Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

New temple discovery shows how Tiwanaku connected sacred rituals with Andean trade and political networks. Along the southern ...

The Matson Museum of Anthropology has reopened in a new space in the recently built Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building, and offers a place for people to learn about the study of humanity.

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new ...

Minted in Peru in 1707, the money bolsters the evidence that the wreck is the Spanish ship "San José," which sank off the ...

Anthropology is the study of humans, their close relatives and their cultural environment. Subfields of anthropology deal with hominin evolution and the comparative study of extant and past ...

“Matthew Klingle’s pioneering work on diabetes uncovers the complex factors that lead to the disease—and offers a way forward ...

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country has identified hundreds of molecular markers in saliva that could ...

RIT's Department of Sociology and Anthropology supports an interdisciplinary approach to the study of global, urban, historical, and cultural experience, practices, and change. Our faculty are ...