Anthropology

Sapiens is a digital magazine, which since 2016 has been bringing anthropology to the public. They have created an introductory course introducing the key concepts of the study.

Each unit is consists of a brief summary of the subject matter, articles, keywords, talking points, discussion questions, activities, and more. The units were originally designed for teachers but are also suitable for self-directed learning.

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Biological Anthropology

Unit 1 – Hominins

Unit 2 – Nonhuman Primate Diversity

Unit 3 – Early Homo sapiens

Unit 4 – Human Genetic Variation

Unit 5 – Human Behavior

Archaeology

Unit 1 – Archaeological Methods

Unit 2 – Ethics in Archaeology

Unit 3 – Museums

Unit 4 – Archaeology and Colonialism

Unit 5 – Public Archaeology

Unit 6 – Black Archaeologies

Unit 7 – Indigenous Archaeologies

Linguistic Anthropology

Unit 1 – Language and Identity

Unit 2 – Language and Diversity

Unit 3 – Language and Gender

Unit 4 – Language and Colonialism

Unit 5 – Language and Power

Cultural Anthropology

Unit 1 – Power and Hierarchies

Unit 2 – Gender and Sex

Unit 3 – Religion

Unit 4 – Food

Unit 5 – Medical Anthropology

Unit 6 – Symbolism

Unit 7 – Policing

Unit 8 – Pandemics