ON-LINE COURSE IN MORPHOMETRICS FROM MANCHESTER

I am pleased to announce this year's morphometrics course from the
University of Manchester. This year's course will run in the six weeks
from 9 November to 18 December 2009.

The course information can be found on the following we site:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse

Course content:
* Data acquisition: the kinds of data and the equipment used to collect
them.
* Definitions of size and shape
* Geometric methods to characterise shape from a configuration of
landmark points (Procrustes superimposition)
* Statistics of variation, scatter plots, basic multivariate statistics
* Principal component analysis
* Measurement error and outliers
* Shape transformations and 'warping' -- the thin plate spline
* Analysis of outline shapes
* Distinguishing between groups (taxonomy, clinical diagnosis, etc.)
* Allometry and size correction
* Influence of external factors on shape (ecomorphology, dose-response
studies)
* Symmetric forms and measurement of asymmetry.
* Morphometric inferences on developmental processes, morphological
integration, modularity
* Genetics of shape: analyses of resemblance between relatives, QTL
analyses.
* Phylogeny: reconstructing the evolution of shape


Practice examples:
As far as possible, practical exercises are provided to accompany the
course content. These practice exercises consist of data sets and
explanations on how to run the respective analyses using the MorphoJ
software (http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoJ_page.htm).
Participants who already have their own data are encouraged to use those
and to discuss them as part of the course. I hope there will be a bit of
a 'workshop' feel to the course unit.

Group work:
Participants will work in small groups to prepare web presentations of
possible morphometric studies. This activity stimulates discussion and
provides a broad overview of questions that can be addressed with
morphometric methods.



The fee for the course is GBP 190.00 (I'm afraid it's gone up a bit from
last year -- but the UK pound has dropped against most other currencies...).

All prospective participants need to pre-register for the course. The
deadline for this is the *31 August 2009*.

For further details, see the course web page:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

SAR RESEARCH TEAM SEMINARS

The School for Advanced Research announces a new research team short seminar program to advance collaborative and interdisciplinary research in anthropology. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the program supports research teams that need focused time together to synthesize, analyze, and discuss the results of their work and to develop plans for successful completion of their projects.

For more information, visit http://www.sarweb.org/

Deadline is September 1, 2009
for a seminar to be held within 6–12 months.

Send inquiries and applications to:

Research Team Seminars
School for Advanced Research
P.O. Box 2188, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2188
(505) 954-7201 • fax (505) 954-7214 • email: seminar@sarsf.org

NSF Modification of Maximum for DDIG Awards and Reminder of Essential NSF Proposal Elements

Effective for the Fall 2009 funding cycle, The Physical Anthropology program at the National Science Foundation has raised the maximum allowable request for Doctoral Dissertation Improvement (DDIG) proposals to $20,000. NSF funds only those expenses essential to achieving the scientific goals of the project and budget requests should reflect only these expenses. While the maximum allowed is $20,000, budget requests for lesser amounts are appropriate for many projects and there should be no expectation that a proposal will be funded for the maximum, especially in cases where other support has been obtained by the PI. All items on budget requests must be research expenses that are well justified in the context of the proposed research. Keep in mind that $20,000 is a maximum and it is anticipated that most awards will be for less than the maximum.

I would like to take this opportunity to also remind everyone about two other essential elements of EVERY NSF proposal.

(1) A separate one-page Data Access plan (submitted in the Supplementary Documents section) for every proposal submitted to the Physical Anthropology program has been REQUIRED since July 2005.

(2) All proposals submitted to NSF are merit reviewed for BOTH intellectual merit AND broader impacts. Broader impacts are an integral part of proposal review and should be addressed explicitly in accordance with the guidelines in the Grant Proposal Guide http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf09 _29/gpg0929print.pdf. Examples of types of broader impact activities are available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/broaderimpacts.pdf.

Although not applicable to DDIG awards, all senior proposals which include postdoctoral researchers MUST also include a one-page supplementary document on mentoring activities which are evaluated with the Broader Impacts criterion.

Jean Turnquist
Program Officer for Physical Anthropology
National Science Foundation
June 10, 2009

New NSF solicitations for ARRA support for research infrastructure

On May 11th the National Science Foundation (NSF) released two new or revised solicitations for proposals which will be funded by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) or "stimulus package".

These are crosscutting, NSF-wide funding opportunities not directly tied to any individual program. Both solicitations offer opportunities for purchasing or upgrading research infrastructure.

The two opportunities are:

1. Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R2) [Funded at $200 million].
Letter of Intent Deadline Date = July 1, 2009
Full Proposals Deadline Date = August 24, 2009.
Details including a link to the solicitation are available at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=50 3380&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

2. Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI-R2) [Funded at $300 million]
Full Proposal Deadline Date = August 10, 2009
Details including a link to the solicitation (which is NOT the same as the regular MRI program solicitation) are available at
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=52 60&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

The third new ARRA solicitation which might be of interest, Science Masters Program [Funded at $15 million] has not yet been released.

NSF Information related to ARRA funding including links to information on all three new initiatives, a Fact Sheet on the implementation of ARRA funding at NSF, Frequently Asked Questions, and other links related to ARRA are available at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=1144 83&org=NSF&from=news

I encourage you to take some time to explore this information. Careful reading of the new solicitations may offer ideas and possibilities to improve the research climate at your institution and help move our science forward. These are one time only solicitations so adherence to the guidelines and deadlines is essential.

As you develop ideas for proposals, please remember to email (or call) the appropriate Program Officer whose name is listed in the solicitation well in advance of the deadline for additional guidance in shaping your proposal.

Jean Turnquist
Program Officer for Physical Anthropology
National Science Foundation
May 12, 2009

UCL Institute of Archaeology Research Seminars - Spring 2009

Darwin's Influence in Archaeology and Anthropology

All Seminars will be held in either room 612 or Lecture Theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square. All will start at 4pm, end at 5.30pm and be followed by a drinks reception in room 609 - the IoA staff common room.

Monday January 19th : Felix Riede, Institute of Archaeology, UCL. Location:Rm 612
Darwinism, early Scandinavian archaeology and contemporary trends - a re-appraisal at the Darwin bicentenary
Monday January 26th : Gregory Radick, University of Leeds Location:Rm 612
Race, Language and Darwinism Since Darwin
Monday February 2nd : Colin McEwan, The British Museum Location:Rm 612
Darwin at the 'Uttermost End of the Earth'
Monday February 9th : Rob Foley, University of Cambridge Location:LT G06
What human evolution can contribute to the ‘Origin of Species’
Monday February 16th : Kevin Laland, University of St Andrews Location:Rm 612
Niche construction theory and archaeology
Monday February 23rd : Dorian Fuller, Instit. of Archaeology, UCL Location:Rm 612
Domestication and unconscious selection: Convergent evolution in plants and planting
Monday March 2nd : Volker Sommer, Department of Anthropology, UCL Location:LT G06
The 'Naked Ape' Revisited. Sexual Selection of Humans and Other Primates
Monday March 9th : Alex Mesoudi, Queen Mary, University of London Location:Rm 612
Simulating the cultural evolution of prehistoric artifacts in the psychology lab
Monday March 16th : Robert Prescott, University of St Andrews Location:LT G06
Last days of HMS Beagle
Monday March 23rd : Stephen Marshall, Bartlett Sch. of Planning, UCL Location:Rm 612
Cities, Design and Evolution

Organised by AHRC CECD, supported by AHRC

Dear AAPA Members:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently opened a search for a new Program Director for Physical Anthropology. This is a one or two year rotating position starting summer 2009 with potential to extend for up to four years. NSF plays a vital role in providing research support for our field and I encourage you to give this opportunity careful consideration. The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, February 2, 2009. The application consists of a cover letter and CV.
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobId= 78150232&AVSDM=2008%2D12%2D16+10%3A53%3A14
If you have any questions regarding the position, please feel free to contact either Jean Turnquist (703) 292-7850 jturnquist@nsf.gov or Mark Weiss (703) 292-7272 mweiss@nsf.gov. We would be happy to answer any questions and look forward to talking with interested individuals.
Jean Turnquist
Program Director Physical Anthropology 2008-2009

Call For Drilling Site Proposals

As an outcome of the recently held International Continental Scientific Drilling Program/NSF sponsored workshop ¡§Scientific Drilling for Human Origins: Exploring the Application of Drill Core Records to Understanding Hominin Evolution¡¨, proposals are being sought by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program for high priority scientific drilling targets of relevance to human evolution.

Because ICDP considers East Africa to be a strategic region of interest for scientific drilling, and because of logistical considerations, a first round of proposals will be limited in geographic scope to East Africa. Proposed drilling targets should focus on paleolake deposits with strong potential for providing high resolution paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental information, and should target strata in the 6-0Ma time interval. The highest priority sites will be those that can be drilled with truck-mounted, relatively portable drilling systems. Barge, ship or platform-mounted drilling operations on lakes and in the ocean will not be considered at this stage but will form the focus of future drilling planning.

All proposals should address the following criteria:
Science
„Ï Location and age of deposits
„Ï Quality of lacustrine sediment record of direct interest to human evolution
„Ï Compelling science issue to be addressed by drilling. Intersection of high quality paleoclimate and/or paleoenvironmental record with important issues in paleobiology and human evolution
„Ï Stratigraphic completeness, continuity and resolution
„Ï Existence of baseline stratigraphic, facies and paleontologic data
„Ï Existence of supporting subsurface information from correlative outcrops, geophysics or prior drilling
„Ï Existence of an age model for the sediments through the target interval (geochronology)
Logistics
„Ï General challenges to drilling the site and obtaining subsurface information (e.g., suitable terrain for site survey geophysics)
„Ï Probability of success
„Ï Road access
„Ï Access to abundant water supplies nearby for drilling operations
„Ï Security issues
„Ï Complexity of operations, local impact/cooperation (community and environmental)

Proponents should be prepared to become rapidly involved in subsequent geophysical and logistical site survey proposals and follow-on fieldwork should their sites be selected for detailed consideration in a first round of drilling. Proponents should also be prepared to take the lead in organizing logistics (permitting, transport etc.) for their proposed areas. Priority will be given to proposal teams that include expertise in both earth science and paleoanthropology.

Proposals should be 3-5 pages in length, not including references, and may include up to two figures. All proposals should be submitted as .pdf files to
Andrew Cohen
Department of Geosciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

The deadline for proposal submissions for consideration for inclusion in an upcoming ICDP drilling proposal is 1 March, 2009.

****** 10th ANNUAL SESSION ******

All interested parties are invited to apply for the

AUGUST 2009 NATIONAL HUMAN CADAVER PROSECTION PROGRAM

August 5 - 6

at the Indiana University School of Medicine – Northwest Dunes Medical Professional Building 3400 Broadway Gary, Indiana

APPLICATION DEADLINE: *** MAY 1, 2009 ***

PROGRAM SPONSORS: Rocco Prosthetics & Orthotic Center (Cincinnati, OH) and MORTECH Manufacturing (Azusa, CA).

Applications for the August 2009 NATIONAL Human Cadaver Prosection
Program are now being accepted. All participants will learn human
gross anatomy, radiology/medical imaging, and the art of skillful dissection of human cadavers. The CADAVER PROGRAM is an intensive experience of “hands-on” dissection. Participants who complete the program will receive a certificate of completion, certification for work with biohazards & blood-borne pathogens, and honorarium (if available). SPECIAL Awards will be presented.

Representatives from Zimmer, Inc. (Zimmer Orthopedics) will conduct an on-site surgical, orthopedic workshop, and Rocco Prosthetics will present a special prosthetic session. [CME Credit is offered].

The Cadaver Prosection will be held on Wednesday, August 5 and Thursday, August 6, 2009, from 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and will include
2 evenings of preparatory work in late June (out-of-state participants need not be present for the June sessions).

NEW for 2009, will be hands-on, interactive CT and MR imaging of human cadavers (for 10-12 selected participants) to take place in mid-July.

TO APPLY for this program, place the web address (below) into your browser, and then scroll down and click on the AUGUST 2009 NATIONAL HUMAN CADAVER PROSECTION PROGRAM link.

http://medicine.iu.edu/body.cfm?id=4951&oTopID=225
Please, follow the application instructions.

You need not be a medical professional or pre-medical student to participate. All are encouraged to apply. Prior participants have included pre-med and pre-vet, nursing, radiologic technology, mortuary science students, other undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, attorneys, lab technicians, etc. All application materials must be received no later than MAY 1, 2009. Accepted applicants will receive notification in early June.

For further information use the link above, or contact the program director:


Ernest F. Talarico, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Medical Education & Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology Course Director, Human Gross Anatomy & Embryology Director, NATIONAL Human Cadaver Prosection Program Indiana University School of Medicine - Northwest Campus Room 3028A (office); 3028 (lab); 2032 (anatomy lab) 3400 Broadway Gary, Indiana 46408-1197
TEL: (219) 981-4356; FAX: (219) 980-6566
Email: cadaver@iun.edu (Prosection Program); etalaric@iun.edu (IUSM-NW)

The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) is currently taking applications for our Summer Apprentice Program. Graduates, undergraduates, and post-graduates from various academic backgrounds (e.g. Anthropology, Biology, Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, etc.) and all nationalities are encouraged to apply. The dates of the program are June 28 to August 21, 2009.
The research at CHCI involves a group of chimpanzees who use the signs of American Sign Language (ASL). Washoe, Moja, Tatu, and Dar were part of the cross-fostering research that began in 1966 with Drs. R.A. & B.T. Gardner. Each chimpanzee was raised in an enriched environment in which his or her human family members used only ASL, much like the environment in which a deaf human child grows up. Loulis was adopted by Washoe in 1978 and learned his signs from chimpanzees. Currently, Tatu, Dar, and Loulis reside at CHCI on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA in a large state-of-the-art facility.
Apprentices are at the institute daily -- cleaning enclosures, preparing meals and enrichment, making observations of the chimpanzees, and participating in one or more research projects. The first week is intensive training in laboratory jobs and chimpanzee behaviors. After several weeks each apprentice becomes more autonomous and has responsibilities in research and husbandry. The philosophy of CHCI is that the needs of the chimpanzees come first. Apprentices are trained in humane care and research techniques.
The program fee is $1800 and there is a non-refundable $25 application processing fee. The costs do not include housing and transportation. Inexpensive housing is available on campus. A course in ASL is highly recommended but not required. For more information on the program and the application please see our web page at http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/apprentice.html or contact Dr. Mary Lee Jensvold, CHCI, CWU, Ellensburg, WA 98926 jensvold@cwu.edu. The deadline to apply is March 30, 2009.

