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Anthropology was well-represented by a spectacular group of students who presented at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium! Pictured below are Eleanor Brownlee, Abbigail Swiney, Noah Nicholson, Willa Moss, and Grace Ellis (not pictured: Katie Mirabell and Lacey Beaghley).…
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The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes — knapping — is traditionally thought to be a process that ancient humans started doing intentionally or by accident before looking for things, such as animal carcasses and hard fruits, to cut. It is a defining feature of…
Kent State University's archaeologists, Drs. Metin Eren and Michelle Bebber, led a team of scientists from around the globe in putting forward a new hypothesis for the origin of stone tools. KSU's Drs. C. Owen Lovejoy and Mary Ann Raghanti were also involved. The team proposed…
Kent State’s very own Dr. Metin Eren featured on the History Channel! Dr. Eren discusses the peopling of North America with Steve Rinella on his show, Hunting History. Watch here!
Kent State's archaeologists were featured on Ideastream, discussing the importance of Northeast Ohio for early inhabitants.
An international team of researchers, including our own Dr. Linda Spurlock, found what may be the earliest ancient ritual site at Manot Cave in Israel. Dr. Spurlock worked at Manot Cave from 2013 through 2018 and Kent State students had an opportunity to work with her at…
Emilee (soon to be officially Dr. Hart) is finishing her graduate studies in excellent standing! She defended her PhD dissertation one year ahead of schedule and has just published another chapter of her research at the journal…
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Kent State University’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and conservation media platform, MeatEater, Inc., for a unique animal processing…
There are more than 400 missing persons cases in Ohio currently, and more than 100 of them are John or Jane Doe cases. One of those cases, referred to as the Cleveland Harbor John Doe, now has a better chance of being solved, thanks to…
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Metin Eren, Ph.D., associate professor of archaeology at Kent State University, was recently interviewed on a CITI “On Campus” podcast hosted by Ed…