Biological Anthropology Research Seminar Series, Semester 1 2025
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All seminars are held Fridays, 1pm to 2pm AEST via Zoom.
Semester 1 2025
Friday 14 March
Dr Julie Teichroab, The evolution of tiered social organisations: The case of the Rwenzori colobus
Online via zoom
Friday 28 March
Prof Carlina de la Cova Anatomized Without Consent: Ethical entanglements, marginalized persons, and righting the wrongs associated with anatomical and legacy collections in the United States and beyond
Online via zoom
Friday 2 May
Dr Jesse Martin Variation in Paranthropus; microevolution, sexual dimorphism and ontogency
Online via zoom
Friday 16 May
Assoc Professor Eleanor Power The Dynamics of Social and Economic Inequality in Cross-Cultural Perspective: the ENDOW and Rep2SI Projects
Online via Zoom
Friday 30 May
Contact
- Dr Katharine Balolia
Upcoming Events
The Dynamics of Social and Economic Inequality in Cross-Cultural Perspective: the ENDOW and Rep2SI Projects
Associate Professor Eleanor Power, London School of Economics and Political Science
Understanding the drivers and dynamics of social and economic inequality is of core interest to social scientists, policy makers, and the public. I…
Past Events
Quantifying the shape of growth
Dr Laura Wilson, University of New South Wales
Abstract The process of ontogeny plays a fundamental role in the emergence, magnitude and patterning of adult sexual dimorphism. Untangling the…
Applying the polio model to New Zealand: the contingent role of socioeconomic status in infectious disease mortality
Dr. Heather Battles, University of Auckland
Summary: Non-Māori (settler) New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries had reputation as ‘working man’s paradise’ with extensive social…
The emergence of inequality in the transition from forager to sedentary lives
Professor Kim Sterelny, ANU School of Philosophy
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…