Mary Lee Jensvold, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Associate Director , Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute
Director, Bridges to Baccalaureate
Central Washington University
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7573
phone: (509)963-2215
fax: (509)963-2234
www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci
www.friendsofwashoe.org

Florida Gulf Coast University is proud to host the 2009 Bugs, Bones, and Botany Death Investigation Workshop, March 2-4, 2009 (8am-6pm) at FGCU with anthropologist Dr. Heather Walsh-Haney, entomologist Dr. Jason Byrd, and botanist Dr. David Hall. The 3-day course consists of morning lectures and afternoon field recoveries. The lectures include the following topics: (1) insect identification, collection, and time since death procedures, (2) human and nonhuman bone identification, creating the biological profile and trauma analysis, discovery and recovery of surface scattered and buried human remains, and 3) the identification of plant evidence from crime scenes as well as collection and preservation of the plant evidence. Afternoons are spent in the field at various crime scenes where the students search, locate, collect, and analyze the physical evidence. The students rotate through three crime scenes which focus upon the surface recovery of the insect evidence, the buried recovery of the skeletal evidence, and the surface recovery of plant evidence, respectively.
The course fee, hotel reservations, registration form, and other details may be downloaded via pdf at:
http://www.myimagehosting.com/bugsbonesandbotany.pic
Additional information or questions may be directed to:
Christen E. Herrick
Florida Gulf Coast University
Division of Justice Studies
Graduate Teaching Assistant
10501 FGCU Blvd. South, AB3
Fort Myers, Florida 33965
ceherric@eagle.fgcu.edu

Have you ever have essential equipment fail when you are in the middle of the jungle? A difficult student? Research permission revoked in the middle of the project? Been struck by lightning? We need your stories about challenges in field research. We all know that the old adage, “what can go wrong, will go wrong” often holds true when we do international field research. However, we all find creative ways of working around these potential disasters. We are currently working on a book entitled, Disasters in the Field: Preparing for and Coping with Unexpected Events. The purpose of this book is to present students and researchers with an overview of problems associated with doing international fieldwork and to provide them with practical suggestions to prepare for the field to try to avoid or minimize the impact of unexpected events. We would like to use real stories to make these issues come to life. If you have a story about any of the topics below, please consider submitting it. You have the option of being credited with the submission or requesting that it be anonymous. Please contact Gillian Ice and Darna Dufour at field.disasters@oucom.ohiou.edu if you are interested. We can provide you will guidelines and deadlines.


Topics:
Equipment failure, loss, confiscation
Data loss
Cultural misunderstandings that disrupt research
Corruption, crime, political unrest that impacts research
Health Emergencies
Issues with participant recruitment and/or retention
Student issues
Cultural or personal events that disrupt research
Family issues
Other potential disasters not listed here are also welcome

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Funding

The NSF Physical Anthropology program would like to bring to the attention of AAPA members the opportunity offered by a new round of PIRE funding. For those unfamiliar with this initiative "The Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community by supporting innovative, international research and education collaborations."

This program, funded through the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE), is an excellent opportunity for Physical Anthropologists to further develop international collaborations including students, post-docs, mentoring, and more. They anticipate making 5-20 awards per year with total budgets of $40 million over 5 years.

If your research includes an international component and you have, or are interested in developing, strong international research and educational collaborations, this is an excellent opportunity. The program does, however, have certain restrictions so read the solicitation. The list of eligible institutions, abstracts of previous awards, and the PIRE program solicitation NSF 09-505 are available through http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12 819 .

Discussion of your project with OISE program officers prior to submission is strongly encouraged. The preproposal deadline is February 26, 2009, for anticipated funding November / December 2009.

Jean Turnquist
Physical Anthropology Program Officer
National Science Foundation

Dear AAPA Members:

I am looking for Vol. 68, issue 1, September of 1985 volume of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. If you have a duplicate copy you are willing to give or sell, I would greatly appreciate it. Please contact Shannon Kraus at 316-978-3195 as soon as possible. Thank you.

Shannon Kraus
Dept. of Anthropology - Box 52
Room 114 - Neff Hall
1845 Fairmount
Wichita KS 67260-0052
316-978-3195
316-978-3351 (fax)
Email: anthropology@wichita.edu

NSF Program Officers invite you to visit the web site for NSF's Human Origins: Moving In New Directions (HOMINID) competition. Established in 2002, the goal of HOMINID is to increase our knowledge of the complex biological, physical, and behavioral interrelationships that led to the development of our species and are responsible for both the shared and variable features that characterize living human populations. It recognizes that understanding of the processes and pathways of human evolution requires input from a wide range of disciplines which examine our species from multiple perspectives and across both time and space.

The next deadline for the HOMINID competition is February 23, 2009. HOMINID awards are for 5 years duration, with a maximum of $500,000 per year. If this funding opportunity is of interest to you, you are welcome to contact one of the HOMINID Program Officers to discuss your research prior to submitting a full proposal. Links to the program solicitation as well as a list of and abstracts for current and expired HOMINID awards are available through the program website http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=53 20&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund.

Jean E. Turnquist, Ph.D.
Program Officer, Physical Anthropology
National Science Foundation

Dear Colleagues

I am very happy to advertise another course, which will be held on November, 17 - 19, 2008 at the German Primate Centre (www.dpz.eu) on "Genetics, Immunology and Breeding Management". This course is conducted in close cooperation with the department "Primate Genetics" of the German Primate Centre. Beside interesting lectures e.g. concerning the fundamentals, methods and application of genetics, Immuno- and Phylogenetics and Breeding Management, we additionally provide some practical exercises in our labs.
You can find the course schedule - which hopefully meets your interest - at
http://www.euprim-net.eu/network/courses/course8.h tm
As in the former courses we will be a small group of approx. 30 people. You will find time to interact during the session breaks as well as during the social events (e.g. guided city tour, convivial evenings).
Following the course we provide an optional test with questions on the respective course contents to certify your successful participation.
Please visit our homepage as well:
http://www.euprim-net.eu/network/courses.htm
The website provides a lot of details about the courses in general, the program and schedules and you will find support for travel arrangements and the option to register online.

If you are interested in attending the course or if you have any requests concerning our course series in general or this course in particular, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,

Deike Terruhn

P.S.: You may remember that I already advised you of a course, which is dedicated to "Stress and its Implication on Primate Welfare". This course will be held in October, 13 - 16, 2008, also at the German Primate Centre. There are some free places still available. Please note the deadline which is the 30th of September.
And at last a big favour: In case you maintain your own website we would kindly like to ask you to add a link our site.

Dear AAPA:

American Anthropological Association’s Committee on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities (CEAUSSIC) has put together a call for ethics cases in the context of anthropological research, including forensic work, in the military, intelligence, or other national security venues.

Would it be possible to get the AAPA’s assistance in getting word of the casebook project out to a wider audience, including physical anthropologists who might be doing forensic work in war zones, for intelligence purposes, or in the Global War on Terror? We’d be very appreciative if you could send an email to your membership. The link for the call is below.

Information about the casebook call is available here: http://www.aaanet.org/cmtes/commissions/CEAUSSIC/E thics-Casebook.cfm


Thanks so much,

Laura
--
Laura A. McNamara, PhD
ORG 01433, Exploratory Simulation Technologies
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM 87185
http://est.sandia.gov/staff/laura.html

Dear Faculty and Prospective Students:

Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics and its academic affiliates (State University of New York at Oneonta and EastStroudsburgUniversity) are pleased to announce a Primate Behavior and Conservation Field Course to be held in Costa Rica from December 28, 2008 to January 17, 2009. The course is intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who are very interested in tropical biology, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis.

The course will be held at El Zota Biological Field Station in North-eastern Costa Rica. The course is designed to provide students with training in primate behavior, ecology and conservation in a field setting. During the first half of the course, students will learn how to (1) collect data on the behavior of free-ranging primates, (2) measure environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, and (3) estimate population size. In the second half of the course, in consultation with the instructor, each student carries out an independent research project. Students in the past have investigated such topics as play behavior, feeding ecology, positional behavior, and parasitology in the mantled howler monkey, white-faced capuchin, and black-handed spider monkey. Students will be involved in applied conservation during a 4 day field trip to Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.

The cost of the course is $1850, and includes all within-country transportation, room and board, and expenses for a 4 day field trip. It does NOT include your international flight, academic credit, airport taxes ($26), accommodation and meals for the first and last nights in San Jose. The deadline for registration is December 1, 2008. Enrolment is limited to 25 participants.

Ecotravel Experience
As one of our fundraising events this year, DANTA is offering a one week (January 18 to January 25, 2009 ) ecotravel experience to some of Costa Rica's most spectacular sites. The trip includes a visit to two active volcanoes, Volcan Poas and Volcan Arenal, a day trip the hot springsin Fortuna, and dolphin viewing during a 3 night stay at ManuelAntonioNationalPark on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Field trips are open to members of the general public. It is also an option for DANTA field course participants who wish to travel after their course.
The price of the trip is $1100, and it includes within country transportation, room and board, and all scheduled activities. The price does not include international airfare or airport taxes. The deadline for registration is December 1, 2008.
As much of our advertising is done by word-of-mouth, we encourage you to spread the word by forwarding this email to students or friends who may be interested in our programs.

For more information, please visit our website at www.DANTA.info or email kdingess@danta.info.


Hope to see you in Costa Rica!



Kimberly Dingess
Director
DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics
PO Box 316
Davenport, NY 13750
607-278-6527
kdingess@danta.info
www.danta.info

NSF Physical Anthropology Program Director Appointment

I would like to welcome Dr. Jean E. Turnquist to the National Science Foundation. Dr. Turnquist is serving as the Program Director for the Physical Anthropology program, replacing Dr. Joanna Lambert. She joins NSF from her faculty position at the School of Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico where she is Professor of Anatomy. Her research is in the area of functional morphology and locomotion. Please feel free to contact her at jturnqui@nsf.gov or 703-292-7850.

Mark L. Weiss, Ph.D.
Division Director
Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
NSF, Rm 995
4201 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22230
703-292-7272
703-292-9068 (fax)
mweiss@nsf.gov

European Academy Bolzano, Italy

Institute for mummies and the Iceman

Invitation and first call for papers
Mummies and life sciences. 1st Bolzano mummy congress 2009 march 19-21 2009

Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, Italy

Organized in cooperation between EURAC Institute for mummies and the Iceman Bolzano, South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology Bolzano

Conference introduction

In March 2009, the world's largest mummy exhibition (previously shown in Mannheim and Schloss Gottorf in Germany) will move to the North Italian city Bolzano, home of the Tyrolean Iceman "Oetzi". To mark the occasion, the EURAC Institute for Mummies and the Iceman is staging the first Bolzano Mummy Congress with the main theme "Mummies and Life Sciences" on March 19-21, 2009.

The scientific programme will primarily focus on the application of biomedical sciences in mummy studies.


Programme:
- plenary lectures
- poster presentations
- visit of the Iceman in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
- visit of the temporary exhibition of mummies in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
- excursions and social programme


Further details concerning the meeting: please visit www.eurac.edu <https://owa.eurac.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?url=ht tp://www.eurac.edu/> (coming soon) or contact mummies.iceman@eurac.edu for current information.

Dear colleagues,
We remind you that the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris will celebrate its third jubilee with an international symposium from the 26th to the 30th of January.
We made a first call but it was a temporary and optional stage for an intention of communication. The numerous and international answers are signs of a very interesting symposium. Here comes the time for the real submission of the final communication, EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T SENT ANY PROPOSAL BEFORE.
The proposal of communication takes place ONLY on the special site opened for the 150 years (www.sapweb.fr/150ans), in the column “Communication”.
The dead line for submitting a paper is SEPTEMBER 30TH , there will be no accepted proposal after this date. We insist on the fact that submitting a communication and subscribing to the symposium are two different stages.
Subscribing is also to be done on the site, column “inscription”. Here again SEPTEMBER 30TH is the dead line and allows you to get a reduced price for the inscription.
Thank you again for the interest you show for our symposium and hoping to be numerous, sincerely yours.
--
Le Comité d'Organisation des 150 ans de la SAP

3ème Colloque International de Pathographie

Annonce préliminaire

Le prochain colloque international de pathographie se déroulera à Bourges, du 3 au 5 avril 2009, au théâtre Jacques Coeur.

Vous pouvez dès à présent envoyer vos propositions de communications à l'adresse suivante :
ph_charlier@yahoo.fr sous le format suivant :

- résumé de 1000 signes maximum
- 3 références bibliographiques maximum
- 1 figure maximum
- nom et coordonnées de tous les auteurs
- indication de l'auteur présentant la communication

Les actes du 2ème colloque de pathographie (Loches, 2007) sont en cours de publication et seront disponibles sous peu aux éditions De Boccard, Paris.

Nous vous rappelons aussi la sortie de l'ouvrage suivant :
Ostéo-archéologie et techniques médico-légales : Tendances et perspectives. Pour un "Manuel pratique de paléopathologie humaine"
Plus d'informations sur ce lien :
http://pathographie.blogspot.com/2008/05/osto-arch ologie-et-techniques-mdico.html

Dear Colleagues

I am very happy to advertise the next course which will be held on October, 13 - 16, 2008 at the German Primate Centre (www.dpz.eu) on "Stress and its Implication to Primate Welfare". Again, we composed a multifaceted mixture of lectures given by varied speakers who are experts in their field.
You can find the course schedule - which hopefully meets your interest - at
http://www.euprim-net.eu/network/courses/course7.h tm
As in the former courses we will be a small group of approx. 30 people. You will find time to interact during the session breaks as well as during the social events (e.g. guided city tour, convivial evenings).
Following the course we provide an optional test with questions on the respective course contents to certify your successful participation.
Please visit our homepage as well:
http://www.euprim-net.eu/network/courses.htm.
The site provides a lot of details about the courses in general, the program and schedules. You will find lecture abstracts and information about the invited speakers as well as support for travel arrangements and the option to register online.

