Cathryn Townsend

Anthropologist, Baylor University

Cathryn Townsend is an anthropology research fellow at Baylor University. She lives in Waco, Texas.

Written by Cathryn Townsend

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Neither nasty nor brutish

The Ik – among the poorest people on Earth – have been cast as exemplars of human selfishness. The truth is much more startling

Cathryn Townsend