I don’t think that you will ever walk into the office of an anthropologist or an anthropology museum or anywhere where anthropology is being practiced and not find a skull. I don’t think it matters if it’s biological anthropology or linguistics, I think you’ll find a skull- model, diagram, books, possibly real, shrunken, jeweled, hominid, […]
Fun Facts About Skeletons 2019
It’s back to school time and I thought it would be great to kick off the year with some fun facts about human bones. Let’s jump right in! Human adult skeletons are Read More
Part Three of the Black History Month Series: From NYC
This is part three (final) of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. Sorry, it was delayed, but Black History Read More
Black History Series: The Liberated African Graveyard of St. Helena,
This is part two of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. In this second part, I’ll discuss the Read More
Announcement: Black History Series: From NYC to St. Helena- The
Because World Anthropology Day and Black History Month occur in the same month, and I wanted to spend some time talking about a topic I love (re: that February holiday day about love). I decided Read More
Tales From The Grave: Sacralization of the Lumbar
This is a small series that will focus on some of the types of trauma, pathology and degeneration I examined will at the Odyssey Field School in Cyprus. Please note that the images included are Read More
Tales from the Grave: Concha Bullosa
This is a small series that will focus on some of the types of trauma, pathology, interesting variations and degeneration I examined while in Cyprus at the Odyssey Field School. Please note that the images Read More
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Forensic Anthropology In a
I’m super excited to write this post because it means I did something really cool! I originally had this scheduled to post two weeks after I returned, but I wanted to compare my experience Read More
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome with Mutilans Rheumatoid Arthritis
I recently came across some strange x-rays of a hand. At first, I thought the deformation of the bone and hand tissue was perhaps due to an accident of some sort, but the longer I Read More
The (Possible) Bones of ‘The Unsullied’
Earlier today, I was reading a report published on Nature.com about the pathology of an 18th century singer named Gaspare Pacchierotti. What made this article particularly compelling was that the singer was castrated, Read More
But is it human, though?
I get news alerts every day all day about a variety of headlines pertaining to anthropology, science, culture and, specifically, skeletal remains. The other day, my friend was watching one of those ‘CSI’, ‘Bones’ types Read More
Death at Birth: The Earliest Known Prehistoric Twins
Imagine the scene… It’s the Neolitic (or New Stone Age) period and the place is an area that is now known as Irkutsk, Russia, one of the largest Siberian cities. A women is laid Read More
Reconstructing The Past: Studio EIS (A Docu-Portrait)
Originally published on Anthropology News Everyday Anthropology Myeashea Alexander Almost every weekend for over a year, I left NYC on a 6:30 am southbound bus to Washington, DC. When I arrived, I would quickly grab breakfast Read More