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A new study has been published that suggests babies are physically affected by the stress level of their mother during pregnancy. It has been previously found that adversity in the womb enhances or hampers offspring development and...

On Friday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. the Department of Anthropology is hosting a lecture by Associate Professor Thanik Lertcharnrit from the Department of Archaeology of Silpakorn University in Bangkok,Thailand on Mortuary Traditions, Bioarchaeology, and...

It was meant to be a simple project. When UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Emily Jones began working with graduate student Cyler Conrad they wanted to set up a trial project with a simple yes or no outcome. Conrad needed to learn how to work with...

Dr. Susan Levine speaks on medicine and the politics of knowledge and healing on Monday, Nov. 4 from 4-5:15 p.m. in Keller Hall in the UNM Center for the Arts. Her work delineates the debate between western and non-western medicine and the ...

A new field season in Uxbenká is in progress for Keith Prufer, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology. Every summer he takes students to the lowlands of Belize to study what was a small but flourishing Mayan city in the 10th century. This year, ...