Human Biology Association · SoS 122- Human Skeletal Plasticity with Jacob S. Griffin, Dr. Sophia Dent, and Stephanie Berger On this week’s Sausage of Science, Chris and Cara talk to Stephanie Berger and Jacob S. Griffin who are graduate students in Bioarchaeology at The University of North Carolina and Dr. Sophia Dent who is a … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 121- Pubertal Skeletal Indicators and The Black Death with Dr. Sharon DeWitte On this weeks episode, Chris and Cara talk with Dr. Sharon DeWitte who is a Professor at the University of South Carolina in the Department of Anthropology. Much of her work focuses on variation in mortality risks before … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 120 – HBA Plenary Session, Fat Stigma, and BMI with Jennifer Cullin Jennifer Cullin is back on the pod! (First interview was Episode 53 in November 2019). She chats with Chris and Cara about the HBA meetings (the annual meeting starts today Monday March 29!!) and the Plenary Session in … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 119 – Survival of the Friendliest with Dr. Brian Hare Dr. Brian Hare is a professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University and a core member of the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience. He chats with Chris and Cara about his new book “Survival of the Friendliest” and … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 118-On Disgust, Pathogen Avoidance, and Biomarkers Tara Cepon-Robins is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and her research uses novel methods to test the Hygiene Hypothesis and Disappearing Microbiota Hypothesis. On today’s episode, Chris and Cara talk to her about her work with the Shuar … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 117 – Remembering Dr. Gary James with Drs. Michael Little and Dan Brown Dr. Gary James, a SUNY Distinguished Professor at Binghamton University, passed away on October 15 2020. Dr. James is remembered for his work on blood pressure variation and stress responses in humans. Over the years he was … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 116- Talking “Burn” with Dr. Herman Pontzer Herman Pontzer is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and Global Health at Duke University and author of “Burn”, forthcoming March 2nd 2021. In this episode, Chris and Cara talk about his new book which you can find here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/60389…pontzer-phd, the complexity of … Read More

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

Human Biology Association · SoS 114- Hackademics: Dissertation Research in the time of COVID-19 On this week’s Sausage of Science, Delaney and Alex bring you a Hackademics panel discussion on graduate research in the time of COVID-19. Luisa Maria Rivera is a Ph.D. student at Emory University studying intergenerational transmission of social experiences, Taylor van … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 111 – Guest Episode from Inking of Immunity Podcast with Dr. Gemma Angel On this week’s SoS episode, we bring you a guest episode from the Inking of Immunity podcast, brought to you by Chris Lynn, Becci Owens, Mike Smetana, Julia Sponholtz & Patricia Arnett. In this episode, they interview … Read More