Anthropology

Our furry, scampering common ancestor

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UTSC researcher helps build new tree of life
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Kurt Kleiner
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photo illustration of the common ancestor

A massive international research collaboration says the common ancestor of placental mammals - a group that includes humans - was a scampering, insect-eating creature that appeared after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Posted Thursday, February 7, 2013

Debunking doomsday: U of T experts

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Not the end of the world
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Brianna Goldberg
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Solar flares from March 2012

The Internet abounds with warnings of disaster as the calendar year winds down, thanks to a variety of alleged apocryphal events supposedly set to occur Dec. 21, 2012. Is it coincidence? Fate? Enjoyable nonsense? U of T News turned to experts Edward Swenson and Kelly Lepo for their research-based responses to the five most common complaints of Doomsday diviners.

Doomsday claim: December 21, 2012 is the end of the Mayan calendar, meaning it's the beginning of the End Times

Posted Thursday, December 20, 2012

Permanent exhibition in the lobby of the Anthropology building

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Uncovering our past: First Nations in Toronto

The objects featured in the permanent exhibit comprise evidence from archaeological research that provide information about the lives of First Nations ancestors and reveal how their knowledge and beliefs shaped Toronto. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Viewing an artifact

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Luc Lainé, chargé d'affaires, Huron-Wendat Nation (right) and Joanne Thomas, consultation point person, Six Nations (left) are looking at a fired clay pot from 700 - 600 years ago. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Pot: fired clay

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A pot of fired clay from 700 - 600 years ago. (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Pottery sherd

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A rim sherd of fired clay from 1500-600 years ago (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Wampum

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"Le Chemin des Hommes," by Manon Sioui. Wendake Quebec (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Casts of fluted points

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Uncovering our past: First Nations in Toronto

Various casts of fluted points from Palaeo-Indian period, 10,000 - 6000 years ago (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Mammoth tooth and Caribou bones

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Cast of a Mammoth toot (top left) from 4.5 million - 4500 years ago and the bones and cranium of a Caribou.

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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