AnthroBiology Podcast

By: Gaby Lapera
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  • 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? If it's anthropology and it's about humans, we'll cover it. Learn more at anthrobiology.com
    AnthroBiology Podcast 2020
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  • Dr. Jesse Goliath - Forensic anthropology

    Dr. Jesse Goliath - Forensic anthropology
    Jan 15 2025

    Dr. Jesse Goliath of Mississippi State University joins the show to talk about forensic anthropology, including how he ended up in forensic anthropology and how he developed the Mississippi Repository for Missing and Unidentified Persons. We also talk about the complicated relationship between race and forensic anthopology, along with the importance of bringing diverse perspectives to the field.

    Books, articles, and media mentioned in this episode + helpful sites and articles:
    • Dr. Goliath's personal website
    • Dr. Goliath's faculty profile page at MS State
    • Dr. Goliath's ResearchGate profile
    • The Mississippi Repository for Missing and Unidentified Persons
    • Forensic Pioneers of Color
    • Goliath, J.R., Yim, A., & Juarez, J.K. (Eds). (2024). Contemporary Concerns and Considations in Forensic Anthropology. [Special issue]. Humans, 4(1).
    • Hagerman, M.A. (2024). Children of a Troubled Time: Growing Up with Racism in Trump's America. New York University Press.
    • Barber, W.J & Wilson-Hartgrove, J. (2024). White Poverty: How Exposing Myths about Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
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    56 mins
  • Dr. Christine Drea – Mechanisms of female dominance (hyenas, lemurs, meerkats)

    Dr. Christine Drea – Mechanisms of female dominance (hyenas, lemurs, meerkats)
    Dec 4 2024
    Dr. Christine Drea of Duke University joined the show to talk about mechanisms of female dominance, which is when females of a species are more dominant in groups than males. Dr. Drea looks at how genetics, hormones, and social dynamics interact with each other to result in female dominance in hyenas, meerkats, and lemurs. Content warning: We talk about animal genitalia and hyenas' traumatic birthing process. Books, articles, and media mentioned in this episode + helpful sites and articles: Dr. Drea’s faculty page at Duke UniversityDr. Drea’s websiteDr. Drea’s ResearchGate profileDixons, A. (2012). Primate Sexuality: Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans. Oxford University Press.Ellison, P. (2003). On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction. Harvard University Press.Grebe, Nicholas & Sheikh, Alizeh & Ohannessian, Laury & Drea, Christine. (2023). Effects of Oxytocin Receptor Blockade on Dyadic Social Behavior in Monogamous and Non-Monogamous Eulemur. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 150. 106044. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106044.Bornbusch, Sally & Clarke, Tara & Hobilalaina, Sylvia & Reseva, Honore & LaFleur, Marni & Drea, Christine. (2022). Microbial rewilding in the gut microbiomes of captive ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Scientific Reports. 12. 10.1038/s41598-022-26861-0.Drea, Christine & Grebe, Nicholas. (2022). Intraspecific Aggression and Social Dominance. (chapter in The Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology, ed. by Freeberg, Ridley, and d'Ettorre)Bornbusch, Sally & Greene, Lydia & Rahobilalaina, Sylvia & Calkins, Samantha & Rothman, Ryan & Clarke, Tara & LaFleur, Marni & Drea, Christine. (2022). Gut microbiota of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) vary across natural and captive populations and correlate with environmental microbiota. Animal Microbiome. 4. 10.1186/s42523-022-00176-x.Grebe, Nicholas & Sheikh, Alizeh & Drea, Christine. (2022). Integrating the female masculinization and challenge hypotheses: Female dominance, male deference, and seasonal hormone fluctuations in adult blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur flavifrons). Hormones and Behavior. 139. 105108. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105108.Drea, Christine & Davies, Charli & Greene, Lydia & Mitchell, Jessica & Blondel, Dimitri & Shearer, Caroline & Feldblum, Joseph & Dimac-Stohl, Kristin & Smyth-Kabay, Kendra & Clutton-Brock, Tim. (2021). An intergenerational androgenic mechanism of female intrasexual competition in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Nature Communications. 12. 10.1038/s41467-021-27496-x.Conley, Alan & Place, Ned & Legacki, Erin & Hammond, Geoffrey & Cunha, Gerald & Drea, Christine & Weldele, Mary & Glickman, Stephen. (2020). Spotted hyaenas and the sexual spectrum: reproductive endocrinology and development. Journal of Endocrinology. 247. 10.1530/JOE-20-0252.Smyth, Kendra & Caruso, Nicholas & Davies, Charli & Clutton-Brock, Tim & Drea, Christine. (2018). Social and endocrine correlates of immune function in meerkats: Implications for the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis. Royal Society Open Science. 5. 180435. 10.1098/rsos.180435.Drea, Christine & Coscia, Elizabeth & Glickman, Stephen. (2018). Hyenas. (chapter in The Encyclopedia of Reproduction from Academic Press, ed. Michael Skinner)
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    55 mins
  • Dr. Lauren Butaric - Sinuses

