The experiment suggests that the animals are “not just driven by simple, emotional responses” but “have rather complex ...

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Humans evolved larger brains and flatter faces much faster than other apes, suggesting that intelligence shaped our skulls.

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Anthropology is a broad field dealing with the study of human ...

At Saint Louis University, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is dedicated to examining the complexity of human life and society. While our areas of study span a broad range of topics, our ...

The 405-month eclipse table had emerged from a lunar calendar in which the 260-day divinatory calendar commensurated the lunar cycle,” the authors wrote.

Women tend to live longer than men, and while the extra years can be partially attributed to biology, behavioral differences also contribute to the sex-based gap. Men are more likely to engage in ...

A bit of bad news came from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who found that among 528 species of mammals, including our closest relative the ...

There are many wonderful options all over the world for Anthropology majors and minors to study abroad. Many Anthropology majors and minors study abroad to gain important cross-cultural perspectives, ...

I used to teach courses in anthropology, the study of the way in which people - usually different from us - live, work and interact with others. The published descriptions of any society's language, ...

Scientists have long hypothesized about a theoretical limit to human energy use. The research, published today in Current ...

The Anthropology Department is hosting an open house on Wednesday, Oct. 29, to showcase our research, examining what makes us human. Faculty and graduate students will open the research and teaching ...