Long before evolution equipped them with the right teeth, early humans began eating tough grasses and starchy underground ...

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Eating excessive calories is 10 times more influential than sedentariness in driving the obesity epidemic, researchers say.

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Traditionally, Indigenous peoples almost universally viewed thoroughly putrefied, maggot-infested animal foods as highly ...

Ruth Krulfeld, a professor emerita of anthropology and international affairs, died on July 7. She was 94.

An anthropology degree approaches the study of humanity from a very broad, holistic perspective. In an anthropology program, you’ll learn how to examine the cultures, biology, genetics and ...

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A new study might offer hope to overweight Americans who think they’re too busy to get to the gym but want to shed some pounds. While it wasn’t a weight-loss study, the findings suggest that diet ...

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A Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology will open you to opportunities in government, private business, community organizations, education, health organizations, research institutions and the media.