April 10, 2024
Anthropology Instructional Assistant Melissa Dunham wins prestigious Geoff Egan Prize for Finds Research
Melissa Dunham, instructional assistant in the Archaeology Teaching Lab in the department of anthropology has been awarded the Geoff Egan Prize for Finds Research for her MA research. Dunham’s research, which she undertook at the University of Leicester was titled ‘From general stores to city retailers: plotting and debating changes in the availability of […]
April 3, 2024
‘I could do that’: Researcher Amanda Cooke on studying malaria in Southern Ontario
Bioarchaeology PhD student Amanda Cooke shares her experiences of malaria research, pathogen prospecting and future collaboration with the Ohneganos project....
April 1, 2024
Mosquito detectives: Researchers go “pathogen prospecting” to fight malaria
Researchers are calling on colleagues around the world to help examine archival specimens of mosquitoes to get a better understanding of the ongoing threat of malaria....
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 […]
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