Students from 黑料视频 and elsewhere work to find bones and artifacts during an archeaological field camp at a dig site near Delta Junction. 黑料视频 Photo by Todd Paris

Welcome to 'Anthropology Gems'

 

Celebrate the groundbreaking work and achievements of our faculty, students, and alumni in the field of anthropology. From fieldwork and research breakthroughs to publications and awards, stay connected with the latest news and inspiring stories that highlight our contributions to understanding human cultures.

 

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  • Colorful cover of Science Advances magazine, issue 22

    黑料视频 archaeologists published in Science Advances

    June 06, 2023

    黑料视频 archaeologists, led by Dr. Ben Potter, publish a new paper in Science Advances!

  • URSA announces 2023 Innovative Technology and Education awardees

    April 27, 2023

    The 黑料视频 Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity has recognized 15 people who received an URSA 2023 Innovative Technology and Education grant.

  • A reconstruction of a Neanderthal woman

    Study offers new insight on what ancient noses smelled

    January 26, 2023

    It sounds a little like Stone Age standup: A Denisovan and a human walk past a bees' nest heavy with honeycomb. What happens next?

  • A woman holds a moose skull with antlers on one shoulder while standing in a shallow stream. Another woman sits with a paddle in an inflatable canoe nearby.

    Ancient moose antlers hint of early arrival

    December 02, 2022

    When a great deal of Earth's water was locked up within mountains of ice, our ancestors scampered across a dry corridor from what is today Siberia over to Alaska. Those adventurous souls may have been accompanied by another creature that needed wood -- the moose.

  • A woman sits behind a table covered with fossil bones. Shelves behind and around her hold plastic storage tubs and more specimens. A few antlers and skulls hang on a wall.

    Secrets of an ancient horse of the Yukon

    August 12, 2022

    In the lab of Yukon government paleontologists are the remains of saber-toothed cats, bears with boxy faces that stood 8 feet tall, woolly mammoths and sloths the size of gorillas. Of all these time-hardened riches of the past, Elizabeth Hall has a cherished piece -- the fragment of a horse's foreleg that fits in the palm of her hand.