AnthroBiology Podcast
The AnthroBiology Podcast sits down with biological anthropologists once or twice a month to learn about what they do and why it's rad. Want to know more about our evolutionary past? Or what your bones say about you? Maybe chimps are more your speed?
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Dr. Briana Pobiner – What can cut marks tell us about human evolution, migration, and behavior? (opens the original)
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Dr. Briana Pobiner of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Human Origins Program joins the show to talk about cut marks. She discusses how we can tell what's a cut mark vs. other bone damage and how cut marks can illuminate human evolution along with illustrating migration and behavioral patterns in the distant past. Recommendations Dr. Pobiner's NMNH staff profile Dr. Pobiner's Google Scholar profile W.A. Barr, B. Pobiner, J. Rowan, A. Du, & J.T. Faith. (2022). No sustained incr
Dr. Christiane Baigent – How do bodies decompose at high altitude? Colorado Mesa University's FIRS body farm (opens the original)
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Dr. Christiane Baigent of Colorado Mesa University runs the Forensic Investigation Resource Station (FIRS), which is the highest body farm in the world. We talk about how bodies decompose at high altitude and how it can differ from decomp at lower altitude. Dr. Baigent also shares some of the behind-the-scenes of running a body farm. Recommendations Dr. Baigent's faculty profile at Colorado Mesa University Forensic Investigation Resource Station (FIRS) website American Academy of Forensic Scienc
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