explains what historical archaeology could add to the conversation. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
From the archive. In Mexico, a growing animal protection movement often promotes harsh criminal punishment for those who abuse animals. But are these strategies working, or do they lead to further injustices? Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/anim...
Do Strict Criminal Penalties Protect Animals From Abuse?
In Mexico, animal protection activists often promote harsh criminal punishment for animal abusers. But are these strategies working?
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October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From the archive. In Mexico, a growing animal protection movement often promotes harsh criminal punishment for those who abuse animals. But are these strategies working, or do they lead to further injustices? Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/anim...
From the archive. Breakthrough treatments can now cure sickle cell anemia in the U.S. But the pricey therapies will hardly help in Nigeria, where social changes could do more for millions impacted by the disease. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/sick...
Gene Therapy's Promise Meets Nigeria's Sickle Cell Reality
The U.S. FDA approved a breakthrough treatment for sickle cell anemia. But in Nigeria, social changes could make a bigger difference.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From the archive. Breakthrough treatments can now cure sickle cell anemia in the U.S. But the pricey therapies will hardly help in Nigeria, where social changes could do more for millions impacted by the disease. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/sick...
From the archive. In a California gym, people living with Parkinson’s practice noncontact boxing to redefine their experience of the disease and maintain a sense of self. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/park...
Taking on Parkinson’s Disease—With Boxing Gloves and Punching Bags
In a California gym, people living with Parkinson’s practice boxing to redefine their experience of the disease and maintain a sense of self.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From the archive. In a California gym, people living with Parkinson’s practice noncontact boxing to redefine their experience of the disease and maintain a sense of self. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/park...
“Efforts by the gold industry and governments to uphold the metal’s status as a ‘risk-free’ asset have only deepened the dangers faced by those who risk their lives extracting it.”
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October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Efforts by the gold industry and governments to uphold the metal’s status as a ‘risk-free’ asset have only deepened the dangers faced by those who risk their lives extracting it.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/gold...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/gold...
From the archive. Public health officials say opioid use and related deaths have reached a crisis point in the U.S. Anthropologist and psychiatrist Helena Hansen unpacks the racial disparities in how drug addiction is interpreted, portrayed, and treated. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/hele...
How Racism Shapes the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
An interview with anthropologist and psychiatrist Helena Hansen unpacks racial disparities in drug addiction portrayals and treatments.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From the archive. Public health officials say opioid use and related deaths have reached a crisis point in the U.S. Anthropologist and psychiatrist Helena Hansen unpacks the racial disparities in how drug addiction is interpreted, portrayed, and treated. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/hele...
“In the current political climate in the U.S., which has pulled back the curtain and made fascism clear as day, being vibrantly Indigenous, Latine, queer, and trans in public is a form of resistance.”
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October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“In the current political climate in the U.S., which has pulled back the curtain and made fascism clear as day, being vibrantly Indigenous, Latine, queer, and trans in public is a form of resistance.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/danz...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/danz...
From the archive. East African runners wearing “super shoes” have outpaced global marathon records. But the shoe fervor—alongside older stereotypes about African runners’ “natural” abilities—means athletes’ hard work often gets sidelined. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/supe...
Why Shoes Do Not Make the Runner
As East African runners set new global marathon records, the fervor over "super shoes" means athletes’ hard work often gets sidelined.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
From the archive. East African runners wearing “super shoes” have outpaced global marathon records. But the shoe fervor—alongside older stereotypes about African runners’ “natural” abilities—means athletes’ hard work often gets sidelined. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/supe...