Professor Theodore Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies, died on July 1, 2021 after a long illness. Professor Bestor joined the Harvard Anthropology faculty in 2001 and served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology from 2007 to 2012. In 2011, he was named the Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies. From 2012 to 2018, he served as Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese...
Congratulations to Isaac Longobardi for winning a Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Essay in the English Language for his essay entitled “Cleaning the House.”
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"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 Study explain early humans ate starch--and why it matters
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....
