Invisible partners: Recovering relationships in early anthropological research Margaret Bruchac, an assistant professor of anthropology at Penn, at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM. (Photo credit: Jason Ordaz, with permission from SAR.) Invisible partners: Recovering relationships in early anthropological research Margaret Bruchac, an assistant professor of anthropology, examines the social relationships between early 20th-century anthropological collectors and Indigenous collaborators.
The cultural convictions that land some animals on the menu Penn In the News The Atlantic The cultural convictions that land some animals on the menu The School of Arts and Sciences’ Paul Rozin joined a panel of experts on a podcast exploring the culturally-specific logic behind which species are considered food. Exploring the human propensity to cooperate Exploring the human propensity to cooperate Working with a nomadic group in Tanzania, one of the last remaining nomadic hunter-gatherer populations, Penn psychologists show that cooperation is flexible, not fixed. Collective grief over loss from Brazil’s National Museum fire Fire at the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, on September 2, 2018. Photo by Felipe Milanez Collective grief over loss from Brazil’s National Museum fire Members of the Penn Museum’s archeological community discuss the devastation felt over the destruction of an invaluable piece of world history. Piecing together an ancient biblical site, bone by bone Piecing together an ancient biblical site, bone by bone In the lab of Penn Museum’s Janet Monge, rising senior Fiona Jensen-Hitch is sorting and photographing ancient human remains to shed light on the people of ancient city of Gibeon. Video: Penn Museum’s Middle East gallery Penn In the News 6ABC.com Video: Penn Museum’s Middle East gallery The Penn Museum has unveiled its gallery of Middle Eastern art and antiquities. The new gallery, which covers nearly 10,000 years of history, is the first in a series to be installed at the Museum during the next several years. Remains of bread baked 14,400 years ago found in Jordan Penn In the News CNN Remains of bread baked 14,400 years ago found in Jordan Patrick McGovern of the Penn Museum and the School of Arts and Sciences weighed in on the significance of an ancient bread discovery, saying it offered “a whole new perspective about the possibility of bread in this time period.” Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philadelphia’s rich history and forward momentum make it ripe for scientific inquiry for a number of Penn schools and departments, from urban and population studies to medicine and anthropology. See you later, sphinx Visitors to the Penn Museum explore the Egypt Gallery and its centerpiece, the Sphinx of Rameses II, the sixth-largest granite sphinx in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Photo by Lauren Hansen-Flaschen. Penn Museum See you later, sphinx The Penn Museum's 3,000-year-old sphinx of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II will be stored under wraps and out of public view for several years for gallery renovations, starting July 9th. The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning Penn In the News Salon.com The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning The School of Arts and Sciences’ Martin Seligman discussed “homo prospectus,” the instinct to plan ahead that has come to define humans. Load More
Exploring the human propensity to cooperate Exploring the human propensity to cooperate Working with a nomadic group in Tanzania, one of the last remaining nomadic hunter-gatherer populations, Penn psychologists show that cooperation is flexible, not fixed.
Collective grief over loss from Brazil’s National Museum fire Fire at the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, on September 2, 2018. Photo by Felipe Milanez Collective grief over loss from Brazil’s National Museum fire Members of the Penn Museum’s archeological community discuss the devastation felt over the destruction of an invaluable piece of world history.
Piecing together an ancient biblical site, bone by bone Piecing together an ancient biblical site, bone by bone In the lab of Penn Museum’s Janet Monge, rising senior Fiona Jensen-Hitch is sorting and photographing ancient human remains to shed light on the people of ancient city of Gibeon.
Video: Penn Museum’s Middle East gallery Penn In the News 6ABC.com Video: Penn Museum’s Middle East gallery The Penn Museum has unveiled its gallery of Middle Eastern art and antiquities. The new gallery, which covers nearly 10,000 years of history, is the first in a series to be installed at the Museum during the next several years. Remains of bread baked 14,400 years ago found in Jordan Penn In the News CNN Remains of bread baked 14,400 years ago found in Jordan Patrick McGovern of the Penn Museum and the School of Arts and Sciences weighed in on the significance of an ancient bread discovery, saying it offered “a whole new perspective about the possibility of bread in this time period.” Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philadelphia’s rich history and forward momentum make it ripe for scientific inquiry for a number of Penn schools and departments, from urban and population studies to medicine and anthropology. See you later, sphinx Visitors to the Penn Museum explore the Egypt Gallery and its centerpiece, the Sphinx of Rameses II, the sixth-largest granite sphinx in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Photo by Lauren Hansen-Flaschen. Penn Museum See you later, sphinx The Penn Museum's 3,000-year-old sphinx of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II will be stored under wraps and out of public view for several years for gallery renovations, starting July 9th. The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning Penn In the News Salon.com The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning The School of Arts and Sciences’ Martin Seligman discussed “homo prospectus,” the instinct to plan ahead that has come to define humans. Load More
Remains of bread baked 14,400 years ago found in Jordan Penn In the News CNN Remains of bread baked 14,400 years ago found in Jordan Patrick McGovern of the Penn Museum and the School of Arts and Sciences weighed in on the significance of an ancient bread discovery, saying it offered “a whole new perspective about the possibility of bread in this time period.” Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philadelphia’s rich history and forward momentum make it ripe for scientific inquiry for a number of Penn schools and departments, from urban and population studies to medicine and anthropology. See you later, sphinx Visitors to the Penn Museum explore the Egypt Gallery and its centerpiece, the Sphinx of Rameses II, the sixth-largest granite sphinx in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Photo by Lauren Hansen-Flaschen. Penn Museum See you later, sphinx The Penn Museum's 3,000-year-old sphinx of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II will be stored under wraps and out of public view for several years for gallery renovations, starting July 9th. The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning Penn In the News Salon.com The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning The School of Arts and Sciences’ Martin Seligman discussed “homo prospectus,” the instinct to plan ahead that has come to define humans. Load More
Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator Philadelphia’s rich history and forward momentum make it ripe for scientific inquiry for a number of Penn schools and departments, from urban and population studies to medicine and anthropology.
See you later, sphinx Visitors to the Penn Museum explore the Egypt Gallery and its centerpiece, the Sphinx of Rameses II, the sixth-largest granite sphinx in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Photo by Lauren Hansen-Flaschen. Penn Museum See you later, sphinx The Penn Museum's 3,000-year-old sphinx of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II will be stored under wraps and out of public view for several years for gallery renovations, starting July 9th.
The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning Penn In the News Salon.com The ‘Hurricane Show’ and the Perils of Poor Planning The School of Arts and Sciences’ Martin Seligman discussed “homo prospectus,” the instinct to plan ahead that has come to define humans.