Anthropology
Archaeology

Primitive gardens in the Amazon
Evidence of cassava and pumpkin cultivation, dated at 10,350 and 10,250 years ago respectively, helped an international team of researchers to identify 4,700 artificial forests in the Llanos de Moxos region in Bolivia
By Redação
Obituary

An anthropologist of violence
Alba Zaluar, a pioneer in crime and social policy studies, dies at 77
Population genetics

The last of the Tupiniquim
Indigenous people from Espírito Santo reached the Brazilian coastline 1,200 years ago and later met European colonizers during the Age of Discovery
Computer Science

Discriminatory algorithms
How artificial intelligence assumes discriminatory behavior and what science can do to prevent it
By Suzel Tunes
Video

How evangelical rise changes Brazilian society
In 10 years, followers increased by 61% and reached a range of participation spheres, such as Parliament. Paula Montero and Jacqueline Moraes Teixeira, from USP, and Fábio Lacerda, from Cebrap, explain how | 14'
By Redação
Population Studies

Misplaced youth
Researchers look for explanations for the increase in youth suicide rates in Brazil
Archaeology

Ancient use of psychoactive substances in Bolivia
An international team of anthropologists and bioarchaeologists has identified traces of hallucinogenic substances in a 1,000-year-old leather bag found in the Bolivian Andes
By Redação
Urbanism

Controversial airport on sacred Incan land
The recently started construction of an international airport in Chinchero, southeastern Peru, has raised concerns about potential damage to archaeological sites in the region
By Redação
Archaeogenetics

When indigenous people occupied Lagoa Santa
Ancient DNA reveals rapid human colonization of South America 14,000 years ago
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Rebuilding heritage
Partnerships with indigenous peoples and community associations will be decisive to the restoration of ethnographic and linguistic collections
Photolab

Pre-Columbian Culture
Fragments of ceramic figures indicate that at the time there was a cultural connection between peoples across South America
By Redação
anthropology

How graffiti tensions art
Graffiti movement gave rise to São Paulo's own language
By Redação
SOCIAL SCIENCES

International pregnancy
Demand for assisted reproduction increases foreign genetic material in Brazil
Archaeology

Fishing scenes in the Atacama
The people who inhabited the northern coast of Chile before European colonization may have been skilled fishermen and marine hunters
By Redação