SoS 258: Maggots on the Menu: Rethinking Hominin Diet with Melanie Beasley
In this fun and “soupy” episode, hosts Cara and Chris chat with Dr. Melanie Beasley about putrefied meat, maggots, stable isotopes, and media attention at the most inconvenient times. Dr. Beasley directs the BioAnth Isotope Ecology Research Laboratory (BIER Lab) at Purdue University. Her work focus…
SoS 263: Dr. Theodore Schurr on molecular anthropology & the evolution of genetic research
In this episode, Dr. Theodore Schurr shares insights from his career researching genetic prehistories, linkages, and identities within transforming geopolitical landscapes of the past as well as contemporary sociopolitical shifts, including post-Soviet Russia and Georgia. Next, Dr. Schurr and hosts…
Cold Plunges and Unicorns
What can extreme cold teach us about the human body—and ourselves?
In this episode, Director of the Human Energetics Laboratory and anthropologist Cara Ocobock takes listeners inside her research on human adaptation, from subzero fieldwork in Finland with reindeer herders to lab studies on metabo…
The Original Affluent Society? Lessons from 60-Years of "Man the Hunter" Research ~ Richard B. Lee
What was life like before farming? Was it nasty, brutish, and short? Or did our hunter-gatherer ancestors live lives that were relatively free, affluent, and ecologically stable?
In the lack of a time machine, many anthropologists have sought answers from studying the few hunter-gatherer communitie…
SoS 269: The Whole Organism Imperative with Dr. Ben Auerbach
In this episode, Cara and Chris sit down with Dr. Ben Auerbach, a Professor in the Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research examines variation and evolution through the skeletons of primates and other mammals, applying qu…
SoS 271: Learning about the evolution of the human microbiome with Tanvi Honap
Tanvi is an evolutionary biologist who studies how pathogens and microbial communities evolve in response to human ecological, environmental, and cultural changes. Employing a One Health framework, her work integrates genomic/metagenomic datasets derived from animals, contemporary human populations…
SoS 272: Dr. Charles Roseman and Dr. Ben Auerbach on the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis and the Ongoing Synthesis of Evolutionary Theory
In this episode, hosts Cara and Chris discuss various models of evolution, adaptation, and returning to the fundamentals, including, yes, math (!), with Dr. Charles Roseman and Dr. Benjamin Auerbach.
Dr. Auerbach is a Professor in the Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology…
The Wall For Human Exertion
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/U3NkNIovZkc
Despite the almost superhuman feats of athletic prowess displayed in marathons, Iron person contests, and the Tour De France, a new study from Duke University just published in the journal Scientific Advances suggests that that the human body has physical lim…
SoS 279: The AABA Task Force Recommendations for the Ethical Study of Human Remains with Dr. Fatimah Jackson and Dr. Ben Auerbach
In this episode, hosts Cara and Chris speak with Dr. Fatimah Jackson and Dr. Ben Auerbach about the American Association of Biological Anthropologists Task Force on the ethical study of human remains and their recommendations for the management and oversight of community partnership and ethical ste…
SoS 285: Female Reproductive Function and Fieldwork Adventures with Dr. Virginia Vitzthum
In this episode, hosts Cara and Anna talk with Dr. Virginia Vitzthum about novel findings in female reproductive functioning across populations, tell exciting fieldwork stories, and reflect on the changing nature of the field of Anthropology.
Dr. Virginia Vitzthum is a professor emeritus in the D…
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