News item:
Public communication featuring lab members:
The Origin of (Our) Species video series in Uno Dos of Trace by Trace Dominguez:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOfijlVbE2ZTPStOSG3tmMJ7ovRmjCAYT
The Dirt Podcast: Episode 97 - Hip Neanderthals with Mayowa Adegboyega
thedirtpod.com/episodes//episode-97-hip-neanderthals-with-mayowa-adegboyega
New resources:
Downloadable teaching resources on the role of hybridization in evolution, produced as part of the NSF funded project Morphological consequences of hybridization in primate and human evolution. Developed by Dr Laura Buck. Lecture 1: The role of hybridization in evolution Lecture 2: the role of hybridization in primate evolution, Lecture 3: The role of hybridization in human evolution.
Respository of digital data from admixed Rhesus macaques now accessible on MorphoSource. These data are from the sample of the the NSF funded project Morphological consequences of hybridization in primate and human evolution. Data will continue to be uploaded throughout the project, for more information contact Dr Laura Buck ([email protected]).
Alumna Dr. Naomi Martisius was featured as a UC Davis Letters and Science Fulbright Scholar. Congratulations, Naomi!
https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-ranked-top-producer-fulbright-scholars
Mayowa Adegboyega received the "People's Choice" award at the UC Davis Grad Slam finalist competition for her 3-minute presentation about her thesis research into the evolution of the human pelvis:
https://grad.ucdavis.edu/gradslam
Here are some pictures. April 2018.
Trisha McNeill was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her research project Using Sr Isotopes in Ostrich Egg Shell to Study Hunter-Gatherer Mobility. April 2018.
Mayowa Adegboyega was selected as one of only ten Grad Slam finalists across campus based on her presentation about her thesis research into the evolution of the human pelvis:
https://grad.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-grad-slam-finalists-mayowa-adegboyega February 2018.
Early Humans Technology reading group highlighted by the UC Davis Institute for Social Science:
Click here for more information. October 2017.
Tim Weaver and David Katz, along with Becky Ackermann, Leslea Hlusko, and Sree Kanthaswamy, were just awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the morphological consequences of hybridization (total funding expected to be $396,395 over 3 years). June 2017.
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1720128&HistoricalAwards=false
Mayowa Adegboyega was just profiled by the Institute for Social Sciences at UC Davis:
http://iss.ucdavis.edu/iss-journal/grads-grilled/16-mayowa-adegboyega May 2017.
David Katz and Tim Weaver's research was mentioned in a Science News article:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/animal-hybrids-may-hold-clues-neandertal-human-interbreeding October 2016.
Recent publications:
Steele, T.E., Mackay, A., Fitzsimmons, K.E., Igreja, M., Marwick, B., Orton, J., Schwortz, S., Stahlschmidt, M.C., 2016. Varsche Rivier 003: A Middle and Later Stone Age site with Still Bay and Howiesons Poort assemblages in southern Namaqualand, South Africa. PaleoAnthropology 2016, 100-163. November 2016.
Weaver, T. D., H. Coqueugniot, L. V. Golovanova, V. B. Doronichev, B. Maureille, and J.-J. Hublin. 2016. Neonatal postcrania from Mezmaiskaya, Russia, and Le Moustier, France, and the development of Neandertal body form. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 113:6472-6477. June 2016.
Recent funding:
David Katz just received funding from the Leakey Foundation to study the morphological consequences of hybridization: https://leakeyfoundation.org/introducing-our-spring-2016-grantees June 2016.
Check out a BBC story about Cassandra Gilmore's research: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160419-what-neanderthals-teeth-tell-us-about-their-minds April 2016.
Recent talk:
Nicolas Zwyns gave a talk at Harvard University: http://archaeology.harvard.edu/event/nicolas-zwyns-uc-davis-upper-palaeolithic-central-asia March 2016.
News item:
Check out the Leakey Foundation's cool write-up of Tim Weaver's research: https://leakeyfoundation.org/journal-article-unconstrained-cranial-evolution-in-neandertals-and-modern-humans-compared-to-common-chimpanzees/ January 2016.
Recent publication:
Smith, K. N., Wärmländer, S. K., Vellanoweth, R. L., Smith, C. M., & Kendig, W. E. (2015). Residue analysis links sandstone abraders to shell fishhook production on San Nicolas Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science, 54, 287-293. February 2015.
Recent funding:
Naomi Martisius is a funding machine! She has recently received awards from several sources (National Science Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Sacramento Archaeological Society, Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S.) totaling $47,372. This funding supports the three main components of her dissertation research: an experimental program, an innovative approach to studying use-wear using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and artifact analyses in France, Germany, and Russia.
Recent publications:
Katz, D. C., Grote, M. N. and Weaver, T. D. (2015), A mixed model for the relationship between climate and human cranial form. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22896. December 2015.
Weaver, T. D., & Stringer, C. B. (2015, October). Unconstrained cranial evolution in Neandertals and modern humans compared to common chimpanzees. In Proc. R. Soc. B (Vol. 282, No. 1817, p. 20151519). The Royal Society. October 2015.
Steele, T. E. (2015). The contributions of animal bones from archaeological sites: the past and future of zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science, 56, 168-176. April 2015.