How Jumbo the elephant paved the way for jumbo mortgages
Americans have long been fascinated with "jumbo" things: jumbo shrimp, jumbo jets, jumbotrons.Read more about How Jumbo the elephant paved the way for jumbo mortgages
Americans have long been fascinated with "jumbo" things: jumbo shrimp, jumbo jets, jumbotrons.Read more about How Jumbo the elephant paved the way for jumbo mortgages
Findings of research on the Dronkvlei Cave System in South Africa, which was funded by the Claire Garber Goodman Fund for the Anthropological Study of Human Culture, have been published in the November/December Issue of the South African Journal of Science. Read more about Goodman Funded Student Research Published in December Issue of South African Journal of Science
Desert locusts Schistocerca gregaria are threatening the food security of millions of people and devastating economies in eastern Africa and northern India. The ongoing outbreak is the largest in seven decades. These events give us cause to reflect on the natural history of locusts, our fraught relationship with them, and how they are represented in American popular culture and others. Read more about The Sluggard has no Locusts: From Persistent Pest to Irresistible Icon
Dartmouth alumna, Anjali M Prabhat and EEES PhD candidate, Kate Miller are lead authors of a newly published anthropology paper titled, "Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis." Read more about Dartmouth Alumna Collaborates with Dartmouth Grad Student on Newly Published Anthropology Paper
Dartmouth archaeologists have been awarded a Neukom Institute CompX grant to support remote sensing of ancient settlements in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. Read more about Dartmouth Archaeology Team Awarded Neukom CompX Grant
Archaeologists speculate that the site was visited by a Spanish expedition in 1601. Read more about Drone Survey Reveals Large Earthwork at Ancestral Wichita Site in Kansas