Editorial Gananath Obeyesekere, a man larger than life, passed away today. His death marks the end of an intellectual force that reshaped the very foundations of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and the critique of
‘White farmers are being brutally killed in South Africa’ warned President Donald this week amid all the uproar and craziness over tariffs, world trade and kickoff of a campaign to force Big Pharma
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The evolution of the human mind has allowed us to transcend our modern understandings of time and expand into the realm of “deep time thinking.” One example of this is the Geologic Time Scale (GTS), a
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The rapid growth of digital technologies in the last quarter-century has multiplied the number and types of possible influences on individual values and opinions. Has the digital era changed the level of
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A groundbreaking study published today in Nature has upended long-held assumptions about the Phoenicians, the ancient seafaring civilization known for spreading culture and commerce across the Mediterranean for over a millennium. While
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Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very long time spans on a global scale. Until recently, most grand narratives that purported
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Our ancestors’ ability to recognize water sources was crucial to their survival. As a result, the attraction to lustrous materials is deeply rooted in our evolutionary history and is evident among prehistoric
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Once whispered about in hushed tones and exoticised through rumours of extended intimacy and esoteric rituals, Tantra has resurfaced in the Western mainstream — not as a salacious secret but as a
More A fossilized jawbone dredged from the seabed near Taiwan more than two decades ago has now been confirmed to belong to the elusive Denisovan species of archaic humans, marking a significant expansion
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A recent study has unveiled remarkable findings about the genetic makeup of two women who lived in what is now Libya around 7,000 years ago. Their DNA, extracted from ancient remains found
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Editorial Gananath Obeyesekere, a man larger than life, passed away today. His death marks the end of an intellectual force that reshaped the very foundations of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and the critique of
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