Medical Anthropology

First-years discover viruses, analyze DNA

10 Feb 2012

Sixteen first-years watched with excitement as their screens loaded the sequence of 59,625 nucleic acids that comprise the DNA of 'Job42 ,' the virus a student in their class had discovered, isolate... ;

Editor s Selections: Family Medical Histories, A Grave In The Bahamas, Medieval Malaria, And Macaques

9 Feb 2012

Part of my online life includes editorial duties at ResearchBlogging.org , where I serve as the Social Sciences Editor. Each Thursday, I pick notable posts on research in anthropology, philosophy, social science, and research to share on the ResearchBlogging.org News site . To help highlight this writing, I also share my selections here on AiP. This week : [More]

Scavenger Science: Forensic researchers using vultures in study

9 Feb 2012

Researchers at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility are studying the effects vultures have on decomposing human bodies.