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World Anthropology Day is a global celebration dedicated to recognising the significance of anthropology in understanding ...

World Anthropology Day 2025 will be observed today on February 20. Check out the date, history and significance of the day.

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Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have studied the influence of group identity ...

Human instincts shape society, influencing power, inequality, and survival. Education can challenge these patterns.

From 2014-2016, a severe El Niño event triggered a drought across Central and South America, leading to unprecedented ...

The evolutionary roots of human dominance and aggression remain pivotal to social and political behaviour, and without ...