Tag archive for ‘Department of Anthropology’
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Expert on Evolution, Climate Change to Speak at UT
Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, will be giving lectures on November 13 and 14 as part of the Department of Anthropology's annual capstone courses.... -
What’s Your Big Idea?—Bill Bass
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are sharing the big ideas that make a difference in their world. Bill Bass, a professor emeritus of forensic anthropology, had the big idea to... -
National Geographic: Americans’ Heads Getting Bigger
National Geographic featured a study by UT forensic anthropologists that has found American heads are getting larger. The article chronicles the evolution of human head sizes.... -
NBC Tonight Show: Jay Leno on UT Study
NBC late night talk show host Jay Leno had his own interpretation of a study by UT forensic anthropologists that has found American heads are getting larger.... -
Forensic Anthropologists Find American Heads are Getting Larger
White Americans' heads are getting bigger. That's according to research by forensic anthropologists at UT. Researchers examined 1,500 skulls dating back to the mid-1800s through the mid-1980s. They noticed US... -
World Science: American head shapes have been changing, but why?
In a trend that can be identified going back to the mid-1800s, U.S. skulls have gotten bigger, taller and narrower as seen from the front, said Richard and Lee Jantz,... -
UT to Host Lecture, Music Performance Honoring Lumbee Indians Nov. 20
The history of the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be explored next week through a public lecture and concert at UT Knoxville. The... -
Public Invited to Comment on UT-NEH Study
The National Endowment for the Humanities invites the public's input on an NEH-funded study of three sites in Virginia where former slave quarters are thought to have stood. Barbara Heath,... -
Counterpunch: Informational Uncertainty in the Wake of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Gregory Button wrote an op-ed for Counterpunch entitled “Informational Uncertainty in the Wake of Japan's Nuclear Crisis.” The piece discusses the reasons and ramifications of why... -
UT Science Forum: Professor Discusses Teaching Evolution in Tennessee
What do students understand – and not understand – about evolution and the nature of science? Andrew Kramer, professor and head of the Department of Anthropology at UT Knoxville, will...
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