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manvir singh

department of anthropology, university of california, davis

mvrsingh@ucdavis.edu | manvir.manvir@gmail.com

curriculum vitae | integrative anthropology lab

writing

popular pieces & essays

For academic publications, see the research page.

Don’t believe what they’re telling you about misinformation

The New Yorker, 2024

“Dune” and the delicate art of making fictional languages

The New Yorker, 2024

The Mongol hordes: They’re just like us

The New Yorker, 2024

Is an all-meat diet what nature intended?

The New Yorker, 2023

How dowries are fuelling a femicide epidemic

The New Yorker, 2023

It's time to rethink the idea of the "Indigenous"

The New Yorker, 2023

How the Huxleys electrified evolution

The New Yorker, 2022

The shamanification of the tech CEO

The idea of primitive communism is as seductive as it is wrong

It’s easy to blame mental health issues on tech. But is it fair?

Is coping with PTSD harder for US soldiers?

The Guardian, 2021

Beyond the !Kung

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