Celebrate CLA! faculty and staff recognized for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service in 2025
The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of the outstanding faculty and staff for 2025.
New evidence suggests early human ancestors were present in Europe 200,000 years earlier than previously thought
CSU paleoanthropologist Michael Pante was part of the team that uncovered evidence suggesting that early human ancestors were present in Europe 1.95 million years ago.
From myth maps to the metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson retires
After an exceptional forty-plus-year career of service and leadership in higher education, CSU Professor of Geography Merrill Johnson is retiring.
What can the discovery of two medieval Silk Road cities teach us about urbanism today?
Cutting-edge drone-based lidar allowed archaeologists to capture stunning details of two newly documented trade cities high in the mountains of Uzbekistan.
Kjerstin Thorson named dean of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts
Thorson previously served as the associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University.
CSU College of Liberal Arts Dean Ben Withers leaves large impact
After eight years at CSU, the College of Liberal Arts dean heads to Iowa State University as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
More flamingo, anyone? How to dine like the ancient Romans
Food has always been the great unifier. We gather around the table and work things out by breaking bread. For students in Colorado State University archaeology/anthropology instructor Emily Wilson’s class, food is teaching them a lot about what has – and hasn’t – changed in the past 2,700 years.
Were early humans cannibals? CSU paleoanthropologist talks about new findings regarding the oldest taboo
Colorado State University paleoanthropologist Michael Pante talks about this important discovery, what it means for future fossil research, and what was it that led our early ancestors to eat each other.
A case of cannibalism? Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago
The research is the first application of the 3D quantitative method — developed and published by CSU professor Michael Pante in 2017 — to a fossil specimen.
Just what is in the Clark A basement?
The subterranean floor of Clark holds jaw-dropping collections of artifacts – along with actual jaws of bison and other fauna – within the CSU Archaeological Repository and other labs and research spaces of the Department of Anthropology and Geography.