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Jan Chipchase
The anthropology of mobile phones
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Oct 2007
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Elizabeth Lindsey
Curating humanity's heritage
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David Puts
To find your perfect mate, think like an evolutionist
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Feb 2019
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Dorsa Amir
How the Industrial Revolution changed childhood
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Nov 2019
8:40
Fredy Peccerelli
A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the "disappeared"
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Jan 2015
16:50
Holley Moyes
How darkness influences imagination
Posted
Jun 2019
7:53
Amber Case
We are all cyborgs now
Posted
Jan 2011
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Robin Nagle
What I discovered in New York City trash
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Nov 2013
10:22
Hendrik Poinar
Bring back the woolly mammoth!
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May 2013
5:16
Dan Adams
A brief history of goths
Posted
May 2017
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Kevin Toolis
What the Irish wake teaches us about living and dying
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Oct 2020
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Djazia Satour
"Neghmat Erriah" / "Ghounia"
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Jan 2020
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Joshua Prager
In search of the man who broke my neck
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Apr 2013
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Ella Al-Shamahi
Why archaeology needs to transcend borders
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Oct 2019
12:51
Gillian Tett
An invitation to reexamine your familiar world
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Jun 2022
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Yana Buhrer Tavanier
What is "normal" and what is "different"?
Posted
Feb 2022
3:04
Armand D'Angour
The ancient origins of the Olympics
Posted
Jul 2021
15:27
Lara Durgavich
An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease
Posted
Apr 2020
14:48
Nina Jablonski
Skin color is an illusion
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Jul 2009
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Shunan Teng
The history of Tea
Posted
May 2017
4:37
Ilan Stavans
The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death
Posted
Nov 2021
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Stephen Bax
The world's most mysterious book
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May 2017
4:19
David Lunney
Where does gold come from?
Posted
Oct 2015
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Ray Laurence
Four sisters in Ancient Rome
Posted
May 2013
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Emily Zobel Marshall
The myth of Anansi, the trickster spider
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Jan 2022
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Zeresenay Alemseged
The search for humanity's roots
Posted
Sep 2007
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K. Erica Dodge
Gyotaku: The ancient Japanese art of printing fish
Posted
May 2013
12:41
Aparna Bharadwaj
Hidden connections that transcend borders and defy stereotypes
Posted
Jan 2023
4:12
Peta Greenfield
Who were the Vestal Virgins, and what was their job?
Posted
May 2017
8:51
Stefana Broadbent
How the Internet enables intimacy
Posted
Nov 2009
13:01
Jing Corpuz
5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism
Posted
Jan 2023
4:12
Alexandra Horowitz
How do dogs "see" with their noses?
Posted
Feb 2015
4:20
Deanna Pucciarelli
The history of chocolate
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Mar 2017
20:54
Jeffrey Kluger
The sibling bond
Posted
Feb 2012
4:50
David Dunning
Why incompetent people think they're amazing
Posted
Nov 2017
19:12
Wade Davis
The worldwide web of belief and ritual
Posted
Jun 2008
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