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Book Review: The Skull Collectors: Race, Science, and America’s Unburied Dead (Pt. 3 of ‘Headhunters…’ Series)

With such a controversial topic, steeped in centuries of damaging practice, it was odd that Fabian tried to remain neutral. The inclusion of quotation marks around scientific racism gives the impression that this is a debatable topic, when it is not.

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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 need not be confined to a single month anyway.   The northern regions of the United States were long […]Read More

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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 I wanted to spend the month of February posting about two very special sites- the African Burial Grounds of NYC […]Read More

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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 included are NOT from the actual cases that my peers and I worked on. However, the images that are included […]Read More

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ReBlog: First-Ever LSD Microdosing Study Will Pit the Human Brain

by Daniel Oberhaus Amanda Feilding used to take lysergic acid diethylamide every day to boost creativity and productivity at work before LSD, known as acid, was made illegal in 1968. During her downtime, Feilding, who now runs the Beckley Foundation for psychedelic research, would get together with her friends to play the ancient Chinese game […] […]Read More

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You Don’t Have to March to Stand for Science

I remember when the ‘March For Science’ was first announced. I was on board, immediately. I joined the Facebook groups, requested to be informed of volunteer opportunities, and began to pay attention to the communications sent from the march planners. My body was ready. The planners made it a point to put diversity and inclusion […]Read More

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Download Free March For Science Posters

I designed a few signs that you are welcome to download and use! These posters are optimized for 18×24 inches and are in PDF. I’ll continue to add more as I think of them. Awesome anthro- themed signs will be coming soon! Let’s defend the integrity of science together! **A special version of the “Can’t […]Read More

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Bone Deformation: What is Proteus Syndrome?

Proteus Syndrome is a rare disease that causes overgrowth of skin and muscles, and abnormal bone growth. Children born with the disease will often not show any signs of it because the skin tumors and bone growths appear as a child with the disease grows. This is known as a progressive condition. For a long time, it as unknown […]Read More

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Giving birth in the Iron Age

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Science Writing Tips from Wellcome Trust

This is an amazing resource from the Wellcome Trust blog! Go forth and communicate science! Science Writing Tips.Read More

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Dactyl & Skelly Pad: Apps for Digital Bone Identification and

I really like these apps! I can’t wait to see how Dactyl grows and develops because it is a beautiful piece of work. This is a great review!Read More

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Spain Finding the Dead

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Histories Mistakes: The Story of Alan Turing

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The 'Rockstar Anthro' Round Up!: A Recap of Stuff That

These were our top viewed social media posts this past week We Can’t Breathe! Protests denouncing police brutality and the structural violence and inequalities that has plagued Black American communities since the creation of the U.S. continued throughout the nation. NYC held the ‘Million March’, which drew tens of thousands of people together in a […]Read More

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I Declared it "Anthropology 101" Day and An Amazing Thing

The night before last, I was inspired by Sesame Street. In fact, I actually model Sesame Street quite often when it comes to presenting information, but that is an explanation for a different post. Anyway, I decided to have an ‘Anthropology 101’ day. This was meant to be an entire day devoted to simple explanations of […]Read More