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Arts, Culture & Media
Where Do We Come From?
A Salvadoran father carries his son tries as he tries to board a train with another immigrant and head to the Mexican-U.S. border, in Huehuetoca, near Mexico City.
Arts
MacArthur grant winner studies the things left behind at the US-Mexico border
DNA
Health
Modern-day tribes still carry traces of colonial devastation in their DNA
Isle of Wight coastal area
Science
Scientists dig in to paleosoil to find out why some civilizations learned to farm earlier
Members of the trio Wu Force
Arts, Culture & Media
This Chinese-American trio describes their music as ‘Kung fu Appalachian indie rock folk’
Development & Education
Peru government urges couples to wed, makes it easier with mass ceremonies
Global Politics
Lima Officials Urging Marriage, Many Getting Hitched at Mass Ceremonies
Popularity of ‘white weddings’ surges in Japan, leads to shortage of officiants
Global Politics
The royal wedding: Not just schlock
What we lose when languages die
Environment
Archeological surprises uncovered after BP oil spill
Lessons from Traditional Societies on Raising Children, Caring for the Elderly
Business, Economics and Jobs
Popularity of Western-Style Weddings in Japan Creates Demand for White Officiants
Arts, Culture & Media
Lia Lee: A Disabled Life that Changed the Face of Western Medicine
New Evolutionary Theory Suggests Distinct Human Species Coexisted
Conflict & Justice
Kate Doyle: Documenting Latin America’s Painful Past
Top of the Hour: World Markets in Free-Fall, Morning Headlines
Eating Dirt
Animal Movie Stars: Not Always What They Seem
Hindus Reconsider Mother Earth
Civilization
Civilization
Class vs Nature
Beautiful Minds
Arctic Gender Imbalance
Overflowing Artifacts
In the Arms of Africa
Nature’s Myths
In the Arms of Africa
Arts, Culture & Media
The Age of Wonder
Environment
The dangers of ’empires of food’
Arts, Culture & Media
Summer reading: ‘Anthropology of an American Girl’
Arts, Culture & Media
This shoe is older than Stonehenge
Arts, Culture & Media
Drawing the short straw: how height affects your life
Arts, Culture & Media
Cooking Up A New Theory Of Human Evolution
Health & Medicine
Medical myths debunked!
Lifestyle & Belief
Sorting out the Texas polygyny case
Arts, Culture & Media
Amazon geoglyphs
Arts, Culture & Media
Murders in Peru recall ancient myth
Arts, Culture & Media
The culture of 9-11
Arts, Culture & Media
India’s 9/11
Lifestyle & Belief
Iraqi trumpeter
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit – Les Amazones de Guinee