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Evolutionary biologist Dr. Joseph L. Graves Jr. (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) and biological anthropologist Dr. Alan Goodman (Hampshire College)discuss their new book "Racism, Not Race" with Chris and Cara. They talk about how their new book addresses important common questions on race and racism and what their hopes are for a more just future. Buy "Racism, Not Race" at https://cup.columbia.edu/book/racism-not-race/9780231200660 Contact Dr. Graves at gravesjl@ncat.edu and on Twitter @gravesjl55 Contact Dr. Goodman at agoodman@hampshire.edu and on Twitter @AHGoodman18 Learn more about his work at https://sites.hampshire.edu/agoodman/ Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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/

To start the new year off right, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Helen Davis, a research associate at Harvard University. In this episode, Dr. Davis talks about her work on cognition and learning among the Tsimane, Twa, Zemba, and Himba. She also discusses her nonprofit and how she and her team contribute to their research communities through the One Pencil Project. Contact Dr. Davis at helendavis@fas.harvard.edu, on Twitter @Helen_E_Davis and on her website https://helen-elizabeth-davis.com Read her recent publication " Cultural Change Reduces GenderDifferences in Mobility and Spatial Ability among Seminomadic Pastoralist-Forager Children in Northern Namibia" with Jonathan Stack and Elizabeth Cashdan in Human Nature here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-021-09388-7 Get incolved with the One Pencil Project through Website: https://www.onepencilproject.org email: info@onepencilproject.org Twitter: @1PencilProject Facebook: @TheOnePencilProject Instagram: onepencilproject Contact the Sausage

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On our last episode for 2021, Chris and Cara talk to Dr. Elizabeth Sweet who is a biocultural anthropologist and social epidemiologist who works as an Associate Professor of Anthropology at The University of Massachusetts. She is currently studying the health consequences of neoliberalism, namely the effects of debt. You can find out more about the Price of Debt study here: https://www.umb.edu/debtstudy/research_team and contact her at Elizabeth.Sweet@umb.edu. Her papers mentioned in the show: Social Inequalities, Debt, and Health in the United States: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827321000112 “Like you failed at life”: Debt, Health, and Neoliberal Subjectivity: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953618303745 Suggested reads by the late Dr. David Graeber: Debt: The First Five Thousand Years: https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/debt/ Bullshit Jobs: https://bookshop.org/books/bullshit-jobs-a-theory-9781508264668/9781501143335 The Dawn of Everything: https:

Dr. Gavin Naylor is the Program Director at the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum. Before his ALLELE (Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution) talk he carved out some time to chat with Chris and Cara about his career path working with sharks and rays, the need for a greater genetic library of vertebrates, and how different walking shark species are impacted by climate change. Contact Dr. Naylor at gnaylor@flmnh.ufl.edu or at @gavinnaylor on Twitter Find more information on Dr. Naylor's team and their research at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/sharks/about/ Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/,

On today’s episode Chris and Cara talk to Dr. Charles Roseman about his recent paper “Lewontin did not commit Lewontins fallacy, his critics do: Why racial taxonomy is not useful for the scientific study of human variation” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.202100204. Dr. Roseman is an Associate Professor in Evolution, Ecology and Behavior and Anthropology in the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois. His work broadly focuses on genotype phenotype map structure, and the evolution of complex traits. You can view his website here: https://sib.illinois.edu/profile/croseman and follow him on Twitter @EvoRoseman. Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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.

The Chief of Science and Harry W. and Diana V. Hind Dean of Science and Research Collections at the California Academy of Science, Dr. Shannon Bennett shares how her confinement at a leper colony led to her career as a virologist studying the evolution of viruses. She provides us with an in-depth look at how Covid-19 works and what the future might look like as we learn to live with the virus. You can learn more about Dr. Bennett's work at https://www.calacademy.org/staff-member/shannon-bennett-phd and on Twitter @MicrobeExplorer Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Al

On todays episode, Cara and Chris talk to James Gibb who is a current Ph.D. student at Northwestern University. James is broadly interested in LGBTQ2+ population health. His prior work has focused on sexual-orientation-based disparities in food security and bone health as well as sex and gender minority vulnerabilities throughout COVID-19. You can find out more about his work here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James-Gibb-2, email him: jamesgibb20126@u.northwestern.edu and find him on Twitter @JamesKGibb Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: a

Dr. Erin P. Riley is a Professor of Anthropology at San Diego State University. As one of the few non-human biologists on the podcast she discusses the importance of bridging the gap between subfields and how ethnoprimatology can contribute to anthropology and ecology alike. Her newest book "The Promise of Contemporary Primatology" is a must-read for students, seasoned scholars, and everyone else. Find "The Promise of Contemporary Primatology" here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Promise-of-Contemporary-Primatology-1st-Edition/Riley-Fuentes/p/book/9781629580715 Contact Dr. Riley at epriley@sdsu.edu and on Twitter @ethnoprimate Visit her website at http://www.erinpriley.com Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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.peop

Dr. Tina Lasisi joins Chris and Cara today to discuss her methodological innovations to understand variation in human hair morphology on this installment of our #Methodsandmeasuring series. Dr. Lasisi is currently a post-doctoral researcher and you can find out more information about her here: https://www.tinalasisi.com/ and on Twitter @TinaLasisi You can contact Dr. Scelza at bscelza@anthro.ucla.edu or follow her on Twitter at @bascelza Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra

