Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Mothers, Minds, and Matrilines

Dr Molly Fox, UCLA.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

From known to unknown? Investigating Pleistocene landscapes at Happisburgh

Dr Rachel Bynoe, University of Southampton.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 14:00-15:00

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Health and nutrition among the Maya

Dr Ines Varela-Silva, Loughborough University.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Revisiting the paradigm of African ape and human origins

Prof David Begun, University of Toronto.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Tuesday 04 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Reconstructing the hominin tree

Dr Suzy White, University of Reading.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 12 February 2025, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Genetic adaptation to pathogens and the environment in humans and other primates

Dr Aida Andres, UCL.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 05 February 2025, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

What can toothed whales teach us about the evolution of menopause?

Dr Sam Ellis, University of Exeter.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Sagittal cresting among apes and capuchin monkeys: implications for understanding fossil hominins

Dr Katharine Balolia (Australian National University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 04 December 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Helminth parasites of humans: past, present and future

Dr Thomas Crellen (University of Glasgow).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 27 November 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Are we the storytelling apes: great ape gesture and beyond

Prof Cat Hobaiter (University of St Andrews).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 13 November 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Intensive kinship and violence against women

Dr Olympia Campbell .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 06 November 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Denisovans, Dragon Man and more

Prof Chris Stringer.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 30 October 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The FINDER Project: a (molecular) journey across Eurasia to identify new Denisovans

Dr Katerina Douka, University of Vienna.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Friday 25 October 2024, 10:00-11:00

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Evolving Evolutionary Psychiatry and Explaining Neurodiversity

Dr Adam Hunt (University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 23 October 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Bones of Contention: Piecing together the puzzle of fossil hominin long bones

Dr Julia Aramendi (University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 13 March 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

New insights into the social flexibility of chimpanzees and gorillas

Dr Jake Funkhouser (University of Zurich) .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 06 March 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Evolution of Locomotion Through the Development Lens: Insights into the Morphology of the Human Talus and Calcaneus

Dr Carla Figus (University of Bologna) .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 28 February 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Human Remains from Pompeii. Excavation, research and valorisation

Dr Valeria Amoretti (Archaeological Park of Pompeii).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 21 February 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Water Insecurity Experiences Scales (wwwWISEscales.org): The Value of Globally Comparable Data on Water Access, Use, and Reliability.

Dr Sera Young (Northwestern University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 14 February 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Unpacking the Beauty Premium: A multidimensional and evolutionary exploration of the impact of physical attractiveness on social and economic outcomes

Dr Jeanne Bovet (Northumbria University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 07 February 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Darwinian fitness

Prof Lloyd Demetrius (Harvard University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The human pelvis and childbirth: reframing 'normality'

Dr Lia Betti (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 24 January 2024, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

PhD and post-doc speed talks

Various.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 29 November 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Why be a monk?

Prof Ruth Mace, UCL.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Monday 27 November 2023, 16:00-17:00

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Scribbles and archaeological pareidolia, or technaesthetic explorations? Considering Neanderthal material engagements

Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes, University of Liverpool.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 15 November 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The myth of archaic introgression into humans: 3 more telling vignettes!

Prof William Amos, Dept of Zoology, Univ of Cambridge.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 08 November 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Human-wildlife cooperation: Honeyguides et al.

Dr Dominic Cram, University of Cambridge (Zoology).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 01 November 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The links between primate socio-ecology, human-primate interactions, and microbial ecology: insights from macaques

Dr Krishna Balasubramaniam, Anglia Ruskin University .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom -https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkcuCtrTwoG9I1M856dIPOpwYUO3q4WdIv.

Wednesday 25 October 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Do Neandertal and Modern Human Neanderthal craniofacial differences reflect contrasting sexual selection for vocal pitch?

Professor Stanley Ambrose ( University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom -https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkcuCtrTwoG9I1M856dIPOpwYUO3q4WdIv.

Wednesday 11 October 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO UCU STRIKES: A Great Ape Dictionary: now what?

