But the practice of artificially preserving bodies shows up in archaeological records around the world. Now, a new study suggests that mummification dates back much earlier, to some of the first human ...

To celebrate World Anthropology Day on Feb. 16, the Department of Anthropology in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences will partner with the University of Pennsylvania’s Anthropology Department to ...

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

Anthropology is a broad subject. But then, so is humankind, the amorphous body that anthropology as a field of study seeks to better understand. Anthropology looks at us — our origins, our physical ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - The World Applied Anthropology Congress (WAAC) will meet at the University of Kansas campus from May 31 to June 3. University of Kansas said the WAAC is the inaugural flagship ...

Understanding a person’s culture is the first step in forming a partnership. And partnerships are needed whether it involves selling soft drinks, improving health outcomes or identifying where ...

Development anthropologists embody a niche existence that is not always easy to navigate. There are naysayers and antagonists to the discipline on all sides of the political field; the hegemonic ...

During the poster session, Adelaida Tamayo GS, a sixth-year PhD student in anthropology, presented her research on the role ...

Examines how anthropological fieldwork has been affected by technological shifts in the 25 years since the 1990 publication of Fieldnotes : the making of anthropology, edited by Roger Sanjek, ...

The world’s oldest human mummies were preserved using smoke-drying techniques 10,000 years ago, research has found. A study of dozens of corpses found across 11 burial sites in south-eastern Asia and ...

In recent years, as America seems increasingly divided politically and culturally, countless observers and editorial writers have urged more civil discussions among those who disagree, encouraging us ...

After reading Homer’s “Iliad,” Joy McCorriston started her own odyssey. McCorriston, an archaeologist and associate professor in Ohio State’s Department of Anthropology, sat in her office in Smith ...