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Sept. 29 - 2023 Four Field Symposium Join us at the Union for "Kinship: Humans and Beyond" -- a series of discussions exploring human, animal, and human-animal relations as researched across the four subfields of anthropology. Click to RSVP!

Learn about our new major and sub-majors! Undergraduates can now major in Human Origins, Biology, and Behavior or add a thematic sub-major to their Anthropology degree.

Fall 2023 Roy A. Rappaport Lecture Series Professor Elizabeth F.S. Roberts presents "In Praise of Addiction" as this year's Rappaport Lecture Series, beginning on Sept. 18. Lectures will be both in-person and virtual; click to learn more!

Earn a PhD in Social Work and Anthropology The Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Anthropology is a PhD program for students interested in examining social issues using anthropological theories and methods.

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Recent News

U-M Anthro welcomes new faculty for fall 2023

Help us welcome Luciana Chamorro (sociocultural) and Tini Lasisi (biological) to the department!

Webb Keane co-authors Spectator article on AI

"Deus ex machina: the dangers of AI godbots," co-authored by Keane and Scott J. Shapiro, was featured by The Spectator (UK) in their July 29, 2023 issue.

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What does it mean to be human? Where have we come from? How do we live and communicate?

What forces have shaped human physiology and social life?

ANTHROPOLOGY IS ABOUT:

Understanding how we produce goods and power, make kinship and gender, decide what is right and wrong, build and destroy environments -- all in such a variety of ways;
Studying language and other forms of communication, such as new media, technology, and the arts;
Through archaeological excavations, examining big picture changes in society, culture, and biology over time -- from the deep human past to the fraught realities of lives unfolding today;
Investigating the evolution of human and non-human primates through study of adaptation, genetics, behavior, and ecology -- confronting the contours and limits of human uniqueness.

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