Month: April 2022

Human Biology Association · SoS 161- Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality in Argentina with Dr. Graciela Cabana Chris and Cara talk with Dr. Graciela Cabana, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Dr. Cabana’s work focuses on the human genome from a biosocial and biopolitical context. In particular, she has been working on … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 160 – Interrogating the Structure of Modernity with Dr. Adam Van Arsdale Dr. Adam Van Arsdale, a Professor of Anthropology at Wellesley College, chats with Chris and Cara about why and how we need to rethink the way human anatomical evolution is taught. He discusses his recent presentations at the … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 159 – Homo erectus the Scavenger? with Dr. Briana Pobiner Dr. Briana Pobiner is a paleoanthropologist and Education Program specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She chats with Chris and Cara about her research on the evolution of human diets and the possibility that Homo erectus may … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 158- Measuring Sedentary Behavior with Dr.’s Wagnild and Aunger On today’s episode, Dr. Janelle Wagnild and Dr. Justin Aunger discuss their Toolkit paper in AJHB on measuring sedentary behavior: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.23546. Dr. Wagnild is a postdoctoral scholar the University of Durham in Quantitative Methods and Anthropology of Health, you can find … Read More