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Around 19,000 years ago, a woman ̶ possibly a woman of some special status ̶ from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in El Mirón Cave in northern Spain. In 1996, archaeologists started exploring the cave, finding abundant evidence of prehistoric people.

Public Archaeology student Emily Hayes-Rich was standing at the base of a mountain in Santa Fe preparing for a hike recently when she found out she had been selected for a Fulbright Award to support her master's research Old Answers to New Questions:...

Jane Lancaster, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She joins other eminent anthropologists selected for the honor, including the late...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on the campus of The University of New Mexico is holding a special Passport to People family day that will encourage people of all ages to make Eco Explorations in Pottery and celebrate spring with a day in the...

Every society has some degree of wealth inequality  ̶  over history, across continents, there always seem to be some people who have more than others. But the amount of inequality differs  ̶  in some civilizations, a few powerful people have nearly all...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico has been reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), an honor held by only about 8 percent of anthropology museums and 16 percent of university museums. The AAM is the...

Experts and parents alike have long debated whether human boys and girls tend to be more or less physically aggressive because of nature or nurture. New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on young chimpanzees indicates...

Some of the most famous anthropologists are women: Margaret Mead, Mary Leakey, Alice Roberts, and Jane Goodall, to name a few. Even in times when men were typically leaders in the field, women still made a name for themselves and continue to do so now....

When the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico had to shut down last year because of the pandemic, the staff decided to take the museum and its vast collection to its audience online. In a recently released video, the Maxwell...

Cyler Conrad, an adjunct assistant professor of Archaeology at The University of New Mexico, recently co-authored a chapter in a book called Galapagos Giant Tortoises. In this magnum opus, contributors from around the world examine the tortoise’s island...