Sausage Of Science

In this episode of the Sausage of Science, Cara and Chris talk with Drs. Jesús Rodriguez & Ana Mateos, scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) in Burgos, Spain. Drs. Rodriguez and Mateos highlight the amazing work going on at the center at the forefront of human evolution research. They also discuss their AJHB editor’s choice article entitled “No sex differences in the economy of load‐carriage”. Be sure to check out the article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.23352 Their experimental work challenges long-held assumptions regarding sex differences in human energetics and contributes to both optimal foraging and life history theory. Learn more about CENIEH here: https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh Follow CENIEH on Twitter @CENIEH and the labs @CENIEH_Labs You can learn more about Dr. Rodriguez at: https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh/staff/rodriguez-mendez-jesus And about Dr. Mateos at: https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh/sta

This week, dive into one of our most meta-episodes yet: the podcast about a podcast featuring the amazing researchers behind the Anthrolactology blog and podcast! This interview features not one, but three cutting-edge anthropologists working at the intersections of anthropology, human lactation, and society. Dr. EA Quinn is an associate professor of biological anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Cecília Tomori is Director of Global Public Health and Community Health at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist is an assistant professor of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and when they come together, great things happen. Be sure to check out the Anthrolactology blog/podcast at https://anthrolactology.com/.

In this episode we bring you a cross-over with the podcast “With a Side of Knowledge”, hosted by Ted Fox from the University of Notre Dame’s Provost Office. This interview features our own Dr. Cara Ocobock discussing her work over brunch. Enjoy this fascinating conversation about extreme cold adaptations, Neanderthals, the anthropology of sports, and (of course) powerlifting. Check out other episodes from With a Side of Knowledge, found here: https://provost.nd.edu/about/podcast/ This interview originally aired on APR 16, 2020.

This week, we're bringing you a cross-promotion with the awesome "The Arch & Anth Podcast", hosted by Dr. Michael Rivera. A bonus: this episode features our very own Dr. Chris Lynn! We hope that you enjoy hearing more about Chris' work on tattooing, immune response, and communication. Be sure to check out Dr. Rivera's other podcast episodes at: http://archandanth.com/. This interview originally aired on October 2, 2019.

This week on the Sausage of Science, Cara and Chris talk with Dr. Barry Bogin, a "big wig" in the field and Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Loughborough University. Dr. Bogin discusses his work life-long work on human growth and development, along with the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on birth weight outcomes. Check out his latest blog piece on the topic on the Museoa Ecologia Humana website at http://museoecologiahumana.org/en/piezas/covid-19-crisis-emotional-stress-2/. Dr. Bogin is particularly interested in the effects of social, economic, political, and emotional (SEPE) influences on differences in physical growth and health between Maya children living in Guatemala compared to those in the USA. One note, Dr. Bogin would like all budding students to know that when he mentions ‘calcitonin’ he meant to say ‘osteocalcin’ interactions with growth. To pre-order or view the latest edition of "Patterns of Human Growth", go to https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/sub

This week on the Sausage of Science, Cara and Chris talk with Dr. Aaron Blackwell, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. In this far-ranging conversation, Dr. Blackwell discusses his work quantifying life history tradeoffs and his multi-inheritance approach to human behavioral ecology. He also shares some tips for using existing datasets and working remotely to support study participants during the pandemic. Follow Dr. Blackwell on Twitter @AaronDBlackwell, https://twitter.com/AaronDBlackwell You can also check out his website at https://blackwell-lab.com/ 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, T

In this episode of the Sausage of Science, Cara and Chris talk with Dr. Pablo Nepomnaschy, an Associate Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Nepomnaschy discusses his transformation into a researcher who focuses on involving participant communities at all phases of project planning and execution. He also shares his experience advising international students, as someone who has experienced both sides of that interaction. Follow Dr. Nepomnaschy on Twitter @PabloNepomnasc1 or on ResearchGate at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo_Nepomnaschy You can also check out his website http://www.sfu.ca/~pan2/ or email him at pablo_nepomnaschy@sfu.ca 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/, E

This week's episode features a myriad of topics including niche construction, semiotics, hats ravaged by monkeys, and meaning-making between humans and dogs- all courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Peterson. Dr. Peterson is a postdoctoral fellow in the anthropology department at Notre Dame. His research addresses the interplay between intra- and inter-group social relationships, as well as the impact of interacting with humans. Follow Dr. Peterson on twitter @primatologeist, and check out his webpage with the University of Notre Dame https://anthropology.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-by-alpha/jeffrey-peterson/. 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

This week on the Sausage of Science, Cara and Chris talk with Dr. Sam Urlacher, an assistant professor at Baylor University. Dr. Urlacher discusses his work examining life history tradeoffs and energetic constraints among Shuar children of Amazonian Ecuador. In addition, he answers questions about possible links between COVID-19 and child development patterns, and also gives some advice on starting a new tenure-track position. Follow Dr. Urlacher on twitter @SSUrlacher, and check out his website https://scholar.harvard.edu/samuel_s_urlacher/home You can find the papers referenced in the episode here: “Constraint and tradeoffs regulate energy expenditure during childhood” https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/12/eaax1065 “Tradeoffs between immune function and childhood growth among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists” https://www.pnas.org/content/115/17/E3914 Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Tw

In this episode, Dr. Tanya Lurhmann joins Chris and Cara to discuss her life's work as an "anthropologist of the human relationship with invisible others". Dr. Lurhmann is the Watkins University Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications. She is the author of When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God. To learn more about Dr. Lurhmann, send her an email at luhrmann@stanford.edu, or check out her personal website at http://luhrmann.net/. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@C

