Castro Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 Going nuclear in the Senate, the anthropology of "Avatar" and why Fidel Castro sent doctors instead of soldiers to Haiti. These stories and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Rainy Day Edition

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 It's pouring in Larry HQ, which makes it a better time than ever to read about guns and gals, China and America's inferiority complex, military anthropologists and more. Soak it up after the jump. Many, many updates Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: Bone-Deep Similarities

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Jan 17, 2007 Recent anthropological research suggests that our African and Eurasian ancestors were more genetically similar than we had thought. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )