Recent News
New DNA Research Examines Predecessors of Red Lady of El Miron
Posted: Feb 07, 2025 - 12:00pm
Around 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, archaeologists started exploring the cave, finding abundant evidence of prehistoric people and their activities. In 201...read more
Sarah Leiter Awarded Post Doctoral Fellowship at Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Posted: Jan 31, 2025 - 09:00am
Sarah Leiter, PhD Candidate in the Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology subfield, has been warded Post Doctoral Fellowship at Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. The fellowship will br...read more
Dr. Catherine Rhodes Publishes New Book "Undoing Modernity: Linguistics, Higher Education, and Indigeneity in Yucatan"
Posted: Jan 13, 2025 - 09:00am
Dr. Catherine Rhodes has published a new book Undoing Modernity: Linguistics, Higher Education, and Indigeneity in Yucatan with the University of Texas Press. An ethnography of the decolonization of Maya-ness:On the Yucatan Peninsula toda...read more
UNM Anthropology Enters New Task Agreement with Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Posted: Dec 09, 2024 - 01:00pm
UNM’s Department of Anthropology has recently entered into a new task agreement with Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The $70,000 agreement is funded by the National Park Service’s Cooperative Research and Training Programs. The l...read more
Ellen Dyer Awarded the Grand Prize in UNM Grad Studies' LoboBITES 3min Thesis Competition
Posted: Nov 18, 2024 - 12:00pm
Ellen Dyer, Evolutionary Anthropology Doctoral Student, was awarded the grand prize in UNM Grad Studies' LoboBITES 3min Thesis Competition for her thesis Sex-Specific Effects of Affiliative Bonds on Cortisol in Wild Chimpanzees in Kibale National Pa...read more
Eleanor Matthews Awarded Student Prize for Best Poster at the meeting of the Southwestern Association of Biological Anthropologists
Posted: Nov 18, 2024 - 12:00pm
Eleanor Matthews, Evolutionary Anthropology Doctoral Student, was awarded the sudent prize for best poster at the meeting of the Southwestern Association of Biological Anthropologists for her work Strategic Aggression Among Wild Male Chimp...read more
New article in Sapiens: Do Moose “Belong” in Colorado?
Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 12:00am
In a new article published in Sapiens, alumni William Taylor (UNM PhD, 2016) and Jon Dombrosky (UNM PhD, 2021) along with Dr. Emily Jones (UNM Professor of Anthropology), Dr. Chance Ward, and Dr. John Went use archaeological data to explore whether ...read more
New Book from Alum Dr. William Taylor: Hoof Beats How Horses Shaped Human History
Posted: Aug 07, 2024 - 12:00pm
Dr. William Taylor (UNM PhD, 2016) has published his book Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History with the University of California Press. About the Book "Hoof Beats helps readers see the drama even in the grass eatin...read more
In Memoriam: Dr. Richard Carl Chapman
Posted: Aug 01, 2024 - 12:00pm
Dr. Richard “Dick” Chapman, former Director of UNM’s Office of Contract Archaeology and Research Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, passed away on June 25, 2024. Dr. Chapman was a pioneer in cultu...read more
Nikki Appel Awarded an NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant
Posted: Jul 16, 2024 - 12:00pm
Nikki Appel, Evolutionary Anthropology graduate student, has been awarded a dissertation improvement grant by the National Science Foundation. Her proposal is titled, Doctoral Dissertation Research: Assessing differences between biological age...read more
