oh and I wrote this! nautil.us/eat-like-a-n...

Wrote this: Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Just realized I’m in the life stage for drinking martinis

When I'm trying to understand an event, I usually realize there's a SAPIENS story to help. To contextualize Chile's election results, check out this piece I edited, written by anthropologist Luis Alfredo Briceño González: Surveillance and Suspicion From the Margins www.sapiens.org/culture/fear...

SAPIENS was my dream job, but it didn't pay enough. I worked nights/weekends as a Lecturer & freelance writer so that I could afford to work full time days at SAPIENS. On my last day, I'm in tears reviewing the 60 some stories I developed as editor. Every story was an adventure. A sample below...

reflections on my time at SAPIENS: I'm proud of our staff's labor organizing...

apt closing from my last SAPIENS story “What archaeology asks of everyone is an openness to alternate worlds. An understanding that your society, with its ways of working, worshipping, learning, loving—even knowing a dog—is just one permutation of endless human and beyond human possibilities.”

Just out! Another story from a Harvard ASPR Fellow: Unearthing What Archaeologists Can and Cannot Know www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

“The earliest clear written reference to a ‘Women’s Kingdom’ appears in the mid-5th century, when it was listed among exotic goods exchanged in diplomatic contacts. ... Could Gurugyam, and the female in M2, offer material traces of such a kingdom?” Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Another great story from a Harvard ASPR Science Communication Fellow out today! The Tomb That Told of a Women’s Kingdom www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Do Africa’s Mass Animal Migrations Extend Into Deep Time? www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Connections and Conflicts With Seals in a Scottish Archipelago www.sapiens.org/culture/seal...

90 Years Since Its Discovery, a Stone Age Human Still Holds Lessons www.sapiens.org/biology/pale...

What is this vestigial contortion of my face as I listen to Mamdani’s victory speech? Ah right, a smile.

Yes on ballot measure #3 in Somerville

In Human Origins Research, Communities Are the Missing Link www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

This frose is not everything I dreamed it would be

Instead of ironing…

The Tangled Roots of Corruption in Today’s South Africa www.sapiens.org/culture/corr...

Wrote this out today: Fossil teeth reveal a previously unknown human ancestor from eastern Africa | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Feeding Community When Government Aid Runs Dry www.sapiens.org/biology/arge...

a student started this article in my Harvard science writing course this spring, and now it's published in Smithsonian! www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Wrote this, out today: Our ape ancestors’ taste for fermenting fruit may have paved a boozy evolutionary path | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

so this is how Colbert must have felt. Learned that SAPIENS magazine, where I work, is closing from a mass email to its newsletter subscribers today.

"Parenting should not be learned in isolation or all at once—it is a lifelong process embedded in daily life long before one has a child and long after." Great piece by @denizsalali.bsky.social To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents www.sapiens.org/biology/to-r...

some Italian years ago: "let's just dilute this fine espresso and call it an americano"

every biological anthropologist needs an entomologist friend to turn to every time we have a "wait what about the social insects?" type question

two cool-looking internships for aspiring science journalists: retractionwatch.com/internship/

The dumbest thing about babies is when they can’t sleep because they are too tired

Oh hey I did that study!

Wonder what archaeology makes headlines? In a new study, we investigated US media coverage for 1,115 arch papers published over 6 years. Seems Chinese archaeology was under-reported. Regional disparities in US media coverage of archaeology research | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How is indigo an official rainbow color but nobody talks about it?!

If I wanted my sandwich messy, I wouldn’t have ordered a sandwich

news from Obłazowa Cave, the most pleasant cave I've ever done archaeology in www.popsci.com/science/mamm...

Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Pete Hegseth Wondering Whether Uranium Would Be A Good Mixer — theonion.com/pete-hegseth...

There goes the neighborhood

Check out a great piece by one of SAPIENS' Templeton Fellows @ceciliapad.bsky.social How Societies Morph With the Seasons www.sapiens.org/biology/fora...

www.cnn.com/world/live-n... The Zionist regime targets civilians everywhere it wages terror: “More details of this afternoon’s Israeli strikes on Tehran are beginning to emerge, with densely populated residential areas of the Iranian capital being targeted, CNN understands”

The multitasking of momhood is astonishing

How Cultural Knowledge Sustained Desert Farms in the Ancient Andes www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Do dentists know anthropologists have a much better tooth numbering system?

Can We Save SAPIENS? The Future of Anthropology Journalism with Bridget Alex youtu.be/FKZ921XaPFw @sapiens.org

SAPIENS Magazine is under threat Please sign this petition: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... For the full chat with Dr Bridget Alex @bridgetalex.bsky.social about archaeology in the media and Sapiens magazine see YouTube: youtube.com/live/mvg4GrN... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/38LN...