Humans have cherished honey for its sweetness for as long as memory.Smithsonian Magazine has cataloged ancient rock art showing early humans collecting honey over 40,000 years ago. Ancient Egyptians used honey as a foundation in their "Three Healing Gestures." Jars filled with honey have been found in 5,000-year-old Egyptian tombs, still appearing perfectly normal (per Wound Care Learning Network). And as anthropologist Alyssa Crittendon of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas tells Smithsonian Magazine, the sweet, syrupy nectar could have even played a significant role in human evolution. This evidence — and more — illustrates how the ancients used honey for healing. But is it safe to use honey on open wounds today?

The impacts of colonialism and unseemly research reverberate to this day. But, outside of the social sciences and some genomics, efforts to involve and protect Indigenous peoples remain nebulous.

The impacts of colonialism and unseemly research reverberate to this day.

A few years ago, my husband and I had a bit of a situation on our hands. Our 4-year-old daughter had figured out how to climb onto the roof of our home. After breakfast in the mornings, we would find her perched, like a pigeon, three stories above a busy city sidewalk. (It makes me a bit nauseous to think about it).

The science behind the idea of restoring the intestinal microbiome to an ancestral state is shaky, skeptics say, and in some cases unethical.

Honey is made by bees, and because we typically associate its image with peaceful, pastoral beekeeping, the question of whether or not honey is vegan is often one that will get you different answers, depending on who you ask. So, what’s the buzz, is honey vegan?

A group of social scientists who conduct cross-cultural research are casting a critical lens on their own practices.

A life without bees is no life at all. Literally. Not only are they essential for pollination of plants but they are intricately entwined with the evolution of our species. University of Nevada paleoanthropologist Alyssa Crittenden argues that honey and bee larvae consumption are what “made it possible for early Homo to nutritionally out-compete other species of hominid and may have provided critical energy to fuel their enlarging and evolving brains”.