Biological Anthropology Research Seminar
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Biological Anthropology Research Seminar
No events in this series are currently scheduled. Details of future events will be posted as they become available.
Past events
The human-ape interface in an unprotected Cameroonian forest
22 Oct 2020
Abstract The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) and the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) are two relatively unknown ape taxa...The impact of tourism on gibbons: developing best practice guidelines from case studies in Cambodia and China
15 Oct 2020
Abstract Nature-based tourism can be a useful conservation tool in regions of high biodiversity value if based on scientific research. Despite the existence...Identification of fallen US soldiers from the Korean War using chest radiographs
9 Oct 2020
Abstract The USA Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s mission is the fullest possible accounting for missing service members to their families and the nation....The earliest sea voyages to Australia
24 Sep 2020
Abstract Modern day Indonesia and Timor-Leste have never been connected to the mainland, necessitating multiple sea crossings of our species from mainland...The consequences of male-biased sex ratios
3 Sep 2020
Abstract Pauline’s research deals with how culture and institutions shape institutions and economic behaviour. Her recent projects focus on the origins and...Bones, stones, and the prehistory of the Arabian Peninsula
20 Aug 2020
Summary The Arabian Peninsula, situated between Africa and Eurasia, is an important yet understudied region for understanding hominin evolution across the...Quantifying the shape of growth
6 Aug 2020
Abstract The process of ontogeny plays a fundamental role in the emergence, magnitude and patterning of adult sexual dimorphism. Untangling the complex...Applying the polio model to New Zealand: the contingent role of socioeconomic status in infectious disease mortality
21 May 2020
Summary: Non-Māori (settler) New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries had reputation as ‘working man’s paradise’ with extensive social mixing,...The emergence of inequality in the transition from forager to sedentary lives
5 Mar 2020
Almost all living humans live in social world that are profoundly unequal in wealth and influence. By the standard of deep human history, that is a recent...The cost of fertility: maternal mortality and morbidity during ancient demographic transitions
17 Oct 2019
Bioarchaeological accounts of the relationship between fertility, maternal and infant mortality have been limited by the inability to measure the prevalence of...
