An anthropologist writes about human evolution, covering sexual selection, the genetics of skin, hair and eye color, and the evolution of cognitive ability using ancient DNA and polygenic scores. Posts include research updates, historical analysis of evolutionary thought, and summaries of his own publications.
Website: https://www.anthro1.net
Essays by a former SEAL that draw on military history, anthropology and philosophy to examine meaning, mortality, training and purpose. Readers get reflective, literary pieces that pair historical anecdotes with personal field experience.
Long-form essays on psychedelic research, covering pharmacology, policy, philosophy of mind and the cultural and anthropological contexts of DMT and related compounds. Writing is by Stephen Page and draws on academic sources, including coursework from an Exeter MSc, to examine how psychedelic experience and its history are interpreted.
A blog presenting research and perspectives on khipus, the knotted-cord record-keeping devices of the Andes, including ethnographic fieldwork, theoretical essays and highlights of new publications. It aims to make khipu studies accessible to non-specialist readers.
A tea newsletter presenting in-depth field research on pu'er tea from a research trip to Menghai, Yunnan. It combines history, ethnography, agronomy and processing analysis with a candid, irreverent voice.
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