Kathleen D. Reinhardt's research is featured in the news, twice!
Our lab member and Postdoctoral Fellow, Kathleen D. Reinhardt, had her research showcased in the UCalgary News and with The Atlantic.
Click below to learn more about sleep and circadian rhythms with an ecology and evolution approach!
UCalgary anthropologist studies evolution of human sleep patterns
Meet the World’s Most Hard-Core Nappers
The Venkataraman Lab had a powerful showing at the 92ⁿᵈ Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists in Reno, Nevada!
The 2023 AABA Conference was held in person from April 19-22. Authors from all over the world delivered 642 peer-reviewed scientific presentations, and among them, three from our lab:
Swapanthi Akkapeddi won an award for her poster on gelada time budgets.
Jordie Hoffman presented their work on women’s hunting and won an award for Outstanding Student Presentation.
Dr. Kathleen Reinhardt presented her work on sleep ecology among the Orang Asli of Malaysia.
Swapanthi Akkapeddi
Jordie Hoffman
Dr. Kathleen Reinhardt
Lessons from the foragers
Hunter-gatherers don’t live in an economic idyll but their deep appreciation of rest puts industrialised work to shame.
New essay by Dr. Venkataraman on Aeon.
Read the full text here.
How the Early Battle Over Race Science Was Lost
Celebrated 19th-century biologist Ernst Haeckel pushed race science as his little-known protégé Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay defended Indigenous rights. A biological anthropologist reflects on the impacts of their ruptured relationship.
New essay by Dr. Venkataraman on Sapiens.org
Read the full text here.
New publication with Global Ecology and Conservation
Home range, habitat use, and activity patterns of African wolves (Canis lupaster) in the Ethiopian highlands
Read here.
Orang Asli Seminar Series 2022
Dr. Venkataraman organized and hosted the Orang Asli Seminar Series 2022, hosted through Keene State College.
The video recordings of the 2022 Orang Asli Seminar Series are now posted on YouTube. LINK
Our protocol paper is published in BMJ Open
Our protocol paper was published in BMJ Open detailing the study design and plan for the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OAHeLP). Link
Swapanthi Akkappedi and Hannah Wilson complete their PURE summer fellowships
Swapanthi did a research project on gelada time budgets and Hannah did research on historical health data of the Orang Asli.
Congratulations Triana!
Triana Hohn defends her Honour's thesis on reconciliation in wild geladas. April 2022
Recent article in The Conversation
A few weeks ago I published an article about whether women hunted in prehistoric societies:
https://theconversation.com/women-were-successful-big-game-hunters-challenging-beliefs-about-ancient-gender-roles-153772