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![Black man with trays of different insects](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-03/Umberto.Diecinove-5-opt-hero.jpg?itok=3SHAvVfQ)
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Umberto Diecinove
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![kristine chua](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-12/kristine-chua-opt.jpg?itok=AVCh6SLz)
Biological anthropologist Kristine Chua, postdoctoral fellow
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![Wayne Chapman uses a hand drill to start a coal, which Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto (seated) will use to start the fire.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-10/NCOS-Cultural-Burn-pilot-fire-hero.jpg?itok=eYTXuG8E)
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Matt Perko
Wayne Chapman uses a hand drill to start a coal, which Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto (seated) will use to start the fire.
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![Archeological remains from El Gigante](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-06/paleobot-composite-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=YMfzVGK5)
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Thomas Harper
Botanical remains from El Gigante.
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![Anthropology associate professor David Lawson](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/David-Lawson-uc-santa-barbara-hero%20%281%29.jpg?itok=7Gb8JGW2)
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Jeff Liang
Associate Professor David W. Lawson, May 2023
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Michael Gurven
Compared to industrialized counterparts Tsimané people of lowland Bolivia have less food availability and must expend more effort to get it