David Graeber and David Wengrow’s Anarchist History of Humanity
Illustration by Tim Robinson. Protest speaks a language of forceful insistence. “Defund the police,” “Build the wall”—the unyielding demands go back to Moses’ “Let my … Read more
Anthropology
Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue
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Kneeling, Decapitated Skeleton Offers Evidence of Ancient Chinese Sacrificial Custom
The kneeling decapitated skeleton found in Henan province, China. Statue: Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology Archaeologists in central China have unearthed a … Read more
Evidence of 10,000-Year-Old Crops Points to the Amazon as an Early Agricultural Hotspot
One of the 6,643 forest islands identified in the new study.Statue: José Capriles, Penn State Archaeologists have identified four independent regions where humans first started … Read more
This Tiny Skull Cap Is Rocking What We Know About an Ancient Human Species
The partial skull, called DNH 134, from a homo erectus individual, with stylized projection of the missing skull. Statue: Andy Herries, Jesse Martin and Renaud … Read more
Lucy's Brain Was Part Ape, Part Human
Scans of the Australopithecus afarensis skull.Statue: Philipp Gunz, MPI EVA Leipzig The famous The 3.2 million year old Lucy specimen has fascinated scientists since it … Read more
Florida’s Ancient Calusa Kingdom Was Powered by Ingenious Fish Corrals
Artist’s impression of fish stored in watercourses. Statue: Florida Museum / Merald Clark Despite not farming, the Calusa managed to dominate southwest Florida for centuries. … Read more
Neanderthals Enjoyed Seafood, Too, New Evidence Suggests
The Figueira Brava site on the Atlantic coast of Portugal.Statue: P. Zilhão et al., 2020 / Science Neanderthals who lived in Portugal during the last … Read more