If you are interested in attending the course or if you have any requests concerning our course series in general or this course in particular, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,

Deike Terruhn

P.S.: I like to take the chance to advise you of the course after the next which will be dedicatet to "Gentics, Immunology and Breeding Management". This course will be held in November, 2008, again at the German Primate Centre (www.dpz.eu) in Göttingen. An exact date has not yet been set but I will you inform via email as soon as more details are available.
And at last a big favour: In case you maintain your own website we would kindly like to ask you to link

MORPHOMETRICS COURSE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

I am pleased to announce this year's morohometrics course from the University of Manchester. This year's course will run in the six weeks from 10 November to 19 December 2008.

The course information can be found on the following we site:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse

Course content:
-- Data acquisition: the kinds of data and the equipment used to collect them.
-- Statistics of variation, scatterplots, basic multivariate statistics
-- Definitions of size and shape (distance measures)
-- Geometric methods to measure shape from a configuration of landmark points (Procrustes superimposition)
-- Measurement error and outliers
-- Shape transformations and 'warping' -- the thin plate spline
-- Analysis of outline shapes
-- Distinguishing between groups (taxonomy, clinical diagnosis, etc.)
-- Allometry and size correction
-- Influence of external factors on shape (ecomorphology, dose-response
studies)
-- Symmetric forms and measurement of asymmetry.
-- Morphometric inferences on developmental processes, morphological integration, modularity
-- Genetics of shape: analyses of resemblance between relatives, QTL analyses.
-- Phylogeny: reconstructing the evolution of shape

Practice examples:
As far as possible, practical exercises are provided to accompany the course content. These practice exercises consist of data sets and explanations on how to run the respective analyses using the MorphoJ software (http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoJ_page.htm).
Participants who already have their own data are encouraged to use those and to discuss them as part of the course. I hope there will be a bit of a 'workshop' feel to the course unit.

The fee for the course is GBP 175.00 (no change from last year).

All prospective participants need to pre-register for the course. The deadline for this is the *31 August 2008*.

For further details, see the course web page:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse


Best wishes,
Chris Klingenberg

Call for Papers
International Journal of South American Archaeology N° 3
ISSN 2011-0626

http://www.ijsa.syllabapress.com
Email: ijsa@syllabapress.com

The International Journal of South American Archaeology – IJSA publishes original articles on the archaeology and prehispanic history of South America, including topics such as environmental archaeology, sociocultural archaeology, prehispanic art, sociocultural diversity, contemporary peoples and their archaeological remains. Papers may also address general theoretical and methodological issues relevant to archaeology, especially in South America.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Articles, reports, and reviews may be in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Manuscripts and figures, tables, references and notes, as well as an abstract in English, should be submitted to the editor using the eManuscript Central System. Text format should be Microsoft Word. Position of tables and figures should be identified. Figure format should be JPG or PNG. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit Article of
Reflections, Case Reports, Original Paper, Short Communication and Subject Revision may be in Spanich, English, Frenchs and Spanish Lenguajes should not exceed 20 pages in length (10,000 words).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

The deadline for submissions -----> July 31, 2008.
Notification -----> August 5, 2008.

Accepted papers are scheduled for publication in September 2008 and will be subject to the regular peer-reviewed process of Editorial Board.

All enquiries of papers should be sent to URL
http://www.ijsa.syllabapress.com/contact_us/index. html

All electronic submissions for Manuscripts should be sent using directly the eManuscript Central System
http://www.emanuscriptcentral.syllabapress.com/ijs a/

Sincerely,

Carlos Armando Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Archaeologist
Editor - International Journal of South American Archaeology – IJSA
http://www.ijsa.syllabapress.com
Email: ijsa@syllabapress.com
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RESEARCH COMPETITION in DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY

THE ALBERT A. DAHLBERG PRIZE
The Albert A. Dahlberg Prize is awarded annually to the best student paper submitted to the Dental
Anthropology Association (DAA). Dr. Dahlberg was a professor at the University of Chicago, one of the
founders of the International Dental Morphology Symposia, and among the first modern researchers to
describe variations in dental morphology and to write cogently about these variations, their origins, and
importance. The prize is endowed from the Albert A. Dahlberg Fund established through generous gifts
by Mrs. Thelma Dahlberg and other members of the association.
Papers may be on any subject related to dental anthropology. The recipient of the Albert A. Dahlberg
Student prize will receive a cash award of $200.00, a one-year membership in the Dental Anthropology
Association, and an invitation to publish the paper in Dental Anthropology, the journal of the association.
Students should submit three copies of their papers in English to the President of the DAA.
Manuscripts must be received by January 31 of the year that the prize will be awarded, in this case
January 31, 2009. The format must follow that of Dental Anthropology, which is the same as the style of the
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. The Style Guide to Authors is available at the web site for the
AJPA (http://www.physanth.org).
The manuscript should be accompanied by a letter from the student’s supervisor indicating that the
individual is the primary author of the research and the paper. Multiple authorship is acceptable, but the
majority of the research and writing must be the obvious work of the student applying for the prize. Send
enquiries and submissions to the President of the DAA:
Professor Brian E. Hemphill
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
9000 Stockdale Highway
California State University, Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California 93311-1099 U.S.A.
e-mail: bhemphill@csub.edu
The DAA reserves the right to select more than one paper, in which case the prize money will be
shared equally among the winners. They also reserve the right to not select a winner in a particular year.
The winner of the Albert A. Dahlberg Student Prize will be announced at the Annual Meeting of
the DAA, which is held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists. In 2009, the meeting will be held in Chicago, Illinois, April 1-4.

9th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules
Pompeii, Italy, 19-22 October 2008 - www.ancientdna9.it

Deadline for abstract submission EXTENDED TO: 20 June 2008!


The "9th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules" will be held in Pompeii, one of the world's most intriguing archaeological sites, from 19 to 22 October 2008.


NEW!!! Discounted registration fee (€ 250) for young participants (less than 30 yrs)


For details and online registration check the meeting website www.ancientdna9.it

Don't miss this opportunity of participating in this unique event!

For further information please visit the meeting website www.ancientdna9.it or contact the Organising Secretariat: Scientific Communication srl, E-mail: info@ancientdna9.it


Main Topics
Preservation, isolation and analysis of ancient DNA and other ancient biomolecules
Methods of extraction and purification of ancient biomolecules from ancient materials
PCR and sequencing of ancient DNA
Prevention and causes of sample contamination
Authenticity of putative ancient DNA
Hereditary and infectious diseases in past populations
Population genetics, DNA profiling, sexing, methods and application
Identification of species
Forensic applications
Evolution
Human migrations
Domestication
New and emerging technologies

Dear AAPA members

A colloquium on European primates will be held in Italy between September 11 and 13th 2008. We are seeking proffered papers and posters.

The abstract deadline and early-bird registration deadline is 30th June.

Further information can be found at:

http://hyms.fme.googlepages.com/colloquiumoneurope anprimates

You are also welcome to email the organisers (sarah.elton@hyms.ac.uk and lorenzo.rook@unifi.it) for further information.

Please feel free to circulate this notice to your colleagues.

We hope to see you in Siena and Grosseto!

With very best wishes

Sarah Elton and Lorenzo Rook

Dear members of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists,

we would like to welcome you to the 11th Meeting of the German Society of Primatology (GfP) from 24th - 26th February 2009 in Hannover organized by the Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.

Further information you can obtain on our homepage www.gfp2009.de. Please forward this email to all people who could be interested to participate in this conference.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Marina Scheumann
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University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover Institute of Zoology Dr. rer.nat. Marina Scheumann

Bünteweg 17
30559 Hannover

phone: 00495119538743
fax: 00495119538586
email: marina.scheumann@tiho-hannover.de

Competitive research funds in Japan

Please click below for a report on "Competitive Research Grant Funds in Japan - April 2008." It lists Japan's competitive research grants to be funded in JFY2008 and the table may be of use for U.S. scientists looking for Japanese partners to collaborate. Should you have questions, please feel free to let me know.

http://www.nsftokyo.org/rm08-04.pdf

Kazuko Shinohara
*************************
Kazuko Shinohara
Scientific Affairs Assistant
U.S. National Science Foundation
US Embassy Tokyo
Phone: 81-3-3224-5504
FAX: 81-3-3224-5507
E-mail: kshinoha@nsf.gov
http://www.nsf.gov

Dear Colleagues,
We are glad to inform you that the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris will be 150 years of age in 2009 and will organize a special congress to celebrate this 3rd jubilee. It will be held in Paris, from 26 to 30 January 2009, and is called: "Société d’Anthropologie de Paris 3rd Jubilee. From Past Concerns to Future Research" We invite you to send us, from now on, proposals of paper/poster regarding one of our five symposia (cf. attachment, to be sent to:
150ans@sapweb.fr). You will find necessary information about the SAP 3rd Jubilee Congress in the attachment and some more is (and will be) available on the Congress web site: http://www.sapweb.fr/150ans
We shall be grateful if you could help information being circulated among other colleagues and institutions (mailing lists, web sites, etc.). We are at your disposal if you have any further question.
We hope there will be many who will celebrate with us the oldest bio-anthropological society in the world and we are looking forward to welcoming you in Paris.

Kind regards

For the Organizing Committee, Pascal Sellier and François Marchal

NEW APPROACHES TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL HUMAN REMAINS IN CYPRUS

1st International CAPP Symposium, 27-29 September 2008, Cyprus

CALL FOR PAPERS

2nd circular

CAPP (Cyprus Ancient Populations Project) is an open research network for researchers focusing on archaeological human remains in Cyprus. CAPP is organising its first International Symposium on:

New Approaches to Archaeological Human Remains in Cyprus

The symposium aims to highlight the recent advances and research possibilities offered by the study of human skeletal remains retrieved from archaeological contexts in Cyprus. The symposium is addressed to the international scientific community of researchers in the fields of human bioarchaeology, palaeopathology, physical anthropology, and related disciplines.

The first International CAPP Symposium will take place as part of the International Congress of Medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean World (please see the 1st Circular attached), organised by the Archaeological Research Unit (University of Cyprus) and the Department of the History of Medicine (University of Crete) in Nicosia, Cyprus, 27-29 September 2008.

Symposium topics: Papers on all aspects of research on archaeological human remains from Cyprus are welcome.

Languages: The languages of the symposium are English, French and Greek.

Abstracts: Titles and abstracts for podium presentations of c. 300 words should be submitted by 31st May 2008 (the CAPP Symposium deadline has been extended to reflect the overall Congress deadline, please see the 1st Circular attached) via email (k.o.lorentz@ncl.ac.uk).

Presentations: Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.

Venue: The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, Gladstonos St, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Accommodation: For information on accommodation please see the attached 1st Circular for the International Congress of Medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean World.

Important dates:
Submission of abstracts: 31st May 2008
Notification of acceptance: 1st July 2008
Symposium and Congress: 27-29 September 2008

Further information: For further information on the symposium New Approaches to Archaeological Human Remains in Cyprus please contact Dr Kirsi O. Lorentz (k.o.lorentz@ncl.ac.uk). For further information regarding the International Congress of Medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean World please consult the attached 1st Circular, and/or the web page at: http://hist-congress.med.uoc.gr

Dr Kirsi O. Lorentz
Director of the Wolfson Bioarchaeology Laboratory
Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
Email: k.o.lorentz@ncl.ac.uk. Tel: 00-44-(0)191-2225754. Fax: 00-44-(0)191-2226484

9th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules
Pompeii, Italy, 19-22 October 2008 - www.ancientdna9.it

Deadline for abstract submission: 31 May 2008
Dear Colleagues,
The "9th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules" will be held in Pompeii, one of the world's most intriguing archaeological sites, from 19 to 22 October 2008.
Online registration available at www.ancientdna9.bookdirect.it
Don't miss this opportunity of participating in this unique event!
The conference is an excellent opportunity for ancient world enthusiasts to meet in a relaxing and stimulating environment. While we encourage you to strike out and explore Pompeii, Naples and its unique surroundings, we hope you will find it equally stimulating to navigate the meeting.
For further information please visit the meeting website www.ancientdna9.it or contact the Organising Secretariat: Scientific Communication srl, E-mail: info@ancientdna9.it
Main Topics
Preservation, isolation and analysis of ancient DNA and other ancient biomolecules
Methods of extraction and purification of ancient biomolecules from ancient materials
PCR and sequencing of ancient DNA
Prevention and causes of sample contamination
Authenticity of putative ancient DNA
Hereditary and infectious diseases in past populations
Population genetics, DNA profiling, sexing, methods and application
Identification of species
Forensic applications
Evolution
Human migrations
Domestication
New and emerging technologies
We sincerely hope you will enjoy your visit to Southern Italy and will remember both the scientific and social aspects of the 2008 Conference as a pleasant and fruitful experience.

Marilena Cipollaro
Second University of Naples
Organising Secretariat: Scientific Communication, Via Quagliariello 35/E, I-80131 Naples, Italy
E-mail: info@ancientdna9.it; Tel. +39 081 2296460; Fax +39 081 2296037
www.ancientdna9.it

DR. SHELLEY RAE SAUNDERS (KOLOSHUK) FEBRUARY 28, 1950 TO MAY 14, 2008 Pr Professor of Anthropology at McMaster University, Hamilton.

Dr. Saunders held a Canada Research Chair in Human Disease and Population Origins and founded McMaster's Ancient DNA Centre. Dr. Saunders was North American editor of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2001. Shelley received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Toronto in 1977. Her numerous research projects, in places such as Italy, South Africa, France and Canada received international recognition and were the subject of television documentaries. Her work in forensic anthropology received considerable media attention and one case in particular was the subject of an extensive series of articles in the Hamilton Spectator. Her greatest love, however, was developing and working with her graduate students. Shelley took great pride in their accomplishments. Despite her long battle with cancer (colon cancer, kidney cancer and pancreatic cancer) and despite having to undergo hemodialysis six days a week for the past 5 years, Shelley continued her teaching and research programs. Her latest book entitled 'Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton' was co-edited with Dr. Anne Katzenberg and was just recently published (March, 2008). Shelley leaves behind her sister, Geri Kirkpatrick, her brother, Robert Saunders, her two children, Robert and Barbara Koloshuk, her husband of 37 years, Victor Koloshuk, and a host of cur rent and for mer graduate students. Shelley has just established a scholarship for graduate students in anthropology at McMaster University and her family requests that rather than sending flowers, friends consider a donation payable to 'McMaster University ­ Shelley Saunders Scholarships' c/o Mary J. Williams, 1280 Main St. Gilmour Hall room 204, Hamilton ON Canada L8S 4L8. The funeral service will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, 89 Dunn St. Oakville at 10am on Wednesday May 21st, 2008. Visitation will occur at Ward Funeral Home, 109 Reynolds St. Oakville, 905-844-3221 from 6-9pm on Tuesday May 20th, 2008.

