Over his six-decade career, UChicago professor championed honest scholarship, diverse perspectives and his students ...

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

The pelvic structure of the modern male is not the ancestral norm, but rather a biomechanical evolution. Credit: Maridav / depositphotos.com A comparative analysis of Neanderthal and modern human ...

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 cultures.

Molecular anthropology is about taking a genetic approach to understanding human evolution and biological diversity. Our genetics provides insight into the history of populations (how migrations and ...

For over a century, scientists have debated the extent to which genetic and phenotypic variation among present-day humans is the result of natural selection — in which heritable traits influence ...

Biological anthropology, evolutionary medicine, nutrition, and life history theory. My interests revolve around the evolution of human health. My career in Anthropology began at the University of Utah ...