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Tag: anthropology

Collection is not curation: artifact hunting and personal collections

Posted June 29, 2019 by Guest Contributor

Colored image that reads “archaeological preservation” and includes a list of some of the American laws that protect archaeological sites.

This is a ScIU guest post by Krystiana Krupa, a Ph.D. candidate in IU’s Department of Anthropology and Research Associate for IU NAGPRA, and Molly Mesner Bleyhl, a Ph.D. student in IU’s Department of Anthropology and Graduate Assistant for IU NAGPRA It is common practice for hikers to pick up artifacts that they find on… Read more »

Brewers without borders: Crossing racial divisions in the world of craft beer

Posted February 19, 2019 by Lana Ruck

A beer glass sits on a barrel.

A profile of Aaron Ellis in celebration of Black History Month Craft beer: chances are if you’re over 21, you’ve heard about it, drank it, or even tried to brew it yourself. For anthropologist Aaron Ellis — a brewer, a Ph.D. candidate in IU’s Department of Anthropology, and an IU academic advisor in the departments… Read more »

Perks of the job

Posted May 8, 2018 by Lana Ruck

Six giraffes eating from acacia trees at the top of the gorge.

This post is from ScIU’s archives. It was originally published in October 2016, and has been lightly edited to reflect current events.  What does summer vacation look like for a scientist? For some, summer break is much-needed time to catch up on research projects and writing, but for many of us, summer centers around one… Read more »

If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Posted September 26, 2017 by Fabio Mendes

When I am on Twitter, every now and then a witty or funny tweet catches my attention. I laugh, and sometimes re-tweet. More often, however, I read tweets that cause anxiety and make me frown at my computer screen with the countenance of a distraught fish. I am talking about tweets like this one (Fig…. Read more »

Hands, tools, and words, oh my!

Posted December 6, 2016 by Lana Ruck

A hand holding a triangular stone tool, which was made millions of years ago.

It is relatively easy to list things that make our species, Homo sapiens, unique. From modest biological traits like hairless bodies and walking on two feet, to amazing things like culture, technology, and language, it is quite clear that we became some pretty quirky animals over the course of our evolution. Exactly how and why… Read more »

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