Tag: Department of Anthropology and Geography

Pinion Trees

Feature Story

Saving the mysterious piñon pines of Owl Canyon

Fall 2023 | Mary Taylor Young

A pine grove in Owl Canyon is 150 miles away from the next closest stand of piñons. So, how the heck did it get there?

 Cannibal Bones

Anthropology

Bone reveals possible cannibalism among ancient relatives of humans

Fall 2023 | Stacy Nick

The analytical method behind this discovery was created by CSU paleoanthropologist Michael Pante, who studies feeding behavior of early humans.

 Ancient bone and closeup of marks

Breaking News

A case of cannibalism?

Spring 2023 | CSU Magazine Staff

Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago.