News & Events
- Professor Fernando Villanea gave an online HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic - talk, "Archaic Introgression in Modern Humans: What It Can Tell Us 麻豆视频 Archaic Humans and 麻豆视频 Ourselves," for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
- Professor Jerry Jacka's chapter, 鈥"Don't Look Down": Green Technologies, Climate Change, and Mining,鈥 published in Anthropology and Climate Change from Transformations to Worldmaking, Routledge. Description: In this third edition of
- Paige Edmiston (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) receives the Carol B. Lynch Memorial Fellowship for fall 2025. The Carol B. Lynch Memorial Fellowship Fund was established to honor Dr. Lynch for her tireless dedication to graduate
- Professor Steve Leigh was awarded the Gabriel W. Lasker service award for his service as AABA president during COVID. Dr. Leigh's nomination emphasized "his unwavering generosity, and the incredible level of graciousness he brought to his
- Jack Dalton (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) recently teamed up with a German film crew for a special wildlife project in South Africa. Joining forces with them, he embarked on a journey to uncover the mysteries of bush babies for the German
- Nicholas Puente (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) has been awarded the CARTTS (Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences) Graduate Student Award. This honor will fund his fieldwork as part of the Punta Laguna Caves Project.
- Georgia Butcher (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) has made it to the finals of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! Georgia will showcase her groundbreaking thesis research, "Drone Pilots and the Side Effects of Remote War," in
- Professor Fernando Villanea's co-authored article published in GBE (Genome Biology and Evolution). This article is a collaboration between his lab and Dr. Katrina Claw, who is an anthropologist at the School of Medical Sciences at CU
- Professor Will Taylor and a team of Mongolian researchers have uncovered one of the earliest known frame saddles, shedding light on ancient equestrian practices in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia. He and his colleagues, including
- CU Boulder representation in AAA leadership continues with two new elected officers. Professor Sarah Jackson, archaeologist and Dean of the Social Sciences is the newly elected Archaeologist on the AAA Executive Board. Professor Carole