Anthropology

Gnawed Roman skeleton that inspired Sylvia Plath poem goes on display

25 May 2012

Sarcophagus containing bones of Roman woman and rodents that chewed her ankle go on show at Cambridge museum The skeleton of a Roman woman and the bones of the mouse and shrew that gnawed her ankle in her coffin, inspiring one of Sylvia Plath's most haunting poems, have gone on display. Plath saw the massive stone sarcophagus and its contents soon after it was excavated in the 1950s, when she ...

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24 May 2012

UCSB anthropology researchers have found that hunter-gatherer and pastoralist diets result in lower rates of heart disease and related illnesses.

Mickey Shunick Update: What have Detectives Done for the Case?

24 May 2012

A vigil for missing student Mickey Shunick attracted at least 500 people on Wednesday but the anthropology major still remains to be found. She was last seen late night Friday, early morning Saturday, . . .