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Anthropology 100th anniversary logoClick here to learn more about the storied history of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Utah. 

Upcoming Events

The Leaky Foundation Survival Lecture Series presents:

A Public Anthropology Panel

October 21, 2026, 2:00pm, Hinckley Caucus, GC 2018

Survival:  What Human Evolution Can Tell Us About Running

How did endurance running shape the human body-and what can it teach us about health, movement, and life today

Survival programs use insights from human evolution to illuminate consequential challenges in modern life. Each program begins with a familiar present-day question, connects it to the evolutionary past through current scientific evidence, and considers what those insights mean for our future. Through accessible storytelling and concrete examples, active researchers make clear how studying human evolution can help us better understand—and navigate-the world we live in today.

Free and open to the public 

 

 

Student Success Resourses

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Donations help support scholarships and fellowships for deserving anthropology students and make possible guest lectures by leaders in the field.

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Undergraduate Programs

Image of a female student organizing lots of different small bones on a desk. Many tools around her as she sits in a brown chair.

Anthropology Major

Anthropology is the comparative, evolutionary and historical study of human, and nonhuman primates. 

 EXPLORE MAJORS AND EMPHASES 

Anthropology Minor

Because we study all aspects of humans, anthropology is holistic and inter-disciplinary and anthropologists work hand-in-hand with other sciences such as biology, physiology, sociology and psychology—just to name a few.

 

Integrative Human Biology Minor (IHB)

Engage in research in human form and function, human evolution and biological variation, human behavior, and the roles humans play in local and global ecosystems. Students will acquire the broad but rigorous background they will need as professionals in the 21st-century health sciences and many other fields that engage directly with aspects of human adaptation and welfare.

EXPLORE ANTHROPOLOGY MINORS 

 

Have a question about anthropology? Ready to declare?

BOOK AN ADVISING APPOINTMENT 

 

GRADUATE DEGREES

M.S. in Anthropology & M.A. in Anthropology

Graduate students engage in cutting edge research that crosses disciplinary and sub-disciplinary lines to address questions about human biology, behavior, culture and evolution.

EXPLORE MASTERS PROGRAMS

Ph.D. in Anthropology

Our Department takes a theoretically-driven, empirically-informed perspective focusing on the following specific areas of expertise: archaeology, genetics, behavioral ecology, paleoanthropology, hunter-gatherer behavior, and human and non-human primate behavior.

EXPLORE THE PHD

Laboratories

Archaeological Center

Grants

 

NEWS

  1. Remembering Nick Blurton Jones

  2. Anthropology Undergraduate Student, Gracyn Hinojosa, Wins CSBS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award

    Congratulations Gracyn!

  3. NHMU Stem in the Spotlight: Range Creek Archaeology

Publications

  1. Ancient use and long-distance transport of the Four Corners Potato (Solanum jamesii) across the Colorado Plateau: Implications for early stages of domestication

    Ancient use and long-distance transport of the Four Corners Potato (Solanum jamesii) across the Colorado Plateau: Implications for early stages of domestication

  2. Multi-millennial reconstruction of fire return intervals from a fynbos – Afrotemperate forest ecotone in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa: Paleoecological implications for present-day management

    Multi-millennial reconstruction of fire return intervals from a fynbos – Afrotemperate forest ecotone in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa: Paleoecological implications for present-day management

  3. Explaining Inequality in Northwest Coast and Native California Societies: A Critical Assessment

    Explaining Inequality in Northwest Coast and Native California Societies: A Critical Assessment

Events

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  1. Oct 02

    Friday
     

    Fall 2026 First Half - Last day to reverse CR/NC option

  2. Oct 09

    Friday
     

    Fall 2026 First Half - Classes end

  3. Oct 10

    Saturday
     

    Fall 2026 - Fall Break (Oct 10-18)

  4. Oct 14

    Wednesday
     

    Fall 2026 First Half - First-half grades due

  5. Oct 19

    Monday
     

    Fall 2026 Second Half - Classes begin

  6. Oct 21

    Wednesday
    2pm - 3pm

    Survival: What Human Evolution Can Tell Us About Running-A public Anthropology Panel

    Hinckley Caucus Rm, GC 2018
Last Updated: 10/2/26