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AnthroBiology Podcast

AnthroBiology Podcast

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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.comAnthroBiology Podcast 2020 Ciencia Historia Natural Naturaleza y Ecología
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  • Dr. David Orton – Rats in Europe and Zooarchaeology

    Dr. David Orton – Rats in Europe and Zooarchaeology
    Jun 25 2025
    Dr. David Orton of the University of York joins the show to discuss how he uses zooarchaeology (the study of animal remains in archaeological contexts) to understand the how rat and human populations interacted and affected each other over time in Europe. He gets into the spread of rats, the plague, using ancient DNA and isotopic analysis to analyze rats, and what rats can tell us about historic events. Books, articles, and media mentioned in this episode + helpful sites and articles: Dr. Orton's University of York faculty profileRATTUS project websiteEric Guiry et al., The ratting of North America: A 350-year retrospective on Rattus species compositions and competition. Scientific Advancements. 10, eadm6755(2024). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adm6755Yu, H., Jamieson, A., Hulme-Beaman, A. et al. Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history. Nature Communications. 13, 2399 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30009-zJason Munshi-South et al., The evolutionary history of wild and domestic brown rats (Rattus norvegicus). Science. 385, 1292-1297. (2024). DOI:10.1126/science.adp1166E. E. Puckett, D. Orton, J. Munshi-South, Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies. BioEssays 2020, 42, 1900160. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900160Guiry, E.J., Gaulton, B.C. Inferring Human Behaviors from Isotopic Analyses of Rat Diet: a Critical Review and Historical Application. J Archaeol Method Theory 23, 399–426 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-015-9248-9Susat, Julian et al. A 5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer already plagued by Yersinia pestis. Cell Reports, Volume 35, Issue 13, 109278.Hall, A. R., Kenward, H. K., and Williams, D. Environmental Evidence from Roman Deposits in Skeldergate. The Archaeology of York. Volume 14, Issue 3. (1980).Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Owl Pellet Teaching Tips.Beisaw, April. (2013). Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones: A Manual. Texas A&M University Press.O'Connor, Terry. (2008). The Archaeology of Animal Bones. Texas A&M University Press.O'Connor, Terry. (2014). Animals as Neighbors: The Past and Present of Commensal Animals. Michigan State University Press.MacArthur, R.H. and E.O. Wilson. (1967). The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton University Press.Kalmring, Sven. (2024). Towns and Commerce in Viking-Age Scandinavia. Cambridge University Press.Vinge, Vernor. (2010). A Fire Upon the Deep. Tor Books.Larian Studios. (2023). Baldur's Gate 3.Chambers, Becky. (2021). The Galaxy, and the Ground Within. Harper Voyager Books.
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    1 h y 13 m
  • Dr. Henry Erlich - Genetic Reconstruction of the Past

    Dr. Henry Erlich - Genetic Reconstruction of the Past
    May 28 2025

    Dr. Henry Erlich, Researcher Emeritus at Benioff UCSF Children's Hospital, joins the show to discuss his book, Genetic Reconstruction of the Past: DNA Analysis in Forensics and Human Evolution. We chatted about what it was like to pioneer PCR tests along with how PCR testing works, its applications (including medicine, understanding human evolution, and forensics), and some of the ethical dilemmas around DNA testing more generally.

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

    • Dr. Erlich's personal website
    • Dr. Erlich's Medium profile
    • Erlich, H. (2023). Genetic Reconstruction of the Past: DNA Analysis in Forensics and Human Evolution. Oxford University Press.
    • Ed. H Erlich, E Stover, TJ White. (2020). Silent Witness: Forensic DNA Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Humanitarian Disasters. Oxford University Press.
    • Wulf, A. (2016). The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World. Knopf - Vintage.
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Dr. Christopher Schmitt - Vervets and woolly monkeys

    Dr. Christopher Schmitt - Vervets and woolly monkeys
    Apr 30 2025

    Dr. Christopher Schmitt of Boston University joins the show to talk about how he uses life history theory and epigenetics as a lens for his work with vervets and woolly monkeys. We also chatted about the highs of fieldwork, along with understanding how identity can affect an individual's experience of the field.

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

    • Dr. Schmitt's personal website
    • Dr. Schmitt's faculty profile at Boston University
    • Schmitt, C., Service, S., Jasinska, A. et al. Obesity and obesogenic growth are both highly heritable and modified by diet in a nonhuman primate model, the African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus). Int J Obes 42, 765–774 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.301
    • Carrey, N. (2011). The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance.
    • Stearns, S.C. (1992). The Evolution of Life Histories. Oxford University Press.
    • Turner, T. R., Schmitt, C. A., & Cramer, J. D. (2019). Savanna Monkeys: The Genus Chlorocebus. Cambridge University Press.
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    56 m
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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!

Fascinating and absolutely wonderful.

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