anthropology

David Raichlen, professor of biological sciences and anthropology at USC, said short intervals of increased effort — even just walking briskly for a few minutes — can yield meaningful health effects.

“The whole idea behind the 10,000 steps was actually a marketing campaign for a company in Japan that developed a pedometer,” said David Raichlen, professor of biological sciences and anthropology at USC.

In some hotels above casinos there, blocks of guest rooms have been converted into offices where workers help fraudsters find motorcades to move illicit funds, according to a 2024 report by a doctoral anthropology student.

He became interested in anthropology and archaeology and moved to the village of Nibutani in Hokkaido to be among the Ainu community.

Jordan Thomas, author of the forthcoming “When It All Burns,” is a former wildland firefighter and a doctoral candidate in anthropology at UC Santa Barbara, where he researches the cultural forces that shape wildfire.