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The Biological Anthropology Seminar Series hosts talks by international scholars in Biological Anthropology. If you have a question about this list, please contact: Dr Emma Pomeroy; Dr Mark Dyble; Lydia Clough; Imogen Badley. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 6 upcoming talks and 160 talks in the archive. Bones of Contention: Piecing together the puzzle of fossil hominin long bonesDr Julia Aramendi (University of Cambridge). Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 13 March 2024, 16:30-17:30 New insights into the social flexibility of chimpanzees and gorillasDr Jake Funkhouser (University of Zurich) . Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 06 March 2024, 16:30-17:30 The Evolution of Locomotion Through the Development Lens: Insights into the Morphology of the Human Talus and CalcaneusDr Carla Figus (University of Bologna) . Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 28 February 2024, 16:30-17:30 Human Remains from Pompeii. Excavation, research and valorisationDr Valeria Amoretti (Archaeological Park of Pompeii). Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 21 February 2024, 16:30-17:30 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 Unpacking the Beauty Premium: A multidimensional and evolutionary exploration of the impact of physical attractiveness on social and economic outcomesDr Jeanne Bovet (Northumbria University). Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 07 February 2024, 16:30-17:30 Darwinian fitnessProf Lloyd Demetrius (Harvard University). Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 31 January 2024, 16:30-17:30 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 PhD and post-doc speed talksVarious. Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 29 November 2023, 16:30-17:30 Why be a monk?Prof Ruth Mace, UCL. Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Monday 27 November 2023, 16:00-17:00 Scribbles and archaeological pareidolia, or technaesthetic explorations? Considering Neanderthal material engagementsDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes, University of Liverpool. Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building. Wednesday 15 November 2023, 16:30-17:30 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 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 The links between primate socio-ecology, human-primate interactions, and microbial ecology: insights from macaquesDr Krishna Balasubramaniam, Anglia Ruskin University . Wednesday 25 October 2023, 16:30-17:30 Do Neandertal and Modern Human Neanderthal craniofacial differences reflect contrasting sexual selection for vocal pitch?Professor Stanley Ambrose ( University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). Wednesday 11 October 2023, 16:30-17:30 CANCELLED DUE TO UCU STRIKES: A Great Ape Dictionary: now what?Dr Cat Hobaiter, Wild Minds Lab, University of St Andrews. Wednesday 15 March 2023, 16:30-17:30 The status of 3D replicas of human bones and ethical considerationsDr Vanessa Campanacho, BioantTalks. Wednesday 08 March 2023, 16:30-17:30 CANCELLED DUE TO UCU STRIKES: Neanderthal Technaesthetics: Material Minds and Complex CognitionDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool. Wednesday 01 March 2023, 16:30-17:30 CANCELLED DUE TO UCU STRIKES: Constructing Identity in Death: A Case-study from Metal Period PhilippinesProfessor Marc F Oxenham, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland and School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Australia. Wednesday 22 February 2023, 16:30-17:30 CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKES: Eugenics, and the Misuse of MendelDr Adam Rutherford, Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL. Wednesday 15 February 2023, 16:30-17:30 Applications of X-ray imaging in Archaeology and palaeontologyDiamond Light Source . Wednesday 08 February 2023, 16:30-17:30 The status of 3D replicas of human bones and ethical considerationsFor 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 The recently discovered ties between teeth and infants in human evolutionFor 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 Inferring the evolution of skeletal gracility in hominins and extant mammalsFor joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldO2hqjstH9zpVafHVA5N3h7VJUeQ0Otd Dr Habiba Chirchir. Wednesday 09 November 2022, 16:30-17:30 