March 1, 2024
McMaster researchers create method to detect cases of anemia in archaeological remains
Leveraging modern knowledge and tech to study anemia's patterns of occurrence throughout history can inform modern-day understanding about how and why the condition occurs. ...
February 28, 2024
Archeological study explores link between hip fractures and early death
In a bioarcheological study that could inform modern-day policy, researchers from McMaster, University of South Carolina and the University of Toronto, found that people in institutions were far more likely to suffer hip fractures, and that those breaks often occurs very close to the time of death. The study, published last summer in PLoS […]
February 27, 2024
Anthropology Fall 2023 Newsletter
Anthropology Fall 2023 Newsletter MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Dear Anthropology Friends, Welcome to another year in the department of Anthropology. This fall we welcomed another incredible cohort of graduate students, as well as a new set of student leaders running the undergraduate McMaster Anthropology Society. We also sadly said goodbye to Christine Cluney, […]
January 24, 2024
Hendrik Poinar named Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Genetic Anthropology
As the inaugural holder of the joint endowed chair between the faculties of Health Sciences and Social Sciences, Poinar will continue his work in and expand the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre....
January 17, 2024
Researchers chronicle travels of woolly mammoth that roamed earth more than 14,000 years ago
The mammoth travelled through northwestern Canada and Alaska over the course of her lifetime, which ended when she encountered some of the earliest people to have traveled across the Bering Land Bridge....
December 11, 2023
Even microbes felt the impact of ancient climate transitions, McMaster DNA researchers find
The discovery was made while examining data from previous research in what is present-day Yukon. ...
November 3, 2023
Anthropology MA student wins award for scurvy research
Meg Langlois, a second-year MA student in Anthropology was recently awarded the Davidson Black Award for top student poster at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Biological Anthropology (CABA-ACAB). Her research was undertaken as part of the SSHRC Insight Grant project “Integrated approaches paleopathology and paleodiet: Insights into the diet-disease nexus in […]
November 1, 2023
Social Sciences in the news: October 2023
Experts from across the faculty were featured in a number of media outlets, both national and international, in October. Here’s a selection: iHeartRadio: John Moore Round One, Vass Bednar CBC News: Ontario apartment buildings bring investors double-digit returns. Some tenants say they’re paying the price, Steve Pomeroy Hamilton Spectator: New owner of Hamilton rentals aims to preserve […]
October 27, 2023
715 hours of expert facilitation and counting
The latest Community Research Platform (CRP) impact report indicates that McMaster’s CRP staff provided over 700 hours of facilitation for community engaged research partnerships and projects. McMaster’s CRP is a partnership between the Faculty of Social Sciences and five community organizations designed to foster community-engaged research that advances community wellbeing. The Platform is currently […]
October 20, 2023
Bone loan: Significant collection of skeletons arrives at McMaster
Researchers dig into a new collection of colonists' skeletons, believed to the largest of its kind in Canada....
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