Reports on Completed Research for 2007

April 22, 2008

Wenner-Gren Supported Research in the News

December 13, 2007

Dr. Fred Grine and his research team analyzed a cranium from Hofmeyr, South Africa dating back 36.7 thousand years to enhance our understanding of the evolutionary history of modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa. His research was listed as one of the top ten scientific discoveries of 2007 by Time magazine.

The Wenner-Gren Foundation at the 2007 AAA meeting in Washington D.C.

November 14, 2007

The Foundation is hosting a wine and cheese reception on Friday, November 30 at the American Anthropolgical Association meeting. Please come and meet the Foundation staff as well as toast the incoming and outgoing editors of Current Anthropology. Other Foundation events at the November AAA meetings are a book launch for the latest publications from the Wenner-Gren International Symposium series, a Presidential Panel on “Indigenous Experience Today” and a grant writing workshop to advise people on Foundation programs.

Dr. Mark Aldenderfer appointed as new editor of Current Anthropology

October 10, 2007

The Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Mark Aldenderfer (University of Arizona) as the new editor of Current Anthropology, succeeding Dr. Benjamin Orlove in January 2008.

Read about the Foundation's new Institutional Development Grant

September 10, 2007

Wenner-Gren Foundation's new Institutional Development Grant is designed to strengthen and support the development of anthropology doctoral programs in educational institutions located in countries where the discipline is underrepresented.

Current Anthropology Article in the News

July 12, 2007

An article by Professor Vincenzo Formicola (University of Pisa, Italy) in Current Anthropology provides evidence for ritual human sacrifices from Prehistoric Burial Sites in Europe. This is the first time research has documented this practice taking place during the Upper Paleolithic period in Europe and it was reported in various news outlets worldwide.

Latest Volume published in the Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series

June 17, 2007

"Anthropology Put To Work" edited by Les Field (University of New Mexico) and Richard G. Fox (President Emeritus, Wenner-Gren Foundation) is the ninth volume in the Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series to be published through Berg Publishers. This book follows the recently released volume "Where the Wild Things Are Now: Domestication Reconsidered" edited by Rebecca Cassidy (Goldsmiths College, University of London) and Molly Mullin (Albion College).

Wenner-Gren Funded Research in the News

May 7, 2007

Research undertaken by Dr. Glenn Stone (Washington University, St. Louis) with the support of a Post-Ph.D. Research grant, examining the deployment of genetically modified cotton in Western India, contributes to continuing debates around the advantages and impact of these technological innovations for agricultural producers.

Latest International Symposia Volume "Where the Wild Things Are Now"

May 6, 2007

The eighth volume in the Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series "Where the Wild Things Are Now: Domestication Reconsidered" edited by Rebecca Cassidy (Goldsmith College, London, UK) and Molly Mullin (Albion College, USA) has just been released by Berg Publishers.

Reports on Completed Research 2006

May 3, 2007

This document is a compilation of abstracts of completed research, as well as a bibliography, sent in by Wenner-Gren grantees in 2006.