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
Bonnie Taylor There and Back Again: A Palaeodemographic Tale of Biased Skeletal Samples
Sir Roland Wilson building, Room 3.02 + Online via Zoom
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Past Events
Feeding habits and conservation biology of the Black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri)
Yin Yang
The Myanmar or black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) was discovered in the Gaoligong Mountains of northeastern Kachin state, Myanmar in…
Sexual selection and the evolution of the human beard
Dr Barnaby Dixson
The evolution of reduced body hair distinguishes humans from other anthropoid primates. However, humans retain marked patches of hair on the face and…
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…