Dr Cat Hobaiter, Wild Minds Lab, University of St Andrews.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom -https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkcuCtrTwoG9I1M856dIPOpwYUO3q4WdIv.

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The status of 3D replicas of human bones and ethical considerations

Dr Vanessa Campanacho, BioantTalks.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom -https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdOGrqDwtH9DwT4Tba-QxoyFA2Z8eMLuC.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO UCU STRIKES: Neanderthal Technaesthetics: Material Minds and Complex Cognition

Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom -https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvdO-vrT8sGdEYFuLdBRtsAQ9Cc4OWPlad.

Wednesday 01 March 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO UCU STRIKES: Constructing Identity in Death: A Case-study from Metal Period Philippines

Professor Marc F Oxenham, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland and School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Australia.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom -https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsduigrTwtEtMPh6m9S7OnOef5SaPcSYOn.

Wednesday 22 February 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKES: Eugenics, and the Misuse of Mendel

Dr Adam Rutherford, Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom -https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkd-qsqzMuH9Tk68gRcyOhzhF_Tae1s9_G.

Wednesday 15 February 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Applications of X-ray imaging in Archaeology and palaeontology

Diamond Light Source  .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building & on Zoom - https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqcOuvrDsvGNNzMF5svFLoXHVu2MGHcTMr.

Wednesday 08 February 2023, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The status of 3D replicas of human bones and ethical considerations

For joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMudeuhrzsjE9A6AAjyZolY3T4c7dVV2FT7

Dr Vanessa Campanacho.

Live on Zoom, link circulated by email.

Wednesday 30 November 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The recently discovered ties between teeth and infants in human evolution

For joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpce-grT4tG93AfVcXL_rbGWU2AlEpF84e

Dr Leslea Hlusko.

Live on Zoom, link circulated by email.

Wednesday 23 November 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Inferring the evolution of skeletal gracility in hominins and extant mammals

For joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldO2hqjstH9zpVafHVA5N3h7VJUeQ0Otd

Dr Habiba Chirchir.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 09 November 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Placental hormones and bacterias: partners in crime in the regulation of fetal growth

For joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvdeqhqT0rG9ck3KEPeMuQIMHgFVbfnK9F

Dr Jorge Lopez-Tello.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 02 November 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Biological diversity among modern human populations

For joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ode6urzMqH9eGFEsF57KAtJyf4ISTTbFJ

Dr Fernando Rozzi.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 26 October 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Primate responses to death: insights into death awareness

For joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApcOirpjwjEtPISEaorcLGNQgd0PnfMGVI

Dr Alecia Carter, University College London .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG. .

Wednesday 19 October 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The brain-bone connections shaping skeletal form and function: can we use bone structure to study neural development in human evolution?

Dr Jaap Saers, University of Cambridge.

Live on Zoom, link circulated by email.

Wednesday 09 February 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Human Evolution at the Crossroads

Professor Katerina Harvati.

Live on Zoom, link circulated by email.

Wednesday 10 November 2021, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

TBC

Professor James O’Connell and Professor Kristen Hawkes.

Live on Zoom, link circulated by email.

Wednesday 27 October 2021, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Goodness Paradox: How self-domestication contributes to explaining the uniquely human combination of good and evil.

Professor Richard Wrangham.

Live on Zoom, link circulated by email.

Wednesday 13 October 2021, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

BioAnth Seminar Series PhD research presentations

Speaker to be confirmed.

Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here using link circulated by email.

Wednesday 02 December 2020, 16:00-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Assessing the locomotor behaviour of early humans using biomechanical modelling

Dr Ashleigh Wiseman (Royal Veterinary College).

Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here: bit.ly/2Gcbbou.

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Assessing the double burden of malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from the Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) cohort

Speaker to be confirmed.

Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here: bit.ly/3n5e7E8.

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Multiple burdens of malnutrition among Maya families in Yucatan and how language (Spanish vs Mayan) impact health outcomes

Dr Inês Varela-Silva (University of Loughborough), with Hugo Azcorra, Maria Teresa Castillo-Burguete, Sabine Little.

Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here: bit.ly/349mHZG.

