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Research
Publications
Research:
Anthropologists
explore the past and present diversity of humans and human culture.
At the California Academy of Sciences, members of the Department
of Anthropology conduct research, assist in the development
of a variety of public programs and maintain an extensive collection
of cultural objects from all over the world. Research is carried
out in the fields of Physical Anthropology, Ethnography, and
Folklore.
Curator and Irvine Chair Zeray Alemseged undertakes research on early hominin and primate phylogeny and taxonomy, the origin and evolution
of bipedalism, ontogeny and development in early hominins, hominin
behavior and "social structure," early hominin dietary adaptation, biogeography and geological settings, and hominin paleoenvironments and paleoecology. Click here for more information.
Senior
Collection Manager Russell Hartman conducts ethnographic research related to the department's collection. Click here for more information.
Rietz
Collection Researcher Joseph Evans undertakes research on
the department's Rietz Collection
of Food Technology, thanks to a a generous grant from
the Rietz Food Technology Foundation. For more information on the
Rietz Collection, click here.
Staff
members in the Traditional Arts
Program conduct ethnographic fieldwork both locally
and abroad. To learn about these projects, click
here.
Publications:
The
Department of Anthropology has produced a wide variety of
published books.
Subjects range from human evolution to material culture, including
the proceedings of the Department's biennial Wattis Symposium
and published catalogs of our collection. For a list of publications
and ordering information, click
here.
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