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Walking Like a Cavewoman
In this video, anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva and physical therapist Kenneth Holt discuss how they unraveled the mystery of how a human ancestor walked.
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Boston University Dialogues in Biological Anthropology Number 6 – Part 1
Unintelligent Design: The Scars of Human Evolution Part 1
February 14, 2013
This symposium brings together five experts on human biology to spotlight the defects and deficiencies of the human body— the clumsy compromises in the framing of [...]our teeth, feet, backs, and birthings that reflect our history as made-over apes. Taking their cue from Wilton Krogman’s 1951 classic paper “The Scars of Human Evolution,†our speakers provide examples of how and how far the human body fails by the standards of intelligent design.
Moderator: Matt Cartmill, Boston University
Speakers:
Rachel Caspari, Central Michigan University: “Recent Longevity and Its Consequences.â€
Jeremy DeSilva, Boston University: “Starting Off on the Wrong Foot.â€
Karen Rosenberg, University of Delaware: “Laboring Humans: Giving Birth to Large-Brained, Large, Helpless Babies."
Bruce Latimer, Case Western Reserve University: “A Backache of Long Standing.â€
Alan Mann, Princeton University: "Wisdom Can Be Painful: Third Molar Impaction in Human Populations and Its Evolutionary Significance."
Produced by Kaye Brown and Matt Cartmill, Boston University.
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Boston University Dialogues in Biological Anthropology Number 6 – Part 2
Unintelligent Design: The Scars of Human Evolution
Part 2: Panel Discussion
February 14, 2013
This colloquium brings together seven experts on human biology to spotlight the defects and deficiencies of the human body— the clumsy [...]compromises in the framing of our teeth, feet, backs, and birthings that reflect our history as made-over apes. Taking their cue from Wilton Krogman’s 1951 classic paper “The Scars of Human Evolution,†our panelists discuss how and how far the human body fails by the standards of intelligent design.
Moderator: Milford Wolpoff, University of Michigan
Panelists:
Matt Cartmill, Boston University.
Rachel Caspari, Central Michigan University.
Jeremy DeSilva, Boston University.
Karen Rosenberg, University of Delaware.
Bruce Latimer, Case Western Reserve University.
Alan Mann, Princeton University.
Produced by Kaye Brown and Matt Cartmill, Boston University.
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