SoS 90 – Biocultural Perspectives on Tattooing with Dr. Christopher Lynn

SoS 90 – Biocultural Perspectives on Tattooing with Dr. Christopher Lynn We’re back from break! To kick off this new season, we have an interview with our very own Dr. Christopher Lynn. Chris is a biocultural medical anthropologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama. In this episode Chris talks about his ongoing work examining associations between immune function and tattooing, focusing on a recent article featured in the AJHB Special Issue: Continuity and Change in Biocultural Anthropology. This study tested whether tattooing may act as a costly signal of immunological quality among participants in American Samoa. Learn more about Dr. Lynn’s work at his website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu Inking of Immunity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Inking.of.Immunity/ Inking of Immunity Twitter: @Inking_Immunity Inking of Immunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inking.of.immunity/?hl=en Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter: @Chris_Ly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheechsweet/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopherdanalynn Check out the AJHB article “The evolutionary adaptation of body art: Tattooing as costly honest signaling of enhanced immune response in American Samoa” referenced in the episode here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.23347 You can find the rest of the AJHB Special Issue articles here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15206300/2020/32/4 Contact 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