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This week on this Sausage of Science, Chris and Cara chat with Drs. Luseadra and McKerracher and Deb Sloboda of McMaster University in Ontario. Drs. McKerracher and Sloboda are a part of the "Mothers2Babies" project based in Hamilton, Ontario. They talk about their experience working to put anthropological knowledge about the developmental origins of health and disease (DoHAD) into public health practice in an area with profound maternal and child health inequities. The Mothers2Babies project is a multi-disciplinary, integrative project that combines expertise from fetal physiology and biology with anthropology and public health. To learn more about the project, check out their website: https://www.m2bstudy.com/ or follow the study on twitter @M2BStudy. You can also follow Dr. Sloboda's lab on twitter: https://twitter.com/sloboda_lab?lang=en or check out their lab website: https://www.slobodalab.com/. Additionally, follow Dr. McKerracher on twitter @luseadra or visit her webpage with McMaster University at https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/people/mckerracher-luseadra.

This week on this Sausage of Science, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Andrew Sorensen, a post-doctoral researcher within the Human Origins and Material Culture Studies groups at the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden. Dr. Sorensen's work investigates pyrotechnology in the Palaeolithic, with a focus on fire use and fire making by Neandertals. Dr. Sorensen's work has been covered by a number of popular outlets, including The Washington Post. To get in touch with him, follow him on Twitter @Pyropithecus, or see his website with the University of Leiden: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/andrew-sorensen#tab-1. Check out some of Dr. Sorensen's awesome science communication work on Neandertals and fire here: https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/172684-andrew-sorensen/posts/37290-sparking-controversy-or-putting-out-the-fire As well as his latest article, "Neandertal fire-making technology inferred from microwear analysis", found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-28342-9

Beam Me Up, Dr. Noor: SoS Bonus Episode by Human Biology Association

This week on the Sausage of Science, we are thrilled to welcome our first historian onto the show! Dr. Rob Ruck, professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, chats with Chris and Cara about sports, history, culture, and health, interweaving many of our favorite topics. Dr. Ruck discusses his latest research on football in American Samoa, and the resulting book "Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL". Dr. Ruck's other documentaries include The Republic of Baseball: Dominican Giants of the American Game, Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game, and Rooney: A Sporting Life, among others. To learn more about Dr. Ruck, check out his personal website: http://robruck.com/, or his University of Pittsburgh website :http://www.history.pitt.edu/people/rob-ruck.

On this episode of SoS, Chris and Cara talk with Dr. Robin Nelson about her research in Jamaica, and theory and practice in a truly biocultural field. Dr. Nelson is currently an associate professor of anthropology at Santa Clara University, where she utilizes evolutionary theory in studies of human sociality and health outcomes, alongside conventional methods from cultural anthropology.To learn more about Dr. Nelson, check out her faculty page at Santa Clara: https://www.scu.edu/cas/anthropology/faculty/robin-nelson/nelson.html, or follow her on twitter @robingnelson. The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn, with assistance from Junior Service Fellow Caroline Owens for the Public Relations Committee of the Human Biology Association. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: https://sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens

This week on the Sausage of Science, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Barbara King about her multifaceted research projects covering aspects of belongingness, religion, animal emotion, and human evolution. In addition to her research and multiple book publications, Dr. King has spent years writing for popular audiences on platforms including NPR. Dr. King is Professor Emeritus at William and Mary College, and is the author of numerous books including "Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat", "How Animals Grieve", and "Evolving God". To get in touch with Dr. King, check out her twitter @bjkingape, or contact her via email at bjking.wm.edu.

On this week's episode of the Sausage of Science, Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Sera Young about her research on geophagy, water insecurity, and the quirks of cats and tinsel. Dr. Young is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, and author of "Craving Earth: Understanding Pica : the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk". Dr. Young's current research interests include food insecurity, household-level water insecurity, and Pica Behavior. Dr. Young is also a part of a multi-institutional collaboration to develop an instrument for measuring cross-cultural Household Water Insecurity (HWISE). For more information on Dr. Young, check out her faculty page athttps://www.anthropology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/sera-young.html, her lab group page at http://serayoung.org/, or follow her on twitter @ProfSeraYoung.

On this week's episode of the Sausage of Science, we chat with Dr. Julie Lesnik about human evolution and edible insects! Dr. Lesnik traces her path through anthropology to entomophagy, and shares her experiences working in the field. Dr. Lesnik is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University, and has recently published a book on her research entitled, "Edible Insects and Human Evolution" available via the University of Florida Press. To learn more about Dr. Lesnik, check out her website with Wayne State University https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/ba6706, her website on entomophagy anthropology https://www.entomoanthro.org/about-julie.html, or get in touch with her via email- julie.lesnik@wayne.edu or twitter- @JulieLesnik

“The Sausage of Science Podcast with Cara & Chris” From the Public Relations Committee of the Human Biology Association SoS Episode 32- Transgender Experience and Health with Zachary Dubois In episode 32, we chat with Dr. Zachary Dubois, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. Dr. Dubois discusses his most recent research publication, featured in his 2018 HBA talk, "Stigma and diurnal cortisol among transitioning transgender men", as well as his upcoming collaborative research projects. Dr. DuBois joined the Department of Anthropology in the Fall of 2018. As a biocultural anthropologist, his research draws on both qualitative and quantitative methods to ask questions at the intersection of biology and culture. Most broadly, he is interested in social determinants of health and the ways in which our social lives become embodied. Relatedly is an interest in how we adapt and remain resilient in the face of dynamic (environmental and bodily) changes and how these impact health and well-being. For more information on his work, check out his webpage with the University of Oregon at :https://anthropology.uoregon.edu/profile/zdubois/, or get in touch with him through Twitter @Zachsjack or email at: zdubois@uoregon.edu. The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn, with assistance from Junior Service Fellow Caroline Owens for the Public Relations Committee of the Human Biology Association. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: https://sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens

SoS 31- A Chat with Starfleet's Evolutionary Scientist: Mohamed Noor by Human Biology Association