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Dueling Infections: Researchers find parasitic worms limit the effects of giardia, and vice versa.
UCSB Anthropologists publish findings in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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Tsimane Bolivian Flood Relief Fund
Recent severe flooding in Bolivia has left hundreds displaced, including the indigenous Tsimane. A group of researchers and doctors working with them have set up an independent fund to help them. See full article for link to external fundraising site.
Continue Reading Tsimane Bolivian Flood Relief FundThe Evolutionary Benefit of Human Personality Traits
UCSB Anthropologist's findings appear online in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.
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Gurven & Trumble awarded NSF grant to study Bolivian flood responses
"RAPID: Surviving the Flood: Vulnerability, Risk Management, and Resilience after a Natural Disaster"
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Graduate Student Dana Bardolph awarded Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
Exploring changes in plant foodways and agricultural production that corresponded with the rise of the Moche state (A.D. 1-300), Peru
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Associate Professor Amber VanDerwarker receives Distinguished Teaching Award for 2013-14
Uniting Teaching and Research.
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Trepanation in South-Central Peru during the early late intermediate period (ca. AD 1000–1250)
Visiting Assistant Professor Danielle Kurin in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology
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Associate Professor Casey Walsh receives Paul Farmer Global Citizenship Award
Award recognizes Walsh’s exceptionally effective participation in Public Anthropology’s Community Action Online Project
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