We’re pleased to share that Dr. Christina Warinner, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, is opening a major museum exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on September 22, 2023. 

Titled "Dairy Cultures: The Science of Mongolian Heritage," the exhibit will explore the unique and ancient history of milk and dairy in Mongolia, and learn how scientists today are discovering the amazing story of Mongolia's dairy heritage.

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The American Anthropological Association has announced that the Cultures of Fermentation Team (Christina Warinner, Jessica Hendy, Matthäus Rest, Mark Aldenderfer) has won the 2023 General Anthropology Division Exemplary Cross-Fields Prize for their research demonstrating exemplary interdisciplinary scholarship. The work honors the team's work on building transdisciplinary framework for the anthropological study of microbes, from their role in human evolution to their long-term influence on human culture through health and cuisine, to our shared collective future.

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The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in the Anthropology of Japan (Social/Cultural/Linguistic).

We seek a scholar with excellent Japanese language abilities whose research is conceptually sophisticated, firmly grounded in ethnographic fieldwork, and will shape cutting-edge areas of significance. The tenure-track professor will be expected to teach a range of offerings, from introductory undergraduate lecture courses to graduate seminars. Competitive applicants will be prepared to teach foundational courses in the...

Christina (Tina) Warinner, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the Sally Starling Seaver Associate Professor at the Radcliffe Institute, was recently profiled in a recent feature article by Nature titled “Germs, genes and soil: tales of pathogens past.”

“Piecing together the stories of ancient microbes often starts with skeletal remains. A handful of diseases,...