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Ruby Fried is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. She is currently researching traditional food security and its effects on physical and mental health on St Paul Island with the Aleut community. Additionally, she is working on research investigating the widespread effects of COVID-19 in rural Alaska among Alaska Native peoples. In this episode, Chris and Cara talk to her about her work with Alaska Native women and children, subsistence food access as a nexus of resistance and resilience, and much more! You can find more information about Dr. Ruby Fried and about her research here: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-health/departments/institute-for-circumpolar-health-studies/staff.cshtml the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website:sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/,Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public

This week Cara and our assistant producer Alex chat with Dr. David Raichlen, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California. We discuss his work on physical (in)activity in the Hadza people and why “how” we rest matters. We also delve into how applying evolutionary perspectives may help us slow down brain aging and why no one has thought of installing squatting racks in rodent cages. Read Dr. Raichlen’s paper on “Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human activity” here: https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/21129/Raichlen%202020%20PNAS_Inactivity.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y and his Scientific American article on “Why your brain needs exercise” here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-your-brain-needs-exercise/ Email Dr. Raichlen at draichle@usc.edu And learn more about his work at https://dornsife.usc.edu/ebel/ Contact the the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassoci

Dr. Frank Johnston, a Professor Emeritus of biological anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, passed away on August 20, 2020. Dr. Johnston was known for his work in child development, especially the impact of lifestyle variation on nutritional status and growth. He received many honors throughout his prolific career and held several notable positions, including president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, as well as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the American Journal of Human Biology (which he helped establish). Dr. Johnston was also a strong advocate for applying anthropological knowledge to actively engage with communities. In this memorial episode, Chris and Cara discuss his many contributions to the field with his former doctoral students Drs. Larry Schell and Babette Zemel. The memoriam piece co-written by Dr. Schell with Drs. Penny Gordon-Larsen and Linda A. Valleroy can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/a

Tisa Loewen is a bioarcheologist and Ph.D. student at Arizona State University. Her current work studies the Romanized peoples that once lived-in modern-day Croatia and the Eastern Adriatic. She uses quantitative genetics of dental nonmetric traits to understand regional biological relationships and to provide a biohistorical perspective on relational identities. Tisa is also a contributor to Black in Bioanthropology and involved in AnthroIllustrated. In this episode, Cara & Chris talk to Tisa about her journey as an anthropologist and the service commitments she has contributed to. You can find more information about Tisa on Twitter: @AnthropologisTL and her website: https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/tloewen Black in Bioanth: https://twitter.com/BlackinBioAnth And AnthroIllustrated: https://anthroillustrated.com/ the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website:sites.nd.edu/cara-oc

Dr. Leslea Hlusko is currently the Vice President of the American Association of Physical Anthropology and a professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley. She will soon be joining Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana, CENIEH, in Burgos, Spain as a research professor. In this episode Cara and Chris interview Leslea about her recent paper “A genotype: phenotype approach testing taxonomic hypotheses in hominids” and her broader work on the genetic and developmental basis of mammalian skeletal variation. -You can learn more about Dr. Hlusko’s work here:https://www.lesleahlusko.org/Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association:Facebook:www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociationWebsite:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website:sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/,Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair,Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/,Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Theresa Gildner, Website:bonesandbehavior.or

Dr. Alan Walked passed away on November 20, 2017. A paleoanthropologist known for his work in early human evolution, Dr. Walker was the Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology and Biology at the Pennsylvania State University and was also a research scientist at the National Museum of Kenya. During his impressive career Dr. Walker discovered the “Black Skull” and was also on the research team that discovered Turkana Boy. He received many awards throughout his life, including a MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant". In this episode, Chris and Cara honor and remember his many contributions to the field with his former PhD student Dr. Leslea Hlusko and his former postdoc Dr. Peter Ungar. You can find their memorial piece here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2019.0017 To learn more about Dr. Ungar, you can visit his website: https://ungarlab.uark.edu/ You can learn more about Dr. Hlusko’s work here: https://www.lesleahlusko.org/ Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Associat

This week Chris and Cara chat with the “guru of dental microwear”, Dr. Peter Ungar. Dr. Ungar is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas. His research focuses on the use of teeth to reconstruct the diets of extinct species, especially hominins. In this interview, Dr. Ungar discusses the important contributions of dental microwear analyses to paleoanthropology, as well as his work to advance microwear analysis technology to better understand the impact of environmental change on past life, with implications for current climate change. Email Dr. Ungar at pungar@uark.edu And learn more about his work at: https://ungarlab.uark.edu/ You can also check out his book “Evolution’s Bite” at: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691160535/evolutions-bite Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:co

