Anthropology

From the tragedy of ancient glaciers disappearing, a new insight into the ancient is gained. Drastic annual temperature increases are contributing to benchmark discoveries of artifacts that have been sheltered in ice for thousands of years. One can vie

Charles Menzies, a member of the Gitxaala Nation of British Columbia, will speak on “Oil, Energy & Anthropological Collaboration on the North West Coast of Canada” for the Journal of Anthropological Research lecture on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in

The Musicology Colloquium series kicks off Thursday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. in Zimmerman Library, Waters Room on the UNM campus. The opening program features David Samuels, delivering "The Oldest Songs They Remember: Frances Densmore, Mountain Chief, and ...

A study published in the journal “Nature,” examines how chimpanzees kill in the wild. The study, titled “Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts,” features collaborative research that concludes lethal aggr

The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series presents “Corn, Calories, Labor, Risks and Outcomes” Thursday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. in Hibben Hall, room 105, with anthropologist, David E. Stuart. Stuart discusses the impressive ...

In a world where news travels instantly and interpreted on the fly, it’s hard to grasp the slow and careful work of archeologists. Lawrence Straus, UNM Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology,...

UNM Professor of Anthropology Wirt H. Wills, and two former graduate students, Brandon L. Drake and Wetherbee B. Dorshow, have authored a paper released by the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences today that challenges the notion that the Anc

University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology graduate student Jacqueline Kocer was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship Award. The purpose of the awards, which are given yearly to graduate students in a variety of subject ar

When it comes to making risky decisions, even the experts listen to the crowd, concludes a study published this month in the journal “Evolution and Human Behavior.”

Anthropology graduate student William Taylor is spending his summer field season in Mongolia searching for information about how early inhabitants interacted with horses. Taylor is interested in people of the “Deer Stone-Khirigsuur” culture, who lived ...