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| Dr. John Colarusso, Professor of Anthropology, Language and Linguistics, reacts to the recent Russian election and widespread protest across the country. Dr. Colarusso has been a policy advisor to both Washington and Moscow over the course of his career. See McMaster Daily News Story here |
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Welcome!The department offers undergraduate and graduate programs in three fields of anthropology (as well as courses in the area of linguistics):
Our faculty's research interests cover a wide range of topics, including the study of ancient DNA, health development among Canadian First Nations, resource management and land claims, production and use of raw materials in the past, health and diet in antiquity, and childhood nutrition in Canada.
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Department of Anthropology Speaker Series
Location - CNH 607 Anthropology in the NewsUsing Modern Tools to Reconstruct Ancient Life. The New York Times (Jan 9, 2012)
Chimpanzee brains may be hard-wired to evolve language. New Scientist (Dec 5, 2011) Evolution during human colonizations: selective advantage of being there first. Science Daily (Nov 3, 2011) Resistance to antibiotics is ancient, McMaster study finds. McMaster Daily News (Aug 31, 2011) McMaster anthropologists confirm identity of bacterium responsible for the Black Death. Science Daily (Aug 30, 2011) Black Death study lets rats off the hook. Past Horizons (Aug 24, 2011) How language transformed humanity. The Guardian (Aug 4, 2011) ********************************* Undergraduate course offerings 2011-2012 Course registration inquiries and seat availability : Upper level students, please note all 1st year courses are reserved for first year students at this time. Please check solar for any seats available in Anthro 1A03, 1B03, 1Z03 on July 11, 2011 Graduate course offerings 2011-2012 |
Department News and Notes
January 2012 - Congratulations to Dr. Megan Brickley and Dr. Tracy Prowse for being awarded a CFI (Canadian Foundation for Innovation) grant ($270,000) to establish the Centre for Integrated Bioarchaeological Research in Human Health, Diet, Disease, and Migration in the Department of Anthropology. See the full announcement here. Congratulations to Anthropology PhD student Kandace Bogaert for receiving the Davidson Black prize for best poster presentation at the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology conference titled "The Underreporting of Indigenous Mortality due to Flu in 1918". McMaster Anthropology graduate student Kirsti Bos & Professor Hendrik Poinar of the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre are part of an international team who have sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death plague. Published in the scientific journal Nature, this is the first time scientists have been able to reconstruct an ancient pathogen. See full story hereSocial Sciences web |
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