Anthropology Department Will Hold Its First Open Lab Night
A 3.3 million-year-old skull of a fossil human species named Australopithecus africanus from South Africa.
Please join the Department of Anthropology for its first Open Lab Night from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in the basement of Old Main. This event will allow visitors to learn about the research taking place in the department, which spans archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology.
Through a series of exhibits and displays the Open Lab Night will showcase research and teaching in forensic methods, Egyptology, mammalian and primate anatomy, dermestid beetles, dental shape and microwear, paleoanthropology, ceramic and lithic analysis, and beyond.
Faculty in the department work across the globe, including Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, Romania, Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, the Middle East, and Argentina. Refreshments will be provided and all are welcome.
Contacts
Claire Terhune, assistant professor
Department of Anthropology
479-575-3529,
cterhune@uark.edu
Andra Parrish Liwag, director of communications
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-4393,
liwag@uark.edu
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