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The Department of Anthropology at Yale was officially founded in 1937, but the origins of anthropological research and teaching at Yale go back much further to the Peabody Museum of Natural History (founded in 1866) and the Institute of Human Relations (which began in 1928). Today, the department is composed of three subfields: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Sociocultural Anthropology. The department contains over 30 faculty and nearly 120 graduate students and undergraduate majors.

The main Anthropology building is 10 Sachem Street with other faculty in 51 Hillhouse Avenue and the Environmental Science Center, 21 Sachem Street.

Today, the Department consists of three subdisciplines: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Sociocultural Anthropology, with faculty having expertise in the archaeology of various regions and time periods, environmental anthropology, film, linguistic anthropology, medical anthropology and global health, molecular anthropology, paleontology, primatology, the anthropology of race and modernity, reproductive ecology, sex and gender, and transnational/urban anthropology, just to name a few areas.  Please see faculty pages for additional information.

Parking

On street metered parking is available in front of the Anthropology Department and around campus.  After 4 p.m., visitors may park in most Yale parking lots.  Please visit Yale Parking and Transit for more info.

Travel 

For information on traveling to the Yale University Department of Anthropology, please visit the Yale Travel Services webpage for visitors.