Tag Archive for: Anthropology

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Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership with Dr. Jane Goodall Postponed

Editor’s note: This story was updated on March 12 to include…

Unearthing Easter Island’s Moai

Rapa Nui (or Easter Island, as it is commonly known) is home…

Study finds cultural differences in attitudes toward infidelity, jealousy

In cultures where fathers are highly invested in the care…

Professor’s latest book examines the history of cities

The only thing a person really needs to be an archaeologist…

The stone faces and human problems on Easter Island

In 1981, archaeology graduate student Jo Anne Van Tilburg…

What does it mean to be moved by love?

Researchers from UCLA and the University of Oslo have documented…

The Wellsprings of Our Moralities

In response to the question series "What can evolution tell…

Political affiliation can predict how people will react to false information about threats

The study, which will be published in the journal Psychological…

Anthropologist brings European refugee crisis to the classroom

Students in two global studies classes at UCLA this quarter will…

Archaeologists and geographers team to predict locations of ancient Buddhist sites

In a study published this week in Current Science, archaeologist Monica…