Bridget Alex on Muck Rack

Bridget Alex

Verified
(She/Her)
  • Archaeology and Biological Anthropology Editor, SAPIENS
Somerville
As seen in: SAPIENS, The Guardian, The Conversation, Atlas Obscura, Flipboard, Smithsonian Magazine, Science Magazine, Discover Magazine, Rhapsody Newsletter, Audubon, Archaeology Magazine and
Covers:  archaeology, anthropology, biology, earth science
Doesn't Cover: nonsense
Anthropologist, Science Writer, PhD. Archaeology & Bio Anthro Editor @SAPIENS_org. Lecturer @HarvardHEB. Views my own. @bridgetalex on bsky!

Get in touch with Bridget

Contact Bridget, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Bridget Alex’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

I'm the archaeology & biological anthropology editor for SAPIENS magazine. As a science writer I primarily cover human origins, archaeology and evolutionary biology. My stories have appeared in outlets including Discover, Science, Smithsonian, Atlas Obscura, and Audubon. Over the years, I've taught undergraduate and graduate courses about anthropology, archaeology, evolutionary biology, and science communication. As a STEM Writing Specialist & Lecturer at Caltech's Hixon Writing Center, I train…

Articles

Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing

|
By Jess Beck, Rowan Flad, Bridget Alex 
| Dialnet - Universidad de La Rioja
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing Autores: Jess Beck, Rowan Flad, Bridget Alex, Ari Caramanica, Andre Costopoulos, Nicholas C. Kawa, Ben Marwick, Christina Warinner, Dana Bardolph, Lewis Borck, Kristina Douglass, Alan Farahani, Mackinley FitzPatrick, Lars Fogelin, Laura E. Heath-Stout, Scott R.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Surprising partner preference found in matings between Neanderthals and modern humans

|
By Bridget Alex 
| Science Magazine
For more than a decade, it’s been known that ancient members of our species, Homo sapiens, met and mated with our evolutionary cousins, Neanderthals. Traces of the affairs linger: Today, up to 2% of the genomes of people outside sub-Saharan Africa originated from Neanderthals. But the details of the encounters have remained a matter of speculation. A study today in Science sheds light on who mated with whom.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?

Fossils point to common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals

|
By Bridget Alex 
| Science Magazine
Jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae found buried in a quarry in Casablanca, Morocco, may represent the earliest hints of our species’ split from the ancient lineage we share with Neanderthals, researchers report today in Nature. The 773,000-year-old fossils offer insights about where our distant forebears lived, what they looked like, and what tools they used at this key juncture in human evolution.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 262 licensed articles (271 Total)

Actions

Share this page

Get in touch with Bridget

Contact Bridget, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified