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Physical anthropology
Biological anthropology-historically known as physical anthropology-is one of the four subfields of anthropology, the study of humans. Specifically, biological anthropology is a scientific field concered with the biology and behavior of humans. This includes the study of adaptation, variation, and evolution of living and fossil primates (apes, monkrys, and humans) and human biology within a cultural and behavioral context.
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FEB 16, 2024
Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2023
Neuroscience
Sitting for more than 10 hours per day increases dementia risk in adults over 60 years old. The corresponding study was
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 09, 2023
Technology
The Old Man of the Mountain on Cannon Cliff was a granite rock formation that gave the appearance of an old man when vie
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 26, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities recently published two studies in Science that help shed might on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 30, 2022
Earth & The Environment
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Every so often, diseases that ravaged past populations pop up in movies or TV, and every now and again an archaeologist
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
OCT 31, 2022
Plants & Animals
In honor of Halloween, from venomous bites to bright red faces to full-moon dances, here are the six weirdest monkeys
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
SEP 05, 2022
Earth & The Environment
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 26, 2022
Health & Medicine
The herpes simplex virus, or HSV1, is one of the most pervasive viruses among humans. A new study suggests the viru
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
AUG 06, 2022
Earth & The Environment
114 years ago, the first and only nearly complete Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton was found in a cave in Fr
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JAN 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Most methods used in forensic science have not been independently validated or verified by scientists, but some efforts
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The Silk Road has long been known as a trade route that connected different cultures, and one area now known as the Xinj
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new open access study published in Nature yesterday showcases a relatively new method in archaeology. In an attempt to
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
AUG 24, 2021
Plants & Animals
Linear enamel hypoplasia, or LEH, occurs when tooth enamel fails to develop correctly during growth. When the enamel sto
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
AUG 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
New research suggests that human nose shape is not only driven by cold climates, as previously thought
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
AUG 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Imagine Northern Africa, now inhabited by the desiccated Sahara desert, as a green oasis, covered by plants and trees. T
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Carbon-dating Pottery Kitchenware Just Got Easier Pottery, especially vessels that our ancestors used to eat and drink w
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 04, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
A supernova is a brief, final stage event that happens to a massive star and ends with an epic explosion of its stellar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
Bonobos have been at the forefront of scientific research for ages, and as it would seem, for an excellent reason. Every
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxs2yHP6K2E Who is Casimir Pulaski? The name "Pulaski" is probably not unfamil
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
SEP 10, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
While people are made from the same genes, small changes in those genes can have an impact on our biology.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2018
Neuroscience
The human body has evolved over time, and some of the changes have taken hundreds of years to show up. Evolution is a gr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim