Anthropology

Anthropology

Black and white cutout of a smiling man's face with red heart shapes drawn over his eyes on a black background.
16mins
“No matter what their gods were, what they did for a living, what they wore, the songs they sang, everything varies except love, and everybody loves.”
A man sits on a chair in a photo studio, flanked by black-and-white illustrations of an early human ancestor on the left and a modern man running on the right.
1hr 13mins
“Nothing about human behavior makes sense except in the light of culture and in anthropology, and we need to understand the cultural component to our behaviors as well.”
Diagram showing human evolutionary relationships and gene flow among Khoisan, West Africans, Non-Africans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans over time, with percentages of genetic admixture indicated.
After more than a million years of separation, two branches of humanity reunited around 300,000 years ago, suggests new research.