In this episode Chris and Cara talk with Dr. Tom Leatherman (Professor of Anthropology at UMass Amherst) and Dr. Alan Goodman (Professor of Anthropology at Hampshire College). Drs. Leatherman and Goodman discuss their revolutionary work advocating for biocultural collaborations within anthropology, focusing especially on concepts of embodiment, political economy, and structural racism. The conversation explores advances in biocultural work, from the publication of their groundbreaking book “Building a New Biocultural Synthesis” to the state of the field today. Email Dr. Leatherman at: tleatherman@anthro.umass.edu Email Dr. Goodman at: agoodman@hampshire.edu Check out the AJHB article “Building on the biocultural syntheses: 20 years and still expanding” referenced in the episode here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.23360 You can find the rest of the AJHB Special Issue articles here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15206300/2020/32/4 Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology A

SoS 90 – Biocultural Perspectives on Tattooing with Dr. Christopher Lynn We’re back from break! To kick off this new season, we have an interview with our very own Dr. Christopher Lynn. Chris is a biocultural medical anthropologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama. In this episode Chris talks about his ongoing work examining associations between immune function and tattooing, focusing on a recent article featured in the AJHB Special Issue: Continuity and Change in Biocultural Anthropology. This study tested whether tattooing may act as a costly signal of immunological quality among participants in American Samoa. Learn more about Dr. Lynn’s work at his website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu Inking of Immunity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Inking.of.Immunity/ Inking of Immunity Twitter: @Inking_Immunity Inking of Immunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inking.of.immunity/?hl=en Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter: @Chris_Ly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheechsweet/?h

This week we continue our series featuring book excerpts read by previous podcast guests. In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Lester, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis , reads the Preface from her book, "Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America". We then rebroadcast her original interview (SoS 63, aired in March 2020), in which Dr. Lester discusses issues surrounding mental health in academia. Follow Dr. Lester on twitter @psychanthro, visit her website at https://rebeccalester.com/, or email her at RJLESTER@WUSTL.EDU Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Ther

This week we bring you a crossover with the podcast “Speaking of Race”, hosted by Drs. Jim Bindon, Jo Weaver, and Erik Peterson. This episode features an interview with Drs. Yolanda Moses and Alan Goodman, speaking about their work on the American Anthropological Association Project on Race. This interview originally aired on MAY 16, 2020. Check out other Speaking of Race episodes here: http://speakingofrace.ua.edu/podcast Race: Are We So Different? Project Website: https://understandingrace.org/ Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildne

This week we continue our series featuring book excerpts read by previous podcast guests. In this episode, Dr. David Geary, Curator's Professor of Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, reads Chapter One, "Evolution of Fatherhood" from his book, "Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences". We then rebroadcast his original interview (SoS 41, aired in May 2019), in which Dr. Geary discusses his path to these research topics, the applications, and broader impacts of his research, as well as contention within the field regarding the bases of sex differences. To learn more about Dr. Geary, check out his webpage with the University of Missouri-Columbia at web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/ and a video interview on his latest research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybbIi3xf5cA. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.

This week we continue our series featuring book excerpts read by previous podcast guests. In this episode, Dr. Rob Ruck, a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, reads a section from his book entitled “The Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL”. We then rebroadcast his original interview (SoS 37, aired in April 2019), in which Dr. Ruck discusses the intersections between sports, history, culture, and health. You can learn more about Dr. Ruck’s work by visiting his website: http://robruck.com/index.php Email him at: rucco@pitt.edu Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @car

Next up in our summer book series, Dr. Agustin Fuentes, an anthropologist now at Princeton University, will read a section from his latest book entitled “Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being”. We then rebroadcast his original interview (SoS 48, aired in August 2019), in which Dr. Fuentes discusses returning from the field. You can learn more about Dr. Fuentes' work by visiting his departmental website at Princeton: https://anthropology.princeton.edu/people/faculty/agustin-fuentes or his personal website: https://afuentes.com/. To see more of his content, follow him on Twitter @Anthrofuentes. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email:

