According to Nicholas Wade, the New York Times reporter, the decision was the outcome of longstanding tension between two approaches, one linked to those disciplines more often identified as having a ...

World Anthropology Day, observed every third Thursday of February, celebrates the field and the incredible people in it. Anthropology is essentially "the science of humanity," covering a wide range of ...

A nthropology has come a long way in the past decade. In 2010, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) decided to eliminate the word science from its long-range plan (a decision it would ...

A change to an association's long-range plan sparks concerns that it no longer believes the objective truth is a goal worth pursuing. A new long-range plan for the American Anthropological Association ...

Margaret Mead, between 1930 and 1950. (Library of Congress; Edward Lynch, World-Telegram staff photographer) Science wars are coming back: and this time, they are being promoted by a combination of ...

Is anthropology on its way out? According to Ann Gibbons, writing in Science today, the field has suffered some serious setbacks this year. She writes: In the fall of 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott ...