Human Biology Association · SoS 135- How Upright Walking Made Us Human with Dr. Jeremy DeSilva Dr. Jeremy DeSilva joined us for an interview on SoS 128. This week, in addition to a replay of his original interview, we hear audio excerpted from First Steps: How upright walking made us human by Jeremy DeSilva, read … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 134- Excerpt from For the Love of Lemurs with Dr. Patricia Wright Dr. Patricia Wright is a Tropical Biologist, Conservationist, and Primatologist at Stony Brooke University. In this episode, we play an excerpt from her book For the Love of Lemurs, published by Lantern Publishing and Media. You can find … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 133 – Survival of the Friendliest: An excerpt with Dr. Brian Hare This week’s book reading episode features Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods. The excerpt is read by René Ruiz and is followed by a re-run … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 132 – Burn: An excerpt with Dr. Herman Pontzer For our second book reading episode of the summer we will hear an excerpt from Dr. Herman Pontzer’s new book BURN: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy read by P.J. Ochlan. … Read More

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

Human Biology Association · SoS 130- Getting Real About The Field & Funding with Dr. Alejandra Nuñez-de la Mora Alejandra Nuñez-de la Mora is a professor at Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Mexico. She conducts research in Biological Anthropology, Maternal and Child Health, and Reproductive Ecology. Today, Chris and Cara talk to her about the realities … Read More

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