Clues in the ashes may help investigators Nov 21, 2009
Thursday and Friday, the team of 10 students in Mercyhurst College's Forensic and Biological Anthropology master's degree program, systematically sifted through the charred ruble to gather evidence, including bones for analysis in the college laboratory to determine what types of wounds were involved and how they were made ... "It doesn't matter if it happened 10,000 years ago or 10 days ago -- you have to carefully understand how things are related, one to the other. "If you carefully expose... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Medicine ball Nov 20, 2009
With an eye toward helping future athletes through his current studies, Murphy tracks the groundbreaking work of two Harvard professors in particular: Richard Wrangham, who examines diet and nutrition in teaching biological anthropology; and Daniel Lieberman, who teaches human evolutionary biology and has delved into the possible benefits of athletes training barefoot. Murphy has applied to 18 medical schools from North Carolina to the Pacific Northwest. (Boston Globe)
'Her Work Is Changing the Future of Women's Health' Nov 14, 2009
She graduated from Union High School in 1966 and went on to study at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where in 1979 she earned a master's degree in biological anthropology and a minor in zoology. She earned a master's of social work in 1982. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Toby Lausin: Not feeling very Colonial Oct 6, 2009
The writer is a sophomore majoring in biological anthropology. Readers can visit the Forum to. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
'Ardi' skeleton offers new clues on evolution Oct 3, 2009
"The anatomy behind this behavioral combination is very unexpected and is certain to cause considerable rethinking of not only our evolutionary past, but also that of our living relatives: the great apes," said Alan Walker, professor of biological anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. Many scientists hypothesize that humans took a different evolutionary trajectory from those of chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas. (CNN)
'Ardi' research scrambles evolution ideas Oct 2, 2009
One of the project's principal investigators, C. Owen Lovejoy, associate professor of biological anthropology at Kent State University, said 17 years of much anticipated research to describe Ardipithecus ramidus provides a fresh line of information with which to better understand human evolution. Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
UC Berkeley Extension Announces Free Humanities Lecture Series Starting September 22 Sep 22, 2009
D., named Honored Instructor in 2009, is actively involved with research efforts in the field of biological anthropology around the world. September 29, Tuesday, 6:30-8 pm. (PR Newswire)
Naked truth: skin's in for runners as swimmers go high tech Jul 30, 2009
" Lanannas instinct was echoed by research pointing out that the human foot - with its 26 bones and more than 100 muscles, joints and ligaments - was naturally designed to support running. But the modern sports shoes, with all its cushioning, prevented it from performing naturally. A lot of foot and knee injuries currently plaguing us are caused by people running with shoes that actually make our feet weak, cause us to over-pronate [ankle rotation] and give us knee problems,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Learning Online Jul 21, 2009
University of California, Berkeley - UC Berkeley offers free webcasts of many of their popular courses, including Intro to Biological Anthropology, Intro to Digital Engineered Circuits, Social Psychology and Wildlife Ecology. 2. (Suite101.com)
Carole Noon, primatologist who ran 'Save the Chimps' May 8, 2009
She often said her career path was set when she heard Goodall give a lecture in 1984, and she went on to earn a master's degree in anthropology and a doctorate in biological anthropology from the University of Florida. Her specialty was the socialization of captive chimpanzees, and over the years she did much of her field research at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia. (Boston Globe)
Women have a keener nose for body odours Apr 7, 2009
" Male smells robust Not only were women better smellers than men, but male odours were harder to block than female odours. Underarm odours from the two sexes did not differ in how strong they smelled. However 19% of the fragrances successfully reduced the strength of male underarm odour, compared to over 50% for the female equivalent. The volunteers first sniffed vials of underarm sweat to assess the strength of the odour. Then they continued to rate the intensity of the smell while sniffing a... (BBC News -- Health)
MFS Presents Getting to Know... Duke's Lesley King Apr 4, 2009
Sport: RowingYear: JuniorHometown: Newcastle, WashingtonMajor: Biological Anthropology and Anatomy. Quick Facts Favorite movie: Romantic ComediesFavorite pre-game music: Pump-up Rap, Eminen - "Lose Yourself"Favorite pre-game meal: Scrambled eggs, toast and a proteinFavorite place on campus: Duke Gardens. (Theacc.com)
The secret to chimp strength Apr 1, 2009
Alan Walker is Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology and Biology at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa. Current Anthropology is a transnational journal devoted to research on humankind, encompassing the full range of anthropological scholarship on human cultures and on the human and other primate species. (EurekAlert!)
Zoo chimp plots stone throwing attacks Mar 10, 2009
Antonio Moura, who conducted research while in the Department of Biological Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, observed at Serra da Capivara National Park in Brazil. Moura noticed that whenever he approached, the monkeys would move to higher ground and search for a loose stone, which they would then hit on a rock surface several times. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Walking tall Feb 27, 2009
Daniel Lieberman, a professor of biological anthropology at Harvard who studies the evolution of human locomotion but was not a member of the research group, said the prints established what experts had suspected for some time. Erectus, he said, "probably looked much like us, both walking and running over long distances.". (International Herald Tribune)
Scott Fruhan: From Multiple Sclerosis to Med School--And Music Feb 25, 2009
The effect on his career: Fruhan went to Harvard University to study biological anthropology. He graduated in 2003 and spent the next year earning a master's degree in social and developmental psychology at the University of Cambridge in England. (Scientific American)
Mixed population provides insights into human genetic makeup Feb 15, 2009
"We wanted to get to a strategy to predict what a face will look like," said Mark D. Shriver, associate professor of biological anthropology. "We want to understand the path of evolution that leads to that part of the selection process.". (EurekAlert!)
