There are two interseting articles in the New York Times Magazine:
1) Stress Test
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/magazine/29wwlnlede-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin
and
1) The Worm Turns
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/magazine/29wwln-essay-t.html?ref=magazine
which I think have interesting aspects from a bioanthropological perscpective.