Five pills rattle from a plastic prescription vial into my grandfather’s cupped palms. He beckons me to his side for help. This is a feeling that I know too well—over the last few years, his health has been declining due to his kidney failure. I’m glad that we are there to take care of him as his body copes with…
Are you an anthropology nerd? If you’re anything like me, you might have pondered the origins of humankind over a bowl of cereal, absorbed in episodes of Civilizations. How did our society come to be? This very question has intrigued historians for centuries. Sure, we evolved from our primate ancestors into the Homo sapiens of today (read our previous post…