UB cultural anthropologist Phillips Stevens Jr. says that while magic and witchcraft are both thoroughly researched topics across various academic disciplines, a new effort is needed if we’re to fully ...

Exceptional students currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham may apply for an accelerated path to the completion of an accompanying master’s ...

Introduction : a well-tempered human rights -- Becoming irrelevant : the curious history of anthropology and human rights -- Encountering relativism : the philosophy, politics, and power of a dilemma ...

World Anthropology Day is observed annually to celebrate the study of humanity and cultures. The day highlights ...

Anthropology is the study of humans across time and place. It looks at how we live, work, speak, worship, migrate, learn, fight, love, and build societies. The point is pattern, context, and evidence, ...

If chimps could talk -- Fossils and what they tell us -- Group size and settlement -- Teaching, sharing and exchange -- Origins of language and symbolism -- Elementary structures of kinship -- A new ...

“When I started out I was focused on whether God was or was not out there. Now I am much more comfortable with ambiguity.” I dreamed of meeting Adam in heaven. He wasn't hard to recognize; he looked ...