Description: What is HEB? We are a human biology program that explores all aspects of human biology, from genetics to nutrition to physical activity to behavior to culture and everything in between! But humans are more than the sum of our parts, so we integrate these aspects of human biology using the evolutionary lens as a framework to better address the question, What makes us human?
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Description: What is HEB? We are a human biology program that explores all aspects of human biology, from genetics to nutrition to physical activity to behavior to culture and everything in between! But humans are more than the sum of our parts, so we integrate these aspects of human biology using the evolutionary lens as a framework to better address the question, What makes us human?
We have a few exciting events coming up to help undeclared students learn more about the Human Evolutionary Biology (HEB) concentration. ...
What is HEB? We are a human biology program that explores all aspects of human biology, from genetics to nutrition to physical activity to behavior to culture and everything in between! But humans are more than the sum of our parts, so we integrate these aspects of human biology using the evolutionary lens as a framework to better address the question, What makes us human?
We have a few exciting events coming up to help undeclared students learn more about the Human Evolutionary Biology (HEB) concentration. ...
What are the cultural, behavioral, and psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic? Greenfield's theory of social change, cultural evolution, and human development predicted and her research team confirmed that, when survival concerns augment and one’s social world narrows, behavior, both online and in everyday life, shifts towards activities, values, relationships, and parenting expectations typical of small-scale rural subsistence environments with low life expectancy. Cross-...
Dr. Jessica Thompson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
Title:
Paleoanthropology and Paleoarchaeology in the southernmost Rift of eastern Africa
Abstract:
The East African Rift Valley System is famous for fossil and archaeological discoveries that have transformed our understanding of human origins. Most of these discoveries are from densely-clustered locations in the northern and central Rift, leaving a gap >2500km in distance to the next major...
Zoom - RSVP to Mallory McCoy (mmccoy@fas.harvard.edu)
Speaker:
Daniel Richard, PhD Candidate, HEB
Dissertation Abstract:
Modern-day humans enjoy an elongated lifespan relative to chimpanzees, even when accounting for environmental factors such as healthcare. This suggests that genetic changes to the biological processes underlying longevity have taken place over the course of human evolution, changes resultant from the forces of natural selection. The goal of this dissertation is to explore the potential means by which natural selection may have operated to shape the human genome...