https://today.duke.edu/ en Tue, 23 Apr 2024 03:42:15 -0400 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:45:23 -0400 https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/people-have-questions-about-cavemen-steven-churchill-has-answers <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>What happened to the Neanderthals? Did cavemen have pets? Is the movie "Ice Age" accurate? In an entertaining and informative video, Duke paleoanthropologist <a href="https://scholars.duke.edu/person/churchy">Steven E. 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This room is actually a sealed chamber that can measure a person’s metabolic rate by analyzing all the air going in and out of the room while they conduct different activities like sleeping, working or biking. Herman Pontzer, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, is using this special room to study whether a person’s genetics or size affect their metabolism.</p><p>This is part of the</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/36-hour-stay-chamber-advance-metabolism Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:45:49 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Evolutionary Anthropology|Faculty|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/susan-alberts-wins-international-frontiers-knowledge-award Expert on primate behavior is the third Duke faculty member to win honor Trinity College of Arts and Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/susan-alberts-wins-international-frontiers-knowledge-award Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:05:04 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Biology|Evolutionary Anthropology|Faculty|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/why-some-primates-are-susceptible-parasites Duke researchers study data from primates around the world Duke Research Blog https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/why-some-primates-are-susceptible-parasites Tue, 07 Feb 2023 09:56:21 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Global Health Institute|Evolutionary Anthropology|Faculty|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/people-behind-dukes-unique-places-and-things From the highest to coldest, meet staff and faculty working with Duke’s extreme places and things Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/people-behind-dukes-unique-places-and-things Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:33:39 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Chapel|Evolutionary Anthropology|HR|Staff https://today.duke.edu/2023/01/making-first-malagasy-course-duke Two Ph.D. students help launch course to help scholars working in Madagascar Graduate School https://today.duke.edu/2023/01/making-first-malagasy-course-duke Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:02:44 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Evolutionary Anthropology|Graduate School|Lemur Center|students, graduate and professional