Wednesday 04 November 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Communication, cooperation and culture in Shark Bay dolphins

Stephanie King (University of Bristol).

Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here: bit.ly/3ncLK75.

Wednesday 28 October 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Life-course health and disease: an evolutionary perspective

Rihlat Said-Mohamed (University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 11 March 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Response of the human gut and saliva microbiome to urbanisation in Cameroon

Laure Segurel (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

TBA

Ines Varela-Silva (Loughborough University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Unrecorded history: what genomes tell us about ancestry and admixture

Aylwyn Scally (University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Mid-Late Pleistocene human evolution in Eurasia

Professor Chris Stringer (NHM).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Homo sapiens evolution through the Asian lens

Professor María Martinón-Torres, CENIEH.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

North American Late Pleistocene mammalian extinctions: was it murder or climatic mayhem?

Professor David Meltzer, Southern Methodist University.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

New approaches to modeling technological evolution

Dr. Erik Gjesfjeld, University of Cambridge .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Tracking a killer: using ancient DNA to understand the evolutionary history of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Professor Anne Stone, Arizona State University.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Folktales, languages and genes: the plot thickens

Dr. Jamshid Tehrani, University of Durham.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The evolution of animal construction and why it matters to anthropologists

Dr. Sally Street, University of Durham.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

How to train your boyfriend: Integrating evolutionary psychology and behaviourist learning theory 

Dr. Diana Fleischman, University of Portsmouth.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Thursday 17 January 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Digging ancient haplotypes out of modern human genomes

Dr. Luca Pagani, University of Padova.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

T.H.E. G.A.P.P.P, i.e. (re) Thinking Human Evolution: Gorongosa African Paleo-Primate Project

Dr. Susana Carvalho.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Josephine Joordens.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Life History of Hunting Skill in 40 Human Societies

Professor Richard McElreath (Max Planck Institute).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Erik Gjesfjeld.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Major Transitions in Evolution: When’s the Next One?

Dr. Kit Opie (Bristol).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Music first: hunter-gatherers and the evolution of language

Dr. Jerome Lewis (UCL).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Nearly Naked Ape: Human Evolution Just Got Hairier

Tina Lasisi (Penn State) .

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Jason Hodgson (University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Our Ways: Toolmaking and the Origins of Normative Cognition

Professor Jonathan Birch (LSE).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The effectiveness of wooden spears as hunting weapons

Annemieke Milks (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Climate crises: their social, technological and demographic impact on the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Angkor

Charles Higham (University of Otago).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

T.H.E. G.A.P.P.P, i.e. (re) Thinking Human Evolution: Gorongosa African Paleo-Primate Project

Susana Carvalho (University of Oxford).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Cultural evolution of kinship diversity: the micro and macro of talking about family

Fiona Jordan (University of Bristol).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

A reassessment of plant foods in Neanderthal diets

Amanda Henry (Leiden University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

To be confirmed.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Past, present, and future of orangutan conservation

Serge Wich (Liverpool John Moores University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Is that really helping? Critical analysis of breastfeeding support in the UK from an evolutionary perspective

Emily Emmott (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Evolution’s Bite: Dental evidence for the diets of our distant ancestors

Peter S. Ungar (University of Arkansas).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 21 March 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Primate tourism: opportunities and challenges

Laetitia Marechal (University of Lincoln).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 14 March 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Social support and breastfeeding in the UK: evolutionary perspectives and implications for public health

Emily Emmott (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Ancient DNA studies of early modern humans and late Neanderthals

Mateja Hajdinjak (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 28 February 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Anthropological engineering and hominin dietary ecology

Michael Berthaume (Imperial College).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Diagnosing diseases of childhood: a bioarchaeological and palaeopathological perspective

Carolyn Rando (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 14 February 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Anthropology, mass graves and the politics of the dead

Constantine Eliopoulos (Liverpool John Moores University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 07 February 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Prehistoric cannibalism: why such a fuss?

