Evolutionary processes drive many health threats, from antimicrobial resistance to pandemics to ‘Anthropocene-related’ conditions such as obesity. Could evolution also inspire new ways to prevent and treat disease? Natterson-Horowitz et al. review how evolutionary medicine can transform biomedicine and public health and propose an interdisciplinary research agenda to realize its untapped potential. Other publications in […]
A team of researchers studying the Ngogo community of wild chimpanzees in western Uganda’s Kibale National Park for two decades has published a report in Science showing that females in this population can experience menopause and postreproductive survival. Prior to the study, “Demographic and hormonal evidence for menopause in wild chimpanzees,” these traits had only been found […]
This summer, “Planet Hip Hop” took listeners around the world for a series of stories and conversations about hip-hop. From India to Korea, Ecuador to Senegal, we heard from rappers, artists, activists and scholars about how a sound born out of the South Bronx in New York 50 years ago traveled far and wide and […]
Led by Director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies Dr. Stephen Acabado, the Ifugao Archaeological Project is an ongoing and impactful effort that has produced important findings about Philippine history. The Ifugao Archaeological Project focuses on rice terraces in the Northern Philippines, and was born from Dr. Acabado’s graduate research in 2003. These […]
The rankings system harnesses AI and data mining techniques to assess research programs at academic institutions. UCLA’s Anthropology Department has been ranked in the national top 10 in the 2023 ScholarGPS institutional rankings. In the platform’s academic ranking against programs across the United States, the University of Los Angeles, is ranked 4th overall for 2023. […]
Professor Aomar Boum, alongside with Sarah A. Stein, released their article “Resilience Amidst the Ruins: Nfis Valley Endures After the Quake”. In the wake of the tragic, magnitude-6.8 Adassil earthquake in Morocco that killed more than 2,100 people, media attention has largely focused on the devastation in the old city of Marrakesh, one of Morocco’s […]
UCLA alumnus Alivia Brown is assembling anthropology-inspired YouTube videos, filling a rare niche. The alumnus said she started her channel in 2020, where she posts 10-minute educational videos regarding anthropology terms, introductory topics, key figures, personal experiences and opportunities in the field. After graduating, she said she was trying to decide her next steps as […]
Please join us in watching our Anthropology Commencement of 2023 with our Keynote Speaker Christopher “Are” Engelke. You can find more information about Anthropology’s Commencement at this link
Professor H. Samy Alim, an Anthropology Professor and David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences, talks on NPR’s The World about his book Freedom Moves: Hip Hop Knowledges, Pedagogies, and Futures. Fifty years ago this summer, a Jamaican DJ named Kool Herc wanted to throw a party in his […]
Ahlam Chemali, a Visiting Graduate Student Researcher for UCLA’s Department of Anthropology, recently published her Op-Ed in LA Times, titled “How the U.S. is repeating Europe’s failed migration policies”. An excerpt of the article is as follows: “In early May, standing at the border fence between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, I was reminded […]