02/12/2008
Call for Papers
150 Years of Evolution – Darwin's Impact on the Humanities and Social Sciences

Call for Papers
150 Years of Evolution – Darwin's Impact on the Humanities and Social Sciences
A symposium in honor of the 200th Birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th Anniversary of the publication of "Origins of Species" at San Diego State University 20-22 November 2009 Researchers and scholars from all disciplines are invited to submit papers addressing the impact of Darwin's ideas in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Both disciplinary-specific and broadly interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged.
Papers accepted for the symposium will be included in a volume to be published by San Diego State University Press.
Please submit abstracts of no more that 500 words in length to mark.wheeler@sdsu.edu no later than 30 November 2008. Accepted papers must be completed by the date of the symposium to be included in the published proceedings.
Accepted papers will be announced 1 February 2009.
For more information, contact: Mark Wheeler, Symposium Chair
Department of Philosophy, SDSU
(619) 594-6706 or by email: mark.wheeler@sdsu.edu



Dae Elliott
Programs Coordinator

International Studies Education Project
College of Arts and Letters
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-6014
telephone: (619) 594-1105
fax: (619) 5940232

FEA WORKSHOP: May 31 - June 7, 2008

3-Dimensional Modeling for Finite Element Analysis:
A Workshop for Comparative Biologists

• Location: University of Massachusetts, Amherst • Cost: $800 USD (students), $1,050 (non-students)

Finite element analysis (FEA) is a technique that uses 3-dimensional computer models to analyze and predict how structures will behave under physical stresses and loads. For biologists the method holds great promise for the analysis of systems such as skeletal bone, arthropod exoskeleton, or any other system in which behavior under load is of interest. One factor that has limited the use of FEA for biological research is the overwhelming shape complexity of most biological structures; the capabilities of computers and software have often proven unequal to the task of performing these analyses. Recently, new software and advances in computing power have greatly improved our ability to perform FEA on biological systems. This workshop will introduce attendees to the methods and software that have allowed us to do this, and ideally will allow them to build and analyze their own model from a stack of CT slice images. You can see the results of last year's workshop at this link: FEA Workshop 2007 <http://www.biomesh.org/workshop07_report.phtml>.

Attendees will learn to use VGStudioMax 1.2, Geomagic Studio 10.0, and the Strand7 FEA package to build, simplify, and analyze a 3-D model of their data, all in the space of a week! Workshop cost includes dorm-room lodging and most meals. Space is limited.

Contacts:
Betsy Dumont - bdumont@bio.umass.edu
Ian Grosse - grosse@ecs.umass.edu

Learn more about FEA in Biology at: www.biomesh.org

WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNOUNCES DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS UNEARTHED AT MILWAUKEE COUNTY PAUPERS' CEMETERY

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will curate human remains and funerary artifacts unearthed in 1991 and 1992 from the Milwaukee County paupers' cemetery, according to a determination made by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
In addition to the human remains from 1,649 burials, the artifacts include personal items, coffin pieces and coffin hardware recovered from the cemetery, now the site of the Milwaukee County Medical Complex's Ambulatory Care Center. Analysis of the skeletal material and a review of the documentary record indicate that all of the remains are of European ancestry.
The documentary record associated with the cemetery and accompanying facilities is incomplete. Additional research will provide insights not available in any other form.
The Society chose curation rather than reburial because the human remains unearthed at the cemetery represent a unique and remarkable opportunity that will be of national and international importance. Additional work on the remains promises to provide a variety of public benefits. These include valuable tools scientists can use in investigating forensic cases.
Additional work will also provide insights into growth and development, and on health, disease and mortality in poor communities. Custodial care by a professional staff in a dynamic educational environment will expand the educational and training opportunities for countless students and other researchers.
The size of the collection, its well-preserved condition, the broad demographic representation of individuals present, the associated historical and field records, and the careful and systematic excavation make the discovery virtually unique in North America.

New Short-Term Study Abroad Opportunity to Scandinavia!

The Departments of Anthropology and International Student Services (part of Enrollment Services) are offering a short-term travel study course to Scandinavia from late July to early August, 2008. Students can earn from 1 to 3 upper division ANTH or HIST or GEOG credits for “Past Peoples of Scandinavia”. The course includes travel in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden for approximately 23 days. These progressive nations enjoy the one of the highest standards of living in the modern world while embracing their heritage as the home of the Vikings, the most technologically advanced mariners of their time. Participants will visit a living Iron Age village, archaeological sites, a modern sculpture park, folk museums, Bronze Age tombs, and much more! Five class meetings will be held prior to the trip which can be attended via distance if needed. The deadline to apply is March 21, 2008, so don’t delay! For more information visit the study abroad web site at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/admissions/abroad.cfm or contact Dr. Christine Hanson at afclh@uaa.alaska.edu or 786-6839.

MASTER/SPECIALIZATION PROGRAM IN SKELETAL ANTHROPOLOGY
SCHOOL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE YUCATAN

The School of Anthropological Sciences of the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico, is advertising the opening of the 2008-2010 generation of the Master / Specialization Program in Skeletal Anthropology, beginning September 8, 2008.
The goal is to train highly qualified professionals in skeletal biology, bioarchaeology and forensic osteology.
The program has a duration of two years (Master) or one year (Specialization) and requires full-time commitment. It consists of basic, compulsory and optional courses plus research labs. A final thesis is required for students enrolled in the Master program and a monograph for the Specialization. The total number of credits is 200 for the Master (including the thesis) and 100 for the Specialization (including the monograph). Courses are structured in theoretical-methodological, informative and research areas.
Among the courses offered are: Human Anatomy of the Muscular-Skeletal System,
Bioarchaeological Theory, Osteology and Human Skeletal ID I and II, Skeletal Biology, Mortuary Archaeology and Taphonomy, Physical Anthropology, Evolution and Human Variability, Histomorphology, Paleodemography, Dental Anthropology, Forensic Osteology and Research Labs. Field work in the northern Yucatan Maya area might eventually be offered.
Alongside the Campus facilities, the Program benefits from functional lab spaces for restoration, analysis and storage of skeletal collections as well as data processing. Lab facilities are equipped for conventional and histomorphological skeletal analyses. Furthermore, the program can provide access to equipment for special analyses such as X-ray, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Fluorescence and X-ray Diffraction.

Applications can be submitted personally or by mail to:
Skeletal Anthropology Committee
Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas/ UADY
Km 1 Carretera Mérida-Motul, C.P. 97305
Mérida, Yucatán, México

Application deadline: May 23, 2008
Application MUST include:

Statement of Purpose (Maximum 250 words), B.A. title in any anthropological or
medical discipline (Title must be in hand by the time courses begin), GPA of 3.2, or 80/100 final score or equivalent, Proof of reading and understanding English, Curriculum vitae with annexed documentation, Two letters of recommendation, Draft of research project (Master)/ monograph (Specialization). Students whose native language is not Spanish must present proof of reading, writing and understanding Spanish

Publication of the list of accepted students: June 13, 2008

For further information, please contact:
Academic Secretary of the Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas, UADY
Tel. (52) 99-99-30-00-90, or
Vera Tiesler Blos vtiesler@tunku.uady.mx
Andrea Cucina cucina@tunku.uady.mx

Detailed information on the program and application can be found in the following web pages:
http://www.antropologia.uady.mx/maestria/maes_esqu el.php
http://www.antropología.uady.mx/arqueologia/index.html

** CALL FOR PAPERS **

The Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conference is to be held at The University of Manchester, UK in September 2008. The conference is to be hosted jointly by the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester, and the National Research Centre in Cairo, Egypt and follows the successful ?Pharmacy in Ancient Egypt? Conference held in Cairo in 2007.

This is the first International conference that aims to bring together the two elements of ancient Egyptian healthcare practises: pharmacy and medicine.

** ABSTRACTS **

Abstracts for both oral and poster presentation are invited under the following conference themes:

* Applied techniques in ancient pharmacy and medicine
* Pharmaceutical materials, measurements and remedies
* Biodiversity in ancient Egypt
* History of diet and disease
* Cosmetics and minerals

Delegates should submit their abstracts via email to the conference organiser, Dr Jenefer Cockitt (jenefer.cockitt@manchester.ac.uk) by 28th February 2008.

Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, and give the names and affiliations of all authors and the contact email address of the presenting author. Please submit abstracts in MS word format only.

** FURTHER INFORMATION **

Please visit the conference website for registration and accommodation details:
http://www.knhcentre.manchester.ac.uk/newsandevent s/pharmacyconference/

If you have any questions about the conference, please contact the conference organiser Jenefer Cockitt (jenefer.cockitt@manchester.ac.uk).

We hope you are able to join us in Manchester in September 2008!

Best wishes,

The KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology University of Manchester

14th International Symposium on Dental Morphology

We very pleased to invite you to present and discuss cutting edge work on the many aspects of dental morphology during the 14th International Symposium on Dental Morphology in Greifswald, Germany. Like the former meetings, the program will be structured to encourage scientific discussions while interweaving social events that reflect the cultural heritage of this fascinating area of Northern Germany.

Organizers
Dr. Thomas Koppe, Greifswald, Germany
Prof. Dr. Kurt W. Alt, Mainz, Germany
Prof. Dr. Georg Meyer, Greifswald, Germany

Conference Website
http://www.medizin.uni-greifswald.de/anatomie/dent al_morphology2008.html

Date and Place
The symposium will take place from Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 August 2008 at the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Friedrich-Loeffler-Strasse 23, 17487 Greifswald, Germany

Scientific program
The conference will include keynote lectures, plenary lectures, and single oral and poster sessions, including sessions on:
• Dental evolution
• Dental morphology
• Dental tissues
• Dental growth and development
• Clinical aspects of dental morphology
• Teeth and reconstructions of the past

Abstracts
We invite authors to submit novel scientific work in any area of dental morphology for inclusion in the program with the deadline of March 31, 2008. Except for invited presentations, oral presentations will be 10 to 15 minutes plus 5 minutes of question time.

For more information please contact the organizers

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Koppe
Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
Friedrich-Loeffler-Straße 23c
17487 Greifswald
Tel: +49-(0)3834-86 5318 / Fax: +49-(0)3834-86 5302
thokoppe@uni-greifswald.de

Prof. Dr. Kurt W. Alt
Institut für Anthropologie
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Colonel Kleinmann Weg 2 (SB-II)
55099 Mainz
Tel: +49-(0)6131-39 22242 / Fax: +49-(0)6131-39 25132
altkw@uni-mainz.de

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Georg Meyer
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferkeilkunde
Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltung, Parodontologie und Endodontologie
Rotgerberstraße 8
17475 Greifswald
Tel: +49-(0)3834-86 7166/ Fax: +49-(0)3834-86 7171
gemeyer@uni-greifswald.de

2008 SUMMER PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN MARCOS

The Summer Predoctoral Fellowship program supports the Texas State 2004-2009 University Strategic Plan’s call for an “increasingly diverse student body” by enhancing “the recruitment and retention rates of African-American and Hispanic/Latino faculty”. The fellowship program will contribute to the achievement of this goal by inviting doctoral candidates at other institutions who have completed their course work and are in the process of writing their dissertations (ABD) to spend June and July working with colleagues in their field and students on the Texas State campus. Participants may also be considered as potential faculty candidates as appropriate.
More specifically, the program goals are as follows:
• Create a connection between emerging scholars at other institutions and current research efforts at Texas State
• Support and enhance the campus climate of understanding ethnicity and race
• Link the school and campus to the broader served community
• Increase the number of role models available at Texas State to underrepresented students
• Identify potential faculty candidates

Expectations for Visiting Scholars
The visiting scholars will spend their time on campus collaborating with research faculty and contributing to a range of academic activities that will support their professional development.
Expectations for Texas State Faculty & Departments
It is expected that the selected Texas State Faculty mentor will meet regularly with the Predoctoral Fellow during the duration of the program. The mentor and Fellow together will determine the focus of the Fellow’s summer experience. The Fellow’s focus could include conducting collaborative research with the mentor and/or writing the dissertation. The mentor should provide advice and guidance on topics of relevance to the Fellow’s stage of dissertation completion. Possible topics may include consideration of dissertation writing styles, dissertation organization, data collection and analysis, creating academic support networks, and applying for faculty positions.
The host department will provide access to work space, computers/printers, and other equipment necessary for a successful experience at Texas State. The department personnel committee should be informed of the possibility of considering the Fellow for a future faculty position. The summer experience should include opportunities for the Fellow to become acquainted with faculty members in the department. Networking opportunities could include departmental socials or individual meetings with faculty.
Application
Doctoral candidates wishing to be considered for the Fellowship should submit the application and supporting materials to the Graduate College by March 7, 2008 (postmark). If necessary, the Graduate College will ascertain the availability of an appropriate Texas State faculty mentor before processing an application. Applicants requiring assistance selecting a faculty mentor should send an email to Dr. Paula Williamson (pw04@txstate.edu) of their intent to submit an application in advance of the deadline to facilitate identification of potential faculty mentors.
Criteria and Process for Selection
The graduate student must come from an underrepresented group, have completed all of their graduate course work, and be working on writing their dissertation. Personnel committee and department chair support is also required. The Graduate College will make the final selection of candidates based on the information provided by the applicants and after consultation with the relevant department chair and the proposed faculty mentor.
Stipend Detail
The basic support will be an $11,000 stipend for the months of June and July that includes living expenses. Additional support will be available to cover travel expenses for a return trip in the next year at the request of the department. The University may assist in locating university housing according to availability.

