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Eastern Africa’s Earliest Livestock Herders Adapted to a Changing Climate

An international team of researchers has discovered remarkable dietary variation among eastern Africa’s first pastoralists — people who raised and consumed livestock and their products. Early herders living around Lake...

June 2, 2026

5 min read

Gabrielle Russo Named Interim Director of Turkana Basin Institute

Gabrielle A. Russo, associate professor of anthropology and former deputy director of the Turkana Basin Institute, has been named TBI's interim director.

October 28, 2025

2 min read

New Fossil of an Ancient Human Relative Shows It Had Strong Grip, Human-Like Dexterity

Research reports the first hand and foot bones unambiguously associated with Paranthropus boisei, which had human-like dexterity with gorilla-like grip strength

October 15, 2025

4 min read

Anthropologist Joeva Sean Rock Wins International 2024 Margaret Mead Award

Stony Brook University anthropologist Joeva Sean Rock has been honored with the 2024 Margaret Mead Award for contributions to sharing anthropological insights

January 17, 2025

3 min read

Turkana Lecture Kicks Off Richard Leakey Memorial Conference

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, daughter of Richard Leakey, delivered the keynote lecture “Six Decades – The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana” on June 5

June 9, 2023

7 min read

SBU Graduate Student a Finalist for Indianapolis Prize Inaugural Emerging Conservationist Award

Biologist Fanny Cornejo is one of ten students who could win $50,000 to advance her work.

September 23, 2022

3 min read

Tag: anthroplogy

Eastern Africa’s Earliest Livestock Herders Adapted to a Changing Climate

Gabrielle Russo Named Interim Director of Turkana Basin Institute

New Fossil of an Ancient Human Relative Shows It Had Strong Grip, Human-Like Dexterity

Anthropologist Joeva Sean Rock Wins International 2024 Margaret Mead Award

Turkana Lecture Kicks Off Richard Leakey Memorial Conference

SBU Graduate Student a Finalist for Indianapolis Prize Inaugural Emerging Conservationist Award

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