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Distinguished Professor Patricia Wright Named a Hagler Fellow by Texas A&M

Stony Brook Distinguished Professor Patricia Wright has been named a Hagler Fellow by the Hagler Institute of Advanced Study at Texas A&M University.

October 7, 2026

2 min read

Don’t Let Mother Earth Down: Wright Inspires People to Take Action in Earthstock Keynote

Stony Brook Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology Patricia Wright delivered the Earthstock keynote address April 20 at the Charles B. Wang Center.

April 23, 2026

5 min read

SBU Doctoral Student Wins Leakey Grant to Study Kenya’s Coastal Primates

A Stony Brook University doctoral student was awarded a grant from The Leakey Foundation to study how primates have adapted to living in coastal Kenya.

July 9, 2025

4 min read

Eyes in the Dark: Amanda Rowe’s Research Earns Prestigious Recognition

Recent Stony Brook University PhD graduate Amanda Rowe has been honored as a finalist for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Dissertation Award.

February 14, 2025

5 min read

When Did Human Ancestors Begin Eating Meat?

An international research team, including Dominic Stratford of Stony Brook University, discovered that an ancient human ancestor primarily ate plant-based foods

January 22, 2025

4 min read

Stony Brook Highlights Distinguished Anthropologists in February Provost’s Lecture

The Provost’s Lecture Series will feature Stony Brook University Distinguished Service Professors Pat Wright and Lawrence Martin on Tuesday, February 11.

January 14, 2025

4 min read

SB Foundation Trustees Faculty Awards Recognize Early-Career Achievements

The Stony Brook Foundation Trustees Faculty Awards recognize the scholarly achievements of five early-career faculty members, who received a $20,000 award.

June 28, 2024

5 min read

Historic Hominin Discovery Is Announced at Leakey Conference

A historic discovery about an extinct human species was announced at the weeklong conference honoring Richard Leakey at Stony Brook University

June 9, 2023

2 min read

Six Decades – The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana

Louise Leakey will deliver the lecture, "Six Decades - The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana," on Monday, June 5, at 5 p.m. in the Staller Center Recital Hall.

May 15, 2023

2 min read

New Research Forces Scientists to Rethink Ape Evolution

Stony Brook Professor Part of International Paleontology Collaboration Re-assessing an Ancient Ape Fossil Because living apes easily reach eatable fruit in trees with their upright bodies, anthropologists have long...

April 18, 2023

4 min read

Mothers Influence Gut Microbial Development in Wild Primates

Study Finds Strong Maternal Effects on Infant Gut Microbiome Before and After Weaning The bacteria that reside in the human gut (“the gut microbiome”) are known to play beneficial and harmful roles in human health...

September 12, 2022

3 min read

Using Accurate Data When Studying Human Evolution

Uncovering the evolution of any set of living creatures is a complex and highly detailed task for scientists, and theories and approaches that may differ over time may indeed change the fossil record. But...

July 12, 2022

3 min read

Conservationist Patricia Wright Makes Cover of Smithsonian Magazine

The article, "Into the Forbidden Forest," recounts how Professor Wright’s crucial research began and explores the biodiversity of the Madagascar wilderness.

July 8, 2022

2 min read

New Analysis of Ancient Africans Creates Clearer Picture of Life 50,000 Years Ago

By associating archaeological artifacts with ancient DNA, researchers have created a remarkable framework for exploring the prehistory of humans in Africa.

March 1, 2022

6 min read

French Grant Will Help TBI Team Improve Paleosciences Training, Create Museum Exhibit

In 2015, Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis, archeologists from Stony Brook University, uncovered a site in northern Kenya that contained the earliest known examples of human technology. The site on the western shore of Lake...

February 14, 2022

3 min read

Discovery Challenges the Precise Time Humans Arrived in Europe

An international team of researchers, including SBU's Jason Lewis, has reached the conclusion that humans may have arrived in Europe about 10,000 years earlier than originally thought.

February 10, 2022

4 min read

Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, Chair of Turkana Basin Institute, Dies at 77

World-renowned paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard E. Leakey, a professor in the Stony Brook University Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the Turkana Basin Institute...

January 3, 2022

5 min read

World Lemur Day Commemorative Stamps Feature SBU Alum Jonah Ratsimbazafy

World Lemur Day is October 29, and it was celebrated in Madagascar with the issuance of six new lemur postage stamps, including two honoring Stony Brook University alumnus Jonah Ratsimbazafy. Ratsimbazafy, a...

October 29, 2021

2 min read

Tag: anthropology

Distinguished Professor Patricia Wright Named a Hagler Fellow by Texas A&M

Don’t Let Mother Earth Down: Wright Inspires People to Take Action in Earthstock Keynote

SBU Doctoral Student Wins Leakey Grant to Study Kenya’s Coastal Primates

Eyes in the Dark: Amanda Rowe’s Research Earns Prestigious Recognition

When Did Human Ancestors Begin Eating Meat?

Stony Brook Highlights Distinguished Anthropologists in February Provost’s Lecture

SB Foundation Trustees Faculty Awards Recognize Early-Career Achievements

Historic Hominin Discovery Is Announced at Leakey Conference

Six Decades – The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana

New Research Forces Scientists to Rethink Ape Evolution

Mothers Influence Gut Microbial Development in Wild Primates

Using Accurate Data When Studying Human Evolution

Conservationist Patricia Wright Makes Cover of Smithsonian Magazine

New Analysis of Ancient Africans Creates Clearer Picture of Life 50,000 Years Ago

French Grant Will Help TBI Team Improve Paleosciences Training, Create Museum Exhibit

Discovery Challenges the Precise Time Humans Arrived in Europe

Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, Chair of Turkana Basin Institute, Dies at 77

World Lemur Day Commemorative Stamps Feature SBU Alum Jonah Ratsimbazafy

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