Summer Predoctoral Fellowship at Texas State University-San Marcos Summer 2008 Application

Applicant’s name _________________________________________
Address___________________________________________ ________
Telephone number(s)________________________________________
E-mail address___________________________________________ ___
Academic specialization ____________________________________
Current university affiliation__________________________________
Anticipated date of doctoral degree completion__________________
Dissertation Topic ___________________________________________
Dissertation Advisor _________________________________________
Texas State Department of Interest _____________________________
Name of Texas State faculty with whom you would like to collaborate
__________________________________________________ _________
Applicant’s Signature_________________________________________
Date_____________________
Please attach a letter explaining why you would like to be awarded this fellowship, a copy of your curriculum vitae, and current official transcripts for all work at 4-year undergraduate and graduate institutions. In addition, three letters of reference from scholars familiar with your work (of which one must be from your dissertation chair) must be submitted in sealed envelops with the application or mailed directly to the address below. All materials should be submitted to Paula S. Williamson, Associate Dean, Graduate College, Texas State University-San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX, 78666 by March 7, 2008 (postmark), for full consideration. Dr. Williamson may be contacted at pw04@txstate.edu or 512-245-6292 for additional information.

Dear Faculty, Prospective Students and Alumni,

Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics and its academic affiliates (State University of New York at Oneonta and East Stroudsburg University) are pleased to announce their summer 2008 tropical biology field courses. The courses are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who demonstrate a keen interest in tropical biology, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis. Credit can also be obtained through your home institution by way of independent study.



All field courses are held at El Zota Biological Field Station in North-eastern Costa Rica near the Barro Colorado Reserve. The field station includes approximately 1000 hectares (over 2470 acres) of lush, tropical lowland rain forest. The station is among the largest of its kind in Costa Rica, and is home to a diverse array of wildlife. The fauna includes white-faced capuchins, mantled howling monkeys, black-handed spider monkeys, tapir, jaguar, collared peccary, keel-billed toucan s, great green macaws, brown caimans just to name a few. The station is designed to allow students to learn techniques that can be used in field research on ecological, behavioral and conservation questions in the tropics, and in so doing, to conserve the property of the research station.



Course Offerings:



Primate Behavior and Conservation (June 9 – July 6, 2008). Instructors: Kim Dingess, State University of New York at Oneonta and Dr. Dawn Kitchen, Ohio State University



Tropical Biology and Conservation (July 15 – August 11, 2008) Instructors: Dr. Nigel Mann, State University of New York at Oneonta , Dr. Thomas LaDuke, East S troudsburg University, and Dr. Steffen Reichle, The Nature Conservancy



Ecotravel Experience (July 7 – July 14) Coordinator: Kim Dingess


As much of our advertising is done by word-of-mouth, we encourage you to spread the word by forwarding this email to students or friends who may be interested in our programs.

For more information, please visit our website at www.DANTA.info or email kdingess@danta.info.


We hope to see you in Costa Rica!



Kimberly Dingess
Director
DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics
PO Box 316
Davenport, NY 13750
607-278-6527
kdingess@danta.info
www.danta.info

AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN ANATOMY

Before you venture to Columbus, OH, take a detour to sunny San Diego, CA, for the 2008 meeting of the American Association of Anatomists (www.anatomy.org).


One highlight that is sure to attract the AAPA membership...


AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN ANATOMY

Monday, April 7, 2008
2:30 - 4:30 PM, Room 7A, San Diego Convention Center


Symposium Description:
The disciplines of anatomy and physical anthropology have traditionally been closely linked: anatomists benefit from an understanding of the evolutionary history of our modern form, and physical anthropologists rely on anatomical principles to make informed evolutionary inferences about our closest relatives. This symposium highlights the research of early-career physical anthropologists who take a functional anatomical approach to understanding our evolutionary origins. Particular topics will include the evolution of human locomotion, energetics, biomechanics, and musculoskeletal form.

Schedule of Speakers:
David Raichlen, PhD (Univ. of Arizona)
"Are Two Legs Better than Four? Comparative Biomechanics & the Evolution of Human Walking & Running"

K. Lindsay Eaves-Johnson, MA (Univ. of Iowa) "Correlating Costal Curvature & Lung Volume in the Genus Homo: a Geometric Morphometric Approach"

Caley Orr, MA (Arizona State Univ.)
"Locomotor Hand Postures & the Functional Anatomy of the Hominid Wrist"

Qian Wang, PhD (Mercer Univ. School of Medicine) "Biomechanics of the Primate Craniofacial Skeleton & its Relevance to Human Evolution"

Jeffrey Laitman, PhD (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Discussant


For more information about the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, please visit http://anatomy.org/Meetings/meeting_highlights_08. htm

or contact symposium organizer, Jason Organ (jorgan@jhmi.edu).

COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Summer Research Initiative to Increase Diversity

An Overview of the UMD Summer Research Initiative
The Summer Research Initiative was created in 1999 by the Office of the Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and is supported by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the College, and a grant from the National Science Foundation (SBE-AGEP). The goals of the program are to provide rising juniors and seniors an opportunity to learn about graduate studies and increase their interest in doctoral-level training in the social, behavioral and economic science fields. The program has a special emphasis on population groups underrepresented in these fields (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders).

Program Details
This 8-week program will be held on the University of Maryland, College Park campus from June 2 through July 25, 2008. Students will be provided a meaningful research experience by working with a faculty mentor in one of our nine academic departments: African American Studies, Anthropology, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Government & Politics, Hearing & Speech Sciences, Psychology and Sociology. We will also supplement their research experience with lectures, workshops, and networking opportunities.

Students will be provided round-trip airfare, meals, room and board in University on-campus housing and a stipend of $2,700.


The University of Maryland, College Park is the flagship campus in the University of Maryland system and is home to first-class researchers and research facilities. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University 18th among public universities. According to the NSF, the University ranks 8th in awarding doctoral degrees in the social, behavioral and economic sciences to underrepresented ethnic minorities.

The university’s location, just nine miles from downtown Washington, D.C. and approximately 30 miles from Baltimore, provides access to some of the finest libraries, research centers, and professional opportunities in the country. The D.C. metro area is nationally regarded for its dense population of highly educated and trained professionals, diversity, culture and entertainment.

How to Apply
Basic eligibility requirements include (but are not limited to) junior or senior status by Fall 2008; interest in a career in the social, behavior, or economic sciences; and U.S. citizen or permanent resident status. We are especially interested in applications from students underrepresented in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. The application deadline is February 15, 2008.

For more information, please visit: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/dean/summer.html

Or contact Dr. Kim J. Nickerson at SRI@bsos.umd.edu

“The History of Health in Africa” at the World Archaeological Congress

Dear Colleague,

We wish to invite you to submit a paper to the session on the “History of Health in Africa” at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC6) to be held in Dublin between the 29th of June and the 4th of July 2008. This session will be part of the broader theme “Peopling the Past, Individualizing the Present: Bioarchaeological Contributions in a Global Context”.

The idea behind the session is to link with the broader project on the history of human health through signs of disease in archaeologically derived human skeletons originally proposed by Rick Steckel, Phillip Walker, Paul Sciulli, Clark Larsen and Jerry Rose in 1990. Their ‘Global History of Health’ project has already examined human skeletons from the Americas and the data gathering on the European leg is now well advanced. Now is the time to look at Africa.

The session at WAC6 is designed to find out what we already know about the history of health and disease in Africa and to bring researchers together. We invite papers on any related topic, no matter how tenuous the link. Papers could range from a discussion of the roots of current diseases in Africa (HIV, TB, Ebola) to the palaeopathology of late Pleistocene and early Holocene individuals. We are interested in the identification of long-term trends in patterns of trauma and violence; biological inequality; aging and health; health during the rise and fall of civilizations; geographic patterns of health; dental health and practice; and degenerative joint disease and activity patterns. We would be excited to hear about historical demographic data, studies of archaeological populations, site reports and case studies of single individuals.

Most important would be to hear from African scholars working in Africa. This gathering is especially important because it will provide an opportunity for African scholars to meet with their colleagues from Europe and the Americas. Because there is still a lot of time before the conference, it may be possible to find funds to help African scholars come to the gathering.

The World Archaeological Congress is an ideal vehicle for our session in that it has actively promoted scholars from regions outside of Europe and North America to meet. It has also valued the academic input of indigenous peoples. The location of this 6th WAC gathering in Dublin is opportune because Ireland is easily accessible from the Americas and Africa – forming a European ‘middle ground’ for the conference.

Should you wish further information or a ‘sounding board’ for your ideas, please do not hesitate to contact Alan Morris, Joel Irish or Isabelle Ribot at the contact addresses below. The final date for abstract submission to the conference organisers at wac6programme@ucd.ie is the 28th of February 2008. More information about the WAC6 meeting can be found at www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/site/wac6.php or www.ucd.ie/wac-6.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Alan G. Morris Joel D. Irish
Department of Human Biology Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Health Sciences University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Cape Town Fairbanks, AK 99775-7720
Observatory 7925 USA
South Africa Telephone: +1-907-474-6755
Telephone: +27-21-406-6282 Fax: +1-907-474-7453
Fax: +27-21-448-7226 Email: ffjdi@uaf.edu
Email: Alan.Morris@uct.ac.za

Isabelle Ribot
Département d'anthropologie, Université de Montréal,
CP 6128 Succursale centre-ville,
Montréal Qc H3C 3J7, Canada
Telephone: +1 (514) 343 6571
Fax: +1 (514) 343 2494
Email: i.ribot@umontreal.ca

The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute: Apprentice Program

The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) is currently taking applications for our 10-week Summer Apprentice Program. Graduates, undergraduates, and post-graduates from various academic backgrounds and all nationalities are encouraged to apply. The dates of the program are June 15 to August 22, 2008.
The research at CHCI involves a group of chimpanzees who use the signs of American Sign Language (ASL). Washoe, Moja, Tatu, and Dar were part of the cross-fostering research that began in 1966 with Drs. R.A. & B.T. Gardner. Each chimpanzee was raised in an enriched environment in which his or her human family members used only ASL, much like the environment in which a deaf human child grows up. Loulis was adopted by Washoe in 1978 and learned his signs from chimpanzees. Currently, Tatu, Dar, and Loulis reside at CHCI on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA in a large state-of-the-art facility.
Apprentices are at the institute daily -- cleaning enclosures, preparing meals and enrichment, making observations of the chimpanzees, and participating in one or more research projects. The first week is intensive training in laboratory jobs and chimpanzee behaviors. After several weeks each apprentice becomes more autonomous and has responsibilities in research and husbandry. The philosophy of CHCI is that the needs of the chimpanzees come first. Apprentices are trained in humane care and research techniques.
The program fee is $1800 and there is a non-refundable $25 application fee. The costs do not include housing and transportation. Inexpensive housing is available on campus. A course in ASL is highly recommended but not required. The deadline to apply is March 26, 2008.


Mary Lee Jensvold, Ph.D.

Assistant Director , Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute

Adjunct Research Associate, Department of Psychology

Director, Bridges to Baccalaureate

Central Washington University

400 E. University Way

Ellensburg, WA 98926-7573

phone: (509)963-2215

fax: (509)963-2234

www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci

www.friendsofwashoe.org

EUPRIM-Net:"Environmental Enrichment, Handling,Non-invasive Methods and Ethical Aspects" Primatology Course

Dear Colleagues
Our successful course series on primatology within the European Primate Network (EUPRIM-Net: www.euprim-net.eu <http://www.euprim-net.eu>) will be continued in the beginning of next year.
I would like to remind you on the next course which will be held on January 14 - 18, 2008 at the German Primate Centre (www.dpz.eu <http://www.dpz.eu>) on "Environmental Enrichment, Handling,Non-invasive Methods and Ethical Aspects". You can find the preliminary course schedule at
http://www.euprim-net.eu/network/courses/course5.h tm

I am very happy that we could win Prof. Hannah Buchanan-Smith University of Stirling, Scotland) to give a two day lecture on
*Environmental Enrichment*. Hannah is an expert in this field and an excellent speaker. Within her lecture she will provide lots of possibilities for interactive exchanges, group work and discussions.
I am sure that you will take a lot of new ideas to your home institute to enrich your animals. On the third day, Karolina Westlund from the Swedish Institute of Infectious Disease Control (SMI) will introduce you to the use of *Positive Reinforcement Training (PRT)*, which is successfully applied in many primate facilities. PRT helps your animals to cooperate, reducing the stress for the animals as well as for the people working with them. It is known that experimental results profit from this method.
The fourth day is dedicated to several *Non-invasive Methods* which are useful alternatives to reduce the stress of your primates for the sake of animal welfare.
For the last morning we have planned a lecture on *Ethics*. The focus will be on "my job in primate research" and it should open a discussion about questions like "Do I like my job? Why - why not?",
"How can I talk with friends, family and others about my job?", "How can I argue if someone attacks me because of my job?"
I hope that this topic, which came up upon former participant's feedback, meets your interest.
As in the former courses we will be a small group of approx. 30 people. You will find time to interact during the session breaks as well as during the social events (e.g. guided city tour, convivial evenings).
Following the course we provide an optional test with questions on the respective course contents to certify your successful participation.
If you are interested in attending the course or if you have any requests concerning our course series in general or this course in particular, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hope to hear from you soon!
Best wishes,
Deike Terruhn


P.S.: Please do also note the course dedicated to *Primate Nutrition* on February, 4 - 7, 2008, again at the German Primate
Centre: http://www.euprim-net.eu/network/courses/course6.h tm

Ms Deike Terruhn
EUPRIM-Net, Course Coordinator of Network Activity 4
Department of Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology German Primate Centre GmbH ( DPZ ) Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research
Kellnerweg 4
D - 37077 Göttingen, Germany
+49-551-3851-253 (phone and fax)
terruhn@dpz.eu


www.dpz.eu
www.euprim-net.eu
www.euprim-net.eu/network/courses.htm
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Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: MR Dr. Axel Kollatschny
Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue, Assessor jur. Michael Lankeit Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen
Handelsregister: Göttingen HRB 933

The University of Maryland
COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Summer Research Initiative to Increase Diversity

An Overview of the UMD Summer Research Initiative
The Summer Research Initiative was created in 1999 by the Office of the Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and is supported by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the College, and a grant from the National Science Foundation (SBE-AGEP). The purpose is to provide college juniors and seniors with a research experience that would encourage them to enter graduate training in one of the social and behavioral science fields and to help them develop stronger graduate school applications. The program has a special emphasis on population groups underrepresented in these fields (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders).
Program Details
This 8-week program will be held on the University of Maryland, College Park campus from June 2 through July 25, 2008. Students will be provided a meaningful research experience by working with a faculty mentor in one of our nine academic departments: African American Studies, Anthropology, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Government & Politics, Hearing & Speech Sciences, Psychology and Sociology. We will also supplement the research experience with lectures, workshops, and networking opportunities.

