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Indigenous communities reclaim 41 remains, hundreds of artifacts from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø

Western Washington University has repatriated 41 Indigenous remains and 238 cultural items to their ancestral communities, about to the issue.…

60 million years ago our primate ancestors had twins all the time, finds study

Head researchers (²ÝÁñÉçÇø alumnus and now Yale grad student) Jack McBride and (²ÝÁñÉçÇø Associate Professor of Anthropology) Tesla Monson have been studying litter size for several years, as they have been quoted as saying in Live Science. In the study, they present an argument that “assessing…

Honors College to host presentation by medical anthropologist Sean Bruna on Dec. 4
Lummi's Raven Borsey wins ²ÝÁñÉçÇø outstanding graduate award

or many years now, Raven Borsey has made community building his life’s work. Now, his community is giving back.

Earlier this year, Western Washington University’s department of anthropology gave Borsey its outstanding graduate award for excellence in cultural anthropology.  

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²ÝÁñÉçÇø to host ‘The Boldt Decision at 50: Looking Back and Planning Forward’ on May 15 in Fraser 102
Star Wars creator answers fan theory: Was Yoda based on a tarsier, an Asian primate?

Myron Shekelle, a researcher at Western Washington University, in an interview, noted how the long ears and bulging eyes of Yoda’s species are very similar to that of those in the tarsier family that dwell in the tropical rainforest in the Southeast Asian islands of the…

Research recap: Students working on new research in anthropology and environmental sciences
²ÝÁñÉçÇø Anthropology Faculty Tesla Monson and Marianne Brasil Secure New $550k NSF grant
In Memoriam: Sarah Campbell
²ÝÁñÉçÇøâ€™s Michael Alvarez Shepard wins prestigious award from Center for a Public Anthropology
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