Anthropology

How Would You Interpret 'Blue' And 'Green' If Your Language Lacked Those Words

If you visit Japan, you may be surprised that Japanese traffic lights have blue on go rather than the green in the U.S. Actually, green is the standard there, just as red is, they just have a different definition of green. It is rather common that things w ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 24 2023 - 3:17pm

The Predicament Of Diversity: No One Agrees On What It Means

“Diversity” as a concept has a lexical and political value all its own, with a widespread appeal. The problem with that is, however, that no one actually has the same idea of what diversity actually means. There is some consensus that the concept has, ove ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 26 2023 - 2:58pm

Minorities Don't Buy Populist Rhetoric Of Either US Party As Much As Whites Do

America is one of the most religiously, racially and ethnically diverse countries in the world, but that doesn't mean Latinos, Asians or Blacks believe that Democrats and Republicans want them as anything more than reliable voting blocs. A new analysi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2024 - 10:43am

Social Media Brings Out Our Baser Natures- Anger Is Rising In Democracies

Like old media such as newspapers and televisions, content on social media is tailored toward audience engagement. Television and newspapers have long known that 'dead bodies sell' but in social media it can be sold in real-time. It has sped up i ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 12 2024 - 2:00pm

Civilization (And Beer): An Enormous Improvement On The Lack Thereof

Fermentation Came First Evidence mounts almost daily that beer started humans on the path to civilization even before the invention of agriculture some twelve thousand years ago. A paper in Evolutionary Anthropology says that, based on tests of artifacts, ...

Article - Norm Benson - Apr 8 2024 - 3:33pm

The Oldest Profession May Be Fashion Design

There are five professions(1) but lots of occupations and trades lay claim to being the oldest one despite predating the concept by millennia. Farming is around 14,000 years old but a new study reveals one less-considered trade predates it by tens of thous ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2024 - 11:07am

Twice As Many Trans People Get Cirrhosis

A new analysis has found that cirrhosis, a liver disease that occurs when scar tissue prevents the liver from functioning normally, occurs twice as often in trans adults as those whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth.   ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2024 - 12:02pm

When Did Humans Migrate To Australia?

Every country has people claiming to be native now, whereas in previous generations if you were born there, you were native. In reality, outside the cradle in Africa, no one is native. Everyone was an immigrant, and over time everyone calling themselves na ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2024 - 11:02am