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    Department of Anthropology Colloquia

    October 22 3:30-5:00 pm Murrow 55                 Hillard Kaplan (Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico) Learning, Menopause and the Human Adaptive Complex
     
    October 29 7:00 pm CUE 203                Dr. Melissa Goodman-Elgar (Department of Anthropology, Washington State University) "Maize in the Ancient Americas: Beer, Bread, and Cermony

    The contemporary use of corn in North America described in Omnivore’s Dilemma is far from the origin or traditional uses of maize.  In indigenous societies, maize was sometimes eaten fresh on the cob, as we do today, but mostly dried and ground for preparation into a great diversity of dishes.  All cultures that used maize developed specific dishes based on the color, shape and texture of kernels.  Growing and using maize was also deeply embedded in indigenous religions and spiritual practices.  This discussion will highlight some of the many indigenous uses of maize with examples from the Hopi, the Inka and other Native groups from the Americas.

     

    October 29  3:30-5:00 pm Murrow 55                 Kevin Foster (Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University) Social evolution in microbes

     

    November 5  3:30-5:00 pm Murrow 55               Renee Duckworth (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona) Integrating behavioral change and evolutionary mechanisms: From individual adaptability to clade diversification

     

    November 12   3:30-5:00 pm Murrow 55             Amanda Ching and Kristin Safi (IPEM Fellows, University of Washington & Washington State University) Evaluating Trends in Demographic Transitions: Modeling Behavior in Neolithic and Current Contexts

     

    November 19  3:30-5:00 pm Murrow 55             Anthony F Di Fiore (Department of Anthropology, New York University) Agent-based simulation modeling in primate behavioral ecology: History and recent applications

     

    December 3  3:30-5:00 pm Murrow 55               Richard Gomulkiewicz (School of Biological Sciences and Department of Mathematics, Washington State University) Demographic and genetic constraints on adaptation

     

    December 10  3:30-5:00 pm Murrow 55             Amanda Parrish (IPEM Fellow, University of Washington)

     

     

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