Conversations in Human Evolution: Volume 2
Edited by Lucy Timbrell
Paperback (Published)
(May 2021)
ISBN: 9781789699470
7.99 x 10.91 inches
Price: $48.00
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This second volume reports another twenty interviews with scholars at the forefront of human evolution research, covering the broad scientific themes of Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and biological anthropology, earth science and palaeoclimatic change, evolutionary anthropology and primatology, and human disease co-evo
Conversations in Human Evolution is an ongoing science communication initiative seeking to explore the breadth and interdisciplinarity of human evolution studies. This volume reports another twenty interviews (referred to as ‘conversations’ as they are informal in style) with scholars at the forefront of human evolution research, covering the broad scientific themes of Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and biological anthropology, earth science and palaeoclimatic change, evolutionary anthropology and primatology, and human disease co-evolution. This project features academics at various different stages in their careers and from all over the world; in this volume alone, researchers are based at institutions in eleven different countries (namely Iran, India, the United Kingdom, Greece, Australia, South Africa, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Israel), covering five continents. Having arisen at the start of the COVID19 pandemic, Conversations in Human Evolution aims to encourage engagement with both human evolutionary studies and the broader socio-political issues that persist within academia, the latter of which is particularly pertinent during this time of global uncertainty. The conversations delve deeply into the study of our species’ evolutionary history through the lens of each sub-discipline, as well as detailing some of the most current advances in research, theory and methods. Overall, Conversations in Human Evolution seeks to bridge the gap between the research and researcher through contextualisation of the science with personal experience and historical reflection.
Conversations in Human Evolution - Lucy Timbrell Part 1: Palaeolithic Archaeology Sonia Shidrang Ravi Korisettar Jennifer French Rebecca Wragg Sykes Nena Galanidou Part 2: Palaeoanthropology and biological anthropology Rainer Grun Briana Pobiner Mirriam Tawane Trish Biers Tanya Smith Rebecca Ackermann Part 3: Earth science and palaeoclimatic change Rick Potts Mark Maslin Yoshi Maezumi Part 4: Evolutionary anthropology and primatology Duncan Stibbard Hawkes Ammie Kalan Lynne Isbell Part 5: Human-disease evolution Hila May Simon Underdown Lluis Quintana-Murci, Conversations in Human Evolution – Lucy Timbrell Part 1: Palaeolithic Archaeology Part 2: Palaeoanthropology and biological anthropology Part 3: Earth science and palaeoclimatic change Part 4: Evolutionary anthropology and primatology Part 5: Human-disease evolution
Lucy Timbrell is a PhD researcher in the Archaeology of Human Origins Research Group at the University of Liverpool, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Leakey Foundation and the Lithic Studies Society. Broadly, she is interested in the evolution of modern human diversity, with her doctoral research focussing on quantifying the population structure of early Homo sapiens in Late-Middle Pleistocene Africa. Alongside her PhD research, she organises the widely-known University of Liverpool Evolutionary Anthropology seminar series.
- Edited by Lucy Timbrell
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