Chip Colwell
@chipcolwell.bsky.social
Anthropologist of everything human. Newest book: SO MUCH STUFF @uchicagopress.bsky.social.
The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
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The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying their dead in spaces that received few protections.
theconversation.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
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With a heavy heart, I write to share that SAPIENS is halting the publication of new content by the end of this year. The magazine is a program of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, which recently lost its publication partner for SAPIENS, ...
With a heavy heart, I write to share that SAPIENS is halting the publication of new content by the end of this year. The magazine is a program of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, which recently lost its publication partner for SAPIENS, ...
July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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With a heavy heart, I write to share that SAPIENS is halting the publication of new content by the end of this year. The magazine is a program of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, which recently lost its publication partner for SAPIENS, ...
With a heavy heart, I write to share that SAPIENS is halting the publication of new content by the end of this year. The magazine is a program of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, which recently lost its publication partner for SAPIENS, ...
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"It was early in the morning of a sunny day, with perfect light for checking tracks," Neto de Carvalho told Live Science in an email. 🏺🧪
78,000-year-old footprints from Neanderthal man, child and toddler discovered on beach in Portugal
A Neanderthal trackway discovered in Portugal shows how an adult male and two children hunted for food 78,000 years ago.
www.livescience.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Thanks for attending!
Thanks to @sapiens.org for hosting @anthrofuentes.bsky.social at today's webinar. Really brilliant to have a 30-minute book-focused discussion, in this case, with @chipcolwell.bsky.social, around Dr. Fuentes' excellent book Sex is a Spectrum from @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Anthropology #gender
July 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks for attending!
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Thanks @bjking.bsky.social !! It was a great discussion w/ @chipcolwell.bsky.social and terrific questions from the audience
Thanks to @sapiens.org for hosting @anthrofuentes.bsky.social at today's webinar. Really brilliant to have a 30-minute book-focused discussion, in this case, with @chipcolwell.bsky.social, around Dr. Fuentes' excellent book Sex is a Spectrum from @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Anthropology #gender
July 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thanks @bjking.bsky.social !! It was a great discussion w/ @chipcolwell.bsky.social and terrific questions from the audience
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(Way too happy with myself for writing this headline.) 🧪🏺
Archaeologists discover that parties 11,000 years ago were BYOB — bring your own boar
Humans have feasted since the dawn of agriculture — but a new find suggests the practice of bringing exotic food to a communal gathering is even older.
www.livescience.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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These are going to be absolutely amazing conversations. Hope to see you there!!
Our 5 Questions Summer Series kicks off this month! Join us on July 16 for a live Q&A with Agustín Fuentes.
📋 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📋 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
These are going to be absolutely amazing conversations. Hope to see you there!!
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Exciting to see SOMETHING BETWEEN US on this list of "novels, memoirs and nonfiction titles so enticing you won’t want to move from your favorite beach towel or deck chair until fall," in the company of new books by some terrific writers here in Maryland.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/14/1...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/14/1...
10 books by Maryland authors you will want to read this summer
On the list you’ll find the newest novel by National Book Award-winner Susan Choi, an exploration of the causes of America’s social and political divide by Johns Hopkins University anth…
www.baltimoresun.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Exciting to see SOMETHING BETWEEN US on this list of "novels, memoirs and nonfiction titles so enticing you won’t want to move from your favorite beach towel or deck chair until fall," in the company of new books by some terrific writers here in Maryland.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/14/1...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/14/1...
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Cronk Sumark, “Primrose Hill” in English, is a Celtic Iron Age and Medieval hillfort on the northern part of Isle of Man. This twin-peaked summit, a mere 76 metres above sea level, has archaeological evidence of houses, storage facilities, and communal spaces. #HillfortWednesday
May 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Cronk Sumark, “Primrose Hill” in English, is a Celtic Iron Age and Medieval hillfort on the northern part of Isle of Man. This twin-peaked summit, a mere 76 metres above sea level, has archaeological evidence of houses, storage facilities, and communal spaces. #HillfortWednesday
Another fantastic episode!
🎙️ This week on the SAPIENS podcast: An anthropologist investigates the impacts of increasing Chinese migration to and investment in Africa.
🎧 Listen now: www.sapiens.org/culture/zamb...
🎧 Listen now: www.sapiens.org/culture/zamb...
May 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Another fantastic episode!
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May 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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From the archive. “For much of the 20th century, the Ainu narrative created by outsiders revolved around their demise. But something else caught the attention of Japanese colonists and others traveling to Mosir: the Ainu’s relationship with bears.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
The Untold Story of Japan's First People
In the 20th century, Japanese anthropologists and officials tried to hide the existence of the Indigenous Ainu. Then the Ainu fought back.
www.sapiens.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From the archive. “For much of the 20th century, the Ainu narrative created by outsiders revolved around their demise. But something else caught the attention of Japanese colonists and others traveling to Mosir: the Ainu’s relationship with bears.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
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Who owns the past and the objects that physically connect us to history? And who has the right to decide this ownership, particularly when the objects are sacred or, in the case of skeletal remains, h...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Want to listen to my book at half off?!
50% OFF Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
#museums #repatriation #history #archaeology #justice #HumanRights
50% OFF Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
#museums #repatriation #history #archaeology #justice #HumanRights
Is this the future we imagined?
💡 Did you know? The word "robot" comes from a 1920 Czech play—and it means "forced labor."
From ancient automata to AI today, we’ve always wrestled with the idea of non-human workers.
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#AnthroFacts #AI #HistoryOfIdeas
From ancient automata to AI today, we’ve always wrestled with the idea of non-human workers.
www.sapiens.org/culture/requ...
#AnthroFacts #AI #HistoryOfIdeas
Requiem for a War Robot
An anthropologist explores the brave new world of virtual warfare—and the fraught relationship between humans and machines.
www.sapiens.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Is this the future we imagined?
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“Although the prison system in the U.S. may seem relatively humane by comparison, our country has the highest incarceration rate in the world.”
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May 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Although the prison system in the U.S. may seem relatively humane by comparison, our country has the highest incarceration rate in the world.”
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Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/pris...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Just a brilliant episode!
🎙️ This week on the SAPIENS podcast: The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the border of North and South Korea is the site of the longest ceasefire in the world. In this region, the effects of a never-ending war linger in the skies and beneath the earth.
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🎧 Listen now: www.sapiens.org/culture/ceas...
April 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just a brilliant episode!
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Chip Colwell (American anthropologist, author, and editor-in-chief of Sapiens Magazine) leaves X (1.935 followers).
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April 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Chip Colwell (American anthropologist, author, and editor-in-chief of Sapiens Magazine) leaves X (1.935 followers).
BlueSky: @chipcolwell.bsky.social
#BlueSkyWins
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#BlueSkyWins
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Good to know that our complicated human politics go waaaay back.
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April 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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