Dr. Brooke Scelza is a human behavioral ecologist (but she doesn't limit herself to one label)at UCLA studying reproductive strategies among the Himba of Namibia. Dr. Scelza tells Chris and Cara about how to ethically collect and share paternity data, how to form strong bonds with your research community, and highlights the importance of slow science. You can contact Dr. Scelza at bscelza@anthro.ucla.edu or follow her on Twitter at @bascelza Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra

On today’s episode, Chris and Cara talk to Dr. Kathrine Starkweather, who is a biocultural and biological anthropologist and is an Assistant Professor at The University of Illinois- Chicago. They discuss her recent paper “Are fathers a good substitute for mothers? Paternal care and growth rates in Shodagor children” and her other exciting work. You can find more about her on her website: https://kathrinestarkweather.com/ or her faculty page: https://anth.uic.edu/profiles/starkweather-katie/ and on Twitter @kstark8 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 Theresa Gildner, Website:bonesandbehavior.org/theresa_gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner Delane

Continuing our #MethodsandMeasuring series, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Claudia Valeggia about her inspirational origin story, her work on reproductive health in the Qom of Argentina, and the importance of biological meaningfulness in data analysis. Dr. Valeggia is a Professor of Anthropology at Yale University and a PI in the Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab. You can contact Dr. Valeggia at claudia.valeggia@yale.edu and on Twitter @ClaudiaValeggia Visit the Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab site at https://reproeco.yale.edu and on Twitter @YaleReproEco Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter

Dr. William (Bill) Dressler is a professor emeritus at the University of Alabama. He is a biocultural anthropologist who pioneered the cultural consonance method. On this episode, he talks with Chris and Cara about the three 'c' words: cultural consonance, consensus, and competence as well as his thoughts on mixed methods in anthropology to kick off our special series on Methodological Pluralism in Human Biology. You can find his most recent book “Culture and the Individual: Theory and Method of Cultural Consonance” here: https://www.routledge.com/Culture-and-the-Individual-Theory-and-Method-of-Cultural-Consonance/Dressler/p/book/9781629585192 As a special treat, the intro and outro features Dr. Dressler playing the 1st cello suite of Prelude by Bach. Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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:@Car

In this episode Dr. Richard Bribiescas discusses his book "How Men Age: What evolution reveals about male health and mortality". He covers it all from natural variations in testosterone to why women live longer than men and how science fiction captures the absurdity of doing science. Dr. Bribiescas is a Professor of Anthropology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. He is the primary investigator of the Yale Reproductive Ecology Laboratory, which you can check out at https://reproeco.yale.edu You can contact Dr. Bribiescas at richard.bribiescas@yale.edu and on Twitter @RGBribiescas Purchase "How Men Age" at https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691160634/how-men-age Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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,

On this week’s episode of The Sausage of Science, we bring you an exciting interview with Dr. Anna Osterholtz who is an Assistant Professor of Bioanthropology at Mississippi State focusing on treatment of the dead and how poetics models can be applied to examine the social role of violence in Croatia and Cyprus. On this episode, she talks with Chris and Cara about her new book entitled “ The Poetics of Processing: Memory Formation, Identity, and the Handling of the Dead” (https://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/3884-the-poetics-of-processing) and ethics of using human remains in research and training in bioarchaeology. She is currently accepting graduate students and you can find out more about her research here: https://www.amec.msstate.edu/directory/ajo163 Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocoboc

We are back for a new season! Listen to our mini episode to catch up with the SoS team and learn what we have in store for this coming season. Regular episodes will be posted every Monday starting next week. Meet our new junior service fellow Andrea Silva-Caballero: https://www.dur.ac.uk/directory/profile/?mode=staff&id=16770 Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra

Dr. Jeremy DeSilva joined us for an interview on SoS 128. This week, in addition to a replay of his original interview, we hear audio excerpted from First Steps: How upright walking made us human by Jeremy DeSilva, read by Kaleo Griffith. Copyright 2021 by Jeremy DeSilva. Production Copyright 2021, HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. You can find First Steps here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/first-steps-jeremy-desilva You can find out more about Dr. DeSilva, his lab, and his work here: anthropology.dartmouth.edu/people/jeremy-desilva and on Twitter @desilva_jerry Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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 Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.a

Dr. Patricia Wright is a Tropical Biologist, Conservationist, and Primatologist at Stony Brooke University. In this episode, we play an excerpt from her book For the Love of Lemurs, published by Lantern Publishing and Media. You can find print and eBook versions here: https://lanternpm.org/books/for-the-love-of-lemurs/. After the excerpt, we play the original interview with Dr. Wright from episode 47. You can find 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, Delaney Glass, Website:https://dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra

This week’s book reading episode features Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods. The excerpt is read by René Ruiz and is followed by a re-run of Dr. Hare's interview about his book on the Sausage of Science. Audio excerpted from SURVIVAL OF THE FRIENDLIEST: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods, read by René Ruiz. Copyright 2020 by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods. Production Copyright 2020, Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved. You can find "Survival of the Friendliest" at: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/55043…essa-woods/ Contact Dr. Hare at apeminds@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @bharedogguy Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast 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:@