Published Aug 1, 2023 by Katrina Miller

Anthropologists are finding that women in modern foraging societies have played a major role in catching game.

Tammy Buonasera, a biomolecular archaeologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks who identified the sex of the female hunter found in 2018, welcomed the conclusion of the PLoS paper. “I always assumed that women did hunt probably more often than was recognized,” she said. In general, she added, women are viewed “as just passive actors in history.” She noted that the study of plant-gathering and the innovative ways in which people process plants — a vital source of food — has been neglected because these activities are traditionally linked with women.

Published Jul 31, 2023 by Riley Rogerson

By Thursday, the July interns had taken photos with nearly every senator — including Senate leaders Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and Republican Mitch McConnell, who both eluded Murkowski’s June intern class. The interns’ last day is Aug. 4, but Thursday was their last chance to take photos before senators left town for an extended recess.

“There was kind of this worry that we’d all be living in disappointment that final week,” said intern coordinator and University of Alaska Anchorage student Emma Mullet.

At last, Klobuchar appeared. She shook all of the interns’ hands, introduced herself and agreed to take a photo. Afterward, Mullet said, interns were “very, very proud” of their accomplishment.