Kate Carter Doctoral Dissertation Defense
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Kate Carter (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology) will be presenting her doctoral dissertation defense on Monday, April 11 at 10:00am.
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Brian Addison Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "The Biomechanics and Evolution of Impact Resistance in Human Walking and Running"
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Brian Addison (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology) will be presenting his doctoral dissertation defense titled, " The Biomechanics and Evolution of Impact Resistance in Human Walking and Running." This event is free and open to the...
"Establishing Contexts of Encounters: Radiocarbon dating of archaeological assemblages with implications for Neanderthal-modern human interactions", Bridget Alex Doctoral Dissertation Defense
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Bridget Alex (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology) will be presenting her doctoral dissertation defense on Wednesday, April 20 at 10:00am. A reception and champagne toast will follow at 12:30pm in the HEB Lounge, Peabody Museum 5th floor, 11...
"Growing Up Shuar: Life history tradeoffs and energy allocation in the context of physical growth among an indigenous Amazonian population", Samuel Urlacher Doctoral Dissertation Defense
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Samuel Urlacher (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology) will be presenting his doctoral dissertation defense on Friday, April 22 at 1:00pm. HEB will be hosting a reception and champagne toast at 3:30pm in the HEB Lounge, Peabody Museum...
Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Collin McCabe
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Graduate student Collin McCabe will give a public presentation of his doctoral dissertation. Details will be added as they are settled.
HEB Dissertation Defense: Collin McCabe
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"Social and exploratory drivers of parasite risk and culture" Social learning and innovation are the behavioral underpinnings of culture in humans and other animals, but these processes can be difficult to quantify. Instead, exploratory tendencies of...
Graduate Student Forms & Other Key Information
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Below are helpful links to forms that are accessible via the HEB Sharepoint (HarvardKEY required): *** Harvard Griffin GSAS Handbook for Students (NEW) HEB G1 Orientation 2025 Agenda AY25-26 Welcome to HEB: G1 Orientation Slides HEB Program Requirements...
Dissertation Defense: "The cognitive foundations of social relationships in great apes"
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"The cognitive foundations of social relationships in great apes" Speaker: Laura Lewis Abstract: Humans have remarkable adaptations for processing and participating in intricately complex social groups. Foundational among them are our abilities to...
Dissertation Defense: "A Canine Window into Human Evolution: Brain Morphology, Asymmetry, and Plasticity"
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HEB grad student Sophie Barton will defend her dissertation entitled "A Canine Window into Human Evolution: Brain Morphology, Asymmetry, and Plasticity". Abstract: A central challenge in evolutionary neuroscience is understanding how selection on behavior...