Dr. Adam Van Arsdale, a Professor of Anthropology at Wellesley College, chats with Chris and Cara about why and how we need to rethink the way human anatomical evolution is taught. He discusses his recent presentations at the AABA in Denver and highlights his talk with Dr. Robin Nelson on the inconsistencies in how the term “population” is used by anthropologists.
You can find Dr. Van Arsdale’s talk on the concept of human modernity here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_LakWU3PR0
And his other AABA talk on the term “population” here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJb9SunMtOo
You can also find Dr. Van Arsdale’s MOOC prerecorded lectures on human evolution here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW…0idR9k2c0NYFBKspU
Contact Dr. Van Arsdale at avanarsd@wellesley.edu and on Twitter at @APV2600
Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation
Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc
Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock
Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly
Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney
Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra