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Associate Professor of Anthropology

Associate Professor of Anthropology

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Food|Health|Science

Fermented foods sustain both microbiomes and cultural heritage

From kimchi to kombucha and sauerkraut to sourdough, many traditional food staples across cultures make use of fermentation. And these variations are reflected in your microbiome.

Fermented foods sustain both microbiomes and cultural heritage
Health

Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them

Human factors − such as how people produce food and how they organize themselves and live together − influence disease outbreaks.

Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them
US

Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t

Marked with numbers, demographic information and provenance – though not name – these skulls tell a story of racist hierarchies but also diversity in the early United States.

Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t
Education|Health|Science

Twins were the norm for our ancient primate ancestors − one baby at a time had evolutionary advantages

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 million years ago, giving birth to twins was the norm.

Twins were the norm for our ancient primate ancestors − one baby at a time had evolutionary advantages

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