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Forensic Anthropology Summer Camp NEW
Dr. G. Robbins Schug's Website
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, UNC Chapel Hill, Texas State San Marcos, Central Florida University, SUNY Binghamton, and Michigan State University.
Students interested in Biological Anthropology should arrange to meet with Dr. Robbins Schug or Dr. Lappan to discuss their ideas and future plans. Dr. Robbins Schug (416 Sanford Hall) is a bioarchaeologist with research focused on the effects of climate change on human populations in South Asian prehistory and the evolution of infectious diseases in human populations. Dr. Lappan (401a Sanford Hall) is a primatologist with research focused on gibbons, their behavior, ecology, evolution, and conservation. |
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