Curated category
Anthropology
- Social classThe word class comes from the Latin term classis, which census takers used to categorize citizens by wealth. This ancient classification determined military…
- AnthropologyThe abstract noun anthropology first appeared in reference to history within the Oxford English Dictionary of 1859. Its present use emerged during…
- PolygynyIn 2019, the country of Burkina Faso recorded a polygyny prevalence rate of 36 percent. Mali followed closely with 34 percent, and Gambia stood at 30 percent.
- Race (human categorization)In 1684, François Bernier published a text titled Nouvelle division de la terre par les différents espèces ou races qui l'habitant.
- WeddingIn 1853, Edmund Leighton painted a scene where a bride wore a white gown and veil, capturing the moment Queen Victoria popularized this specific color choice.
- KinshipIn 1871, Lewis Henry Morgan published Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family. This work became a foundational text for anthropologists…
- Human evolutionThe fossil record stretches back 65 million years to the earliest primate-like mammals. Plesiadapis roamed North America while Archicebus lived in China…
- Human migrationIn 2015, migrants made up 3.3% of the world population yet contributed 9.4% to global GDP. This economic weight belies a complex legal landscape where three…
- ArchaeologyKing Nabonidus of Babylon searched for the foundation deposits of temples dedicated to the sun god Šamaš and the warrior goddess Anunitu in Sippar during his…
- PrimitivismIn the arts of the Western world, Primitivism is a mode of aesthetic idealization that means to recreate the experience of the primitive time, place, and…