Anthropology

theguardian.com·há cerca de 8 horas

Olga Soffer obituary

Professor of anthropology whose approach to archaeology centred on crafts executed by women 40,000 years agoOlga Soffer, who has died aged 83, brought a revolutionary idea into the conversation about

barefield.ua.edu·há 6 dias

BCAS in the News: July 26 – August 8

Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the Barefield College of Arts and Sciences. Most recently, BCAS is trending in the news for the UA in Italy study a

althouse.blogspot.com·há 10 dias

"Evolution shaped humans to rest—and to run only when absolutely necessary."

I'm reading "Born to Rest: Why Exercise is Hard" (Harvard Magazine, August 9, 2016).[Daniel] Lieberman, Lerner professor of biological sciences, says that humans have... been selected to exercise only

news.arizona.edu·há 25 dias

Recent News | University of Arizona News

Find the latest news stories from the University of Arizona, covering UArizona research, projects and people.

thedebrief.org·há cerca de 1 mês

The Uncontacted: Living in Voluntary Isolation, These Are the People Governments Pretended Didn’t Exist

Deep in the world’s remaining equatorial forests, the last uncontacted Indigenous peoples continue to live in near-total isolation, writes University of Toronto professor KW Bowman.

barefield.ua.edu·há cerca de 1 mês

BCAS in the News: June 28 – July 11, 2026

Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the Barefield College of Arts and Sciences. Most recently, BCAS is trending in the news for commentary on primary e

dothemath.ucsd.edu·há cerca de 1 mês

Big Picture Questions

I respond to questions posed in the comments as to what hope I have for the future, what I find inspiring about humans, and what (if anything) I like about modernity. Continue reading →

dothemath.ucsd.edu·há cerca de 2 meses

Modernity | Do the Math

Most of us learn that uncompromising positions seldom work in the real world. We must bend, or risk breaking. As The Stones put it, you can’t always get what you want. The best place to witness such a