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#BioAnth at AAA: the meeting within a meeting

Last week the American Anthropological Association held their annual meetings in Washington, D.C. This is the largest gathering of anthropologists in the world, this year topping 7,000 registered attendees. But of this large group, only a small fraction are members … Continue reading

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It’s a scale, scale, scale, scale world (part 2)

Following on my post from yesterday, I wanted to write a little more specifically about the significance of scale and our session at the AAAs. Paleoanthropological data are produced and address questions at different scales. Consider the following: Fossil – … Continue reading

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It’s a scale, scale, scale, scale world (part 1)

I have to begin by thanking the panelists and discussants who participated in our AAA panel yesterday. Everyone delivered wonderful talks, that, to my infinite happiness, fit together into a cohesive theme about the study of later Pleistocene human evolution … Continue reading

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Thank you San Francisco, AAAs

I will hopefully have several posts over the next week or so recapping some of my experience at the AAAs, and particularly our session yesterday afternoon. The panelists and discussants for our session all delivered great talks that, by happy … Continue reading

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My talk at the AAAs

If you are in the San Francisco area and interested in human evolution, you should stop by our session at the AAAs this afternoon. There is a great group of panelists who have agreed to contribute and I am excited … Continue reading

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Live at the AAAs, Friday

9:00pm – The afternoon was a blur of meetings, business and personal. Heading to the Michigan alum + friends function in a bit, then off to bed to get ready for my session tomorrow. 12:00 – Q and A wrapping … Continue reading

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