The Evolution of the Osteobiography: Medical Curiosities to Integrated Human Microhistories
Seminar
About this Seminar First coined by forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow in the 1970s, the term “osteobiography” broadly refers to the reconstruction of key aspects of an individual’s identity from their skeletal remains. The concept has its roots in the hobbyist anthropology of 19th century medicos…
Whose 'Failed State?': Connecting Contemporary Law and Order Issues in Enga Province to Its Colonial Past
Seminar
Enga province in the highlands of Papua New Guinea faces numerous 'law and order' problems including election-related violence, the persecution of supposed witches, public disorder and violence by security guards around the Porgera gold mine, and that ubiquitous but poorly-defined phenomenon of '…
Founders and Settlers: Unpacking Indigeneity among the Higaunon Lumad in Mindanao
Seminar
In the Philippines, there is a stark disconnect between the static notion of indigeneity legalised by the state and the emic concepts employed by Indigenous peoples themselves. This talk explores indigeneity as operationalised by the Higaunon of Mindanao, one of the island’s many Lumad or “…
Masculine Behavioural Dynamics in Human Self-Domestication
Seminar
About the seminar Domestication related research suggests past selection against aggressive reactivity prompted a range of correlated changes in domesticated populations. These common shifts in morphology, behaviour, and physiology are referred to as ‘the domestication syndrome’. Given…
Craniometric differences in mountain gorilla populations: New skeletal material from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Seminar
Gorilla biology provides an important framework for reconstructing variation in the primate lineage and understanding the ecological factors shaping this variation. Large amounts of variation are present at all levels of gorilla taxonomy including the population-level. The two extant populations of…
How does evolution shape us as a species?
Webinar/Online
In celebration of International Darwin Day 2021, ANU biological anthropologists will discuss how they use evolutionary principles in their research investigating humans as a species. Webinar schedule 10-10.35am Friday 12 February 2021 AEDT - 3 minute talks: Dr…
Research Ethics Seminar: Ethics and Development Studies
Seminar
Abstract The issue of obtaining ethics clearance for research in development studies’ interdisciplinary fields is often a cause of frustration and confusion. While this is common across most disciplines, in development studies it is often seen to be more acute given that the research in largely…