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Professor Warinner's Study Explains Early Humans Ate Starch and Why It Matters

Professor Warinner's Study Explains Early Humans Ate Starch and Why It Matters

May 11, 2021
"We think we’re seeing evidence of a really ancient behavior that might have been part of encephalization — or the growth of the human brain,” said Harvard Professor Christina Warinner, Ph.D. ’10. “It’s evidence of a new food source that early humans were able to tap into in the form of roots, starchy vegetables, and seeds.” Read the article... Read more about Professor Warinner's Study Explains Early Humans Ate Starch and Why It Matters
In Memoriam: Sally Falk Moore, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology

In Memoriam: Sally Falk Moore, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology

May 3, 2021

Sally Falk Moore, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, died on May 2, 2021 at the age of 97. Professor Moore joined Harvard's Department of Anthropology in 1981. She was dean of the Graduate School from 1985 to 1989. In 2010, she was appointed affiliated professor of international legal studies at Harvard Law School.Before joining Harvard, Moore was chair of the anthropology section of the joint department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Southern California (1963–1977, 1969–1972) and a professor at University of California, Los Angeles (1977–1981) and...

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