Semester 2, 2026
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All seminars are held Fridays 10am - 11am, online via Zoom unless indicated otherwise.
For Zoom details, please contact katharine.baloila@anu.edu.au. In-person seminars will also be live broadcast via Zoom.
31 July
Zachary Cofran, Small apes, small brains—big lessons for human evolution
Online via Zoom
14 August
Zewdi Tsegai, Reconstructing locomotion in the human lineage: integrating new morphological and biomechanical approaches
Online via Zoom
28 August
Daniel Franklin,Forensic Investigation of Victims of the Batavia Mutiny 1629
Online via Zoom
25 September
Helen Kurki,Evolution of the human pelvis and childbirth: Myths, mythos, and logos
Online via Zoom
9 October
Travis Steffens, We are in this together: One Health Approaches to ConservationResearch and Practice
Online via Zoom
23rd October
Khandis Blake, Gender, kinship, and the architecture of the human mind: A proposal from psychology
Online via Zoom
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Upcoming Events
Reconstructing locomotion in the human lineage: integrating new morphological and biomechanical approaches
Zewdi Tsegai, PhD (University of Chicago)
At some point in our evolutionary history, we transitioned from being an ape-like arboreal species to becoming a committed terrestrial biped. However…
Forensic Investigation of Victims of the Batavia Mutiny, 1629
Daniel Franklin (University of Western Australia)
On 4 June 1629, the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) retourschip Batavia wrecked on Morning Reef, in the Houtman Abrolhos, approximately 65 km…
Past Events
Small apes, small brains—big lessons for human evolution
Zachary Cofran (Vassar College)
The brain and inner ear ducts are critical for an animal’s survival yet (almost) never fossilise. To learn how these neural and sensory structures…
The Cultural Macroevolution of Religion
Dr. Joseph Watts (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Religious systems show the key properties of evolutionary systems: heritability, variation, and change. Yet they have only recently begun to be…
The role of wild food plants on the well-being of local communities in Cambodia
Naven Hon (ANU)
Globally, there is a commitment to protect 30% of marine and terrestrial areas by 2030 (the “30×30” target), alongside the United Nations Sustainable…