Biological Anthropology Research Seminar
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Biological Anthropology Research Seminar
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Babies, brains, tools, & war: Trends in human evolution
2 Jul 2019
Natural selection for walking on two legs (bipedalism) in our ancestors was associated with evolutionary-developmental (‘evo-devo’) changes in the physical...A world shrouded in darkness: Accounting for variance in the Dark Triad traits around the world
30 May 2019
The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in darker aspects of personality. However, most studies...Reviving South Africa: Building and Interpreting the Plio-Pleistocene Fossil Record by the 'Infernal Method'
16 May 2019
For over 75 years, fossil discoveries and research in South Africa within the region locally known as the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ have shaped our understanding...The Hidden Dead: Osteoarchaeological Perspectives on Maya Mortuary Ritual in the Caves and Rockshelters of Central Belize
2 May 2019
Osteoarchaeological investigations of mortuary deposits in caves and rockshelters in the river valleys of west-central Belize have yielded one of the larger...The Bioarchaeology of Non Ban Jak, an Iron Age community in northeast Thailand
28 Mar 2019
Until the excavation of Non Ban Jak (NBJ), the human skeletal record of the late Iron Age in northeast Thailand invariably consisted of small samples or, if...Approaching children at Roonka through bioarchaeology
14 Mar 2019
The last 20 years has seen an explosion of work on children in the past. Yet there have been few studies of hunter-gatherer children and very few focussed on...Feeding habits and conservation biology of the Black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri)
28 Feb 2019
The Myanmar or black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) was discovered in the Gaoligong Mountains of northeastern Kachin state, Myanmar in 2010, and...