This week Cara and Chris chat with Dr. Eileen Hebets, a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Hebets discusses her research on spider communication and how these same techniques can be applied to better understand communication in humans and other animals. Follow Dr. Hebets on twitter @hebets_lab, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/eileen.hebets, and check out her lab website at http://hebetslab.unl.edu/ You can find the papers referenced in the episode here: “A systems approach to animal communication”, https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2015.2889 “Complex signal function: Developing a framework of testable hypotheses”, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=bioscihebets Also, enjoy this spider dance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYIUFEQeh3g Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioA

In this installment of our #Hackademics series, Dr. Kate Clancy, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, shares her work on the SAFE13 project and provides advice for dealing with harassment in academia. Dr. Clancy's work has had significant policy ramifications, exemplified by her Congressional testimony and co-authorship on a National Academies report on sexual harassment of women in STEM. Broadly, Dr. Clancy's research centers on issues of reproductive justice. To learn more about her, check out her website:http://kateclancy.com/ or follow her on twitter @KateClancy. Check out the papers referenced in the episode here: "Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine" https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/sexual-harassment-in-academia "Survey of Academic Field Experiences (SAFE): Trainees Report Harassment and Assault" https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102172 Additionally, lear

Dr. Rebecca Gibson, a visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame, shares her fascinating research on the history of corsets in this week’s episode. Dr. Gibson’s primary research examines changes in the skeletal structure of women who wore corsets between 1700-1900 CE. She also discusses her work exploring the romantic and sexual entanglements of AI and robotics in science-fiction. Follow Dr. Gibson on twitter @RGibsongirl and check out her author’s page at https://www.facebook.com/TheCorsetedSkeleton. Check out the paper and book referenced in the episode here: Article: “Effects of long term corseting on the female skeleton: a preliminary morphological examination” https://www.academia.edu/16410795/Effects_of_Long_Term_Corseting_on_the_Female_Skeleton_A_Preliminary_Morphological_Examination Book: “Desire in the Age of Robots and AI” https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030240165 Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiology

"We can talk about the good side of science, but what about the underbelly of science" This week on the Sausage of Science, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Jon Marks, a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Marks discusses his path from genetic to anthropology, his passion for book reviews, and his research. They also discuss a few topics from his talk at Notre Dame on "the four myths of Darwinism". Tune in to find out more about the modern myths of science that you may encounter in your classrooms and research. To learn more about Dr. Marks website at: https://webpages.uncc.edu/~jmarks/. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website:cdlynn.peo

This week on the Sausage of Science, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Alice Yao, an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. They discuss Dr. Yao's archaeological work exploring how genetic markers have been (mis)applied to assess the evolution of lactase persistence. This work has important implications for how lactase persistence is talked about in the current political climate. Contact Dr. Yao at ayao@uchicago.edu Or visit her website at: https://aliceyaoresearch.wordpress.com/ Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildn

In this episode of the Sausage of Science we explore issues surrounding mental health in academia with Dr. Rebecca Lester. Dr. Lester is interested in how people understand and experience existential distress, as well as the institutions and practices that arise to address this distress. Here she shares her insights for ways mentors can better support the well-being of graduate students. 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 Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Em

In this week’s episode Dr. Maria Nieves-Colón, an anthropological geneticist, discusses how she uses both ancient DNA and modern genomics tools to examine human population history in the Caribbean and Latin America. Dr. Nieves-Colón is affiliated with the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University and works as Senior Scientist with Claret Bioscience in Santa Cruz, CA. Follow Dr. Nieves-Colón on twitter @mitopr or email her at mnievesc@asu.edu Check out the papers referenced in the episode here: Ancient DNA reconstructs the genetic legacies of pre-contact Puerto Rico communities - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/765685v1.abstract Genetic diversity in populations across Latin America: implications for population and medical genetic studies - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959437X18300935 Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc

Water pirates, stigma, and books to come- this episode has a little bit of everything. This episode is a special feature with Drs. Alex Brewis and Amber Wutich, both President’s Professors in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. We are fortunate to have them on to discuss the upcoming American Journal of Human Biology special feature on water insecurity. Drs. Brewis and Wutich discuss their paths to researching water, stigma, and becoming a writing/researching duo. Be sure to check out the latest AJHB issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15206300. Additionally, check out their latest book, "Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health" and check out their websites for their upcoming projects: http://amberwutich.org/ and http://alexbrewis.org/about-alex/. To get in touch with Dr. Brewis, send her an email at Alex.Brewis@asu.edu or follow her on twitter @brewis_alex. To get in touch with Dr. Wutich, send her an email at Amber.Wutich@asu.e

Dr. Caity Placek, an assistant professor of anthropology at Ball State University, gives us "something to chew on" with this week's episode! Dr. Placek talks about her origin story and her recent work in India examining tobacco use among women of reproductive age. To find out more about Dr. Placek's latest project, "Healthy Moms, Healthy Communities", check out the project's website: https://anthroimmersive.wixsite.com/ballstate. You can check out some of the photos Dr. Placek discusses on the Human Biology Association twitter page! The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn, with assistance from Junior Service Fellow Caroline Owens for the Public Relations Committee of the Human Biology Association. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email:

Chris and Cara chat with Dr. NIcky Hawley, an assistant professor of anthropology and epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Hawley's work focuses on the intergenerational transmission of chronic disease in Samoa, American Samoa, and South Africa. In this episode, she chats with Chris and Cara about her work with the Genome-Wide Association Study of Adiposity in Samoa. Her interview sheds light on ethical considerations and the possibilities of political and community engagement within the sciences. To contact Dr. Hawley, check out her website with Yale https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/nicola_hawley/ or her page with the OLAGA Samoan study group at https://publichealth.yale.edu/olaga/ or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/YaleOlaga/. The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn, with assistance from Junior Service Fellow Caroline Owens for the Public Relations Committee of the Human Biology Association. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes. Cont