anthropology
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A professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he wrote or edited nearly 50 books and worked on documentaries for PBS, Time-Life and the BBC.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Brenna Henn, professor of anthropology and the Genome Center at UC Davis and corresponding author of the study, said the uncertainty comes from gaps in both fossils and ancient DNA.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
Changes in the dominance hierarchy can fuel more aggression and tension, said Aaron Sandel, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin and study co-author.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Martha Lincoln, a medical anthropology associate professor at San Francisco State, is among those who are opposed to AI.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Robbie had put down his trowel and stood to roll a cigarette, a hangover from his Communist Party time—another abandoned fad, along with his ambitions in anthropology, and the planned hike from Calais to Istanbul.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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