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
Evolution and Variation in Pleistocene Homo
Karen L. Baab, Associate Professor, Midwestern University
This seminar will touch on a variety of subjects related to variation and evolution of Pleistocene Homo, including virtual reconstructions of…
Tracing the threads of linguistic and genetic diversity in New Guinea
Sam Passmore, ANU
New Guinea is the heart of global linguistic diversity. New Guinea makes up 1% of the global land area as an island, containing less than 0.2% of the…
The biology of fatherhood in context: Evolutionary origins, cross-cultural perspectives, and health implications
Dr. Lee Gettler (University of Notre Dame)
Human fathers have a fexible psychobiological capacity to respond to committed parenting with shifts in hormones such as testosterone, prolactin, and…