Placental hormones and bacterias: partners in crime in the regulation of fetal growthFor joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvdeqhqT0rG9ck3KEPeMuQIMHgFVbfnK9F Dr Jorge Lopez-Tello. Wednesday 02 November 2022, 16:30-17:30 Biological diversity among modern human populationsFor joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ode6urzMqH9eGFEsF57KAtJyf4ISTTbFJ Dr Fernando Rozzi. Wednesday 26 October 2022, 16:30-17:30 Primate responses to death: insights into death awarenessFor joining virtually on Zoom, pre-register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApcOirpjwjEtPISEaorcLGNQgd0PnfMGVI Dr Alecia Carter, University College London . Wednesday 19 October 2022, 16:30-17:30 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 Human Evolution at the CrossroadsProfessor Katerina Harvati. Live on Zoom, link circulated by email. Wednesday 10 November 2021, 16:30-17:30 TBCProfessor James O’Connell and Professor Kristen Hawkes. Live on Zoom, link circulated by email. Wednesday 27 October 2021, 16:30-17:30 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 BioAnth Seminar Series PhD research presentationsSpeaker to be confirmed. Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here using link circulated by email. Wednesday 02 December 2020, 16:00-17:30 Assessing the locomotor behaviour of early humans using biomechanical modellingDr Ashleigh Wiseman (Royal Veterinary College). Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here: bit.ly/2Gcbbou. Wednesday 25 November 2020, 16:30-17:30 Assessing the double burden of malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from the Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) cohortSpeaker to be confirmed. Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here: bit.ly/3n5e7E8. Wednesday 18 November 2020, 16:30-17:30 Multiple burdens of malnutrition among Maya families in Yucatan and how language (Spanish vs Mayan) impact health outcomesDr 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 Communication, cooperation and culture in Shark Bay dolphinsStephanie King (University of Bristol). Live on Zoom, pre-registration essential here: bit.ly/3ncLK75. Wednesday 28 October 2020, 16:30-17:30 Life-course health and disease: an evolutionary perspectiveRihlat Said-Mohamed (University of Cambridge). Wednesday 11 March 2020, 16:30-17:30 Response of the human gut and saliva microbiome to urbanisation in CameroonLaure Segurel (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle). Wednesday 04 March 2020, 16:30-17:30 Unrecorded history: what genomes tell us about ancestry and admixtureAylwyn Scally (University of Cambridge). Wednesday 19 February 2020, 16:30-17:30 Mid-Late Pleistocene human evolution in EurasiaProfessor Chris Stringer (NHM). Wednesday 06 November 2019, 16:30-17:30 Homo sapiens evolution through the Asian lensProfessor María Martinón-Torres, CENIEH. Wednesday 27 February 2019, 16:30-17:30 North American Late Pleistocene mammalian extinctions: was it murder or climatic mayhem?Professor David Meltzer, Southern Methodist University. Wednesday 20 February 2019, 16:30-17:30 New approaches to modeling technological evolutionDr. Erik Gjesfjeld, University of Cambridge . Wednesday 13 February 2019, 16:30-17:30 Tracking a killer: using ancient DNA to understand the evolutionary history of Mycobacterium tuberculosisProfessor Anne Stone, Arizona State University. Wednesday 06 February 2019, 16:30-17:30 Folktales, languages and genes: the plot thickensDr. Jamshid Tehrani, University of Durham. Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:30-17:30 The evolution of animal construction and why it matters to anthropologistsDr. Sally Street, University of Durham. Wednesday 23 January 2019, 16:30-17:30 How to train your boyfriend: Integrating evolutionary psychology and behaviourist learning theoryDr. Diana Fleischman, University of Portsmouth. Thursday 17 January 2019, 16:30-17:30 Digging ancient haplotypes out of modern human genomesDr. Luca Pagani, University of Padova. Wednesday 16 January 2019, 16:30-17:30 T.H.E. G.A.P.P.P, i.e. (re) Thinking Human Evolution: Gorongosa African Paleo-Primate ProjectDr. Susana Carvalho. Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:30-17:30 The Life History of Hunting Skill in 40 Human SocietiesProfessor Richard McElreath (Max Planck Institute). Wednesday 14 November 2018, 16:30-17:30 Major Transitions in Evolution: When’s the Next One?Dr. Kit Opie (Bristol). Wednesday 31 October 2018, 16:30-17:30 Music first: hunter-gatherers and the evolution of languageDr. Jerome Lewis (UCL). Wednesday 24 October 2018, 16:30-17:30 The Nearly Naked Ape: Human Evolution Just Got HairierTina Lasisi (Penn State) . Wednesday 17 October 2018, 16:30-17:30 Title to be confirmedDr. Jason Hodgson (University of Cambridge). Wednesday 10 October 2018, 16:30-17:30 Our Ways: Toolmaking and the Origins of Normative CognitionProfessor Jonathan Birch (LSE). Wednesday 03 October 2018, 16:30-17:30 The effectiveness of wooden spears as hunting weaponsAnnemieke Milks (University College London). Wednesday 13 June 2018, 16:30-17:30 Climate crises: their social, technological and demographic impact on the rise and fall of the Kingdom of AngkorCharles Higham (University of Otago). Wednesday 06 June 2018, 16:30-17:30 T.H.E. G.A.P.P.P, i.e. (re) Thinking Human Evolution: Gorongosa African Paleo-Primate ProjectSusana Carvalho (University of Oxford). Wednesday 30 May 2018, 16:30-17:30 Cultural evolution of kinship diversity: the micro and macro of talking about familyFiona Jordan (University of Bristol). Wednesday 23 May 2018, 16:30-17:30 A reassessment of plant foods in Neanderthal dietsAmanda Henry (Leiden University). Wednesday 16 May 2018, 16:30-17:30 Past, present, and future of orangutan conservationSerge Wich (Liverpool John Moores University). Wednesday 02 May 2018, 16:30-17:30 Is that really helping? Critical analysis of breastfeeding support in the UK from an evolutionary perspectiveEmily Emmott (University College London). Wednesday 25 April 2018, 16:30-17:30 Evolution’s Bite: Dental evidence for the diets of our distant ancestorsPeter S. Ungar (University of Arkansas). Wednesday 21 March 2018, 16:30-17:30 Primate tourism: opportunities and challengesLaetitia Marechal (University of Lincoln). Wednesday 14 March 2018, 16:30-17:30 Social support and breastfeeding in the UK: evolutionary perspectives and implications for public healthEmily Emmott (University College London). Wednesday 07 March 2018, 16:30-17:30 Ancient DNA studies of early modern humans and late NeanderthalsMateja Hajdinjak (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology). Wednesday 28 February 2018, 16:30-17:30 Anthropological engineering and hominin dietary ecologyMichael Berthaume (Imperial College). Wednesday 21 February 2018, 16:30-17:30 Diagnosing diseases of childhood: a bioarchaeological and palaeopathological perspectiveCarolyn Rando (University College London). Wednesday 14 February 2018, 16:30-17:30 Anthropology, mass graves and the politics of the deadConstantine Eliopoulos (Liverpool John Moores University). Wednesday 07 February 2018, 16:30-17:30 Prehistoric cannibalism: why such a fuss?Silvia Bello (Natural History Museum). Wednesday 31 January 2018, 16:30-17:30 Knowledge on wild plants in BaYaka hunter-gatherers and its implications on cultural evolution and healthGul Deniz Salali (University College London). Wednesday 24 January 2018, 16:30-17:30 The domestication of the seasons, a later critical stage in the transformation of cultivated plantsProfessor Martin Jones (University of Cambridge). Wednesday 17 January 2018, 16:30-17:30 Beyond recognition: The application of biological anthropology to identification of the more recently deceasedHeather Bonney (Natural History Museum). Wednesday 29 November 2017, 16:30-17:30 Culture and the EEA: Origins of human social structure, cognition and languageLucio Vinicius (University College London). Wednesday 15 November 2017, 16:30-17:30 The ecology and evolutionary origins of AustralopithecusRené Bobe (University of Oxford). Wednesday 08 November 2017, 16:30-17:30 What’s so social about primate sociability?Robin Dunbar (University of Oxford). Wednesday 01 November 2017, 16:30-17:30 Morphological and palaeoecological perspectives on baboon evolutionSarah Elton (Durham University). Wednesday 25 October 2017, 16:30-17:30 Huns and Romans: relationships between pastoral and agricultural populations on the late Roman frontierSusanne Hakenbeck (University of Cambridge). Wednesday 18 October 2017, 16:30-17:30 Deciphering the enamel and dental development in hominins. The importance of the Atapuerca dental remainsMario Modesta Mata (CENIEH, Burgos). Wednesday 11 October 2017, 16:30-17:30 Stress and adaptation - a life history perspective using endurance sportsDaniel Longman (University of Cambridge). Wednesday 04 October 2017, 