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Researchers challenge beliefs about the hunting habits, fire use of ‘hobbits’
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The research, led by CSU and Germany’s University of Tübingen, offers new insights into how Homo floresiensis survived in part due to an unlikely ally, the Komodo dragon.
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Disasters hit the most vulnerable hardest
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Read More: Disasters hit the most vulnerable hardestCSU undergraduate student Alexiss Thomas’ op-ed piece for Professor Browne’s Public Anthropology course was published in The Greeley Tribune. As appearing in The Tribune | March 12, 2018 by Alexiss Thomas Experiencing a disaster could negatively impact anyone; however, some populations are more at risk for these negative outcomes because of their history…
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‘In nature, nothing exists alone’
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Read More: ‘In nature, nothing exists alone’Anthropology major Lauren Burr’s op-ed piece for Professor Browne’s Public Anthropology course was published in Santa Fee New Mexican. As appearing in Santa Fe New Mexican | February 24, 2018 by Lauren Burr In three decades, we have projections of a global population increase by about one-third, but a less than…
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Roux and Resilience: Eleven Years After Hurricane Katrina
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Read More: Roux and Resilience: Eleven Years After Hurricane KatrinaAs appearing on SAPIENS | August 31, 2016 by Katherine E. Browne Big bayou families knew cooking and sharing food could help them cope after disaster struck, but the recovery machine got in the way, creating a second, less visible crisis. When the front door of Connie and Terry Tipado’s…
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Chris Fisher: City of the Jaguar
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Read More: Chris Fisher: City of the JaguarAs appearing on Chautauqua | Fall 2016 Date: Thursday, February 16, 2017 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Chautauqua Community House Over the past year, the excavation of an ancient city in Honduras has yielded a trove of remarkable stone artifacts from a mysterious, unnamed Pre-Columbian civilization. A joint American-Honduran team of archaeologists led…
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An interview with Chris Johnston, History Colorado’s new Assistant State Archaeologist
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Read More: An interview with Chris Johnston, History Colorado’s new Assistant State ArchaeologistChris Johnston, Department of Anthropology alumnus, recently accepted the position of Assistant State Archaeologist with History Colorado. Receiving his M.A. in archaeology in the Spring of this year, Chris completed his thesis research, “Running of the Buffalo: Investigations of the Roberts Ranch Buffalo Jump (5LR100), Northern Colorado,” with Dr. Jason LaBelle…
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CSU anthropology professor named lead author on intergovernmental science-policy project
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Read More: CSU anthropology professor named lead author on intergovernmental science-policy projectAs appearing in SOURCE | September 15, 2016 CSU professor of anthropology Kathleen Galvin has been named as a lead author to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES) Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Galvin, director of The Africa Center in CSU’s School of Global Environmental Sustainability,…
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Dr. Browne awarded NSF grant for workshop in October
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Read More: Dr. Browne awarded NSF grant for workshop in OctoberNational Science Foundation has awarded Dr. Kate Browne, Principal Investigator and Dr. Caela O’Connell, Co-Principal Investigator, funding to host a workshop at Colorado State University in mid-October 2016. The workshop will convene 12 anthropologists and practitioners for 2.5 days to collaborate about the need to integrate cultural insights into the…
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To find a Palaeosinopa, stare at the ground in the Badlands
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Read More: To find a Palaeosinopa, stare at the ground in the Badlandsby Rachel Bockrath On the morning of June 26, 2016, we set out for the field, another day of collecting. The tops of the hills look like freshly made brownies, in colors of red, orange, grey, and even deep purple. It looks like the set of a movie taking place on another planet.…
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Conservation and Anthropology Meet in Utila, Honduras
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Read More: Conservation and Anthropology Meet in Utila, Hondurasby Suzanne Kent Faculty member Suzanne Kent, Ph.D. and M.A. candidate Cheri Smarr-Foster assisted with an ethnographic research project on the small island of Utila, Honduras in July of 2016. They worked in collaboration with a team, including the research lead, Keri Brondo, Ph.D. of the University of Memphis. Luis…