This week, we welcome paleoanthropologist Dr Briana Pobiner as we begin to explore our own evolution. Dr Pobiner is the head of education and outreach for the Smithsonian Natural History Museum's Human Origins Program. We talk about how we know what we know about early humans, where we came from, what caused us to advance so quickly, and what that means for our self-identity today. If you're into saber-tooth cats, pumpkin spice crickets, and hope for humanity, then make sure you listen to this one!
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produced by Zack Jackson
music by Zack Jackson
Show Notes
Dr Briana Pobiner's bio and publications
https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/briana-l-pobiner
The "Teaching Evolution through Human Examples" (TEtHE) three-year exploratory research and development project was funded by National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 grant #1119468. The project has created four curriculum units for Advanced Placement (AP) Biology classes, aligned to the learning objectives, using human case studies to teach core evolutionary principles. The curriculum units are: (1) Adaptation to Altitude, (2) Malaria, (3) Evolution of Human Skin Color, and (4) What Does It Mean To Be Human?. The project has also created a CRS (Cultural and Religious Sensitivity) Teaching Strategies Resource to help teachers create a comfortable and supportive classroom environment for teaching evolution.
http://humanorigins.si.edu/education/teaching-evolution-through-human-examples
The Expensive Tissue Hypothesis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312921/
Edible Insects and Human Evolution by Julie Lesnik
https://amzn.to/2N4vN2k
Interview with Julie Lesnik on the amazing but somewhat NSFW podcast "Ologies"
https://www.alieward.com/ologies/entomophagy-anthropology
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Climate Connections Part 5 (The Cesspool of Sin)
Climate Connections Part 4 (Apocalypse Eventually)
Climate Connections Part 3 (Billion Dollar Unicorn Bills)
Climate Connections Part 2 (Of Starfish and Men)
Climate Connections Part 1 (Take a Cricket and a Condom on Your Way Out)
Human Origins Part 5 (Who Are My People?)
Human Origins Part 4 with Pete Enns (The Adam Bomb)
Human Origins Part 3 (Did Big Cities Create Big Gods?)
Human Origins Part 2 (Did Neanderthals Go to Heaven?)
Evolution Part 5 (Pie is the Answer)
Evolution Part 4 feat. Michael Zimmerman (We Don't Need No Education)
Evolution Part 3 (In the Beginning)
Evolution Part 2 (Increasingly More Complicated Tubes)
Evolution Part 1 (The Dogs They Are a-Changin')
Church and State Part 5 (Give Satan a Chance)
Church and State Part 4 with Kenneth Makuakane (The Decommissioned Sacred)
Church and State Part 3 (Thoughts and Prayers)
Sinai and Synapses Special (feat. Rabbi Geoff Mitelman)
Church and State Part 2 (It's Not About the Cake)
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