Dr. Asher Rosinger Department of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State https://hhd.psu.edu/contact/asher-rosinger This talk will be presented via Zoom. Abstract: Dr. Asher Rosinger will discuss one of humanity's oldest and increasingly important questions, how do populations meet their water needs in areas with water problems and how do these strategies affect health and well-being. This talk will discuss how […]

Dr. Sriram Sankararaman UCLA Departments of Computer Science, Human Genetics, and Computational Medicine http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~sriram/ This talk will be in person as well as being accessible via Zoom. Title: The role of archaic admixture in human evolution                                        […]

Dr. Tina Lasisi, Quantitative and Computational Biology, USC https://anth.la.psu.edu/research/research-labs/jablonski-lab/dr-tina-lasisi/ Dr. Lasisi will present in person, as well as via Zoom. Title: Hair, skin, and the racialization of human variation. Abstract: After decades of broadcasting the message that race is a social construct, we find uncritical taxonomic groupings of humans creep back into discussions across disciplines. […]

Dr. Ainash Childebayeva Dept of Biological Anthropology, University of Kansas We are hoping that this talk will be both in person and via Zoom. Title: Population Genetics and Signatures of Selection in Early Neolithic European Farmers Abstract: Throughout our evolutionary history, humans have encountered different environmental and cultural changes that left a mark in our […]