16:30-17:30 Is there anybody out there? Reconstructing large-scale prehistoric population dynamics and migration processesIsabell Schmidt (University of Cologne). Wednesday 07 June 2017, 16:30-17:30 The Most Rational People in the WorldJames Holland Jones (Stanford University & Imperial College). Wednesday 31 May 2017, 16:30-17:30 Evolutionary perspectives on maternal investment - from conception (or not) onwardSarah Myers (University of Kent). Wednesday 24 May 2017, 16:30-17:30 Bawls, balls and brains: primate vocal communication and the evolution of speechJacob Dunn (Anglia Ruskin University). Wednesday 17 May 2017, 16:30-17:30 Aboriginal body shape and clothing, and the Tasmanian problem(s)Ian Gilligan (Department of Archaeology, University of Sidney). Wednesday 10 May 2017, 16:30-17:30 An ancient origin for contemporary chronic disease risk in South Asia?Emma Pomeroy (Liverpool John Moores University). Wednesday 15 March 2017, 16:30-17:30 Fishermen, fossils and flints: varied approaches to targeting and investigating submerged Palaeolithic archaeology in the North SeaRachel Bynoe (Natural History Museum, London). Wednesday 08 March 2017, 16:30-17:30 Primate stone tool use for paleoanthropologistsMichael Haslam (School of Archaeology, University of Oxford). Wednesday 01 March 2017, 16:30-17:30 The Acheulean in East Africa: results of recent researchIgnacio de la Torre (Institute of Archaeology, University College London). Wednesday 22 February 2017, 16:30-17:30 Recent Investigations into the Stone Age site of Isimila, TanzaniaJames Cole (University of Brighton). Wednesday 15 February 2017, 16:30-17:30 The genetic history of Papua New Guinea: 50,000 years of independent human evolutionChris Tyler-Smith (The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute). Wednesday 08 February 2017, 16:30-17:30 What lies beneath? How microtomography is providing new insights into systematics and functional morphology in the human fossil recordMatthew Skinner (School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent). Wednesday 01 February 2017, 16:30-17:30 Communal breeding and life history trade-offs in Agta foragersAbigail Page (Department of Anthropology, University College London). Wednesday 25 January 2017, 16:30-17:30 Can we infer patterns of cultural transmission from frequency data?Enrico Crema (Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge). Wednesday 18 January 2017, 16:30-17:30 Renewed investigation of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene sequence from Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania, and the Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Eastern AfricaJason E. Lewis (Turkana Basin Institute & Stony Brook University). Wednesday 07 December 2016, 16:30-17:30 Brains growing on the tree of life. A phylogenetic approach to brain structure & functionProf Dr Robert A. Barton, Institute of Advanced Study (Social Science & Health) & Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Durham University. Wednesday 30 November 2016, 16:30-17:30 The role of climate in shaping human demography and migrations during the out-of-Africa expansionDr. Andrea Manica, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge University. Wednesday 16 November 2016, 16:30-17:30 The functional significance of facial differences among recent homininsProf Dr Paul O'Higgins, Centre for Anatomical & Human Sciences, Department of Archaeology and Hull York Medical School, University of York. Wednesday 02 November 2016, 16:30-17:30 The complex origins of modern humans and their diversityDr Marta Mirazón Lahr, LCHES, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 19 October 2016, 16:30-17:30 Local adaptation in humans: lessons from modern and ancient genomesDr Aida Andrés, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. Wednesday 25 May 2016, 16:30-17:30 The origin and evolution of Homo sapiensProf Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum, London. Wednesday 18 May 2016, 16:30-17:30 Sequencing archaic human genomesDr Matthias Meyer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. Wednesday 11 May 2016, 16:30-17:30 Neanderthal interbreeding: fact or fiction?Prof Bill Amos, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 04 May 2016, 16:30-17:30 Cultural transmission of tool selection in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)Dr Lydia Luncz, University of Oxford. Wednesday 27 April 2016, 16:30-17:30 Field