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

Human Biology Association · SoS 110- Guest Episode from Inking of Immunity Podcast Aaron Deter-Wolf On this weeks SOS episode, we bring you a guest episode from Inking of Immunity podcast, brought to you by Chris Lynn, Becci Owens, Mike Smetana, Julia Sponholtz & Patricia Arnett. In this episode, they interview Dr. Aaron Deter-Wolf. Aaron … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 111 – Craving Earth: An Excerpt with Dr. Sera Young Our second bonus episode is a reading by Dr. Sera Young, an associate professor in the department of anthropology at Northwestern University. Dr. Young is sharing with us the preface and the first chapter from her book Craving Earth: Understanding … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 110- An Excerpt from Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting with Drs Alex Brewis and Amber Wutich In this week’s episode we bring you an excerpt from “Lazy, Crazy, & Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health” by Drs Brewis and Wutich. Afterwards, you’ll hear their prior interview with Chris and … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 109 – Dr. Kara Hoover blows our noses and our minds Dr. Kara Hoover from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks chats with Chris and Cara about her research on the human sense of smell. She tells us about the development of testing tools needed to … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 108- Your Story Doesn’t Quit: The 5-8 childhood transition with Dr. Benjamin Campbell Dr. Benjamin Campbell is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee specializing in the evolution of human life course. He focuses on the way steroid hormones form a critical link between energetics and … Read More