Sausage of Science

In this episode, we share an edited version of the Joseph Graves ALLELE lecture from November 9, 2016 at the University of Alabama. Graves is an evolutionary biologist and author of “The Emperor’s New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium” and “The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America.” For more about Graves, go to his website: http://jsnn.ncat.uncg.edu/faculty/joseph-l-graves-jr-ph-d/. For the full lecture of this talk, go to: https://vimeo.com/192789082 Photo of Chris with Joe at the University of Alabama ALLELE lecture, 2016. The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn for the Publicity 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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation, Website: http://humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Publicity Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: https://sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website: http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter: @Chris_Ly

In this episode, we talk about the recent Human Biology Association meeting and share of our favorite episodes of the “Speaking of Race” podcast. “Speaking of Race” is a project by HBA member Jim Bindon, along with historian Erik Peterson and cultural anthropologist Jo Weaver. In this episode from Black History month, they interview molecular biologist Malcolm Byrnes about the legacy of E.E. Just and evolutionary biologist Joseph Graves and his own experiences as an African-American scientist. Photos is of Joe Graves visiting Jo Weaver's UA course on race, with Jim Bindon (who designed the course) joining them. For more “Speaking of Race” episodes: http://speakingofrace.ua.edu/podcast. The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn for the Publicity 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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation, Website: http://humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Publicity Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: https://sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website: http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter: @Chris_Ly

In our 9th episode we talk with Drs. Mary Shenk and Siobhán Mattison about the evolution of persistent institutional inequality. Dr. Shenk is an associate professor of anthropology at Penn State University and Dr. Mattison is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. The paper we discussed is “The Evolution of Inequality” published by Evolutionary Anthropology in 2016. https://faculty.washington.edu/easmith/Mattison,Smith,Shenk&Cochrane2016-EvAnth.pdf You can contact Dr. Shenk via email: mks74@psu.edu You can contact Dr. Mattison via email: smattison@unm.edu & twitter: @siobhanmattison Evolutionary Anthropology on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/evanthsociety/ The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes. Contact Us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells is Chair of the Publicity Committee, howellsm@uncw.edu Cara & Chris are committee members and produce this show: Cara Ocobock http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Morgan Hoke, a biocultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor in Anthropology and the Population Studies Center at UPenn. We talk about her work on infant growth and maternal health at the long-term human biology field site in Nuñoa, Peru relative to her article “Economic activity and patterns of infant growth in a high altitude district of Peru” in the November/December 2017 issues of AJHB and about her January 2018 Sapiens piece on baby fat and brains. For more information about Morgan Hoke’s work, check out her webpages: Academia.edu: https://upenn.academia.edu/MorganHoke Anthropology: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/anthropology/people/morgan-hoke Population Studies Center: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/bio/morgan-hoke. The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn for the Publicity 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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation, Website: http://humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Publicity Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php, Email: cocobock@albany.edu, Twitter: @CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website: http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter: @Chris_Ly

This episode is the third of our show format interviews of people with recent publications in the American Journal of Human Biology, the official journal of the Human Biology Association. It is in a way the special connections episode where we interview University at Albany PhD candidate, Elizabeth Holdsworth, and her advisor, Dr. Larry Schell. Liz and Larry are both office neighbors to Cara at UAlbany, and “back in the day” Larry was Chris’ PhD advisor. We are discussing their recent publication, “Maternal-Infant interaction as an influence on infant adiposity” in the September/October 2017 issue (Volume 29, Issue 5). Contact Us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells is Chair of the Publicity Committee, howellsm@uncw.edu Cara & Chris are committee members and produce this show: Cara Ocobock http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly Interview engineered, edited, & mixed by Chris & Cara. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes.

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Sharon DeWitte, a bioarchaeologist and Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. We talk about health improvements after Black Death in London, feminist bioarchaeology, and secular trends in age a menarche in mortuary remains. She has a new article in early view in AJHB called “Stress, sex, and plague: Patterns of developmental stress and survival in pre- and post-Black Death London” (early view 26 Oct 2017). For more information about Sharon DeWitte’s work, check out her webpage at https://sharondewitte.wordpress.com/ or email her at dewittes@mailbox.sc.edu. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells is Chair of the HBA Publicity Committee, howellsm@uncw.edu Cara & Chris are committee members and produce this show: Cara Ocobock http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly Interview engineered, edited, & mixed by Chris. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes.

This episode is the premier of our short format interviews of people with recent publications in the American Journal of Human Biology, the official journal of the Human Biology Association. Dr. Cara Ocobock is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University at Albany (SUNY) and co-host of this show. Chris suggested this idea to Cara, who liked it, so we turned on the recorder and did an impromptu interview on the spot. Cara’s piece that we discuss is “Body fat attenuates muscle mass catabolism among physically active humans in temperate and cold high altitude environments” in the September/October 2017 issue (Volume 29, Issue 5). Contact Us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells is Chair of the Publicity Committee, howellsm@uncw.edu Cara & Chris are committee members and produce this show: Cara Ocobock http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly Interview engineered, edited, & mixed by Chris. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes.

