The Mulvaney Lecture 2022 - Modern Humans in Pleistocene Wallacea - The Story Thus Far
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The Mulvaney Lecture 2022. Modern humans in Pleistocene Wallacea…the story thus far Our species embarked on the world’s first great maritime journey from Sunda (greater Southeast Asia) to Sahul (Australia and New Guinea) at least 50,000 years ago. In the process they settled Wallacea, the…
Burning through Time: Pressure on Pyrophilic Primates in the Issa Valley
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Burned landscapes undoubtedly posed challenges for human ancestors in ways that we do not understand. In contemporary landscapes, fires destroy and create food sources, and alter habitats to expose predators and improve foraging efficiency. In Tanzania, chimpanzees and baboons live with annual…
Computing Taste: Care and Control in Algorithmic Music Recommendation
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Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners' horizons and help obscure musicians find audiences, taking advantage of the enormous catalogs of music streaming services.…
Exploring 50,000 Years of Human Adaptation and Disease Development through Ancient DNA Analysis
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Since the dawn of humankind our ancestors have been through an incredibly complex and interesting journey. They experienced strange encounters with distant cousins (e.g. Neanderthals) and embarked on a journey to explore and settle every corner of the world. Their living environments were forever…
Shadows of Saigon: Cool Behavior in a Hot City
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Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 Ho Chi Minh City residents regularly orient their bodies and actions in relationship to the position of shadows and the flow of wind through the city. In addition, people’s own actions transform the position of shadows…
Interlinking Culture and Heritage with Destruction, Rebuilding and Transformation
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Migration Network Seminar Series 2022This event is presented in person and online. Zoom details below Interlinking Culture and Heritage with Destruction, Rebuilding and Transformation Culture in displacement and resettlement has been variously ignored, subordinated to livelihood imperatives…
Referral pathways and mutual aid: Urban women in PNG seeking alternatives to law in the aftermath of violence
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Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 Women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) live with some of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world outside of war zones, according to bodies such as Médecins Sans Frontières. Both government and NGO efforts have sought…