Silvia Bello (Natural History Museum).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Knowledge on wild plants in BaYaka hunter-gatherers and its implications on cultural evolution and health

Gul Deniz Salali (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 24 January 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The domestication of the seasons, a later critical stage in the transformation of cultivated plants

Professor Martin Jones (University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Beyond recognition: The application of biological anthropology to identification of the more recently deceased

Heather Bonney (Natural History Museum).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Culture and the EEA: Origins of human social structure, cognition and language

Lucio Vinicius (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 15 November 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The ecology and evolutionary origins of Australopithecus

René Bobe (University of Oxford).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

What’s so social about primate sociability?

Robin Dunbar (University of Oxford).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Morphological and palaeoecological perspectives on baboon evolution

Sarah Elton (Durham University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Huns and Romans: relationships between pastoral and agricultural populations on the late Roman frontier

Susanne Hakenbeck (University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Deciphering the enamel and dental development in hominins. The importance of the Atapuerca dental remains

Mario Modesta Mata (CENIEH, Burgos).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Stress and adaptation - a life history perspective using endurance sports

Daniel Longman (University of Cambridge).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 04 October 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Is there anybody out there? Reconstructing large-scale prehistoric population dynamics and migration processes

Isabell Schmidt (University of Cologne).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 07 June 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Most Rational People in the World

James Holland Jones (Stanford University & Imperial College).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 31 May 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Evolutionary perspectives on maternal investment - from conception (or not) onward

Sarah Myers (University of Kent).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 24 May 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Bawls, balls and brains: primate vocal communication and the evolution of speech

Jacob Dunn (Anglia Ruskin University).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 17 May 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Aboriginal body shape and clothing, and the Tasmanian problem(s)

Ian Gilligan (Department of Archaeology, University of Sidney).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

An ancient origin for contemporary chronic disease risk in South Asia?

Emma Pomeroy (Liverpool John Moores University).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 15 March 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Fishermen, fossils and flints: varied approaches to targeting and investigating submerged Palaeolithic archaeology in the North Sea

Rachel Bynoe (Natural History Museum, London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 08 March 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Primate stone tool use for paleoanthropologists

Michael Haslam (School of Archaeology, University of Oxford).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 01 March 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Acheulean in East Africa: results of recent research

Ignacio de la Torre (Institute of Archaeology, University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 22 February 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Recent Investigations into the Stone Age site of Isimila, Tanzania

James Cole (University of Brighton).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 15 February 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The genetic history of Papua New Guinea: 50,000 years of independent human evolution

Chris Tyler-Smith (The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

What lies beneath? How microtomography is providing new insights into systematics and functional morphology in the human fossil record

Matthew Skinner (School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 01 February 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Communal breeding and life history trade-offs in Agta foragers

Abigail Page (Department of Anthropology, University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 25 January 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Can we infer patterns of cultural transmission from frequency data?

Enrico Crema (Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 18 January 2017, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Renewed investigation of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene sequence from Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania, and the Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Eastern Africa

Jason E. Lewis (Turkana Basin Institute & Stony Brook University).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 07 December 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Brains growing on the tree of life. A phylogenetic approach to brain structure & function

Prof Dr Robert A. Barton, Institute of Advanced Study (Social Science & Health) & Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Durham University.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 30 November 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The role of climate in shaping human demography and migrations during the out-of-Africa expansion

Dr. Andrea Manica, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge University.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The functional significance of facial differences among recent hominins

Prof Dr Paul O'Higgins, Centre for Anatomical & Human Sciences, Department of Archaeology and Hull York Medical School, University of York.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 02 November 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The complex origins of modern humans and their diversity

Dr Marta Mirazón Lahr, LCHES, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 19 October 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Local adaptation in humans: lessons from modern and ancient genomes

Dr Aida Andrés, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 25 May 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The origin and evolution of Homo sapiens

Prof Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum, London.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 18 May 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Sequencing archaic human genomes

Dr Matthias Meyer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 11 May 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Neanderthal interbreeding: fact or fiction?

