Evolutionary anthropologists seek to understand how humans differ from our primate relatives, how such differences came to be, and how evolutionary forces have shaped modern human variation. Our program produces scholars who contribute to basic explanations of our species’ distinctive characteristics (including life history, diet, social relationships, and cognition), how the environment and the history of population movements and settlements influence variation, and to the understanding of contemporary world issues, such as environmental conservation, aging, violence, parental investment, race, and socioecological, genetic, and geographic contributors to disease and fertility.
Our interdisciplinary approach includes field and/or laboratory programs in human behavioral ecology, life history theory, primate behavior, paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, human biology and genetics. We maintain well-equipped laboratories for computational research, endocrinology, molecular genetics, paleontology, and skeletal biology. The graduate training program emphasizes a broad comparative perspective, integration of evolutionary theory, and the collection of high-quality field data to test hypotheses. Faculty members place priority in teaching each student a professional-level configuration of skills that is identified as most appropriate for their chosen dissertation project and career trajectory, such as analytic design and data analysis, endocrinology, or analysis of genetic, isotopic, geological or skeletal data.
The Evolutionary Anthropology program is part of the Human Evolutionary and Behavioral Sciences (HEBS) Network that links research across the departments of Anthropology, Biology and Psychology.
Graduate degrees offered: MA or MS in Anthropology; PhD in Anthropology.

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To support the Anthropology Newsletter, the department has designed the bag and mug pictured above. The 12 oz mug, in black and red, is very attractive and the shopping bag, made of 100% recyclable materials, is machine washable (do not put in dryer) and has been manufactured to reduce our use of plastic bags from the grocery store. You may receive either item for a donation of the following amount: Mug $15.00, Bag $12.50 (prices include shipping within US) |
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