Sausage of Science 198: Woman the Hunter as told by Sarah Lacy and Cara Ocobock

Welcome to Bizarro World, Sausage of Science listeners! Cara is on the show today ...as a guest! She is joined by Sarah Lacy to discuss their recent American Anthropologist articles "Woman the hunter: The physiological evidence" and "Woman the hunter: The archaeological evidence." Also, please welcome guest host, and HBA webmaster, Courtney Manthey-Pierce. Find the publications discussed in today’s episode here: Ocobock, C., & Lacy, S. (2023). Woman the hunter: The physiological evidence. American Anthropologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13915 Lacy, S., & Ocobock, C. (2023). Woman the hunter: The archaeological evidence. American Anthropologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13914 And here is a link to their article in the Nov. 2023 issue of Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-theory-that-men-evolved-to-hunt-and-women-evolved-to-gather-is-wrong/ ------------------------------------------------------------ ​Sarah A. Lacy is a biological anthropologist specializing in paleoanthropology and bioarchaeology. She received a BS in anthropology from Tulane University in 2008 and a PhD in anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2014. She taught at the University of Missouri, St. Louis and at California State University, Dominguez Hills (Los Angeles) before joining the faculty at the University of Delaware in 2023. Prof. ​Lacy explores dental cavities, periodontal disease, and tooth loss in Neandertals and early modern humans across Europe and Southwest Asia and given the prevalence among recent humans. More than just oral health, she looks at how oral diseases also reveal information about diet, environment, disease susceptibility, and overall health in individuals and populations. Her website can be found here: https://www.anthropology.udel.edu/people/salacy ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Cara Ocobock is the Director of the Human Energetics Laboratory at Notre Dame. Her research program integrates human biology and anthropology, with a focus on the interaction between anatomy, physiology, evolution, and the environment. She explores the physiological and behavioral mechanisms necessary to cope with and adapt to extreme climate and physical activity. Ocobock works in northern Finland, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Lapland and University of Oulu. Prof. Ocobock is also an avid powerlifter and loves to bring anthropology to sport. She has worked with hockey players at the collegiate and semi-professional level as well as collegiate track and field athletes. Her website can be found here: https://anthropology.nd.edu/people/faculty/cara-ocobock/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website: humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, E-mail: [email protected], Twitter:@Chris_Ly Courtney Manthey-Pierce, HBA webmaster, SoS co-host Website: https://courtneymanthey-pierce.godaddysites.com/ Eric Griffith, HBA Junior Fellow, SoS producer E-mail: [email protected]