Their findings suggest that climate change has the potential to harm all populations, either directly or indirectly, through destabilization and refugee crises.
Department of Anthropology
Climate change induced refugee crisis, chronic war, in ancient Peru
Friendships in the Utah State Legislature
When collaborating outside their social circles to enact policies, Utah state legislators tend to build enduring bipartisan relationships.
Climate drove 7,000 years of dietary changes
Projected climatic changes will be essential to predict health and well-being for populations in the future.
Megaherbivore extinctions and wildfires
Loss of ancient grazers triggered a dramatic increase in fire activity across the world’s grasslands.
Indigenous land-use reduced catastrophic wildfires on the Fish Lake Plateau
U researchers found that 1,000 years ago, the Fremont used cultural burning to reduce the risk for large-scale wildfire activity in mountain environments.
A reversal of Earth’s geomagnetic field
Approximately 42,000 years ago the Earth’s geomagnetic field reversed, triggering dramatic climate shifts and fueling ecological change on a global scale.
Experiences south of the border
Hands-on learning in Mexico.
Restorative justice preferred among the Enga
Advocates have called for a restorative justice system that repairs harm done to victims and reintegrates wrongdoers into society. The Enga of Papua New Guinea balance retribution and restitution.
Silencing the booming chorus
From 2007 to 2009, a yellow fever virus outbreak nearly decimated El Parque El Piñalito’s howler monkey populations. Exposure to a past virus may have aided brown howlers’ survival.
Earliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
The new study goes back further than 23andme could have ever imagined.