SMC Anthropology Club

10/08/2022

Biologists court chaos.

08/27/2022

So exciting!!!

A paper recently published in the journal Folia Primatologica presents preliminary evidence for ultrasound echolocation in primates. Echolocation is the process of emitting sound waves and listening...

08/21/2019

Tiny tarsiers are full of extraordinary abilities!

A paper recently published in the journal Folia Primatologica presents preliminary evidence for ultrasound echolocation in primates. Echolocation is the process of emitting sound waves and listening...

08/21/2019

This is so interesting!

Hundreds of skeletons are scattered around a site high in the Himalayas, and a new study overturns a leading theory about how they got there.

08/21/2019

Good to know Peru is stepping up to protect the environment.

Peru has committed to ending palm oil-driven deforestation by 2021. The move was named a "momentous win" for wildlife and sustainable agriculture.

08/21/2019

Urgent archaeology dig!

Iron age site has been occupied by Romans, used as Second World War defences and formed part of a golf course

05/03/2019

I think they meant to say “theorize” not discover. Still very interesting.

Archaeologists may have solved one mystery about the placement of the hulking, multi-ton statues in Easter Island.

04/20/2019

The Anthropology Club and Eco PTK invite all students to two free events:
1) The film "Jane" (about Jane Goodall) on Monday, 4/22 at 6pm in HSS 165
2) The film"Green" (about the ecosystem's destruction from palm oil) by Orangutan Project founder Dr. Gary Shapiro, Wed. 4/24, in Art 214 at 5:00. Snacks and drinks provided before each screening.

04/07/2019

Yet another Anthropology fan!

She's like Indiana Jones, but with fur. Dax the 10-month-old border collie/Australian shepherd mix is one of the first of her kind.

04/03/2019

Super Hero!

Happy 85th birthday to Dr. Jane Goodall whose tireless efforts have served as an inspiration to us all.

“In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics?...How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes.”

Jane Goodall wrote in her book, Chimpanzees — Bridging the Gap.

03/15/2019

Your daily dose of Anthropology. 😀

A study of 8,000 years of genetics from Spain and Portugal yields a surprisingly complex picture of the inhabitants' ancestry.

03/10/2019

Needs to be added to our Anthropology textbooks!

Mary was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector. Her lifetime was a constellation of firsts.