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A new report published in “Science” explores the relationship between Helminth infection and birth rates in women from the Tsimane tribal community. The Tsimane are foragers-horticulturalists living in the Amazon lowland forests in Bolivia. The ...

“They go to sleep several hours after sunset and typically awaken before sunrise.” That’s one of the main conclusions in a new paper published in “Current Biology.” UNM doctoral candidate Gandi Yetish is the lead author in the paper “Natural Sleep and...

Jonathan Stieglitz, right, in BoliviaUNM Department of Anthropology Research Assistant Professor Jonathan Stieglitz is lead author of a new paper published this week in PLoS ONE that examines the changes as part of a long running research project among ...

It was really tough - and they want to do it again. In June, 9 members of UNM's Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter, including current and recent UNM students, practicing engineers and faculty members, spent two and a half weeks in two small Bolivian ...