News: Department of Anthropology
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Meet six UNLV graduates who are reshaping Las Vegas' urban core.
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Doctoral student to research human skeletal remains in Turkey; graduating senior will teach English in Germany.
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UNLV, international researchers compare gut bacteria of hunter-gatherers with industrialized populations to better understand role of bacteria in human health.
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How attached you are to your dog might have something to do with how it came into your life, UNLV anthropology study suggests.
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UNLV anthropology survey examines why women consume their placentas after childbirth.
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Anthropologist Alyssa Crittenden ventures into the African bush to study how humans learned to cooperate.
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UNLV anthropology professor Peter Gray and fellow anthropologist Kermyt Anderson have written a book exploring the biological and social aspects of “fatherhood” and how paternal attitudes have evolved across time and in different cultures.
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William on mentoring, the relationship between humans and flies, and how they both will make him a better doctor.
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Tiffany on research and why there might be more to the relationship adage "in sickness and in health" than we thought.