Students will be provided round-trip airfare, meals, room and board in University on-campus housing and a stipend of $2,700.


The University of Maryland, College Park is the flagship campus in the University of Maryland system and is home to first-class researchers and research facilities. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University 18th among public universities. According to the NSF, the University ranks 8th in awarding doctoral degrees in the social, behavioral and economic sciences to underrepresented ethnic minorities.

The university’s location, just nine miles from downtown Washington, D.C. and approximately 30 miles from Baltimore, provides access to some of the finest libraries, research centers, and professional opportunities in the country. The D.C. metro area is nationally regarded for its dense population of highly educated and trained professionals, diversity, culture and entertainment.

How to Apply
Basic eligibility requirements include (but are not limited to) junior or senior status by Fall 2008; interest in a career in the social, behavior, or economic sciences; and U.S. citizen or permanent resident status. We are especially interested in applications from students underrepresented in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. The application deadline is February 15, 2008.

For more information, please visit: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/dean/summer.html

Or contact Dr. Kim J. Nickerson at SRI@bsos.umd.edu

PRIMATOLOGY FILM COMPETITION

A Primatology Film Competition is to be held to judge the best films/videos made in the area of primatology produced from 1997 up to present. The winning productions will be screened at the Congress of the International Primatological Society in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 3-8, 2008.

There will be two categories: (1) professionally made (e.g. commercial or public television company productions with budget above $30,000), 2) non-professional, independent productions that cost less than $30,000. There will be preliminary screenings and judging by Ph.D. level primatologists at one or more locations, and the five best entries in each category will be screened in Edinburgh. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top entries in the non-professional
category, and appropriate certificates from the IPS will be awarded the winners in the professional category.

Each film will be ranked from 1 to 10 on the following criteria, by each judge: (1) scientific accuracy/value; (2) esthetics and film craft; (3) educational/conservation value.
The deadline for receiving entries is January 31, 2008. For further information see the Congress website at:
http://www.ips2008.co.uk/FilmCompetition.html
and/or contact: Charles Weisbard at: cw2359@columbia.edu

Human Origins (HOMINID) Moving in New Directions Program

28 November 2007

Dear colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce the National Science Foundation’s updated solicitation for the Human Origins (HOMINID) Moving in New Directions Program, with a deadline of February 25, 2008 (last Monday in February, annually thereafter).

The HOMINID competition is directed towards increasing our knowledge of the complex biological, physical, and behavioral interrelationships that led to the development of our species and that are responsible for both the shared and variable features that characterize living human populations. It recognizes that understanding of the processes and pathways of human evolution requires input from a wide range of disciplines which examine our species from multiple perspectives and across both time and space. Accomplishing this goal requires a large scale initiative which allows research activities that go beyond the smaller, shorter duration, single investigator awards that disciplinary programs have been able to provide in the past. The Human Origins: Moving In New Directions (HOMINID) competition will support large scale, long term, and integrative research and infrastructure projects through awards of up to $500,000 per year for up to five years. Contingent on the availability of funds, the program expects to make two awards in each fiscal year.

Please note that the National Science Foundation is deeply committed to providing training and education opportunities to a varied and diverse group of students. Intellectually and ethnically diverse research teams that integrate students at all stages of their training are essential to the long-term success and vitality of human evolution research and to the dissemination of knowledge of our species' adaptations and evolution. While diversity is enhanced by the inclusion of students from a wide range of disciplines, we are particularly dedicated to the training and participation of individuals from underrepresented minority groups. Researchers are thus strongly encouraged to specifically indicate their plans for including students (undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral) with particular attention to those from underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), as participants in the proposed research. Proposals that demonstrate tangible mechanisms for establishing research and education collaborations with students and researchers from underrepresented groups or from minority-serving institutions, undergraduate institutions, and colleges for women are strongly encouraged.
Please do not hesitate to contact me, Mark Weiss (703.292.7272; mweiss@nsf.gov), John Yellen 703.292-8759; jyellen@nsf.gov), or Elizabeth Tran (703.292.5338; etran@nsf.gov) with questions regarding HOMINID. For a more detailed program description, please see: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5320&o rg=BCS&from=home
Joanna E. Lambert
Program Director, NSF Physical Anthropology
Phone 703.292.7850; Email: jlambert@nsf.gov

Paul Baker, Darwin Award recipient, dies at the age of 80

Paul Thornell Baker, Emeritus Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, died on Thursday, November 29, 2007, at the age of 80 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Baker was a pioneer in the field of physical anthropology and human population biology and ecology. He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, Thelma Shoher Baker of Chapel Hill, NC; his son, Joshua (Nancy) Baker of Hillsborough, NC; his daughters, Deborah (James Elkus) Baker of San Francisco, CA; Amy (Carlyle) Carter of Minneapolis, MN; Felicia (Marc) LeClere of Granger, IN; as well as nine grandchildren.

Born on February 28, 1927 in Burlington, Iowa, he was the son of Palmer Ward Baker and Viola Isabelle Thornell. He served in the US Army from June 1945 to November 1946 with the 34th Station Hospital and was stationed in Italy with the occupation forces. He entered the University of Miami as a youthful veteran and completed his undergraduate education at the University of New Mexico. He subsequently completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1956. During his years at Harvard, he spent five years with the Quartermaster Corp of the US Army and conducted research in the Yuma desert, Arctic tundra, and the United States Army Identification Laboratory in Kokura, Japan. In 1956, he joined the faculty at The Pennsylvania State University and helped establish one of the most prominent departments of anthropology in the United States. He retired in June, 1987 and lived in Hawaii and California before locating to North Carolina.

Dr. Baker pioneered a major field of anthropological research known as human adaptability and established the research paradigm of human population biology that viewed human diversity as a byproduct of adaptive responses to stressful environmental conditions. During the 1950's, physical anthropology was a static field concerned mostly with taxonomy but Dr. Baker's initiatives changed the field from static to dynamic activity. Within the framework of adaptation and human population biology he undertook several major research projects over the course of his career. His field research, done in close partnership with his wife, focused on the cultural, physiological, and genetic aspects of adaptability around the globe. His work in the Yuma Desert demonstrated that individual and population differences in heat tolerance are related to body morphology and skin color that reflect adaptation to the environment. Along with the innumerable graduate students, he developed a major research program centered on the Peruvian Andes that demonstrated that adaptability to the low oxygen availability at high altitude is a function of exposure, gender and body composition rather than specific genetic qualities. His work in Samoa examined the effects of modernization and acculturation on Polynesia and demonstrated that the risk of high blood pressure and obesity were related to the stress associated with the abandonment of traditional cultural patterns.

During the course of his career, Dr. Baker trained several generations of graduate students who continue his legacy; with their own graduate students, they constitute a sizeable fraction of all biological anthropologists in the United States. He was unfailingly enthusiastic about science and research, and generous with his time and attention, instructing graduate students in every aspect of scientific research and publication. His productivity and thoughtful approach to research was legendary, amounting to more than 200 publications, the majority of which were original research. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a recipient of the Huxley Memorial Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and the Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award from the Human Biology Association. Dr. Baker's personal interests over the course of his life were sailing and traveling. For many years he maintained sailboats in the Chesapeake Bay, Florida Keys, and Bahamian islands.

The family expresses their special thanks and praise to the doctors, nurses, and staff at the Dubose Health Center at The Cedars of Chapel Hill for the compassion and special care that Paul received over the past two years. Donations may be made in Dr. Baker's memory to the Alzheimer's Association of Eastern North Carolina, 400 Oberlin Road, Suite 220, Raleigh, NC 27605-1351 or The Paul T. Baker Research Travel Fund in Human Biology and Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, 409 Carpenter Hall, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802.

Conference Announcement

Neolithic Violence in a European Perspective

March 14-15, 2008
School of Archaeology, Oxford University, U.K.

Until quite recently interpersonal violence was considered a marginal area of research for the European Neolithic. The large number of recent publications on the subject shows that this has changed, but at the same time there are still many questions that remain unanswered. These concern the definition of what kind of skeletal injuries constitute evidence for interpersonal violence and the geographic and temporal variability of their occurrence. The detailed study of skeletal remains within their wider archaeological context can further our understanding of the nature of specific violent events as well as contribute to an understanding of the effects of violent actions in all their forms on society as a whole. This meeting intends to bring together researchers from different parts of Europe and offers a forum for inter-regional comparisons and discussions on the Neolithic skeletal record.

Speakers include Torbjörn Ahlström (Sweden), Pia Bennike (Denmark), Alain Beyneix (France), Rimantas Jankauskas (Lithuania), Wieslaw Lorkiewicz (Poland), Horst Bruchhaus, Gundula Lidke, Jörg Orschiedt (Germany), Anastasia Papathanasiou (Greece), Maria Teschler-Nicola (Austria), Robert Layton, John Robb, Martin Smith, Linda Fibiger and Rick Schulting (UK).

For queries contact Rick Schulting rick.schulting@arch.ox.ac.uk or Linda Fibiger linda.fibiger@arch.ox.ac.uk

For registration information see http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/conferences/neolithic_vio lence

Please note that the deadline for accommodation bookings has been extended.

Announcing a New
Ph.D. Program in
Comparative Biology
The Richard Gilder Graduate
School at the American Museum
of Natural History

Our new Ph.D. program in Comparative Biology at the AMNH is designed to educate the next generation of biologists through an integrative approach that focuses on the history, evolutionary relationships, and interactions among organisms. The Richard Gilder Graduate School will be housed in a newly refurbished complex in the American Museum of Natural History at 79th and Central Park West in New York City. Training and research opportunities exist in systematic and evolutionary biology, paleontology, conservation biology, comparative genomics, computational biology, Earth history, anthropology, and biological and cultural diversity. Global field work with AMNH faculty provides exceptional research opportunities for students

This is the first such program offered at a museum in the Western hemisphere, taking advantage of the Museum's internationally recognized collections and scientists. The AMNH houses more than 30 million specimens and artifacts, which students can investigate through formal coursework and independent research. Additionally, students will have access to the exceptional natural history library of more than 400,000 scientific volumes, and will be taught by more than 40 world-renowned curator-professors. Students can also gain teaching experience through the Museum's innovative exhibits and K-12 education programs, and will enjoy access to various collaborations between the AMNH and other New York City universities such as Columbia, NYU and CUNY.

The program is accelerated and designed for students to complete their degree in four years. For these academically outstanding students, The Richard Gilder Graduate School is pleased to offer a full tuition fellowship, generous annual stipend, research funding, health insurance and computer. There also are guaranteed housing options available for all students enrolling in this new program

To view a more detailed program description and to download application materials, see: http://rggs.amnh.org. Please contact us at info-rggs@amnh.org for further information

The deadline for applications is December 28, 2007 for September 2008 enrollment

Himalayan Health Exchange
Himalayan Anthropology Field Expedition
Summer 2008
Himalayan Health Exchange (HHE) is organizing an anthropological field expedition to India in the summer of 2008. Through an independent study/fieldwork in a remote Himalayan Tibetan Borderland, HHE will offer students a practical approach to the study of India and the Himalayan culture in a socio-cultural, medical and religious context. During their journey, team members will have the opportunity to investigate local history, religious beliefs and practices, modern human adaptations, regional effects of globalization, monastic life and local healthcare. In addition, through trekking and camping in remote areas, they will participate in the interconnectedness of the magnificent natural environment with a daily local existence. This first-hand experience will be accompanied by daily academic lectures and research assistance.
Lecture topics will include: Cultural, Medical, Economic, Biological and Visual Anthropology, Religion & Philosophy, Cross-cultural healing, Ayurveda, Public Health, Buddhism, Hinduism, Indian and Tibetan history, High Altitude Adaptation, Psychology, Art/Fine Arts, Geography, Social Work, Sociology, Yoga and Meditation
Note:
This is a high-altitude expedition in rugged Trans Himalayan regions. Field camp elevations range between 8,000-15,000 feet, with higher pass crossings. As a participant, you must be in excellent physical shape and health and be willing to work in improvised field sites.

Locations
1) Himachal Pradesh: Spiti Valley: June 10- June 30, 2008
Once a part of the Guge Empire of Tibet, Spiti lies in the Indian Himalayan region at the edge of Western Tibetan Plateau. This anthropology expedition will take us on a fascinating journey through this beautiful and ancient Buddhist land, where travel was restricted until 1992, and where only a few adventurers have set foot. In addition to remote village exploration, the field trip will include, among many other destinations, a visit to Kibber, the highest permanent human settlement in the world; Tabo an ancient 10th century monastery, Dharamsala, home to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Tibetans in Exile, and the Taj Mahal.

Expedition fee: Each all-inclusive trip is US $2,740 plus international airfare
Application deadline: February 1, 2008: **Please be advised that space is limited

Program Coordinators:
Professor Paul Donnelly, Ph.D in Buddhist Studies & Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Northern Arizona University
Professor Denise Cucurny, M.A.s. in Anthropology and Legal Studies. Senior Full-time lecturer in Cultural, Biological & Medical Anthropology at California State University Long Beach and Laguna College of Art & Design.
Karlie Knudtsen, Hatha Vinyasa yoga teacher, Heart Shrine meditation instructor, Founder/Director Sadhana Yoga, Flagstaff, AZ
Ravi Singh, Founder of Himalayan Health Exchange

For details, please contact: Himalayan Health Exchange: info@himalayanhealth.com, www.himalayanhealth.com 404-929-9399. SCHOOL CREDIT AVAILABLE

Evolutionary Psychology Conference
The 2nd annual conference of the NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) will be held at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH. The conference will run from Friday May 2nd to Sunday May 4th.
Steven Pinker, of Harvard University, will give the keynote address. Peter Gray, of Boston College, will be the plenary speaker.
Submissions for poster and oral presentations are due December 19th.
For more information contact:
Dr. Sarah Strout, Conference Organizer (s.strout@snhu.edu)
Dr. Robert Deaner, Program Chair (robert.deaner@gmail.com)

www.neepsociety.com

Graduate Student Opportunities

Biological Anthropology Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The biological anthropology program in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign strives to apply the latest theoretical and technological tools to answering questions about evolution and the human condition. With expertise in developmental biology, behavior and socio-ecology, evolutionary genomics, ancient DNA, functional morphology, paleontology, epidemiology, phenotypic integration, and comparative biology, faculty and students at UIUC are stretching the boundaries of the field, establishing novel avenues for collaborative research, and revisiting classic questions from new perspectives. Graduate students are offered competitive funding packages and the opportunity for comprehensive training in anatomy, genetics, and primate evolutionary biology. All this, combined with the exceptional scholarly community in Urbana-Champaign makes UIUC biological anthropology a premier place to begin a scholarly career.
Please visit our website at http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/department/bio/bio.htm
Graduate Applications are due on 12/01/07.
Facilities and Resources
The infrastructure and resources in the biological anthropology program support an integrative approach to investigate a research problem. Fully equipped facilities in the Anthropology Department include the functional morphology laboratory, molecular anthropology and genomics laboratory, ancient DNA laboratory, endocrinology laboratory, radiocarbon and isotope laboratory, phenotypic integration laboratory, Center for Disease Emergence and Ecosystem Health, and field sites in Africa, Central, and South America. In combination with campus-wide resources such as the Institute for Genomic Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, R. J. Carver Biotechnology Center, Environmental Isotope Paleobiogeochemistry laboratory and Center for Supercomputing, the biological anthropology program at UIUC is creating an exciting academic environment that prepares doctoral students to conduct creative and innovative research as part of an outstanding career.

