CSBS News

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements found in archaeological sites around the world.

Dr. Alexandra Greenwald, assistant professor of Anthropology and curator of enthnography at the Natural History Museum of Utah, led a six-month initiative funded by the NEH's A More Perfect Union grant, employing Indigenous consultants to share oral histories and perspectives on ethnographic items, with the primary goal of centering Indigenous knowledge in the museum's collections and enhancing public education about Indigenous cultures.

Congratulations to our 2023 CSBS Distinguished Alumni Honoree Caroline Gleich (B.S. '10, Anthropology) for receiving the Rising Star Award.

A colossal simulation of the past two million years of Earth’s climate provides evidence that temperature and other planetary conditions influenced early human migration.

Groups of humans follow basic social rules: They build relationships, form alliances and exchange favors to help one another survive.