Within its premises, it houses two valuable museums: the Museum of Anthropology and the Felipe Poey Museum of Natural History. (30 photos) ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of ...

Ice cores in freezers, dinosaurs on display, fish in jars, birds in boxes, human remains and ancient artifacts from long-gone ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Every field has its own standard for what data gets recorded for specimens archived in a museum collection, which can make ...

University of Arizona Professor David Soren's excavation at the site of a fourth century Mediterranean earthquake revealed 3 skeletons — 2 adults and a baby — crushed together under stone.

Over 100 IU students and Bloomington residents attended “Night at the Museum: Dance Party Edition” on Thursday to celebrate ...

The Friends of Key West Library is set to conclude their Speaker Series for 2025. Closing the season is Dr. Rod McIntosh, the ...

The Anthropology Club began its spring semester with an interactive pottery reconstruction activity, bringing students together to engage in a hands-on learning experience. By Katelynn Humbles The ...

A new exhibition opening at the University of New Mexico's Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on Saturday, March 8, explores the central role fermentation has played across human civilizations. "Entangled ...

Social anthropology is the subdiscipline of anthropology that investigates the cultural properties of human societies. Topics include cultural norms, morals, laws and customs, and there is a ...

James “Jim” Ferguson, a professor of anthropology at Stanford, died on Feb. 12 after battling a long illness. Ferguson was 65 years old. A lifelong scholar of anthropology, Ferguson played a ...