We are still away on our summer break, but to tide you over this week we will continue our series featuring book excerpts read by previous podcast guests. This week Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty, an ichthyologist from LSU, will read a section from his upcoming book entitled “Explaining Evolution and Understanding Why it Matters More than Ever”. We then rebroadcast his original interview (SoS 28, aired in November 2018), in which Dr. Chakrabarty discusses science communication and outreach, as well as narratives used to discuss topics like evolution. You can learn more about Dr. Chakrabarty’s work by visiting his website: http://www.prosanta.net/ Email him at: prosanta@lsu.edu and follow him on Twitter @PREAUX_FISH Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee

This episode is the first in our special summer series which features author readings from recent books. Hear Dr. Lesley Jo Weaver read a chapter from her book “Sugar and Tension: Diabetes and Gender in Modern India.” After her reading, we re-air her original interview from one year ago. In that interview, Dr. Weaver shares stories of wire cutting and wisdom that range from the process of moving cross-country to identifying and working with sustainably developed NGOs. Her latest research project in India will be focusing on social stratification, mental health, and stigma. More information about her research can be found on the Department of International Studies at the University of Oregon website: https://intldept.uoregon.edu/profile/ljweaver/. To get in touch with the “Speaking of Race” podcast, check out their website: http://speakingofrace.ua.edu/podcast. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter

This week Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Michael Gurven on a variety of topics, ranging from advice on finding a field site that matches your research interests, the long and challenging process of establishing a successful longitudinal study, the importance of true collaborative work with indigenous populations (especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic), and the need to move beyond “WEIRD” populations and consider health and human biology in more diverse groups. Learn more about Dr. Gurven’s work at his website: https://gurven.anth.ucsb.edu/ Email him at: gurven@anth.ucsb.edu and follow him on Twitter @MGurven You can learn more about the Tsimane Health and Life History Project here: http://tsimane.anth.ucsb.edu/ Read the Tsimane team’s paper on responding to COVID-19 within indigenous populations here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31104-1/fulltext The paper “WEIRD bodies: mismatch, medicine and missing diversity” can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.co

This week, Chris and Cara chat with Drs. Athena Aktipis, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, and Lee Cronk, Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, to discuss their research with the Human Generosity Project. As always, we get to hear about their research journies, interests, and collaborative efforts. Additionally, we get a sneak preview on their latest research on human generosity, cooperation, and COVID-19. Be sure to check out the Human Generosity Project website at: http://www.humangenerosity.org/ or on Twitter @generousnature. To learn more about Dr. Aktipis, check out her lab website at: http://www.aktipislab.org/ and learn more about Dr. Cronk at: https://anthro.rutgers.edu/people/full-time-faculty/detail/89-lee-cronk. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@Ca

In this episode, Drs. Lance Gravlee and Connie Mulligan join Chris and Cara to discuss the research that led to their article, "Shortened telomere length is associated with unfair treatment attributed to race in African Americans living in Tallahassee, Florida". The article was selected as the special feature in Volume 32 Issue 3 of the American Journal of Human Biology. Drs. Gravlee and Mulligan discuss their paths to anthropology, collaboration, and ongoing work with the Health Equity Alliance Tallahassee (HEAT) steering committee. Be sure to check out the latest issue of AJHB to learn more about this project! Learn more about Dr. Gravlee's work at his website: https://www.gravlee.org/ Follow him on Twitter @lancegravlee Learn more about Dr. Mulligan's work on her departmental website: https://anthro.ufl.edu/2013/09/29/mulligan/ To learn more about HEAT, check out: http://www.healthequityalliance.org/projects/heart/. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.

In this episode, Dr. Zaneta Thayer joins Chris and Cara to discuss her many projects examining the intergenerational effects of stressful experiences during pregnancy. Dr. Thayer works primarily in New Zealand, where her research has documented links between experienced discrimination and poor birth outcomes. She also discusses her recent clinical brief examining the health effects of psychosocial stress among individuals using assisted reproductive technologies. Finally, Dr. Thayer is joined by her postdoc Dr. Theresa Gildner to discuss their new project exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting maternity care and well-being. Learn more about Dr. Thayer’s work at her website: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/humanbio/ Email her at: zaneta.marie.thayer@dartmouth.edu Check out Dr. Thayer’s clinical brief on stress in ART at: https://academic.oup.com/emph/advance-article/doi/10.1093/emph/eoaa008/5815981 To learn more about the COVID-19 And Reproductive Effects (CARE) Study, please visit: https://sites.dar