Prof Bill Amos, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 04 May 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Cultural transmission of tool selection in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

Dr Lydia Luncz, University of Oxford.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 27 April 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Field experiments reveal the scope of social learning in vervet monkeys

Dr Erica van de Waal, University of Zurich.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 20 April 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Kinship and sex-biased parental investment among the Mosuo of Southwest China

Dr Siobhán M. Mattison, University of New MExico.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 13 April 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Behind every good man: women's production and reproduction in the Hadza hunter-gatherers

Dr. Colette Berbesque.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 09 March 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Studying culture in the laboratory in human and nonhuman primates

Prof Christine Anna Caldwell, University of Stirling.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 02 March 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Postnatal ontogeny of the cranial base in modern humans and chimpanzees

Dr. Sandra Martelli, University College London.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 24 February 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Chronology of the earliest prehistoric settlements in Europe. When did Homo reach Europe?

Dr. Christophe Falguères, CNRS - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 17 February 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Cross-talk between cultural and genetic evolution in humans

Prof Evelyne Heyer, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 10 February 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Towards the understanding of the genetic bases of complex adaptations in the human genome

Prof Jaume Bertanpetit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 03 February 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Linguistic laws in primate vocal communication

Prof Stuart Semple, University of Roehampton.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 27 January 2016, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Social evolution in human and non-human primates

Dr Kit Opie, University College London.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 25 November 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Cultural transitions during the Iberomaurusian in Morocco

Dr Louise Humphrey, Natural History Museum London.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 11 November 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Legends of Facial Hollows - the science of inner space

Dr Todd C. Rae, University of Roehampton.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 04 November 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Papuan pasts: genetic evidence so far

Dr Robert Attenborough, University of Cambridge.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Dawn of Technology: 3.3-million-year-old Stone Tools from Lake Turkana, Kenya

Prof Sonia Harmand, Stony Brook University, New York.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 21 October 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The origins of modern humans and Neandertals: the Atapuerca evidence

Prof Juan Luis Arsuaga, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Friday 09 October 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Homo naledi, a new homini species from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

Prof. John Hawks, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Monday 21 September 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Con Co Ngua: a c. 4,500 BC Complex Hunter-Gatherer Site in Northern Vietnam

Dr Marc Oxenham and Anna Willis, School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Friday 18 September 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Mapping shared markers for a childhood liver disease across a Polynesian population

Sophia Cameron-Christie, University of Otago, New Zealand.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Monday 15 June 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Evolution of Exaggerated Sexual Swellings in Female Non-Human Primates

Gillian Brown and Sally Street (School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Tuesday 19 May 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Cognitive development assessed by object manipulation in great apes and humans

Dr. Misato Hayashi (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 13 May 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Social Transmission of Tool Use in Wild Chimpanzees

Dr. Cat Hobaiter (School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 06 May 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The History of Millet in Southern Caucasus: A Stable Isotope Perpsective

Dr. Estelle Herrscher (Aix Marseille University, CNRS, LAMPEA - UMR 7269, France).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 29 April 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Genetic Perspectives on Indigenous Ancestry in the Caribbean

Dr. Jada Benn Torres (Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, USA)..

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Monday 27 April 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Testosterone and Human Gender Development

Prof Melissa Hine (Hormones and Behaviour Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 11 March 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Experimental Studies of Social Intelligence in Chimpanzees

Prof Satoshi Hirata (Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Japan).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 04 March 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Tool Use by Capuchin Monkeys in Sierra da Capivara National Park (Brazil)

Dr. Tiago Falotico (School of Archaeology, University of Oxford).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

A Look Inside Hominins: New Insight on the Hobbit (LB1), Broken Hill and La Ferrassie

Dr. Antoine Balzeau (CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, UMR 7194).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 18 February 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Population Genetics of Greenlanders Evolution and Genetic Adaptation to Climate

Dr. Matteo Fumagalli (University College of London Genetics Institute, Division of Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 11 February 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Genetic Architecture and Evolution of Human Pigmentation

Dr. Sandra Beleza (Department of Genetics, University of Leicester).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 04 February 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Fitness Meets Fitness: The Evolution and Genetics of Evolutionary and Physical Fitness in Humans

Dr. Erik Postma (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 28 January 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Revisting the Savanna Hypothesis

