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In what is a very special time for The University of New Mexico Anthropology Department—its 90th anniversary of the department, 80th for serial anthropological publications by UNM and nearly the 75th of the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology/Journal of...

Elizabeth Ferry presents the XLII Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture, “Glitter, Grit and Graphics: How do the gold and gold market look from the perspective of a historic Mexican mining city,” on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m....

Augustín Fuentes, professor and chairman of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame will present his lecture “How Humans & Apes are Different and Why it Matters” at The University of New Mexico on Thursday, Feb. 23—as the featured speaker of the...

Harvard Professor Gary Urton is presenting the XLII Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture, “Writing the History of an ancient civilization without writing,” on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNM Anthropology Lecture...

The discovery of 4.5 million year-old Ardipithecus ramidus in Ethiopia and its detailed analysis sheds significant light on the question of when our early ancestors began to walk on two legs. C. Owen Lovejoy, professor of anthropology at Kent State Uni

Nancy ParezoProfessor of American Indian Studies & Research Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona Nancy Parezo will present the 36th Journal of Anthropological Research Distinguished Lecture on "The Indian Fashion Show, Fighting Cultural ...