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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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Bone reveals possible cannibalism among ancient relatives of humans
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Read More: Bone reveals possible cannibalism among ancient relatives of humansThe analytical method behind this discovery was created by CSU paleoanthropologist Michael Pante, who studies feeding behavior of early humans.
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CSU team launches online tool to help prepare for, adapt to climate changes in African forests
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Read More: CSU team launches online tool to help prepare for, adapt to climate changes in African forestsIn June, a NASA-funded team of Colorado State University researchers traveled to Kenya to unveil a new interactive, online tool to help land managers and foresters working in Kenyan and African forests.
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Hausermann and Team Win NSF Grant To Study Gold Mining in Ghana
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Read More: Hausermann and Team Win NSF Grant To Study Gold Mining in GhanaHausermann and Team Win NSF Grant To Study Gold Mining in Ghana September 1, 2023 Josh Zaffos Associate Professor of Geography Heidi Hausermann and colleagues have won a $1.537 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the health, social, and environmental effects of rapidly expanding, small-scale gold mining and…
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CSU Team Launches Online Support Tool for African Forests
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Read More: CSU Team Launches Online Support Tool for African ForestsCSU Team Launches Online Support Tool for African Forests August 28, 2023 Joshua Zaffos This June, a NASA-funded team of CSU researchers, including University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and CSU Africa Center Director Kathleen Galvin, traveled to Kenya to unveil a new interactive, online tool to help land managers and…
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Anthropology and Geography CLA Community Graduate Programs Graduate Student Research News Research & Creative ScholarshipRelease the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites
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Read More: Release the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sitesRelease the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites in new study August 7, 2023 Joshua Zaffos CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer is enlisting some tiny organisms in the grand challenge of dating hunting sites in the Southern Rocky Mountains. In…
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When it comes to wildfires, history isn’t as useful as it used to be
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Read More: When it comes to wildfires, history isn’t as useful as it used to beThe impacts of wildfire can be devastating, but the widespread nature of those impacts and their full costs to society are still being researched.
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Saving the mysterious piñon pines of Owl Canyon
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Read More: Saving the mysterious piñon pines of Owl CanyonA pine grove in Owl Canyon is 150 miles away from the next closest stand of piñons. So, how the heck did it get there?
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Were early humans cannibals? CSU paleoanthropologist talks about new findings regarding the oldest taboo
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Read More: Were early humans cannibals? CSU paleoanthropologist talks about new findings regarding the oldest tabooColorado 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.
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A case of cannibalism?
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Read More: A case of cannibalism?Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago.
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A case of cannibalism? Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago
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Read More: A case of cannibalism? Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years agoThe research is the first application of the 3D quantitative method — developed and published by CSU professor Michael Pante in 2017 — to a fossil specimen.