"Because their mechanism of birth would benefit from having helpers, it paints a picture of Australopithecus as a much more social animal, perhaps helping one another out during childbirth," DeSilva said. "The origins of midwifery may very well extend back over 3 million years."...

Prof. Kan was quoted in a recent New York Times article about the 150th anniversary of the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia.

Results of this paper suggest that hunter-gatherer residential mobility is constrained in a predictable fashion by rates of local resource depletion.

Join the faculty on February 16, 2017 for demonstrations and discussions about the elements of anthropology that interest you.

"Our ape ancestors started eating fermented fruits on the forest floor, and that made all the difference. We're preadapted for consuming alcohol."...

On January 19 and 25, Norbu will spend time painting in the Baker-Berry corridor. A reception for the artist and to celebrate the exhibit will take place on January 25. Norbu will also be visiting classes and staging a popup exhibit of some of his recent work at the Black Family Arts Center.

"This project aims to place the voices and experiences of people who live ‘at the margins’ at the center of designing truly patient-and-family-centered mental health services." - Elizabeth Carpenter-Song, PhD...

This paper presents a formal treatment of Frankenstein's reasoning and show that his rationale for denying a mate to his male creation has empirical justification. Our results suggest that the decision was prudent because it averted our own extinction by competitive exclusion....

The topic of this year's conference is Violence Against Difference. Saturday's opening address on structural violence, by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Chelsey Kivland, opens the day of discussions and breakout sessions....

A collection of videos produced by the Dartmouth Ethnography Lab in the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth College