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Anthropology Department Website
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Biological anthropology is the study of primate biology in evolutionary perspective. The sub-discipline of biological anthropology includes many diverse fields of inquiry including primatology, molecular evolution and paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, human variation, adaptation, and behavioral ecology, evolutionary medicine, and forensic anthropology. The curriculum at Appalachian is focused in three mains areas: evolutionary and biocultural theory, hominin evolution, and bioarchaeology. Undergraduate research is an important part of our curriculum. Recently, students completed a project to identify human remains in the burned fragments of bone from the Donner Party campsite and currently students are working on projects in paleopathology and bone histology. Recent graduates from our program have gone on to graduate school in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology at institutions worldwide, including University College London, Texas State San Marcos, Central Florida University and Michigan State University. Students interested in Biological Anthropology should arrange to visit the lab (401 Sanford Hall) and meet with Dr. Robbins to discuss their ideas and future plans. Dr. Robbins is a bioarchaeologist with research focused on the effects of climate change on human populations in South Asian prehistory. |
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