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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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End of an Era: Mica Glantz Leaves Legacy of Growth as Chair
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Read More: End of an Era: Mica Glantz Leaves Legacy of Growth as ChairEnd of an Era After more than a decade as department chair, Professor Mica Glantz leaves a legacy of growth and adaptation September 2024 Josh Zaffos The fields of anthropology and geography are, essentially, studies in adaptation and change. So, it’s no surprise that Professor Mica Glantz encountered and embraced…
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Katya Zhao: Summer 2024
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Read More: Katya Zhao: Summer 2024Katya Zhao Summer 2024 Anthropology in the Temple People in the U.S. and other Western countries aren’t shy when it comes to borrowing Buddhist practices, like meditation and mindfulness practice, to find some inner peace. But what health benefits do Theravada, or Thai, Buddhists themselves get from their relationships to…
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Alex Pelissero: Summer 2024
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Read More: Alex Pelissero: Summer 2024Alex Pelissero Summer 2024 Winning Awards and Droning to Study Early Humans Can drones help anthropologists look back in time to understand early humans’ migrations and encounters? Doctoral candidate Alex Pelissero is using drone technology to map sites of early human interactions at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania — and earning…
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Grace Ellis: Summer 2024
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Read More: Grace Ellis: Summer 2024Grace Ellis Summer 2024 Identifying Pre-contact Ports and Construction in the Amazon Doctoral candidate Grace Ellis is the lead author on a new archaeological study, published Spring 2024, that has identified the first known occurrence of pre-European-contact, constructed wharves at the port site, Macurany, located along the Middle Amazon River…
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Robert Madden: Summer 2024
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Read More: Robert Madden: Summer 2024Robert Madden Summer 2024 How Past Cultures Rolled the Dice Master’s student Robert Madden studies and documents prehistoric, Indigenous North American games of chance, dice, and gambling. As part of that work, Madden visited archival repositories at the Smithsonian and the University of Wyoming during Summer 2024 to examine and…
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Aleah Kuhr: Summer 2024
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Read More: Aleah Kuhr: Summer 2024Aleah Kuhr Summer 2024 Digging Into Porcupine Creek Nearly 45 years after Colorado State University faculty and students excavated at a Summit County archaeological site, Anthropology master’s student Aleah Kuhr and others are revisiting the area and findings. Kuhr and fellow students working with Professor Jason LaBelle and the CSU…
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Tewabe Negash Kessaw: Summer 2024
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Read More: Tewabe Negash Kessaw: Summer 2024Tewabe Negash Kessaw Summer 2024 Bones to Pick about Surviving a Supervolcano A study published March 2024 in the journal Nature shares the discovery of a “trove” of 74,000-year-old stone points and fossil bones in Ethiopia that demonstrates the adaptability of early humans following a major disaster. Doctoral student Tewabe…
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CSU’s Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities Announces 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows
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Read More: CSU’s Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities Announces 2024-2025 Faculty FellowsThe Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities at Colorado State University has named five College of Liberal Arts faculty members as Faculty Fellows for 2024-2025: Kari Anderson, Carrie Chenault, Jessica Jackson, Tobi Jacobi and Emily Moore. The Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support and promote humanities-oriented scholarship and to…
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Clark Building construction updates: August 2024
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Read More: Clark Building construction updates: August 2024After everyone moved out, Clark B demolition started in Summer 2024. Included in this article are department and unit relocations, access to Clark C, and what to expect in fall.
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Kjerstin Thorson named dean of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts
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Read More: Kjerstin Thorson named dean of CSU’s College of Liberal ArtsThorson previously served as the associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University.