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Ecology, Evolution, and Environment

examines the adaptation of human and non-human primates with their ecosystems.  As evolutionary anthropologists, we study these interactions through research on behavior and cognition, diet, foraging strategies, life history patterns, and morphological variation of past and present  populations.

Frances White and bonobo

Professor Frances White and a young bonobo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Malone 2007

Research, Projects, and Organizations

Aliakmon Paleolithic/Paleoanthropological Survey Project

Community Archaeology at Coffman Cove, Alaska

Development and resilience of complex socioeconomic systems in the Maya Lowlands

Development of Agriculture and Political Economy in Central Plains, China

Evolution and Cognition Focus Group

Health Consequences of Economic Development Among Indigenous Siberians

Herring Synthesis: Documenting and Modeling Herring Spawning Areas and Human and Environmental Impacts over Time in the Southeast Gulf of Alaska

Lomako Forest Bonobo Project

Northwest Primate Conservation Society

Shuar Health and Life History Project

Yiluo Basin Archaeobotany Project

Mining in Papua New Guinea

Faculty
Courses Taught

Geraldine Moreno

Anth 367 Human Adaptation
Josh Snodgrass

Anth 270 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Anth 362 Human Biological Variation
Anth 4/507 Evolutionary Theory

Stephen Frost

Anth 170 Intro to Human Origins
Anth 366 Human Osteology
Anth 4/507 Bio Anthropological Methods
Anth 4/562 Paleoprimatology
Anth 375 Primates in Ecological Communities

Doug Kennett Anth 4/510 Ancient Mesoamerica
Sarah McClure Anth 310 European Prehistory
Anth 410 Mediterranean Prehistory
Frances White Anth 171 Introduction to Monkeys and Apes
Anth 173 Evolution of Human Sexuality
John Lukacs Anth 361 Human Evolution
Anth 368 Scientific Racism
Anth 4/574 Human Paleopathology
Anth 4/567 Paleoecology and Human Evolution
Larry Sugiyama Anth 330 Hunters and Gatherers
Anth 4/581 Principles of Evolutionary Psychology
Anth 4/582 Human Behavioral Ecology
Anth 4/534: Native South Americans
William Ayres Anth 4/540 South Asia Prehistory
Anth 4/540 Old World Prehistory
Gyoung-Ah Lee Anth 4/510 Practical Archaeobotany
Anth 4/510 Plants and People
Madonna Moss Anth 4/571 Zooarchaeology
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