Human Biology Association · SoS 146- Racial taxonomy…just don't do it with Dr. Charles Roseman On today’s episode Chris and Cara talk to Dr. Charles Roseman about his recent paper “Lewontin did not commit Lewontins fallacy, his critics do: Why racial taxonomy is not useful for the scientific study of human variation” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.202100204. Dr. Roseman … Read More
Month: November 2021
SoS 145 – The AlphaBetaDelta of Covid-19 with Dr. Shannon Bennett
Human Biology Association · SoS 145 – The AlphaBetaDelta of Covid-19 with Dr. Shannon Bennett The Chief of Science and Harry W. and Diana V. Hind Dean of Science and Research Collections at the California Academy of Science, Dr. Shannon Bennett shares how her confinement at a leper colony led to her career as a … Read More
SoS 144- A conversation with James Gibb
Human Biology Association · SoS 144- A conversation with James Gibb On todays episode, Cara and Chris talk to James Gibb who is a current Ph.D. student at Northwestern University. James is broadly interested in LGBTQ2+ population health. His prior work has focused on sexual-orientation-based disparities in food security and bone health as well as … Read More
Dr. Erin Riley on “The Promise of Contemporary Primatology”
Human Biology Association · Dr. Erin Riley on “The Promise of Contemporary Primatology” Dr. Erin P. Riley is a Professor of Anthropology at San Diego State University. As one of the few non-human biologists on the podcast she discusses the importance of bridging the gap between subfields and how ethnoprimatology can contribute to anthropology and … Read More
SoS 142- F*** around and find out: #Methodsandmeasuring hair morphology with Dr. Tina Lasisi
Human Biology Association · SoS 142- F*** around and find out: #Methodsandmeasuring hair morphology with Dr. Tina Lasisi Dr. Tina Lasisi joins Chris and Cara today to discuss her methodological innovations to understand variation in human hair morphology on this installment of our #Methodsandmeasuring series. Dr. Lasisi is currently a post-doctoral researcher and you can … Read More