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Study: Climatic variability might not drive evolutionary change as much as previously thought
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Read More: Study: Climatic variability might not drive evolutionary change as much as previously thoughtStudy: Climatic variability might not drive evolutionary change as much as previously thought By University of Arizona A study led by University of Arizona researchers and Colorado State University Assistant Professor Andrew Du has combined climate-change data during the last 3.5 million years and fossil evidence of mammals in Africa…
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New Study Calls Into Question the Importance of Meat Eating in Shaping Our Evolution
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Read More: New Study Calls Into Question the Importance of Meat Eating in Shaping Our EvolutionNew Study Calls Into Question the Importance of Meat Eating in Shaping Our Evolution George Washington University Additional Content by Josh Zaffos Quintessential human traits such as large brains first appear in Homo erectus nearly 2 million years ago. This evolutionary transition towards human-like traits is often linked to a…
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Slow and Steady Wins the Degree
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Read More: Slow and Steady Wins the DegreeSlow and Steady Wins the Degree CSU Human Resources Specialist Earns her Anthropology Joshua Zaffos Shelly Lynch came to work in Human Resources at Colorado State University in June 1993, building a lifelong career and earning her share of promotions and new responsibilities on campus over the years while also…
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Henry Wins Top Southeastern Archaeology Award
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Read More: Henry Wins Top Southeastern Archaeology AwardHenry Wins Top Southeastern Archaeology Award Joshua Zaffos Colorado State University Assistant Professor of Archaeology Edward Henry has won the 2021 C.B. Moore Award from the Southeastern Archeological Conference. Henry received the award at the professional organization’s annual meeting in Durham, North Carolina this October. The C.B. Moore Award annually recognizes a preeminent young scholar in the field of Southeastern United States archaeology. Recipients are determined by a committee of past award winners and…
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Ready Primate One: Role-playing video game levels up biological anthropology
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Read More: Ready Primate One: Role-playing video game levels up biological anthropologyReady Primate One Joshua Zaffos Video gaming may be a diversion from research and coursework for some, but Anthropology Ph.D. candidate Alex Pelissero is another species, so to speak. Pelissero recently published a video-game review in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, offering his well-qualified commentary on Ancestors: The Humankind…
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Guatemala climate scientists look to tree rings for answers at CSU
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Read More: Guatemala climate scientists look to tree rings for answers at CSUGuatemala climate scientists look to tree rings for answers at CSU Joshua Zaffos This October, four researchers and technical scientists from INSIVUMEH Guatemala, the country’s meteorological service, spent a week in the Colorado State University Biogeography Lab counting the rings from cored samples of Caribbean pine trees through the lenses…
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Recognizing Kate Browne: “What lights you up?”
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Read More: Recognizing Kate Browne: “What lights you up?”“What lights you up?” Retiring CSU Anthropology Professor Kate Browne Leaves a Legacy of Energy and Delight Joshua Zaffos Following a 27-year career as an anthropologist and university professor at Colorado State University, Kate Browne recognizes the importance of finding one’s professional spark. “I have always said to students that…
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CSU center and Anthropology students work to recover remains of American WWII pilot in France
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Read More: CSU center and Anthropology students work to recover remains of American WWII pilot in FranceCSU center and Anthropology students work to recover remains of American WWII pilot in France CSU SOURCE | August 23, 2021 Tim Schommer This year marks the 77th anniversary of the crash of an American bomber in Northern France that occurred in the summer of 1944. The pilot’s remains have…
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