Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and…
Why Do We Eat at Funerals?A sociocultural anthropologist explores the cultural significance of funeral rituals and food traditions worldwide. Funeral traditions around the world involve…
Unearthing Culinary Pasts—With Help From Llama PoopA food archaeologist investigates everyday eating and lean times among the ancient Moche of Peru through a remarkable discovery of…
People of the PeppersMeet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity’s spicy romance…
Why These Hong Kong Urbanites Are FarmingAn anthropologist takes readers inside a Hong Kong ecovillage, revealing a small but thriving movement built around food, sustainability, and…
Planting Seeds for a More Ethical FutureThree contributors to a special series reflect on why slowing down and building trust between community partners is fundamental to…
When Coffee Is Like Angel Cake With Strawberry JamAn anthropologist delves into the rarefied ritualistic world of specialty coffee, where highly trained brewers and judges compete to determine…
The Paleolithic Age Cooked Up Creative ChefsAn archaeologist explains how new evidence stands to change what we thought about how ice age humans prepared food. This…
Is a “Sweet Tooth” Genetic?An anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why so many people seem practically programmed to love sugar. This article was…
Did Meat Do Neanderthals In?Studying zinc levels in unearthed Neanderthal skeletal remains, an archaeologist examines whether the carnivorous eating habits of Neanderthals in the…
