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HEB Assistant Prof. Erin Hecht Wins 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

February 22, 2022
HEB Assistant Professor Erin Hecht has been awarded a 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Erin was recognized as being an early-career scholar representing the most promising scientific researchers working today. Her achievements and potential place her among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada.  Read more about HEB Assistant Prof. Erin Hecht Wins 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

"No one outruns death, but hunter-gatherers come closest" - Keep moving as you get older, says evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman, comparing tribal 'healthspans' with outcomes of sedentary Americans

October 14, 2021

"Daniel Lieberman, the Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences and an expert in the evolution of physical activity and exercise, says that the difference in activity levels between Western adults and hunter-gatherers is significant throughout the lifespan, but grows particularly glaring as we age. Western adults slow down with age while elders of today’s hunter-gatherer tribes — whose daily exercise is already significantly higher — chalk up six to 10 times more activity than their Western counterparts." (...

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Taking a step toward discovering the cause of joint disease: Study finds switches near GDF5 gene linked to knee osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia

July 14, 2021

Hips2From the Harvard Gazette: 

"Terence D. Capellini has been interested in how joints work for almost three decades. Part of it is due to personal experience, as he suffered several joint injuries as a college ice...

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Professor Peter Ellison, 2019 HBA Boas Award Winner

April 2, 2019
The Human Biology Association (HBA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Ellison, John Cowles Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, has been awarded the 2019 Franz Boas Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award was established in 1996, and honors members of the Human Biology Association for exemplary contributions to human biology in science, scholarship, and professional service.

Dr. Ellison served two terms as editor-in-chief of the Society’s journal, American Journal of Human Biology. He also is just... Read more about Professor Peter Ellison, 2019 HBA Boas Award Winner