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Fact Check: Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A number of secondhand sources recall Mead making this statement in response to a student’s question or as part of a lecture. But ...
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How Margaret Mead's research into utopias helped usher in the psychedelic era

Pioneering anthropologist Margaret Mead came of age in a time of enormous change and uncertainty. In the aftermath of World War I, as technologies like the radio and automobile began to take hold, ...
Los Angeles Times

Margaret Mead wanted to save the world through LSD. The government had other ideas

Benjamin Breen, a young historian at UC Santa Cruz, has written a gripping new book that tells a remarkable story. “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

What would Margaret Mead say?

A glance at the May 21 issue of The Nation: What would Margaret Mead say? At a recent conference marking the centenary of Margaret Mead’s birth, scholars examined the work of a “popular icon” who was ...
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How Margaret Mead's research into utopias helped usher in the psychedelic era

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 37:11 Listen to the Story ...