Department of Anthropology

We discover what it means to be human in our past, present, and future by examining the evolution and contemporary comparative study of human biology, culture, and materials throughout time and in every part of the world.

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Recent News

Undergraduate Award Winner: Allison Makovec

Allison Makovec finds that her double major in biology, society, and environment and anthropology is a great preparation to reach her medical school goals.

Professor Kieran McNulty (left) alongside researchers Cliff Ochieng (middle) and Joshua Siembo (right) at the Kisingiri Volcano in Kenya.

New studies push back evidence for open habitats in Africa by more than 10 million years

Anthropology professor Kieran McNulty is lead author of two new studies recently published in Science and organizer of the decade-long Research on East African Catarrhine and…

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2022 Anthropology Undergraduate Prize Winners

Join the Anthropology Department in congratulating a group of students on their exceptional course or capstone projects from the 2022 calendar year.

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Emma Burns Named to MSPBJ's 2023 40 Under 40

Congratulations to alumna Emma Burns (BA '11, anthropology) for being recognized in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 2023 40 Under 40 list for her nonprofit work.

CLA to Host Humanities Without Walls Career Diversity Workshop, Send 6 Fellows

This two-week, immersive career-diversity experience provides tools, values exercises, and space for 25 humanities PhD students to imagine their professional futures.