Current Anthropology, published by University of Chicago Press, is a peer-reviewed journal of Open Peer Commentary founded in 1959 by the anthropologist Sol Tax (1907-1995). The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the U.S. and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, several academic journals including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of texts covering academic fields as diverse as Drama, Literary Criticism, Economics... Open Peer Commentary was first implemented by the anthropologist Sol Tax (1907-1995), who founded the journal Current Anthropology, published by University of Chicago Press in 1959. ... Sol Tax (30 October 1907 – 4 January 1995) was an American anthropologist, born in Chicago, Illinois. ...