Nicholas Gala

Despite the Dangers, Early Humans Risked Life-Threatening Flintknapping Injuries

For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood.

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Five Kent State Experimental Archaeology Graduates Earn Full-Rides to Grad Schools

Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you. For Anna Mika, who started as a geology major her freshman year and switched to anthropology the following year, that spark came in 2017 while taking an Anthropology course called North America’s Ice Aged Hunters, taught by Metin I.…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , Metin Eren , Michelle Bebber , Anna Mika , Ashley Rutkoski , Daniel Wilcox , Grace Conrad , Nicholas Gala , Experimental Archaeology , College of Arts & Sciences , Research & Science , Student Success , Division of Graduate Studies