Dear Faculty and Students:
The State University of New York at Oneonta and Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics are pleased to announce a Primate Behavior and Conservation Field Course to be held in Costa Rica from December 28, 2007 to January 17, 2008. This program is open to people of all academic backgrounds. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis.
The course will be held at El Zota Biological Field Station in North-eastern Costa Rica. The course is designed to provide students with training in primate behavior, ecology and conservation in a field setting. During the first half of the course, students will learn how to (1) collect data on the behavior of free-ranging primates, (2) measure environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (3) measure population size, and (4) map the field site. In the second half of the course, in cons ultation with the instructor, each student carries out an independent research project. Students in the past have investigated such topics as feeding ecology, positional behavior, and habitat use in the mantled howler monkey, white-faced capuchin and black-handed spider monkey. Students will be involved in applied conservation during a 4 day field trip to Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.
The cost of the course is $1850, and includes all within-country transportation, room and board, and expenses for a 4 day field trip. It does NOT include your international flight, airport taxes ($25), accommodation and meals for the first and last nights in San Jose. The deadline for registration is December 1, 2007. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. This does not include tuition at the State University of New York at Oneonta.
Academic Tuition
You can obtain academic credit for this course through the Departments of Anthropology or Psychology at the State University of New York, Oneonta. Participants enrolled for 6 academic credits will pay a total tuition fee of $181 per credit (or the current tuition rate) for New York State Residents or $442 per credit (or the current tuition rate) for non-residents
To learn more about the Primate Behavior and Conservation field course, please visit our website (www.danta.info), or email us at kdingess@danta.info.

Hope to see you in Costa Rica!

Kimberly Dingess
Director
DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics
PO Box 316
Davenport, NY 13750
607-278-6527
kdingess@danta.info
www.danta.info

Primate Behavior and Conservation Field Course

The State University of New York at Oneonta and Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics are pleased to announce a Primate Behavior and Conservation Field Course to be held in Costa Rica from December 28, 2007 to January 17, 2008. This program is open to people of all academic backgrounds. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis.



The course will be held at El Zota Biological Field Station in North-eastern Costa Rica. The course is designed to provide students with training in primate behavior, ecology and conservation in a field setting. During the first half of the course, students will learn how to (1) collect data on the behavior of free-ranging primates, (2) measure environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (3) measure population size, and (4) map the field site. In the second half of the course, in cons ultation with the instructor, each student carries out an independent research project. Students in the past have investigated such topics as feeding ecology, positional behavior, and habitat use in the mantled howler monkey, white-faced capuchin and black-handed spider monkey. Students will be involved in applied conservation during a 4 day field trip to Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.



The cost of the course is $1850, and includes all within-country transportation, room and board, and expenses for a 4 day field trip. It does NOT include your international flight, airport taxes ($25), accommodation and meals for the first and last nights in San Jose. The deadline for registration is December 1, 2007. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. This does not include tuition at the State University of New York at Oneonta.



Academic Tuition



You can obtain academic credit for this course through the Department of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Oneonta. Participants enrolled for 6 academic credits will pay a total tuition fee of $181 per credit (or the current tuition rate) for New York State Residents or $442 per credit (or the current tuition rate) for non-residents



To learn more about the Primate Behavior and Conservation field course, please visit our website (www.danta.info), or email us at kdingess@danta.info.



Hope to see you in Costa Rica!


Kimberly Dingess
Director
DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics
31 Pine Street
Oneonta, NY 13820
607-432-0315
kdingess@danta.info
www.danta.info

Stanley Garn and Carol Livingstone

The end of August saw the loss of two extraordinary members of our community of scholars. The Garns and the Livingstones were great friends and colleagues at the University of Michigan for several decades, and both couples taught and influenced literally hundreds, and
through those, thousands of students in biological anthropology. The spirits, intelligence, generosity, and remarkable wits of Stanley & Priscilla and Frank & Carol are not easily matched. We will miss standing on their shoulders.
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Stanley Garn died on the morning of 31 August. His daughter, Barbara, was in town with him and is now caring for her mother, Priscilla, who is in a rehabilitation center in Detroit.
Roberto Frisancho (arfrisan@umich.edu) is handling inquiries concerning memorials and contacts for condolences.

Carol Livingstone died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007
You may express condolences to the family at www.littletonandrue.com LIVINGSTONE, Carol Ludington

8th Palaeopathology Short Course

10th to 22nd August 2008
The 8th Palaeopathology Short Course will take place from Sunday 10 August (arrival) through Friday, 22 August 2008 at the Biological Anthropology Research Centre, Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford. Registration will take place on the morning of Monday, 11 August.

Course Synopsis

Delegates in the Keith Manchester Lab
during the 7th Palaeopathology Shourt Course in 2005.
The course will cover topics in the study of health and demographic characteristics of past human populations, including age estimation and sex determination, estimates of body proportion and stature from human remains, specific and non-specific infectious disease, degenerative joint disease, metabolic disease, congenital abnormality, dental disease, activity-related skeletal change, and the use of histological techniques in the differential diagnosis of ancient disease. The course will also include a number of special lectures on ancient DNA, the analysis of ancient and modern human hair, and isotopic analyses that complement and extend the macro and microscopic analysis of palaeopathological conditions. Dr. Frank Rühli will also contribute on the use of radiography and Ct-scanning to aid differential diagnosis of palaeopathological lesions.

Course lecturers/tutors:
• Dr. Christopher Knüsel (Bradford)
• Mrs. Anthea Boylston (Bradford)
• Dr. Megan Brickley (Birmingham)
• Professor Andrew Chamberlain (Sheffield)
• Dr. Mary Lewis (Reading)
• Dr. Simon Mays (English Heritage)
• Dr. Janet Montgomery (Bradford)
• Dr Alan Ogden (Bradford)
• Professor Charlotte Roberts (Durham)
• Dr. Frank Rühli (University of Zurich)
• Professor Michael Schultz (Göttingen)
• Dr. Holger Schutkowski (Bradford)
• Dr. Mike Taylor (University College London)
• Dr. Darlene Weston (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig)
• Dr. Andrew Wilson (Bradford)

For further information and application forms, please contact:
Dr. Christopher Knüsel
Biological Anthropology Research Centre (BARC)
Archaeological Sciences
University of Bradford
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD7 1DP
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1274 233545
Fax: +44 (0)21274 235190
E-Mail: c.knusel@bradford.ac.uk

Theories and methods in applied biocultural anthropology.
University of South Florida. October 19-20, 2007

The purpose of the conference is to make available to students and faculty of anthropology (and allied disciplines) a series of presentations on theories and methods in applied biocultural anthropology. This effort is a response to the increasing fragmentation of anthropology into cultural and biological segments. The presenters will discuss theoretical issues (such as political-economic approaches to health), applied biocultural anthropology (the nutritional effects of globalization, support for optimal infant and young child feeding), and methodological approaches (such as cultural consensus analysis and methods to study maternal and childhood health and food insecurity).
SCHEDULE:
Friday 10/19,
8:00-8:15: distribution of conference material
8:15-8:30. Lorena Madrigal. Opening remarks.

8:30 am-12:00 noon. Thomas Leatherman (Department of Anthropology. University of South Carolina). Presentation title: Theory in biocultural anthropology.
1:30-5:00 pm: Daniel Sellen (Departments of Anthropology, Nutritional Sciences and Public Health Science, University of Toronto). Presentation title: Infant and young child feeding.
Saturday 10/20,
8:30 am-12:00 noon. David Himmelgreen (Department of Anthropology. University of South Florida). Presentation title: Food Insecurity and HIV/AIDS: Measuring Community and Household Vulnerability.
1:30-5:00 pm. William Dressler ( Department of Anthropology. The University of Alabama)
Presentation title: Cultural consensus analysis.


The only method of payment accepted is a check for $15 made to the USF anthropology foundation. The check and this registration form must be received by October 15. Please send it to Lorena Madrigal. Biocultural conference. SOC 107. Department of anthropology. University of South Florida. 4202 E. Fowler. Tampa, Fl. 33620.
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Check number:________. Are you a: USF faculty _________ Graduate student _______ Undergraduate student__________
Other (______________________________________________)




Address.

E-mail

Questions? E-mail Lorena Madrigal at madrigal@cas.usf.edu

The International Polar Year

The International Polar Year (IPY) extends through March 2009. One subtopic specifically identified for research is "Humans in the Polar Regions" and the competition is particularly appropriate for physical anthropologists with an interest in polar issues. Please note that there is still a September 14, 2007 deadline remaining for this specific subtopic. Scientists interested in performing research on Human Systems in Polar Regions should review the International Polar Year, 2007 solicitation NSF 07-536 <http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_k ey=nsf07536>. The IPY period commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the 1957 International Geophysical Year (IGY) but for the first time specifically seeks to address fundamental questions about social and behavioral systems in the extreme environments of the polar regions.

Appointment of Dr. Mark Weiss as the Division Director for the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mark L. Weiss as Director of the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), effective September 2, 2007. Dr. Weiss will replace Dr. Sandra Schneider, who is returning to the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Dr. Weiss currently serves as Senior Science Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Director, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate. He has worked at NSF for more than 11 years, serving as Program Director for Physical Anthropology and Acting Deputy Assistant Director, SBE. In 2005 he was on detail to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he was the Assistant Director for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Prior to his service at NSF he was Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Dr. Weiss received his B.A. degree at Harpur College (now SUNY, Binghamton) and both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science and is the co-author of a highly respected introductory textbook in physical anthropology.

I want to thank Mark for stepping up to the DAD position, while continuing to serve as Senior Science Advisor, and Sandy for her leadership of BCS and for her efforts to improve regulations governing research involving human subjects. We wish them both well in their new enterprises, here and there.

David W. Lightfoot
Assistant Director

EUPRIM-NETCourses on General Primate Biology and Primate Husbandry, Nutrition and Handling

Dear Colleagues
All who we are working in institutions using primates in research need a good knowledge of their biology, as part of the strong responsibilityfor the welfare of our protégés. Within EUPRIM-Net we offer a course series about Primatology to impart a broad knowledge about different aspects of primate biology.
Today we would like to invite you to the next two courses which will be held at the German Primate Center (DPZ) in Göttingen, Germany.
We hope to meet your interests and would be glad to see you herein Göttingen!
With best regards
Eckhard W. Heymann
Deike Terruhn

“Primate Social Systems, Reproduction, and Breeding”October 24 –26, 2007

For the discussion of primate keeping and breeding in captivity the mating systems of different primates are one of the key issues. This discussion has to be conducted in context of the respective social systems of the primate species. We start this course module with these ethological aspects. Sessions about the morpho-logical and physiological aspects of reproduction, which is important for the understanding of laboratory primate breeding, complement the course schedule. The last day of the course is dedicated to concrete topics of ontogenesis, breeding and genetic population management. The course will give the possibility to discuss these issues in an auditorium of experienced colleagues.

“Primate Behaviour, Environmental Enrichment, and Ethical Aspects”October 29 –November 1, 2007Primate behaviour and environmental enrichment is a main topic for the welfare of captive primates. The general and social behaviour of primates will be highlighted in the first part of this course, followed by sessions on the behavioural needs of the different primate species. These are important for their psychological and physical well-being. Another session is dedicated to environmental enrichment which is essential for the quality of life of kept primates.Our strong responsibility for the welfare of captive primates requires that ethical guidelines and corresponding legislation is observed. We have included these two topics to meet the current and forthcoming trends. Aspects of primate communication are addressed in the final course section. A forum for discussions will be provided for all these issues.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The AAA announces a call for nominations and expressions of interest in the position of Editor-in-chief of the American Anthropologist (AA), for a four-year term beginning September 1, 2008. The American Anthropologist is the principal Association-wide journal of the discipline and the American Anthropological Association, with a current circulation of 13,000.

For more information, please go to http://aaanet.jobcontrolcenter.com/jobdetail.cfm?j ob=2604846&keywords=&ref=1

The Society for Applied Anthropology:CALL FOR PAPERS

The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites sessions and abstracts (papers and posters) for the Program of the 68th Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, March 25-29, 2008. The theme of the Program is “The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities for Applied Anthropology”.

The Society is a multi-disciplinary association that focuses on problem definition and resolution. We welcome papers from all disciplines. The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2007. For additional information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please visit our web page (www.sfaa.net, click on “Annual Meeting”).

Dear AAPA members,

I am currently working on a book regarding repatriation and reburial. This will be a popular science book that looks at the history of the laws, the effect repatriation and reburial has on scientific endeavors, and ethical concerns regarding the issue. If you have had experiences with NAGPRA or other repatriation/reburial laws that you wish to share, please feel free to email me at eweiss@email.sjsu.edu. I am open to both positive and negative experiences that occurred anywhere in the world. In your responses, please include information on the remains, what studies have been conducted, your own specialties, and the times and places of the events. Also, include whether I can quote the emailed responses and whether you would like your name, position, and affiliation cited or whether you prefer to remain anonymous.

