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
Ancient microbial DNA in dental calculus: a promising tool for studying past human movements
Dr Raphael Eisenhofer
Thirty years ago, Keith Dobney and Don Brothwell discovered that ancient dental calculus from humans and other animals contains calcified…
Peaceful neighbours? Intergroup behaviour in wild bonobos
Leveda Cheng
Intergroup violence and parochial altruism are both prominent traits in human society. However, differences in behaviour towards in-group members and…
Beyond sequence comparisons - studying human evolution in the age of functional genomics
Dr. Irene Gallego Romero
Much of humans' evolutionary past is documented in our genomes. Traces of our contact with close relatives like Neandertals, exposure to selective…