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TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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The Boston Globe:

"The Rise and Fall of Male Hormones"

Dr. Peter Ellion has been featured in this Boston Globe article.



The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University asks the question: Why are humans the way we are? We teach and engage in field and laboratory research focusing on genetics, anatomy, physiology, and behavior. We are responsible for both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Human Evolutionary Biology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gen Ed SLS 21 Presents Projects


Harvard Crimson

 

By Rebecca D. Robbins and Brett A. Rosenberg,
CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
Published: Friday, April 22, 2011


Dan Lieberman is featured in Harvard Magazine:

Head to Toe:

 

Daniel Lieberman tracks the evolution of the human head.

 

 

 


 

Video: A Bite Through Time

Dr. Tanya M. Smith, Assistant Professor of HEB, is featured in this video speaking at the California Academy of Science.

 

Press Release:

Synchrotron Reveals Human Children Outpaced Neanderthals by Slowing Down.


Harvard University, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
European Synchratron Radiation Facility.


 

 

Richard Wrangham - "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human" (Video)

Harvard Thinks Big 2010

 

 

 


 

 

 

Daniel Lieberman - "The Barefoot Professor" (Video)

- Nature Video (on YouTube), January 27, 2010