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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

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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

College of Arts & Sciences News Highlights Research University

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

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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

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research

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

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Global News Highlights University

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

News Highlights Research

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

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Featured Story Global News Highlights Research University

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

College of Arts & Sciences Research

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

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Global News Highlights Stony Brook Matters University

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

Academics Alumni News College of Arts & Sciences Global Research Stony Brook Matters University

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

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Global Standards Created for the Ethics of Ancient DNA Research

A team of scholars, including SBU's Elizabeth Sawchuk, has articulated a set of ethical guidelines regarding aDNA as a way to govern such research globally.

October 20, 2021

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Global Main University Research Stony Brook Matters University

Google Doodle Celebrates Anniversary of Turkana Basin Discovery

The doodle marked the anniversary of the discovery of the "Turkana Human," a significant discovery made in 1984 that "revolutionized knowledge of human evolution."

August 2, 2021

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Research Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Two Stony Brook Students Win Prestigious NSF-GRFP Fellowships

These Graduate Research Fellowships provide successful applicants in NSF-supported STEM disciplines with three years of funding for graduate school.

April 1, 2021

4 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Research Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

Nicholas Post — the URECA researcher of the month for April 2021 — is a nontraditional, first-generation college student majoring in Anthropology, currently doing an honors thesis on Hominin Phylogenetics under the...

April 1, 2021

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research Stony Brook Matters University

Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Patricia Wright, the founder of Centre ValBio, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and the Herrnstein Professor of Conservation Biology at Stony Brook University, will be awarded the Wildlife Conservation Award...

February 12, 2021

1 min read

Faculty/Staff Main University News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Angelina Jolie to Direct Richard Leakey Bio Pic, Possibly Starring Brad Pitt

Dr. Richard Leakey, world-renowned anthropologist, activist, professor and chair of Stony Brook University’s Turkana Basin Institute, may soon see himself on the silver screen — possibly portrayed by Brad Pitt — in a...

December 15, 2015

2 min read

Tag: anthropology

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

Global Standards Created for the Ethics of Ancient DNA Research

Google Doodle Celebrates Anniversary of Turkana Basin Discovery

Two Stony Brook Students Win Prestigious NSF-GRFP Fellowships

Nontraditional Anthropology Undergrad Researches Human Evolution

Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Angelina Jolie to Direct Richard Leakey Bio Pic, Possibly Starring Brad Pitt

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