    Dr. Lauren Butaric - Sinuses
    Oct 16 2024

    Dr. Lauren Butaric of University of Florida joined the show to talk about sinuses - what they are, why we have them, how they can be used in forensic contexts, and what they can tell us about people.

    I personally love these anatomy-based discussions. It's just so exciting to do a deep dive into these dark cavities.

    Here are some of the articles I found helpful while prepping for this episode:

    • Campbell, Jessica & Butaric, Lauren. (2022). Technical Modifications for the Application of the Total Difference Method for Frontal Sinus Comparison. Biology. 11. 1075. 10.3390/biology11071075.
    • Butaric, Lauren & Campbell, Jessica & Fischer, Kristine & Garvin, Heather. (2022). Ontogenetic patterns in human frontal sinus shape: A longitudinal study using elliptical Fourier analysis. Journal of Anatomy. 241. 10.1111/joa.13687.
    • Butaric, Lauren & Richman, Allison & Garvin, Heather. (2022). The Effects of Cranial Orientation on Forensic Frontal Sinus Identification as Assessed by Outline Analyses. Biology. 11. 62. 10.3390/biology11010062.
    • Butaric, Lauren & Nicholas, Christina & Kravchuk, Katherine & Maddux, Scott. (2021). Ontogenetic variation in human nasal morphology. The Anatomical Record. 305. 10.1002/ar.24760.
    • Kim, Suhhyun & Ward, Lyndee & Butaric, Lauren & Maddux, Scott. (2021). Ancestry‐based variation in maxillary sinus anatomy: Implications for health disparities in sinonasal disease. The Anatomical Record. 305. 10.1002/ar.24644.

    Books, articles, and media mentioned in this episode + helpful sites:

    • Dr. Lauren Butaric's faculty page at University of Florida
    • Dr. Butaric's website
    • Dr. Butaric's ResearchGate profile
    • Nestor, J. (2020). Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. Riverhead Books.
    • Lieberman, D. (2011). The Evolution of the Human Head. Harvard University Press.
    • Jemisin, NK. (2015). The Broken Earth Trilogy. Orbit.
    • Jordan, R. (1990-2007). The Wheel of Time series.
    • Stephen King
    • Gaby's fantasy rec: Anything by Ilona Andrews
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    49 mins

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Fascinating and absolutely wonderful.

Fantastic podcast. Well thought out questions, well produced, well paced, fascinating topics. I’ve relistened to several episodes and can’t get enough. Am I an Anthropologist? Nope. Do I wish I was now? Yep. The resources discussed at the end of each episode are gold mine of endless information for those with a curious mind. I just started reading, The Tales Teeth Tell, a recommendation from episode 14 and it’s fantastic. Teeth! Who cares, right? Listen to that episode and I dare you to not be amazed at what are bodies can do and how we can learn from them. This is my absolute favorite podcast and I hope it will be yours too. Thank you, Gaby!

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