Anthropology

Anthropologists ask the difficult questions about human behaviour and also provide the difficult answers

There are 30 skeletons in the Iroungou cave, and carbon dating has shown they are from the 14th century. It is only the second cave burial site to be unearthed on the continent

Fifty years after matriculating, a 67-year-old has become the oldest-ever first-year student to study at Rhodes University

Mammoths and sabre-tooth cats once roamed the continent, but were our ancient ancestors responsible for their disappearance?

A recent journal article on ‘coloured’ women reflects an outmoded paradigm of race

"Sharing stories is an evolutionary tool that alters our minds," says the author.

The world is warming at 170 times its natural rate, thanks to human action and carbon emissions.

The world’s wildlife population has decreased by 52% in the 43 years since 1971 because of human industry, according to the Living Planet Index.

Arguments rage in the US about whether anthropologists should be helping the military. Kurt Jacobsen reports.