Prof Julia Lee-Thorp (Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 21 January 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Inferring a Deep Time Evolutionary Anatomical Context of Primates and Hominoids

Dr. Jeroen Smaers (Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Thursday 15 January 2015, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Osteoarchaeology in India: Present and Future Perspective

Dr Veena Mushrif-Tripathy (Department of Archaeology, Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute in Pune, India).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 03 December 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Extreme pattern of genetic diversity in humans

Dr. Vincenza Colonna (Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Principles of Functional Craniology in Paleoneurology and Evolutionary Neuroanatomy

Dr. Emiliano Bruner (CNIEH, Burgos, Spain).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Neanderthal Pathology – Evidence of an Atypical Human Hunter-Gatherer?

Dr Simon Underdown (Dept. of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University ).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 12 November 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Analysis of King Richard III

Dr Piers Mitchell (Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Friday 07 November 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Evolution of Culture

Prof Kevin N. Laland (School of Biology, University of St Andrews).

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 29 October 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Division of labour in European Prehistory: New insights from human skeletal remains

Dr. Sébastien Villotte (PACEA, CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 22 October 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Ebola!

Peter D. Walsh, Division of Biological Anthropology.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 15 October 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Understanding human life history variation: sleep patterns, personality traits, relationship status, and hormone

Prof Dario Maestripieri, University of Chicago.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 04 June 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Great Apes at the Interface: Chimpanzee Flexibility in Dynamic Anthropogenic Habitats

Dr Kimberly Hockings, Oxford Brookes University.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 21 May 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Was the evolution of the modern human brain the result of social or environmental pressures?

Dr Susanne Shultz.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Tuesday 13 May 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The use of conservation drines for monitoring wildlife and its habitat

Prof Serge Wich, Liverpool John Moores University.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 07 May 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Terrible teens: an osteological investigation of adolescence and health in medieval England

Dr Mary Lewis, University of Reading.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 30 April 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The expensive brain: when does natural selection favor increased brain size?

Prof Carel van Schaik, University of Zurich.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 12 March 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Just how unique are humans anyway?

Prof Alice Roberts, University of Birmingham.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Tuesday 04 March 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Language in deep time

Prof Klaus Zuberbuhler, St Andrews & Neuchatel.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Thursday 27 February 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Anthropological Engineering: The Interface of two Dissimilar Disciplines

Dr Michael Berthaume, University of Massachusetts.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Evidence for sedentism before the onset of agriculture during the Epipalaeolithic in Northwest Africa?

Dr Isabel de Groote, Liverpool John Moores University.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 12 February 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

On the antiquity of speech and language: did the Neandertals talk and why would it matter?

Dr Dan Dediu, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 05 February 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Populations in statistical genetics: what are they, and how can we infer them from whole genome data?

Dr Dan Lawson ().

BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41), Division of Biological Anthropology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

Biological Invasions in Human Evolution: Hominin Impacts on the Pleistocene World?

Mike Petraglia, Oxford University.

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 04 December 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

What can deer tell us about the origins of our voice?

David Reby, University of Sussex.

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 27 November 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

How a shift in social identity made enormous societies possible: An overlooked turning point in human evolution

Mark Moffett, National Geographic.

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

Brown adipose tissue and its role in energy balance through the life cycle

Michael Symonds, Nottingham University.

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 13 November 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

Monkey Lithics: Experimental Archaeology of Japanese Macaque Stone Handling

Professor Bill McGrew.

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 06 November 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

Impact of rapid changes in added sugar intake in rural South Africa

Barrie Margetts, University of Southampton.

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

Causes of lethal aggression in chimpanzees

Mike Wilson, University of Minnessotta.

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 23 October 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2013

Monkey see, which monkey do? Personality, information use and social learning in a wild primate

Alecia Carter (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, Room 41, Pembroke Street..

Wednesday 16 October 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

Modern models of Neolithic life. Fieldwork (1974 - 2012) among the Eipo, Highlands of Papua Province (West-New Guinea, Indonesia)

Prof. Wulf Schiefenhoevel.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

The upper paleolithic of the Middle Danube region: Modern human dispersal or local evolution?

