Archaeological research on Epi Island, central Vanuatu
Seminar
Presented in person and online, details below.Epi Island is situated near the centre of the Vanuatu archipelago in the southwest Pacific. For most of their human history, Epi and its neighbour Tongoa were connected as a single landmass – the island of Kuwae. In the mid-fifteenth century CE, a…
Deciphering Diet: Primate Nutritional Ecology and Social Behavior in a Changing World
Seminar
Examining nutritional ecology in relation to social behavior in extant primates enables testing predictions of primate socioecological models. African guenons, one of the largest and most diverse radiations of primates, have subtler intragroup social dynamics than other cercopithecines, leading to…
The Whole Body has entered the Chat: A Manifesto to the Multivariate Phenotype
Seminar
Phenotypes are multidimensional. Yet many contemporary methodologies lack the capability to fully quantify the biological complexity of dynamic and multivariate processes. Utilizing virtual modalities and bespoke Bayesian modelling, this seminar expounds upon the value of thinking multivarietly…
PossumLab: Thinking through Human-Animal Relationships with "Man's Best"
Seminar
Presented in person and online - details below.PossumLab is a space to explore creative ethnographic work. Every semester, we read two comics and use them as a way to explore anthropological concepts. In the first instalment for 2026, Kylie Dolan and V. Chitra invite you to read and discuss Boom…
Lithic miniaturization provides a universal signature of an MIS4-3 southern dispersal of Homo sapiens
Seminar
Presented in person and online, details below.Fossil and artefactual evidence shows Homo sapiens in Eurasia well before 75 ka. However, genetic evidence suggests all extant non-African populations derive almost all of their ancestry from a dispersal that only diverged in the last 60…
Stretching Cities: On the Neo-Pentecostalization of Urban Space
Seminar
Presented in person and online; details below.Since the latter part of the twentieth century, new forms of Pentecostalism have made their presence felt throughout the globe. No longer world-renouncing, these neo-Pentecostalists have combined religious mission with strategic attempts to intervene in…
Craniofacial development in bats: Insights into the evolution of laryngeal echolocation
Seminar
Presented in person and online, details below.Bats are known for their ability of laryngeal echolocation producing of high-frequency pulses from their larynx and interpreting returning echoes to track their prey and avoid obstacles in the night sky. The evolution of laryngeal echolocation within…