Anthropology as a discipline is more relevant today than at any time in its distinguished history!
Anthropology is the academic discipline that studies humans holistically through an interdisciplinary lens. It combines science with humanities, biology with culture, history with prehistory, and primates with language. It is by definition concerned with human diversity. The Department of Anthropology has provided primary leadership in academia in researching this important domain.
Our programs train students to think critically, write clearly and speak thoughtfully about what it means to be human. By focusing on the complex linkages among the three subfields of Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology and Biological Anthropology鈥攁nd by emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork, we prepare students to survive in an increasingly multidisciplinary and multicultural world.
New research by 妖姬直播 State鈥檚 Metin Eren, Ph.D., and collaborators found that Clovis points show the same impact marks whether used to hunt a live mammoth or butcher a dead one, so archaeologists can鈥檛 tell if early humans hunted or scavenged. Eren discussed the findings on the MeatEater Podcast鈥檚 鈥淓ating Rotten Mammoths鈥� episode.
By the third excavation attempt, everyone involved had started to wonder if the missing time capsule had become more myth than history.
The 妖姬直播 State Student Center was filled with celebration and pride as the College of Sciences and Humanities at 妖姬直播 State University recognized its top student leaders, along with one distinguished facul