Dr. Nina Jablonski is Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology at Penn State University. She is a primatologist and paleoanthropologist but has also become among the foremost experts in the world on the biology and evolution of human skin pigmentation. She is author of Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color (2012) and Skin: A Natural History (2006). Dr. Jablonski was interviewed by Chris, along with Jo Weaver and Erik Peterson, while in Tuscaloosa, AL to give a lecture for the ALLELE speaker series. The interview was recorded by Jim Bindon. Jo, Erik, and Jim produce the Speaking of Race podcast, and we shared portions of the interview. Learn more about Dr. Jablonski’s research and teaching at her department webpage: anth.la.psu.edu/people/ngj2. Contact Nina Jablonski: Ngj2@psu.edu. Get info about the Finding Your Roots program she develops and runs with Henry Louis Gates www.findingyourroots.la.psu.edu/ Tmw119@psu.edu Find more information about the UA ALLELE series: evolution.ua.edu/. Nina Jablonski’s full lecture with video will be posted on the ALLELE Vimeo site: vimeo.com/channels/allele/videos Contact Us: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation humbio.org/ twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells is Chair of the Publicity Committee, howellsm@uncw.edu. Cara & Chris are committee members and produce this show: Cara Ocobock www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu twitter.com/Chris_Ly Interview engineered by Jim Bindon. Lecture recorded by UA’s eTech. Mixing and editing by Chris. Music by the Morning Shakes. “Sausage of Science” logo by Lux Lynn (LuxL1312@gmail.com).

Dr. Sean Rafferty is an archaeologist at the University at Albany. His office is right next door to Cara’s. He was one of Chris’ professors in grad school. Sean’s focus has moved from strictly cognitive and Northeastern U.S. archaeology to the philosophy of skepticism. While Chris fondly remembers Sean as skeptical by nature, he has delved deeper into the discipline, theory, and literature of skepticism and teaches several courses and sections on it to UAlbany students. Cara hosts Science on Tap lectures at a local pub in Albany, and Sean gave a lecture for her on skepticism. Episode 2 is the audio of that lecture. We interviewed Sean as a way to set up the episode, and we all have so many words, we decided to split it into two parts. Learn more about Sean’s research and teaching at his department webpage: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/rafferty.php Sean got into skepticism by listening to podcasts (fancy that!), so we asked him what some of his favorite podcasts are and promised to provide links to them here: ● Skeptics Guide to the Universe - http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ ● Center for Scientific Inquiry - http://www.pointofinquiry.org/ ● Skepticality - https://www.skepticality.com/ ● Skeptic Magazine - http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/ ● Monster Talk - http://monstertalk.skeptic.com/ ● Skeptoid - https://skeptoid.com/ ● Society for Science Based Medicine - http://sfsbm.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=163&Itemid=786 ● Sisyphus Speaks - http://sfsbm.org/sysiphusspeaks.com/ ● Penn Jillette - http://pennsundayschool.com/ ● The Cracked - http://www.cracked.com/podcast/ ● Buzzfeed - https://www.buzzfeed.com/podcasts Classroom Materials Calling Bullshit Syllabus: http://callingbullshit.org/ Recommended Books: The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan You are not so smart - David McRaney Nonsense on Stilts - Massimo Piglucci The Believing Brain - Michael Shermer Abominable Science - Donald Prothero Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten our Future - Donald Prothero Contact Sean Rafferty: srafferty@albany.edu Journal of Northeast Anthropology http://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/, neanthro@albany.edu Contact Us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly The song in the soundbed is “Broke 4U Baby” by the Morning Shakes, Chris’ band from the 1990s.

Dr. Sean Rafferty is an archaeologist at the University at Albany. His office is right next door to Cara’s. He was one of Chris’ professors in grad school. Sean’s focus has moved from strictly cognitive and Northeastern U.S. archaeology to the philosophy of skepticism. While Chris fondly remembers Sean as skeptical by nature, he has delved deeper into the discipline, theory, and literature of skepticism and teaches several courses and sections on it to UAlbany students. Cara hosts Science on Tap lectures at a local pub in Albany, and Sean gave a lecture for her on skepticism. Episode 2 is the audio of that lecture. We interviewed Sean as a way to set up the episode, and we all have so many words, we decided to split it into two parts. Learn more about Sean’s research and teaching at his department webpage: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/rafferty.php Sean got into skepticism by listening to podcasts (fancy that!), so we asked him what some of his favorite podcasts are and promised to provide links to them here: ● Skeptics Guide to the Universe - http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ ● Center for Scientific Inquiry - http://www.pointofinquiry.org/ ● Skepticality - https://www.skepticality.com/ ● Skeptic Magazine - http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/ ● Monster Talk - http://monstertalk.skeptic.com/ ● Skeptoid - https://skeptoid.com/ ● Society for Science Based Medicine - http://sfsbm.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=163&Itemid=786 ● Sisyphus Speaks - http://sfsbm.org/sysiphusspeaks.com/ ● Penn Jillette - http://pennsundayschool.com/ ● The Cracked - http://www.cracked.com/podcast/ ● Buzzfeed - https://www.buzzfeed.com/podcasts Classroom Materials Calling Bullshit Syllabus: http://callingbullshit.org/ Recommended Books: The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan You are not so smart - David McRaney Nonsense on Stilts - Massimo Piglucci The Believing Brain - Michael Shermer Abominable Science - Donald Prothero Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten our Future - Donald Prothero Contact Sean Rafferty: srafferty@albany.edu Journal of Northeast Anthropology http://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/, neanthro@albany.edu Contact Us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.edu https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock Chris Lynn http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/ cdlynn@ua.edu https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly The song in the soundbed is “Broke 4U Baby” by the Morning Shakes, Chris’ band from the 1990s.