Dr. Sean Prall Dept. of Anthropology, University of Missouri https://sprall.github.io/ Title: Perceptions that matter: using peer evaluations and dyadic data to explore behavior in rural Namibia Abstract: Reputation and social status are central to research on mating, social learning, and cooperation. However, evolutionary social scientists face significant methodological difficulties in accurately measuring people’s perceptions of […]

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 […]

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. […]