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Oct. 20, 2025
5XÉçÇø celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) with the annual Three-…
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Oct. 16, 2025
Kent State senior Isabella Emerick has never been content with choosing just one path. As an major with a concentration in professional writing and a minor in…
July 29, 2025
The Experimental Archaeology Lab, led by Drs. Eren and Bebber was just featured in a new .
July 21, 2025
Add this to your list of books to get asap! Dr. Bebber and her colleague Dr. Wolff just published their edited volume,
May 1, 2025
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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March 27, 2025
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…
March 21, 2025
5XÉçÇø'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…
March 13, 2025
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.
Feb. 18, 2025
, discussing the importance of Northeast Ohio for early inhabitants.
Dec. 10, 2024
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…