Cuesta College Anthropology

04/01/2026

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another.

12/20/2025

A summary of 2025 primatology, archaeology, and paleoanthropology!

By Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner 2025 has been quite the wild year! With more exciting stories in human evolution than we…

12/12/2025

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found.

10/14/2025

10/01/2025

The world is weeping! Thank you Dr. Goodall. 💝

The Jane Goodall Institute has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.

10/01/2025

Today on the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools, we remember the children who were taken from their families, cultures, and homelands through the Indian boarding school system. We also remember those who never came home.

For more than a century, federal policy sought to assimilate Native children by removing them from their Tribal Nations. At these institutions, children were punished for speaking their languages, practicing their traditions, and expressing who they were. Many experienced physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse. Some died. Their stories were buried alongside unmarked graves.

The legacy of these schools is not only part of the past. It continues to affect Native families and communities across generations. Many still carry the weight of silence, grief, and displacement.

Honoring the children means more than remembrance. It means listening to survivors, supporting healing efforts, returning records to Tribal Nations, and protecting Native children through systems of care grounded in culture and sovereignty.

Every child matters.

08/04/2025

This is a great two unit class!

Cuesta College offers classes at the main campus in San Luis Obispo, the North County Campus in Paso Robles, and the South County Center in Arroyo Grande.

04/08/2025

A scientific explanation for clarification.

Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species

03/20/2025

Rest in peace, Kanzi. ❤️

Kanzi means so much to so many people. Our team is absolutely devastated by Kanzi’s passing. A favorite among his bonobo family members, Kanzi was a friend to everyone. We are focused on ensuring Kanzi’s bonobo family members and human caregivers receive the care and support that they need. We a...

01/20/2025

𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮: 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙊𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙔𝙤𝙪!!

Are you driven by a passion for climate research and eager to make a difference? Join us as a Climate Research Volunteer at Valles Caldera National Preserve! This opportunity involves conducting research and sharing valuable insights on how climate impacts Valles Caldera and the Jemez Mountains. With both in-person and remote work available, this role is accessible no matter where you are.

Learn more and apply today: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09SJ000003oo9ZYAQ/2025-climate-research-volunteer.



Photo description: A summer and winter scene in the park's montane grasslands with overlain text that reads: "Calling all student climate enthusiasts." (NPS)

01/06/2025

Dr. Goodall is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.