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A young individual, perhaps a religious figure, is the first major funerary discovery in this season's excavation of Lucus Asturum in Llanera
A new find has emerged from the local soil: the remains of a young individual, who researchers suspect may have held a religious or clerical role, marking an incredibly rare and significant first…
The U.S. has pastoralists. We usually call them ranchers.
What do American ranchers, Mongolian herders, and Navajo shepherds all have in common? They are all pastoralists.
The United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands…
Nick Passalacqua Makes No Bones about Anthropology’s Value
Nick Passalacqua, associate professor of anthropology, discusses how anthropologists recover and analyze skeletal remains to build biological profiles including age, sex, stature, and ancestry. He…
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how culture and local norms help small farming communities manage forests sustainably
The study reflects more than a decade of work by Associate Professor of Anthropology Sean Downey, with support from an NSF CAREER award, and finds that social norms in small-scale societies can…
Associate Professor Sean Downey Awarded Writing Fellowship at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study
Associate Professor Sean Downey (Department of Anthropology) has been selected as a Writing Resident at the [Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Paris IAS)] one of Europe's most prestigious…
A Story Written Below the Skull: Silver Fox Bones May Reveal Domestication's Deeper Reach
A study co-authored with Scott Maddux (University of North Texas Health Science Center), Robert Franciscus (University of Iowa), Anastasiya Kharlamova and Lyudmila Trut (Institute of Cytology and…
Nature Study Reveals the Structural Secret Behind Tooth Enamel's Strength
A team of scientists that includes four OSU anthropologists - Mackie O’Hara, Emma Lagan, Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, and Scott McGraw - published a paper in the prestigious journal
Julian Amedmariam Awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Julian Amedmariam was just awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship! The scholarship, which is $4500, will support Julian's continued work analyzing interview…
Incoming Anthropology graduate student Mehrab Hasan awarded the Patricia Whitten Prize
Newly admitted graduate student Mehrab Hasan won the Patricia Whitten Prize at this year's meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropology for his…