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Professor Will Taylor's research on domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − this new science rewrites where and when it first happened and is featured in The Conversation.Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper
Professor Lauren Hosek, Robin James (Biological Anthropology PhD in Progress) and Professor Will Taylor publish, "Tracing Horseback Riding and Transport in the Human Skeleton," in Science Advances. This article was also featured in
Alumna, Dawa Lokyitsang (Anthropology, PhD 2024) presented the keynote lecture, "The Dalai Lama's Future Succession: Understanding the 14th Dalai Lama and His Formidable Contributions," at the The Dalai Lama: A Conference on Leadership, Devotion,
Professor Sarah Kurnick, Cristian Figueroa (Archaeology PhD in Progress), and Nicholas Puente (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) presented their research at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Pre-Columbian Association Research Colloquium held at the Denver
Professor Michelle Sauther's Research and Article Featured in CU 51´«Ã½ Today. In 2003, a team of primatologists led by CU 51´«Ã½ trapped, tagged and released a male ring-tailed lemur in the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in Madagascar. The
Graduate student David Hansen (Biological Anthropology PhD in Progress) has published an article titled, "Dying of pestilence: Stature and Mortality from the Black Death in 14th-century Kyrgyzstan," with Professor Sharon DeWitte (and colleague
Alumna, Andrea Steffes-Tuttle's (Cultural Anthropology, MA 2024) article featured in A&S Magazine! Her latest piece, "The Case for Employee Ownership: A New Paradigm for Business Education," dives deep into the transformative potential of
Alumna, Chu May Paing (Anthropology, PhD 2024) published a brilliant essay called "Trolling: Breaking Rules, Poking Fun, or Just Outright Harassment?" in Platypus, the official blog for the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology &
Griëtte van der Heide successfully defended her dissertation "Understanding the Owl Monkey (Aotus Azarae Azarae) From the Bottom Up: From Functional Ecology in the Humid Chaco to Diet and Social Monogamy." Her committee members were Dr.
Louisville Historical Museum, Marshall Fire Story Project, wins 2024 AASLH Award of Excellence. Professor Kate Goldfarb, Lucas Rozell (MA alum) and Emily Reynolds (BA/MA alum), and more recently students in Kate’s Practicing Anthropology