Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDr. Eric Shattuck – How do humans act when we get sick and why?
Episode 65
Dr. Eric Shattuck of Florida State University joins the show to discuss his research on sickness behavior. He wants to know how humans tend to act …
11 months ago
Dr. Erin Blankenship-Sefczek – How does developmental stress affect dental morphology?
Episode 64
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Dr. Erin Blankenship-Sefczek of Creighton University joins the show to discuss her research examining the connection between developmental …
1 year ago
Dr. Samantha Yaussy - What can frailty in skeletons from medieval London teach us about health?
Episode 63
Dr. Samantha Yaussy of James Madison University joins the show to discuss her research on the how sex, socioeconomic status, and developmental stres…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dr. Habiba Chirchir - Why did humans evolve to have less robust skeletons?
Episode 62
Dr. Habiba Chirchir of the Ohio State University joins the show to discuss her research into the skeletal gracilization of modern humans. She's tryi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Dr. David Orton – Rats in Europe and Zooarchaeology
Episode 61
Dr. David Orton of the University of York joins the show to discuss how he uses zooarchaeology (the study of animal remains in archaeological context…
1 year, 3 months ago
Dr. Henry Erlich - Genetic Reconstruction of the Past
Episode 60
Dr. Henry Erlich, Researcher Emeritus at Benioff UCSF Children's Hospital, joins the show to discuss his book, Genetic Reconstruction of the Past: DN…
1 year, 4 months ago
Dr. Christopher Schmitt - Vervets and woolly monkeys
Episode 59
Dr. Christopher Schmitt of Boston University joins the show to talk about how he uses life history theory and epigenetics as a lens for his work with…
1 year, 5 months ago
Dr. Kate Clancy - Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
Episode 58
Dr. Kate Clancy of Illinois State University Urbana-Champaign joins the show to talk about her book, Period: The Real Story of Menstruation. We touc…
1 year, 6 months ago
Dr. Rebecca Gilmour - Roman bioarchaeology
Episode 57
Dr. Rebecca Gilmour of Mount Royal University talks about bones, their mechanics, and how we can use both to understand humans' lives in the past -- …
1 year, 7 months ago
Dr. Jesse Goliath - Forensic anthropology
Episode 56
Dr. Jesse Goliath of Mississippi State University joins the show to talk about forensic anthropology, including how he ended up in forensic anthropol…
1 year, 8 months ago