Scientists have long believed that when there is open access to…
Forensic Anthropology. Made popular in pop culture by the hit television drama, “Bones,” this subfield of anthropology specializes in the examination of human remains in a medicolegal setting,…
Julie Lesnik didn’t set out to change the world using paleoanthropological research, but with her recent book, Edible Insects and Human Evolution, penchant for public talks, and recent fellowship…
When people ask fourth-year student Megan Hardie what she studies at Ohio State, she tells them: “I study you. I study myself. I study everyone, basically.” The St. Louis native‘s love…
Graduate Student Natalia Zotova has been awarded a Presidential Flellowship by the Graduate School. The Presidential Fellowship is the most competitive and prestigious scholarly…
By extracting and studying the DNA of ancient skeletal remains — some as old as 11,000 years — an international team of researchers has uncovered significant evidence of genetic exchanges…
Our 2018 Newsletter is out. Read about all the cool things our students and faculty have been doing!
Conservation efforts are becoming increasingly urgent, making Juno Parreñas' talk about orangutan conservation efforts in Sarawak timely—and the temporal scales between the epochs was indeed a…
