Anthropology

The University of New Mexico celebrates National Arab American Heritage Month in April and the UNM Department of Anthropology celebrates with a web page of resources and information, including UNM organizations, events, scholars, the history of National...

When it comes to nurturing their young, mother chimpanzees go the extra mile, according to a new study. Using 10 years of observational data on wild chimpanzees, researchers found that while adults often play, and young chimps play a lot, when food gets...

March is Women’s History Month and The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology celebrates with a web page of resources and information, including UNM organizations, events, scholars, the history of Women's History Month, research, news and...

An interdisciplinary team of Indigenous and western scientists from around the globe recently received the 2024 Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for their research on the evolution of...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is hosting a Family Day Event focused on Exploring Human Evolution. The event is part of Maxwell’s mission of working toward a greater understanding of the fullness of human experiences...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s annual Ancestors lecture returns with a talk by The University of New Mexico Associate Professor Sherry Nelson. Nelson will speak about Becoming Human: The Early Stages from Ape to Hominin. The lecture will be...

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrating Black History Month in February with a website page full of resources that include the history of Black History Month, Black scholar biographies, the African-American community...

The 55th Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture by Shannon Speed, director of the American Indian Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, will explore the ongoing violence against Native women and ways to...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico will host a closing reception for its two current exhibitions on Native American basketry — We Were Basketmakers Before We Were Pueblo People and Conversing With the Land: Native American...

Every May and December, it is exciting to see Lobos walk the graduation stage to receive their diplomas. As the campus community watches our rising stars soar to great new heights, it is a bittersweet time for the campus community as another group of...