experiments reveal the scope of social learning in vervet monkeysDr Erica van de Waal, University of Zurich. Wednesday 20 April 2016, 16:30-17:30 Kinship and sex-biased parental investment among the Mosuo of Southwest ChinaDr Siobhán M. Mattison, University of New MExico. Wednesday 13 April 2016, 16:30-17:30 Behind every good man: women's production and reproduction in the Hadza hunter-gatherersDr. Colette Berbesque. Wednesday 09 March 2016, 16:30-17:30 Studying culture in the laboratory in human and nonhuman primatesProf Christine Anna Caldwell, University of Stirling. Wednesday 02 March 2016, 16:30-17:30 Postnatal ontogeny of the cranial base in modern humans and chimpanzeesDr. Sandra Martelli, University College London. Wednesday 24 February 2016, 16:30-17:30 Chronology of the earliest prehistoric settlements in Europe. When did Homo reach Europe?Dr. Christophe Falguères, CNRS - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Wednesday 17 February 2016, 16:30-17:30 Cross-talk between cultural and genetic evolution in humansProf Evelyne Heyer, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Wednesday 10 February 2016, 16:30-17:30 Towards the understanding of the genetic bases of complex adaptations in the human genomeProf Jaume Bertanpetit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Wednesday 03 February 2016, 16:30-17:30 Linguistic laws in primate vocal communicationProf Stuart Semple, University of Roehampton. Wednesday 27 January 2016, 16:30-17:30 Social evolution in human and non-human primatesDr Kit Opie, University College London. Wednesday 25 November 2015, 16:30-17:30 Cultural transitions during the Iberomaurusian in MoroccoDr Louise Humphrey, Natural History Museum London. Wednesday 11 November 2015, 16:30-17:30 Legends of Facial Hollows - the science of inner spaceDr Todd C. Rae, University of Roehampton. Wednesday 04 November 2015, 16:30-17:30 Papuan pasts: genetic evidence so farDr Robert Attenborough, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 28 October 2015, 16:30-17:30 The Dawn of Technology: 3.3-million-year-old Stone Tools from Lake Turkana, KenyaProf Sonia Harmand, Stony Brook University, New York. Wednesday 21 October 2015, 16:30-17:30 The origins of modern humans and Neandertals: the Atapuerca evidenceProf Juan Luis Arsuaga, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Friday 09 October 2015, 16:30-17:30 Homo naledi, a new homini species from the Dinaledi Chamber, South AfricaProf. John Hawks, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Monday 21 September 2015, 16:30-17:30 Con Co Ngua: a c. 4,500 BC Complex Hunter-Gatherer Site in Northern VietnamDr Marc Oxenham and Anna Willis, School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University. Friday 18 September 2015, 16:30-17:30 Mapping shared markers for a childhood liver disease across a Polynesian populationSophia Cameron-Christie, University of Otago, New Zealand. Monday 15 June 2015, 16:30-17:30 The Evolution of Exaggerated Sexual Swellings in Female Non-Human PrimatesGillian Brown and Sally Street (School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews). Tuesday 19 May 2015, 16:30-17:30 Cognitive development assessed by object manipulation in great apes and humansDr. Misato Hayashi (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University). Wednesday 13 May 2015, 16:30-17:30 Social Transmission of Tool Use in Wild ChimpanzeesDr. Cat Hobaiter (School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews). Wednesday 06 May 2015, 16:30-17:30 The History of Millet in Southern Caucasus: A Stable Isotope PerpsectiveDr. Estelle Herrscher (Aix Marseille University, CNRS, LAMPEA - UMR 7269, France). Wednesday 29 April 2015, 16:30-17:30 Genetic Perspectives on Indigenous Ancestry in the CaribbeanDr. Jada Benn Torres (Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, USA).. Monday 27 April 2015, 16:30-17:30 Testosterone and Human Gender DevelopmentProf Melissa Hine (Hormones and Behaviour Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge). Wednesday 11 March 2015, 16:30-17:30 Experimental Studies of Social Intelligence in ChimpanzeesProf Satoshi Hirata (Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Japan). Wednesday 04 March 2015, 16:30-17:30 Tool Use by Capuchin Monkeys in Sierra da Capivara National Park (Brazil)Dr. Tiago Falotico (School of Archaeology, University of Oxford). Wednesday 25 February 2015, 16:30-17:30 A Look Inside