Dr Philip R Nigst (University of Cambridge).

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

Patterns of stone tool use in Burmese long-tailed macaques

Dr Michael Gumert .

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Monday 04 March 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

Ecology of Pliocene hominins in eastern Africa.

Rene Bobe, George Washington University.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

Costs and benefits of mate choice in grey mouse lemurs

Elise Huchard (University of Cambridge).

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

Living on the edge? Neanderthals and Denisovans in the Altai Mountains (Siberia)

Dr Bence Viola.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

Understanding the impact of maternal diet on offspring health.

Dr Susan Ozanne (Cambridge).

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2013

Descent from a Monkey: The Archaeology of Non-human Primates

Dr Michael Haslam (University of Oxford).

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

The origin of Homo. What are we looking for?

Professor Bernard Wood.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

T.B.C.

Speaker to be confirmed.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

Intentional gestural communication in great apes

Prof. Richard Byrne, St Andrew's University.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

Reconstructing the mode and tempo of the out-of-Africa expansion of anatomically modern humans

Dr. Andrea Manica ( Dept. of Zoology, Cambridge University).

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

Regenerative medicine: a route to true medical control of aging

Dr Aubrey de Grey, SENS Foundation.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

Virtual techniques applied: from cranial reconstruction to dental analysis

Dr Stefano Benazzi, Max Planck Institute.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Thursday 01 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

Human parasites in Past Civilizations

Dr Piers Mitchell, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Friday 19 October 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Michaelmas Term Seminars 2012

Grasping human limb morphology: what morphological integration, asymmetry, and cross-sectional properties are revealing about limb bone variation and evolution

Dr Ben Auerbach, University of Tennessee.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Monday 08 October 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Easter Term Seminars 2012

Hypoxia, Fetal Growth and Early Origins of Heart Disease: The Andean Curse on the Conquistadors

Professor Dino A. Giussani, Professor of Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology & Medicine, Department of Physiology Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 16 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Easter Term Seminars 2012

Changes in the genome mutation rate and the timeline for human and great ape evolution

Dr. Aylwyn Scally, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 09 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Easter Term Seminars 2012

Studying stress in primates: behavioural, physiological and cognitive approaches

Dr. Stuart Semple, University of Roehampton.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 02 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Easter Term Seminars 2012

Breathing new life into old fossils: microCT analyses of fossil hominin teeth AND The hand of Australopithecus sediba: Handier than Homo habilis?

Dr. Matthew Skinner, University College London AND Dr. Tracy Kivell, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 25 April 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Easter Term Seminars 2011

The origin of AIDS and malaria in wild apes

Professor Beatrice Hahn, University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Thursday 23 June 2011, 16:00-17:00

Biological Anthropology Easter Term Seminars 2011

What is uniquely human? An answer from the chimpanzees

Tetsuro Matsuzawa, University of Kyoto.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Wednesday 18 May 2011, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Easter Term Seminars 2011

Using primatological observations to develop a long-term model of hominin mortuary activity

Paul Pettitt, University of Sheffield.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Monday 09 May 2011, 17:00-18:00

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2011

What’s in a name? Surnames, Y chromosomes and the history of Britain

Professor Mark Jobling, University of Leicester.

Department of Biological Anthropology, LCHES Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street.

Friday 04 March 2011, 10:00-11:00

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2011

Is social transmission critical for the spread of low fertility norms? The case of contraceptive uptake in rural Ethiopia

Dr Alexandra Alvergne, University College London.

Department of Biological Anthropology, LCHES Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street.

Wednesday 02 March 2011, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2011

Why men hunt and women gather

Dr Frank Marlowe, University of Durham.

Department of Biological Anthropology, LCHES Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street.

Wednesday 23 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Biological Anthropology Lent Term Seminars 2011

Hymenoptera, sex and innovation? Reflections on chimpanzee culture

Dr Tatyana Humle, University of Kent.

Department of Biological Anthropology, LCHES Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street.

Wednesday 16 February 2011, 16:30-17:30