Want to be an anthropologist? Be scientific. Read theory, do quantifying fieldwork and improve that theory with your findings. But be...

Once again I got involved in e-mail discussions about the unregulated frightening traffic in my Amsterdam neigborhood Kattenlaan. The...

Did you know that east of the Mediterranean Sea there’s only a narrow strip of fertile land before the mountains rise up? No? Well, quite...

Will our genetic makeup lead to the demise of humanity? I propose to consider three tendencies that seem to be inborn and endanger our...

To coordinate larger-scale works and get labor done for the common good, central leadership evolved. This generated social hierarchies...

The idea of a matriarchal era in our evolution has been proposed since the 19th century and adopted as proof that women are well able to...