Hominins: New Insight on the Hobbit (LB1), Broken Hill and La FerrassieDr. Antoine Balzeau (CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, UMR 7194). Wednesday 18 February 2015, 16:30-17:30 Population Genetics of Greenlanders Evolution and Genetic Adaptation to ClimateDr. Matteo Fumagalli (University College of London Genetics Institute, Division of Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences). Wednesday 11 February 2015, 16:30-17:30 Genetic Architecture and Evolution of Human PigmentationDr. Sandra Beleza (Department of Genetics, University of Leicester). Wednesday 04 February 2015, 16:30-17:30 Fitness Meets Fitness: The Evolution and Genetics of Evolutionary and Physical Fitness in HumansDr. Erik Postma (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich). Wednesday 28 January 2015, 16:30-17:30 Revisting the Savanna HypothesisProf Julia Lee-Thorp (Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford). Wednesday 21 January 2015, 16:30-17:30 Inferring a Deep Time Evolutionary Anatomical Context of Primates and HominoidsDr. Jeroen Smaers (Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University). Thursday 15 January 2015, 16:30-17:30 Osteoarchaeology in India: Present and Future PerspectiveDr Veena Mushrif-Tripathy (Department of Archaeology, Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute in Pune, India). Wednesday 03 December 2014, 16:30-17:30 Extreme pattern of genetic diversity in humansDr. Vincenza Colonna (Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy). Wednesday 26 November 2014, 16:30-17:30 Principles of Functional Craniology in Paleoneurology and Evolutionary NeuroanatomyDr. Emiliano Bruner (CNIEH, Burgos, Spain). Tuesday 18 November 2014, 16:30-17:30 Neanderthal Pathology – Evidence of an Atypical Human Hunter-Gatherer?Dr Simon Underdown (Dept. of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University ). Wednesday 12 November 2014, 16:30-17:30 The Analysis of King Richard IIIDr Piers Mitchell (Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge). Friday 07 November 2014, 16:30-17:30 The Evolution of CultureProf Kevin N. Laland (School of Biology, University of St Andrews). Wednesday 29 October 2014, 16:30-17:30 Division of labour in European Prehistory: New insights from human skeletal remainsDr. Sébastien Villotte (PACEA, CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1). Wednesday 22 October 2014, 16:30-17:30 Understanding human life history variation: sleep patterns, personality traits, relationship status, and hormoneProf Dario Maestripieri, University of Chicago. Wednesday 04 June 2014, 16:30-17:30 Great Apes at the Interface: Chimpanzee Flexibility in Dynamic Anthropogenic HabitatsDr Kimberly Hockings, Oxford Brookes University. Wednesday 21 May 2014, 16:30-17:30 Was the evolution of the modern human brain the result of social or environmental pressures?Dr Susanne Shultz. Tuesday 13 May 2014, 16:30-17:30 The use of conservation drines for monitoring wildlife and its habitatProf Serge Wich, Liverpool John Moores University. Wednesday 07 May 2014, 16:30-17:30 Terrible teens: an osteological investigation of adolescence and health in medieval EnglandDr Mary Lewis, University of Reading. Wednesday 30 April 2014, 16:30-17:30 The expensive brain: when does natural selection favor increased brain size?Prof Carel van Schaik, University of Zurich. Wednesday 12 March 2014, 16:30-17:30 Just how unique are humans anyway?Prof Alice Roberts, University of Birmingham. Tuesday 04 March 2014, 16:30-17:30 Language in deep timeProf Klaus Zuberbuhler, St Andrews & Neuchatel. Thursday 27 February 2014, 16:30-17:30 Anthropological Engineering: The Interface of two Dissimilar DisciplinesDr Michael Berthaume, University of Massachusetts. Wednesday 19 February 2014, 16:30-17:30 Evidence for sedentism before the onset of agriculture during the Epipalaeolithic in Northwest Africa?Dr Isabel de Groote, Liverpool John Moores University. Wednesday 12 February 2014, 16:30-17:30 On the antiquity of speech and language: did the Neandertals talk and why would it matter?Dr Dan Dediu, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Wednesday 05 February 2014, 16:30-17:30 Populations in statistical genetics: what are they, and how can we infer them from whole genome data?Dr Dan Lawson (). Wednesday 29 January 2014, 16:30-17:30 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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