Students can play to their strengths in this anthropology course designed to teach them how to present research findings in ways other than a peer-reviewed paper.
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In the absence of clear-cut regulation, who should decide on where and how a technology that could change the course of human health should be applied?
Humans aren’t the only species to consider when constructing new buildings. This course teaches students to take animals into account as well.
Satellite data shows the amount of food the residents of the tiny Pacific island have grown over time, pointing to a small but stable population.
People rarely speak plainly of birth, and even more rarely spell out the details in positive terms.
Some anthropologists question how much rare activities like big-game hunting could have affected how our species evolved. Instead they’re looking at daily activities like carrying water or firewood.
Human factors − such as how people produce food and how they organize themselves and live together − influence disease outbreaks.
Cassava’s many assets would seem to make it the ideal crop, except for one drawback: It’s highly poisonous. Human ingenuity has made cassava edible for millennia.
The Avars dominated southeastern central Europe for hundreds of years, leaving one of the richest archaeological heritages in Europe. Now scientists are using DNA to reveal details of their societies.
From kimchi to kombucha and sauerkraut to sourdough, many traditional food staples across cultures make use of fermentation. And these variations are reflected in your microbiome.
Pottery made more than 1800 years ago by Aboriginal communities on Jiigurru in the Lizard Island group in the Great Barrier Reef is the oldest ever found in Australia.
There are hundreds of lost tetrapod species across the globe and their number are increasing decade-on-decade. This study aims to find out why some are rediscovered, while others are not.
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
How, when and where did modern humans evolve? Nobody has all the answers, but studying rock and dirt can put the debate on firmer footing.
Science is essential for human flourishing. So why does so much science communication paint a bleak, nihilist picture of the world?
Forensic anthropologists are specialized scientists who analyze the skeletal remains of the recently deceased to help authorities figure out who the person was and what happened to them.
Female bodies have an advantage in endurance ability that means Paleolithic women likely hunted game, not just gathered plants. The story is written in living and ancient human bodies.
The findings reveal a close association between climatic conditions and early human migrations out of Africa.
The famous French anthropologist, world-renowned for his theory of non-places and his analyses of the “overmodern” city, died during the summer.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have used DNA from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France to reconstruct the lives of everyday Neolithic people.
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Assistant Curator of Human Evolution., University of Alberta
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Emeritus Professor, School of Humanities, University of New England
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology , NYU Abu Dhabi, chercheuse associée LESC, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
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Tom Austen Brown Professor of Australian Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida
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Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, University of Adelaide
