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SUMMARY:SciCafe: Why Humans Are Unremarkable
DESCRIPTION:Location: American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York\, NYTickets: Free | Ages 21+ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom an evolutionary perspective\, modern human bodies are surprisingly unremarkable compared to other species. But what does that really mean? \n\n\n\nIn this SciCafe\, Habiba Chirchir\, Leakey Foundation grantee and assistant professor of anthropology at The Ohio State University\, will explore the evolution of the “gracile\,” or “slender-boned”\, skeletons that characterize modern humans. \n\n\n\nDrawing on her research on the relationship between skeletal structure and behavior\, Chirchir examines evidence from the human fossil record\, contemporary populations\, and intriguing comparisons among closely related species\, such as wolves versus domesticated dogs\, arguing that humans have “domesticated” ourselves––and revealing the profound ways our biology and behavior have evolved. \n\n\n\nNote: SciCafe is 21+ and free with RSVP. This event is an in-person lecture in New York. Sign up for our events newsletter for an update when the recording is available. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\n\n\nDr. Habiba Chirchir is a biological anthropologist and anatomist at The Ohio University. She’s a Leakey Foundation grantee and Baldwin Fellow whose research focuses on understanding the relationship between skeletal anatomy and behavior. She studies the evolution of modern human skeletal anatomy and how we evolved anatomical features that distinguish us from our ancestors. She also looks at the features we have in common with other mammals with whom we share certain behavioral traits.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResources to learn more  \n\n\n\nQuick picks:  \n\n\n\nGracilization of the modern human skeleton \n\n\n\nDr. Chirchir’s Skeletal Anatomy Lab \n\n\n\nBig bite: \n\n\n\nLunch Break Science: Behavior and Morphology  \n\n\n\nHow Humans Domesticated Themselves \n\n\n\nDeep dives: \n\n\n\nGracialization of the Modern Human Skeleton \n\n\n\nRecent Origin of Low Trabecular Bone Density in Modern Humans \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nThis lecture is in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History and is generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/scicafe-why-humans-are-unremarkable/
LOCATION:American Museum of Natural History\, 56 West 81st St.\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Fathers and Fatherhood: From Molecules to Modern Families
DESCRIPTION:Location: OnlineFree\, registration not required \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin a panel of experts for a day-long exploration of fatherhood\, livestreamed from Yale University\n\n\n\nHow do bonds between fathers and offspring relate to bonds between romantic partners? What aspects of the father-infant attachment are uniquely human?  \n\n\n\nThese questions have been the subject of much research from historical\, biological\, and evolutionary perspectives. We know that committed partnerships contribute to human happiness and well-being and that they also sustain the physical and mental health of its members. \n\n\n\nStill\, despite the benefits of stable\, enduring social relationships\, there is much to learn about the expression of father-infant bonds in humans and non-human primates. In fact\, committed paternal care remains a paradox among mammals\, humans included. \n\n\n\nSession schedule\n\n\n\n9:00 – 10:30 am Eastern  – Welcome and Panel #1Moderator: Linda Mayes (Director\, Child Study Center\, Yale)Scientists: Carla Stover\, Lauren O’Connell\, and Lee Gettler1:00 -2:00 pm Eastern – Panel #2Moderator: Rushda MajeedScientists: Natasha Cabrera\, Alison Bell\, and James K. Rilling3:30 – 4:30 pm Eastern – Panel #3Moderator: Michael FeigelsonScientists: Sarah B. Hrdy\, Ruth Feldman\, and Eduardo Fernandez-Duque \n\n\n\nLearn more at the Yale Fatherhood Conference website. \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nThis program is lecture is sponsored by the Yale Department of Anthropology\, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies of the Yale MacMillan Center; Yale Child Study Center and Yale Franke Program in Science and the Humanities.  \n\n\n\nThe Leakey Foundation is an educational collaborator and our participation is generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/fathers-and-fatherhood-from-molecules-to-modern-families/
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SUMMARY:What does science say about race and racism in America?
DESCRIPTION:Location:📍 Open Works1400 Greenmount Avenue Baltimore\, MD 21202 \n\n\n\nCost: Free or pay what you can \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDr. Tina Lasisi joins Circles of Voices to examine what it means to be human\, and the ongoing impacts of racism in America. This workshop\, organized by J.C. Faulk\, is designed to give you space to address your concerns about discrimination in the United States while learning what evolutionary science has to say about human diversity. \n\n\n\nMore than six thousand participants have attended Circles of Voices community workshops to discuss the impact of racism and other isms. This is an opportunity to examine where we are and where we are going in this age of increased discrimination and marginalization of people of color in the United States.  \n\n\n\nTo encourage open discussion\, this event won’t be recorded. A recap will be available on The Leakey Foundation blog. \n\n\n\nJoin us for what will be an enlightening experience. \n\n\n\nThis program is presented in partnership by Circles of Voices\, the American Association of Biological Anthropologists\, and The Leakey Foundation. \n\n\n\n\nDr. Tina Lasisi is a biological anthropologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan with an interest in studying the evolution and genetics of human hair and skin. In addition to her academic work\, she is very active as a science communicator. She hosts a show on PBS Terra called Why Am I Like This? and you can find her on Instagram and Tiktok. She aims to provide people with the knowledge and tools to understand how we can study human variation and how it matters in everything from cosmetics\, to technology and medicine.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/what-does-science-say-about-race-and-racism-in-america/
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