Human Biology Association · SoS 175- Dr. Alison Murray: Bones, puberty, and activity levels in human females Dr. Alison Murray joins Chris and Cara to discuss how activity levels during puberty have lifelong effects on bone structure in human females. ————————————————————————————– Dr. Murray’s research examines the evolutionary and behavioral mechanisms shaping variations in human bone … Read More
Physical Activity
SoS 158- Measuring Sedentary Behavior with Dr.’s Wagnild and Aunger
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
SoS 131 – Exercised: An excerpt with Dr. Daniel Lieberman
Human Biology Association · SoS 131 – Exercised: An excerpt with Dr. Daniel Lieberman To start off our summer book excerpt series we hear a reading from Dr. Dan Lieberman’s most recent book “Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding” read by Sean Runnette. The excerpt is followed by a … Read More
SoS 115- Talking “Exercised” with Dr. Daniel Lieberman
Human Biology Association · SoS – Talking “Exercised” with Dr. Daniel Lieberman Chris and Cara are out of hibernation! Their first guest is Dr. Daniel Lieberman, Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Dr. Lieberman talks about his newly released book “Exercised: Why something we … Read More
SoS 107 – From watching Bones to publishing research papers with Carlye Chaney
Human Biology Association · SoS 107 – From watching Bones to publishing research papers with Carlye Chaney Carlye Chaney is a PhD candidate in anthropology at Yale University and the HBA student rep. She chats with us about her undergraduate work on the association between exercise and immune function, the importance of including midterm exams … Read More
SoS 100 – A Gloriously Complicated Problem with Alex Niclou
Human Biology Association · SoS 100 – A Gloriously Complicated Problem with Alex Niclou In this special 100th SoS episode, Chris and Cara chat with our very own podcast producer Alexandra Niclou. A PhD candidate at the University of Notre Dame, Alex studies the many facets of human energetics and physiological adaptations. In particular, her … Read More
SoS 97 – Taking an active rest with Dr. David Raichlen
Human Biology Association · SoS 97 – Taking an active rest with Dr. David Raichlen This week Cara and our assistant producer Alex chat with Dr. David Raichlen, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California. We discuss his work on physical (in)activity in the Hadza people and why “how” we rest … Read More
SoS 5 – Don’t Fight that Cellulite (Cara Ocobock)
This episode is the premiere of our short format interviews of people with recent publications in the American Journal of Human Biology, the official journal of the Human Biology Association. Dr. Cara Ocobock is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University at Albany (SUNY) and co-host of this show. Chris suggested this idea to Cara, … Read More