http://dir.salon.com/topics/anthropology/?source=rss&aim=anthropology en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Sarah Karnasiewicz Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2009/07/29/catching_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2009/07/29/catching_fire/index.html?source=rss Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame By Cary Tennis Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/30/distracted_writer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/30/distracted_writer/index.html?source=rss Every time I start to do my assignment, I find myself surfing the Web instead! By Tracy Clark-Flory Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/14/quote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/14/quote/index.html?source=rss Prehistoric women had a "passion for fashion"? By Marisa Meltzer Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/01/09/holmes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/01/09/holmes/index.html?source=rss In the early 1800s, Westerners leered at Saartjie Bartmaan's curvy body and exotic skin. But do we gawk any less today? By Juno Gregory Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/04/22/bones/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/04/22/bones/index.html?source=rss The ongoing debate over where the first Americans came from has anthropologists battling with Native Americans, white supremacists and the Army Corps of Engineers. By Juno Gregory Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/09/28/yanomamo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/09/28/yanomamo/index.html?source=rss Did scientists start a deadly epidemic to prove that humanity is innately violent -- or are they victims of politics? Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/20/park/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/20/park/index.html?source=rss Does the debunker need debunking? Plus: Up with the Sponge! "Mission to Mars" doesn't get off the ground. By Lawrence Osborne Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/16/skulls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/16/skulls/index.html?source=rss Native American activists battle scientists for bones that may prove they had white ancestors. By Eleanor Stacy Parker Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/17/biracial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/17/biracial/index.html?source=rss Race was never an issue in my life -- until I fell in love. By Ruth Shalit Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/09/29/persuaders3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/1999/09/29/persuaders3/index.html?source=rss After pondering the "cultural meat values" of Peparami, the only question remaining is: What are these guys smoking? By Danya Ruttenberg Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/03/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/03/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss Is the study of the autoerotic more than just mental masturbation? By Mary Roach Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/12/15/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/12/15/feature/index.html?source=rss What tastes worse than rodent knee and saliva-flavored manioc mash? It depends where you come from, as Mary Roach learns in a remote Amazon village. By Constance Matthiessen Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/08/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/08/feature/index.html?source=rss Our Babies, Ourselves, by anthropologist Meredith F. Small, urges us to question some of the fundamental ways Americans raise their children. By Tracy Quan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/hot/1998/02/04/04hot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/hot/1998/02/04/04hot/index.html?source=rss Darwinian anthropologist Helen Fisher talks about polygamy, loyalty and why a bubbly young chick like Monica Lewinsky would confide in a sour stepsister like Linda Tripp. By Kate Rix Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/05/14/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/05/14/news/index.html?source=rss Did we really nosh on each other's body parts -- or are we merely feeding on the dark recesses of fear and imagination? By Cintra Wilson Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1996/12/02/cintra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1996/12/02/cintra/index.html?source=rss Relearning to Brainwash Our Nation's Youth By Gary Kamiya Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1995/12/02/bourgois/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1995/12/02/bourgois/index.html?source=rss Anthropologist Philippe Bourgois went deeper into America's crack culture than anyone before him. Too deep.