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University of Kent course run in partnership with modern wonder of the world
The news that Kew Gardens is to join the likes of the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China as a modern wonder of the world has been welcomed by teachers on the University of Kent's MSc Programme in Ethnobotany. Together with the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), the Department of Anthropology and the Royal Botanic Gardens collaborate in offering a unique qualification which... View More (2003-07-11)
Modern humans emerged far earlier than previously thought
An international team of researchers, including a physical anthropology professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has discovered well-dated human fossils in southern China that markedly change anthropologists perceptions of the emergence of modern humans in the eastern Old World. View More (2010-10-26)
Anthropologists escape into the wider world
In the UK, around 100 social anthropology Ph.D.s are completed annually — a number that has more than doubled in the last 15 years — but only 10 or 20 permanent academic posts are advertised in this discipline every year. The others, though, are mostly doing very nicely outside anthropology departments. View More (2006-06-16)
Texas A&M scientists say early Americans arrived earlier
A team led by two Texas A&M University anthropologists now believes the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic timelines. View More (2008-03-24)
Archaeologists uncover oldest mine in the Americas
Archaeologists have discovered a 12,000-year-old iron oxide mine in Chile that marks the oldest evidence of organized mining ever found in the Americas, according to a report in the June issue of Current Anthropology. View More (2011-05-20)
Anthropologist challenges species identification of ancient child skeleton found in Ethiopia
Pitt's Jeffrey Schwartz, who with colleague Ian Tattersall compiled the entire human fossil record, says specimen is not from Ethiopia and classification is premature. View More (2006-10-03)
Top conservation award for University of Kent academic
University of Kent academic, Dr Richard Bodmer, has been given the Presidential Award for 2003 by the Chicago Zoological Society. Dr Bodmer is Reader in Conservation Ecology in the University's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) based in the Department of Anthropology. The Award has been made in recognition of his 'personal work on the sustainable use of natural resources by... View More (2003-11-12)
Team reports on abuse of students doing anthropological fieldwork
College athletes are not the only ones who sometimes suffer at the hands of higher ups. View More (2013-04-15)
Binghamton University researchers investigate evolving malaria resistance
Funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, scientists at Binghamton University, State University of New York, hope to understand how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum evolved resistance to the once-effective medication chloroquine. View More (2007-08-30)
Peer pressure in preschool children
Adults and adolescents often adjust their behaviour and opinions to peer groups, even when they themselves know better. View More (2011-10-26)
Global database needed to guarantee identification of victims in mass disasters
An expert in forensic anthropology argues that the database should include computer records of citizens such as anthropological data, physiognomic characteristics, medical information, radiographic files, dental records and numbers of different identity documents. View More (2010-03-19)
Unspoken memories of Holocaust survivors find silent and nonpathological expression
A faculty member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Haifa presented the results of a new research at an international Holocaust conference held at the University of Haifa. View More (2009-06-23)
Texas A&M scientist tracks origins of bootleg honey from China
A Texas A&M University scientist spends hours at a time peering at slides of pollen samples, comparing them to track down the origins of honey with questionable heritage. View More (2010-04-30)
We're in this together: A pathbreaking investigation into the evolution of cooperative behavior
Humans are much more inclined to cooperate than are their closest evolutionary relatives. The prevailing wisdom about why this is true has long been focused on the idea of altruism: we go out of our way to do nice things for other people, sometimes even sacrificing personal success for the good of others. View More (2012-11-19)
The benefits of social grooming
Animals which maintain cooperative relationships show gains in longevity and offspring survival. However, little is known about the cognitive or hormonal mechanisms involved in cooperation. View More (2013-01-24)
Long-sought Maya City-Site Q-found in Guatemala
A team of scientists including Marcello Canuto, professor of anthropology at Yale, has found incontrovertible proof of Site Q, a long-speculated Maya city, during a mission to the northwest Peten region of Guatemala. View More (2005-09-28)
Eye size determined by maximum running speed in mammals
Maximum running speed is the most important variable influencing mammalian eye size other than body size, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. View More (2012-05-03)
Ancient Humans Left Evidence from the Party that Ended 4,000 Years Ago
The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. View More (2009-07-22)
Study Finds That Overweight People Really Are Big-Boned
One of the blind spots in forensic science, particularly in identifying unknown remains, is the inability of experts to determine how much an individual weighed based on his or her skeleton. View More (2011-03-23)
Young children sensitive to others' behaviors and intentions
Young children's helpfulness is tempered when they see that the person they intend to help has harmed another person. But it also diminishes when they see that the object of their attention meant to harm another, even if no harm was done. View More (2010-11-16)
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