A study suggests long scalp hair evolved as an adaptation to heat and later gained cultural significance. Researchers identified a dormant molecular program that could lead to improved therapies for ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom that larger group size reduces cooperation by showing that fluid connections and innate prosocial instincts enable humans to thrive in larger social circles ...

How clans form and evolve within human societies has been modeled using a simple computer model developed by a RIKEN ...

Social anthropology is the subdiscipline of anthropology that investigates the cultural properties of human societies. Topics include cultural norms, morals, laws and customs, and there is a ...

Anthropology is the study of humans, their close relatives and their cultural environment. Subfields of anthropology deal with hominin evolution and the comparative study of extant and past ...

Major sub-disciplinary areas of study in the program include: cultural anthropology/ comparative cultural studies; archaeology; social theory; medical anthropology; political economy, development, and ...

Social Anthropology (German: Ethnologie) is the science of cultural identities and differences. It aims to observe, analyse and interpret domains of social action that reflect such cultural ...

Our Social Anthropology master’s course will empower you to examine differences and similarities between cultures, so we can better understand the essence of what makes us human. This course sets out ...

Learn from elite academics at one of the UK’s top 5 universities for social sciences (Times Higher Education, 2024). Tailor the programme to fit your interests with an array of optional course units.

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology focuses on matters regarding the origins of humankind. The Institute’s researchers study widely-differing aspects of human evolution. They ...

You’ll do so with bespoke support from our faculty members. Our faculty’s research interests cover all the major theoretical spheres of modern social anthropology, and our expertise covers all regions ...

Further study is also an option (eg MA Anthropology, MA Conflict Transformation and Social Justice); see the School website for details. From Personal Tutors to peer mentoring, we work closely with ...