Essay/Anthropology The scalp from Sand Creek Even after museums return human remains pillaged from a massacre in 1864, can repatriation heal the wounds of history? Chip Colwell
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Anthropology Eating people is wrong – but it’s also widespread and sacred Ben Thomas
Video/Social Psychology Never judge a book by its cover. But what about people and their faces? 12 minutes
Idea/Social Psychology People are intensely loyal to groups which abuse newcomers. Why? Christopher Kavanagh
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Anthropology How our contradictions make us human and inspire creativity David Berliner
Video/Demography & Migration How we became more than 7 billion – humanity’s population explosion, visualised 6 minutes
Video/History of Technology Mongolian nomads building a traditional yurt is a master class in cooperation 2 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/History It never was golden ‘The good old days’ is a virulent falsehood that infects those whose defences have been weakened by fear and insecurity Alan Jay Levinovitz
Video/Cultures & Languages ‘Grief bacon’ and other untranslatable words for the highs and lows of love 4 minutes
Essay/Education Schooled in nature There’s a way to teach children without colonising their minds: the lifelong way of the indigenous people of Mexico Jay Griffiths
Essay/Anthropology Magic bowls of antiquity Ancient Babylonia’s magic bowls offer a glimpse into the society of the Talmud, and today’s shadowy antiquities market Samuel Thrope
Idea/Gender & Sexuality Human sex is not simply male or female. So what? Courtney Addison & Samuel Taylor-Alexander
Video/Cognition & Intelligence Beware your shower! Why the risks that matter most can be those you notice least 2 minutes
Essay/Anthropology Slaves of history If you descend from slaves in Senegal, your shame is an open secret and your life limited by stigma and disrespect Jori Lewis
Video/Anthropology Catalonia’s human towers are monuments to strength, co-operation and tradition 3 minutes
Video/Death This stylish 1957 film explores mortality and memory on Mexico’s Day of the Dead 15 minutes
Essay/Anthropology Trial by fire From fire-walking to the ice-bucket challenge, ritual pain and suffering forge intense social bonds Dimitris Xygalatas
Video/Old Age & Death Dolls replace former residents in a remote, depopulating Japanese village 6 minutes
Essay/Anthropology Families made us human The evolution of human culture can be explained, not by the size of our brains, but by the quality of our relationships Stephen T Asma
Video/Ecology & Environmental Sciences Experience winter’s end and spring’s dawn in northern Greenland 4 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Anthropology Riches beyond belief If you want to know what money is, don’t ask a banker. Take a leap of faith and start your own currency Brett Scott
Essay/Anthropology The Moken They predicted the Boxing Day tsunami, but can Thailand’s sea gypsies stay afloat on the waves of modernity? Julian Sayarer