Month: May 2021

Human Biology Association · SoS 129 – COVID nightmares and sleep architecture with Dr. David Samson Dr. David Samson, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto’s, work focuses on the link between sleep and human evolution. In this episode he talks about how our vices affect sleep patterns and how those in turn … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 128- A Most Interesting Problem and First Steps with Dr. Jeremy DeSilva Dr. Jeremy DeSilva is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. He specializes in hominoid and hominin locomotion. On today’s episode, Cara and Chris discuss two of his books, A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwins Descent of … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 127 – A holistic viewpoint on skeletal morphology with Elizabeth Cho Chris and Cara chat with Elizabeth Cho, a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Missouri. Elizabeth talks about her recent AABA presentation and the research behind it. Her findings on the associations between skeletal … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 126 – Facing food marginalization with Mecca Burris Our guest this week is Mecca Burris, a PhD candidate at Indiana University. Mecca chats with Chris and Cara about what it means to be food insecure and why it is often overlooked. She dives into her research on teenage food marginalization … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 125- A Chat with Dr. Josh Snodgrass Part 2 Today’s episode is part 2 of a 2-part episode with Dr. Josh Snodgrass who is a professor at the University of Oregon. Today Chris and Cara continue the conversation with him about the need for open-access teaching materials in human biology, … Read More