Chimpanzee Behavioural Flexibility: A Pan African Perspective.
Seminar
The Pan African Programme: the Cultured Chimpanzee ('PanAf') has collected data on over 40 wild chimpanzee communities from 2010 to 2020 using a standardized protocol. All chimpanzee communities were unhabituated to researchers at the time of data collection therefore remote camera-trap devices…
Inside and Out: Virtual anatomy and cerebrocranial evolution of the temporal regions in anthropoid primates
Seminar
The brain does not preserve in the fossil record making any study of brain evolution reliant on endocasts, moulds of the inside of the skull. The middle cranial fossa of the cranial base is in close spatial proximity to the temporal lobe of the brain. The temporal lobe in primates is involved…
The Cultural Politics of Allegiance: Statelessness and Citizenship in Vanuatu, 1906–1980.
Seminar
Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 From 1906–1980 the majority of indigenous people in Vanuatu were stateless. Consequently, the two governing powers in the New Hebrides, France and the United Kingdom, were unable to apply their own nationality legislation…
Apprehending Surtur: A Fiery Friend or Foe?
Seminar
Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 Iceland does have the coldest name of all nations, but the impact of fire on its land and creatures is significant. Fire is its creator as well as a destructive force; fire’s monstrous powers endlessly test the resources…
Information Session : Program & Course Offerings in Anthropology & Development Studies
Advisory session
The School of Archaeology and Anthropology (ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences) is holding an informational forum next week for any students interested in studying honours or postgraduate programs in development studies or anthropology We also welcome students who have questions about…
Local Sovereignty in an Ambiguous Space: Rethinking Marine Conservation in Fiji
Seminar
Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 In 2006 a proposed legislation called the “Qoliqoli Bill” that would transfer the property rights of traditional fishing grounds (qoliqoli) from the state to indigenous communities became one of the reasons for a military…