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The New York Regional Primatology Colloquia Series
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP)
Thursday, October 26, 8 PM
Dr. Jeanne Altmann
Life History and Life: the intertwining of demographic and
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Thursday, November 9, 8 PM
Dr. Pete Coppolillo
Wildlife Conservation Society
Behavioral ecology of East African pastoralists
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Thursday, November 30, 8 PM
Dr. Martin Friess
Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History
Aspects of hominid cranial size and shape,
Thursday, December 7, 8 PM
Dr. Igor Ovchinnikov
Department of Medicine, Columbia University
The hunt for Neanderthal DNA from Southern Russia
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ALL TALKS IN Room 208 Main Building, New York University
Tony Di Fiore (anthony.difiore@nyu.edu 212-998-3813)
Refreshments will be served after the talks!
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On Friday October 6th at 3 PM in the CUNY Grad Center (365 5th ave,
34-35 street), room C-198 (one floor BELOW the entrance level...),
Dr. Eric Sargis will talk about his recently completed CUNY
dissertation on functional morphology of the treeshrew postcranium and
implications for phylogenetic relationships of primates and other archontans.
On Friday, October 27, from 2:30-4, Ji Xueping (Yunnan Cultural
Relics and Archaeology Institute, Kunming, China) will present an informal
seminar/workshop on his recent research into the Late Miocene and Pliocene
fossil hominoids (and proboscideans) from Yunnan, China
Location: Kriser Film Room, First Floor, Department of Anthropology,
New York University, 25 Waverly Place
On Friday November 3, at 2 PM in Room C-198 of the CUNY Grad Center
(365 5th ave, 34-35 sts; one floor below entrance), Prof. Vince Stefan
(Lehman) will give an informal seminar on:
"Population Prehistory to Perimortem Trauma: The Theoretical and
Practical Aspects of Physical Anthropology/Human Osteology"
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New York Academy of Sciences Section of Anthropology
Recent Advances in Studies of Human Variation
Todd Disotell
Discussant: Vincent Stefan, Lehman College, CUNY
Monday, October 30, 2000 7:30 P.M. 2 East 63rd Street
Our own species' evolutionary history is somewhat unique when compared to
most primate species. It has led to a pattern of variation that on the
surface seems to be quite extensive. Human genetic variation however is
actually extremely low. While the human fossil record may be the best
known within the mammals, most of these fossils are distant relatives that
did not partake in our direct ancestry. Molecular genetic analyses of
both living and fossil peoples reveals a quite recent origin for our
species followed by extensive expansion and migration. The obvious
physical differences we see amongst ourselves, may literally be only skin
deep.
Todd Disotell received his Ph.D. from Harvard University for work on the
molecular evolution of the Papionini (Primates: Cercopithecinae) and he is
currently Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University. His
research interests include primate evolution, molecular evolution,
mammalian evolution, molecular systematics, phylogenetic analysis,
population genetics, phylogeography, computer modeling, human evolution,
human variation, history of anthropology.
This lecture is free and open to the public
For more information or to reserve for dinner before the talk (6:00 PM),
please contact Dr. Henry Moss at 212-838-0230 ext. 410; hmoss@nyas.org
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