Human Biology Association · SoS 149 – Navigating Childhood Cognition with Dr. Helen Davis To start the new year off right, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Helen Davis, a research associate at Harvard University. In this episode, Dr. Davis talks about her work on cognition and learning among the Tsimane, Twa, Zemba, and Himba. … Read More
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SoS 148- The health effects of debt & neoliberalism with Dr. Elizabeth Sweet
Human Biology Association · SoS 148- The health effects of debt & neoliberalism with Dr. Elizabeth Sweet On our last episode for 2021, Chris and Cara talk to Dr. Elizabeth Sweet who is a biocultural anthropologist and social epidemiologist who works as an Associate Professor of Anthropology at The University of Massachusetts. She is currently … Read More
SoS 147 – The Genetic Library of Sharks with Dr. Gavin Naylor
Human Biology Association · SoS 147 – The Genetic Library of Sharks with Dr. Gavin Naylor Dr. Gavin Naylor is the Program Director at the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum. Before his ALLELE (Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution) talk he carved out some time to chat with Chris and Cara about … Read More
SoS 146- Racial taxonomy…just don’t do it with Dr. Charles Roseman
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
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
SoS 140- On Shodagor Fathers, Childhood Growth, and Fieldwork with Dr. Kathrine Starkweather
Human Biology Association · SoS 140- On Shodagor Fathers, Childhood Growth, and Fieldwork with Dr. Kathrine Starkweather On today’s episode, Chris and Cara talk to Dr. Kathrine Starkweather, who is a biocultural and biological anthropologist and is an Assistant Professor at The University of Illinois- Chicago. They discuss her recent paper “Are fathers a good … Read More
SoS 138 – The Three “C” Words with Dr. William Dressler
Human Biology Association · SoS 138 – The Three "C" Words with Dr. William Dressler Dr. William (Bill) Dressler is a professor emeritus at the University of Alabama. He is a biocultural anthropologist who pioneered the cultural consonance method. On this episode, he talks with Chris and Cara about the three ‘c’ words: cultural consonance, … Read More
SoS 137 – Discovering “How Men Age” with Dr. Richard Bribiescas
Human Biology Association · SoS 137 – Discovering "How Men Age" with Dr. Richard Bribiescas In this episode Dr. Richard Bribiescas discusses his book “How Men Age: What evolution reveals about male health and mortality”. He covers it all from natural variations in testosterone to why women live longer than men and how science fiction … Read More
SoS 136- Ethics in Bioarcheology and The Poetics of Processing with Dr. Anna Osterholtz
Human Biology Association · SoS 136- Ethics in Bioarcheology and The Poetics of Processing with Dr. Anna Osterholtz On this week’s episode of The Sausage of Science, we bring you an exciting interview with Dr. Anna Osterholtz who is an Assistant Professor of Bioanthropology at Mississippi State focusing on treatment of the dead and how … Read More