Student Blog

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Elaine in Japan

 Read updates on CASHP PhD student Elaine Miller's summer fellowship in Japan at the Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology.

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Trans Genes?

On February 26, 2020, the Idaho state House passed a bill banning transgender female athletes from participating in school sports on female teams.

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Gene Discovery Helps Explain How Humans May Have ‘Self-Domesticated’

Scientists may have come one step closer to figuring out what makes humans look and act like humans, according to a ...

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Results? Why, Man, I Have Gotten Results! Optical Coherence Tomography Doesn't Work on Teeth

Teeth are abundant in the human fossil record because enamel and dentine are both highly mineralized, facilitating the...

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Some Unsolicited Advice on Import Permits for Primatologists - and a Short Story

During the summer of 2018, I boarded a plane and headed off to Madagascar for the second time. I was excited because this was...

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Self-Care in the Present: My Future Self Will Thank Me

I always thought I was good at self-care. I did my laundry, I ate regularly, and I would get more than enough sleep. But my...

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Managing Time and Not Losing Your Ming During a Short Field Season

Time management is an important key for success in academia, and failing to manage your time damages your effectiveness and...

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How Anthropology Informs Us

I never thought I would study anthropology. For a long time, I believed that anthropologists were people watchers whose...

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What's in a Face?

The coyote came to me in a box—just her head—wrapped with care by a hunter on the other side of the country. He found her...