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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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A New Field Season Record: Students Find Over 640 Fossils
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Read More: A New Field Season Record: Students Find Over 640 Fossilsby Kimberly Nichols Working in fossil beds dating to 56-53 mya in the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming, the 2016 Colorado State University (CSU) Paleontology Field School crew, with the addition of visitors from the CSU Department of Anthropology, Dr. Joe Sertich of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and…
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Amanda Jones Scholarship Makes International Field Experience a Reality
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Read More: Amanda Jones Scholarship Makes International Field Experience a RealityAs appearing in the CLA Magazine | 04.27.16 by Katie Horton Kellyn Davis is a senior Anthropology and Biomedical Sciences double major as well as Anthropology Club’s financial officer and volunteer coordinator for the Honors Student Association. Last summer, Kellyn traveled to Kenya to attend a six-week paleontology field…
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Dr. Browne received the 2016 Ann Gill Excellence in Teaching Award
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Read More: Dr. Browne received the 2016 Ann Gill Excellence in Teaching AwardAs appearing in SOURCE | May 10, 2016 College of Liberal Arts faculty honored at 2016 awards ceremony by Rachael Johnson Ann Gill, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, announced the recipients of the College’s 2015-16 awards at the Spring Faculty and Staff Meeting and Awards Celebration on…
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New Asset to Aid in Research & Collaboration
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Read More: New Asset to Aid in Research & CollaborationYou might wonder why an anthropologist would want an expensive imaging device. And, in fact, most anthropologists would not be interested in such technology. However, paleoanthropologists look in the most unlikely places for evidence of the behavior of our ancestors. Dr. Michael Pante, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at…
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Faculty, alumni & students publish in Southwestern Lore
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Read More: Faculty, alumni & students publish in Southwestern LoreDr. Jason LaBelle, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology, along with his graduate student and project archaeologist for PCRG (Paleocultural Research Group), Christopher Johnston, edited the recent volume of Southwestern Lore, “The Lithic Caches of Colorado,” in the Journal of…
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Congratulations FA’16 Graduates!
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Read More: Congratulations FA’16 Graduates!The Department of Anthropology would like to congratulate our Fall 2015 graduates. Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology Carolina Adams Mel Amoroso-Pohl Kristen Glauner Levi Goode Angela Huxel Jaclyn Janero Champaine Johnson Katie Lungren Molly McKeon Brady Nelson Ryan Reese Cheylin Smith Celeste Tompkins Alexandra Webb Anthropology Minor Caitlin Bubnich Jared…
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International development close to home
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Read More: International development close to homeNick Mott received his M.A. in Anthropology from Colorado State University with a focus on International Development in 2015. Currently, he is a Migrant Education Graduation Advocate for Greeley-Evans District 6. The school district hosts a large population of migrant and refugee families because of the JBS USA meatpacking plant…
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Graduate student reflections on AAA sessions
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Read More: Graduate student reflections on AAA sessionsThe American Anthropological Association held their 114th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado on November 18-22, 2015. These large conferences are often difficult for students to participate due to travel and registration expenses; however, with the proximity of the conference to CSU and financial help from Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU), two Department of Anthropology…
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Dr. Snodgrass and alumnus, Dr. Dengah, awarded NSF Grant
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Read More: Dr. Snodgrass and alumnus, Dr. Dengah, awarded NSF GrantEAGER: A Biocultural Study of the Functional Genomics of Intensive Internet Use National Science Foundation BCE #: 1600448, awarded Nov. 16, 2015 PI: Jeffrey G. Snodgrass (Colorado State University) Co-PI: Francois Dengah (Utah State University) With Steve Cole (UCLA), Michael G. Lacy (CSU), Daniel Lende (USF) This project, directed…