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January 20, 2020
In the debut of his new podcast, Salovey and Yale Professor Crystal Feimster speak about “The Long Civil Rights Movement.”
Professor Alice Kaplan
January 17, 2020
Alice Kaplan, the John M. Musser Professor of French and incoming Director of the Whitney Humanities Center, has been named a Sterling Professor. The Sterling Professorship...
Crystal Feimster and Angela Davis
January 17, 2020
Davis, a Civil Rights icon, spoke in front of a capacity crowd at Woolsey Hall on Thursday, Jan. 16.
Owl monkeys are among a small number of mammal species to show genetic monogamy, or real faithfulness, between partners. Yale anthropologist Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, who has studied owl monkeys in Argentina, argues that the study of monogamy among mammals is hampered by poor data and confusing terminology. (Photo credit: E. White/Owl Monkey Project, Formosa-Argentina)
January 17, 2020
Fuzzy terminology, faulty methods, and funky data have plagued recent scholarship on the evolution of monogamy among mammals, claims Eduardo Fernandez-Duque.
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January 17, 2020
A new paper by Yale Anthropology Professor, Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, has been published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Dinosaur scene with falling asteroid
January 16, 2020
Contrary to recent studies, a Yale team has found that volcanic activity did not play a direct role in K-Pg, the extinction event that killed the dinosaurs.
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January 16, 2020
Searching for the roots of political vitriol in America? Look to conflict over prominent policy issues such as gun control, immigration, and access to abortion.