Yale University’s Department of Anthropology is home to over thirty faculty, affiliates from many other corners of the University, and scores of graduate students. Our research and teaching interests span the globe, many millions of years of prehistory and history, and the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Our Ph.D. graduates go on to teach in universities around the world and to pursue research in a wide variety of academic and non-academic settings. Our undergraduate major draws students with a passion for the study of humanity, both in the broadest terms and in the specific social, cultural, historical, and/or biological contexts that have shaped human pasts and presents–and that will shape humans’ collective futures.
Kathryn Dudley wins Conrad M. Arensberg Award
Dudley, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, received the lifetime achievement award in honor of her outstanding contributions to the anthropological study of work. Some of the reflections in honor of Professor Dudley can be read about here, published in Volume 47, Issue 1 of Anthropology of Work Review.
Marcia Inhorn recognized for outstanding career by Association for Feminist Anthropology
Inhorn, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, has been awarded the 2025 AFA Career Award for her many contributions to the field of feminist anthropology.
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Professor Serena Tucci’s research team publishes Science article on the genomics of Oceanic populations
Their work provides one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of human genetic variation in Oceania, filling a major gap in genomics research.
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Anthropologist Lisa Messeri awarded Gregory Bateson Book Prize
The prize was awarded at the 2025 American Anthropological Association annual meeting in New Orleans, which took place November 19–23, 2025.
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Biological Anthropology graduate students host table at the New Haven Science Fair
This science outreach showcased primate and human adaptations