Thank you in advance for your time,
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Weiss, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Email: eweiss@email.sjsu.edu Department of Anthropology
Webpage: www.anthrosciences.com San José State University
Phone: 408-924-5546 San José, CA 95192-0113

Dear AAPA,
I am writing to you from GRB Entertainment and we are currently producing a new high-end documentary television series for the Discovery Channel titled “The Bone Detective” (formerly known as “Ancient Bones”) scheduled to air in 2008. Though we already have roughly 11 shoots planned for this summer, we are still seeking a few more sites to add to our schedule and I thought you might be able to help us get in contact with archaeologists active in the AAPA who would be interested in collaborating with our series. Forgive me if you have already received an email about this program… we are going down as many avenues as possible to find archaeologists who would be interested in collaborating with our series, and we have had a few cases of overlap.

“The Bone Detective” highlights active archaeological digs around the world (currently including digs in Egypt, Belize, China, Thailand, and Peru, among others), with a focus on the ways archaeologists solve ‘mysteries’ (both large and small) through the excavation and analysis of human remains. Each one hour episode spotlights an individual dig, featuring the archaeologists involved, the site history, the course of the fieldwork, its successes and challenges, and the future of the project. We center each of these episode on a present burial / mortuary / osteological ‘mystery’ recently uncovered (usually in the 2006 field season) and have our Host collaborate with the archaeologists to “solve” this mystery through the most modern and hands-on techniques currently available to archaeologists. Our intent is to produce an entertaining, credible, and educational series that will comprehensively involve Discovery viewers in the fascinating process of archaeological fieldwork and educate them about the cultures being studied.

I realize that time is short, as this field season rapidly approaches, and that this is quite a busy time of year in the archaeological and academic worlds! However, we sincerely hope to add another project or two to our roster as soon as possible. We are particularly interested in projects that are going to be actively excavating LATE in the season (August, September, October, and even November!).

Any information, contacts, or direction you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you might feel would be interested, and/or to post it publicly.

Sincerely,



Tiffany Thompson

Segment Producer

THE BONE DETECTIVE

GRB Entertainment

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Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition

Earth Sciences for Society: Beginning of the International Year of Planet Earth

Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO
28-31 October 2007
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2007
Abstract Deadline: 10 July
Standard Registration Deadline: 24 September

Please contact Christa Stratton at www.cstratton.geosociety.org or by phone 303-357-1093 with questions.

20th Annual FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Date: JUNE 11 – 15, 2007
Location: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ACADEMY (NTSB), ASHBURN, VIRGINIA
Forensic anthropology is concerned with the scientific recovery, analysis and identification of human remains in the medicolegal context. Forensic anthropologists frequently apply their knowledge of human remains to victim identification, remains search and recovery and the interpretation of skeletal trauma. Over time, the role of the forensic anthropologist has expanded to include a greater role in human rights investigations and mass disaster operations. This course uses hands-on lab sessions to teach basic techniques of skeletal analysis. Lectures provide the methodological basis of human osteology and introduce applications used by anthropologists in their work. Forensic pathologists, death investigators, forensic dentists, attorneys and other specialists engaged in multidisciplinary forensic investigations will find this course an excellent introduction to the field. By attending this course, attendees will:

• Learn the basic anthropological methods to determine age, sex, race, and stature from the human skeleton.
• Discern the fundamental differences between human and non-human skeletons.
• Identify the ways forensic anthropology can assist in interpreting skeletal trauma.
• Understand the methods used by forensic anthropologists to identify burned remains.
• Comprehend methods used in body search and excavation techniques.
• Understand the theoretical considerations related to personal identity and evidence and the methods used by forensic anthropologists to establish personal identity from human remains.

• Understand the contribution of DNA analysis and forensic odontology to victim identification.
• Determine how forensic anthropology is integrated into the response to mass disasters.
For more information: Course coordinator Mark Hovland. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: sutton@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.afip.org/Departments/edu/upcoming.htm.

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Announces Fellowship Opportunities

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) invites applications for its 2008-09 residential fellowships.

This sabbatical fellowship provides an opportunity for faculty to pursue priority research and expand their horizons while engaging in a diverse, interdisciplinary intellectual community. The Center considers applications from scholars in a wide range of disciplines and interdisciplinary areas in the social and behavioral sciences, and humanities.

The Center offers a supportive, stimulating, and peaceful environment in which to work. A CASBS fellowship award is considered a career milestone for any scholar, and most recipients report that the year had a transformative effect on later work.

The application form and guidelines are available at www.casbs.org. For additional distribution, there are PDF versions of the poster, and a text-only flyer, at www.casbs.org/apply/announcement. Applications for the 2008-09 fellowship year are due by June 30th, 2007.

The 9th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) will be held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading between Friday 14th and Sunday 16th September 2007.

The conference is open to both members and non-members: students, professionals and the public alike. Papers are invited for inclusion in three themed sessions as well as an ‘open’ session in which papers and posters on any topic can be presented. The titles of the themed sessions are:

- Ethical, Scientific and Cultural Issues in the Repatriation of Human Remains

- The Patter of Tiny Feet: the bioarchaeology of infants and children

- Mortuary Matters: the cultural aspects of death and disposal

Registration details, conference arrangements, session abstracts and guidelines for abstract submission are available from the BABAO website www.babao.org.uk. Abstracts for spoken or poster presentations should be sent by email to m.e.lewis@reading.ac.uk

The deadline for abstract submission is: Wednesday 1st August. Please note: late conference booking fee applies after 15th August

For any further enquiries please contact: Dr Mary Lewis (m.e.lewis@reading.ac.uk) at the Department of Archaeology, SHES, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 227, Reading RG1 2SA. Tel: 0118 8927, Fax: 0118 378 6718

International Congress on Stress
August 23-26, 2007 Budapest, Hungary
Centennial anniversary of Hans Selye, the founder of the stress concept

3,000 PRE-REGISTRATIONS
Extended Abstract Deadline: April 20th

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Dear Colleague,

it is my pleasure to ask you to submit your abstract and registration to the 2007 World Conference of Stress (www.stress07.com), which will be organized in Budapest, Hungary between August 23 and 26 next year. The Conference will be a sequel of our very successful meeting with more than 800 participants in 1997. The announcement of this Conference made an enthusiastic response of the scientific community. We received more than 400 exciting symposium proposals, and have 3,000 pre-registrations from 90 countries. We will celebrate the centennial birth anniversary of Hans Selye, the founder of the stress concept with 7 plenary lectures and 38 symposia bringing you 160 top speakers from a variety of fields covering stress proteins to psychosocial stress. Please find the full scientific program at http://www.stress07.com/05programme.htm

Please submit your registration here (http://www.stress07.com/reg.html) and submit your abstract at the special section of the on-line registration form. Abstracts will appear as a special on-line edition of Cell Stress and Chaperones. Each symposium will be extended by two additional oral presentations, which will be selected from the submitted abstracts.

The Congress will feature a special exhibition of paintings and other artworks on stress, specially designed congress bags, Pub Tours with the most famous speakers, and a number of Science is Fun programs to exercise your creativity and relieve your stress. On behalf of all the organizers, let me thank you for being our partner in this exciting endeavor,

sincerely yours,

Prof. Peter Csermely
chairman of the Organizing Committee
past-president of Cell Stress Society International
www.stress07.com

New graduate program in Integrative Anatomy

The Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine is pleased to announce a new graduate program in Integrative Anatomy. The Integrative Anatomy (IA) program lies at the interface of the fields of evolutionary morphology and pathobiology.
IA emphasizes a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to training and education leading to the PhD degree, with a current and growing core of closely knit faculty. IA faculty possess a broad range of expertise in lab-, museum- and field-based investigations of the evolutionary and translational significance of anatomical variation in primates and other mammals. Principal research areas in our group center on: quantitative approaches to neural imaging and craniofacial integration; allometric, multivariate and geometric morphometric analyses of ontogeny and phylogeny; adaptive significance of musculoskeletal transformations during major evolutionary events; experimental analyses of joint formation, function, formation and aging; and role of extracellular matrix in development and disease.

The University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) is unique in affording access to a wide variety of resources on the same campus with exceptionally diverse and cutting-edge resources, with myriad cross-disciplinary opportunities for translational and evolutionary research and education. In combination with the technical and theoretical proficiency of the IA faculty, we capitalize on emerging approaches from allied programs in pathobiology and the life sciences. Campus-wide there are numerous faculty and students with exciting research interests that complement those of the IA group.

For more information, see our website at http://anatomy.missouri.edu, or contact our Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Matt Ravosa, ravosam@missouri.edu.

Finite element analysis WORKSHOP: JUNE 9-15, 2007

Finite element analysis holds great promise for the analysis of biological systems in which behavior under load is of interest. One
factor that has limited the use of FEA for biological research is the overwhelming shape complexity of most biological structures; the
capabilities of computers and software often prove unequal to the task.
Recently, new software and advances in computing power have greatly improved the ability to perform FEA on biological systems. In our lab we
build and analyze finite element models of vertebrate skulls and bones.
This workshop will train attendees in the methods and software we use to do this rapidly and efficiently.

Attendees are encouraged to bring 2D serial image stacks (e.g. ct-scans) so that they can build analyze a 3D model using their own data. Workshop
cost includes course materials, dorm lodging, continental breakfasts, lunches, and 3 evening meals.

Students: $750
Non-student Academics: $1,000
Non-academic Private Sector: $1,250

Enrollment is limited to 10; Email Betsy Dumont (bdumont@bio.umass.edu)
to reserve a space!

THE STONE AGE INSTITUTE AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Announce a Symposium

The Human Brain Evolving:

Papers in Honor of Ralph L. Holloway
Friday, April 27th & Saturday April 28th, 2007
Whittenberger Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University, Bloomington

For more information, contact:
Indiana University Conferences
1 -800-933-9330
and

visit our website: www.stoneageinstitute.org

" International Journal of Modern Anthropology "

This journal publishes papers that extend our understanding of the humankind in all its aspects particularly within specialties of Biological Anthropology (Genetics-Anthropology, Paleoanthropology and Medical Anthropology). In fact, modern anthropology heads multiples specialties belonged to different disciplines. The confrontation of knowledge constructed by these disciplines remains the principal objective of the journal, which will stimulate researchers to start real grand syntheses of multidisciplinary data.

It publishes annually papers following several formats:
Original Synthetic Articles presenting grand syntheses of analyzed data from biological anthropology specialties and those linked up from cultural anthropology specialties or vice versa. Syntheses must be original and provide new justified hypotheses or theories and / or new conclusions and ideas or new methods.
Original discovery articles, are short papers, which provide discoveries in biological anthropology and in all aspects of basic human biology or discoveries expanded from popular traditional medicine.
Review Synthetic Articles reflecting current interests on all aspects of biological anthropology and related aspects of cultural anthropology.
Critical Short Reports, in which modern anthropologists can bring out ambiguities as that of classic questionable considerations.

The first issue of the journal will appear online at October 2007. In addition, it will materialize by printing at the same period (copies of the first issue will be given to participants of the Second International Congress of Biological and Cultural Anthropology, 26-27-28 October 2007).
The Editor in Chief of the journal:
Hassen CHAABANI
University Professor and Director of research Unit;
President of the Tunisian Association of Anthropology
Laboratoire de Génétique Humaine et d'Anthropologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia ; E. mail : hassen.chaabani@fphm.rnu.tn
Associate Editors: (incomplete list)
Ahmed N. HELAL , University of Monastir;Tunisia
André Langaney, University of Geneva & Man Museum of Paris; Switzerland, France
Esther Esteban, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
Francisco Luna , Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Spain
Giuseppe Vona , University of Cagliara, Italy
Harald Sverdrup , Lund University; Sweden
Vitalij Shevoroshkin , University of Michigan; USA

(The definitive list of Associate Editors from different world countries will be indicated in the first issue).
Editors will take the necessary steps to index and cover this journal.

General instruction :
The journal receives manuscripts in English from all over the world. Manuscripts submitted must not be under consideration by any other journal at the same time or have been published elsewhere. All manuscripts will be anonymously refereed by at least two reviewers. Manuscripts of Original Synthetic Articles and Review Synthetic Articles must be presented in about 25 to 35 pages (The text must be double-spaced; top, bottom and both side margins should be about 3cm). While manuscripts of Original discovery articles and Critical Short Reports must be presented in only about 4 to 8 pages.
Both original research reports (Original Synthetic Articles and Original discovery articles) should consist of the following subdivisions:
-Title page -Abstract (250 words or fewer) -Text -Literature cited -Tables -Figures legends and Figures (Hard copies of certain figures may be needed once an article is accepted for publication).
The pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page. The title page must contain the following: Title; Author's name(s); Corresponding institutions and addresses; Number of pages of the manuscript; running title; Key words; Name and address of the corresponding author (telephone and fax number and e-mail address); All grant information.
The literature list must be arranged alphabetically in the following style:
Chaabani H. 2002. GM polymophism and the evolutionary history of modern humans. Ann Génét 45:197-206.

Submission of manuscripts for publication in the first issue will be possible from February 2007 and before September 2007 by E. Mail to the Editor in chef Pr. Hassen CHAABANI hassen.chaabani@fphm.rnu.tn

20th Annual FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
June 11 - 15, 2007
National Transportation Safety Board Academy Ashburn, Virginia

View our website and register online:
http://www.afip.org/Departments/edu/upcoming.htm

The analysis and identification of human remains from criminal and legal
contexts has long been the focus of forensic anthropology. With skeletal
analysis as the groundwork of the field, forensic anthropology has
rapidly expanded into other areas of medicolegal investigation. Forensic
anthropologists now apply their skills to body search and recovery
techniques, taphonomic analysis, trauma interpretation, bone DNA, and
mass disaster victim identification. This course uses hands-on
laboratory sessions to teach basic techniques of skeletal analysis.
Lectures provide the methodological basis of the osteological techniques
and introduce additional applications of the field. Forensic
pathologists, medicolegal investigators, forensic dentists, attorneys,
and others involved in death investigation will find this course an
excellent introduction to the field.
For further information please contact Course Coordinator:
Mark L. Hovland
Department of Medical Education
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Washington, DC 20306-6000

Tel: (202) 782-2637
Toll-Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US)
Fax: (202) 782-5020
Toll-Free Fax: (800) 441-0094
DSN: 662-2637
Email: sutton@afip.osd.mil
Course Program:
http://www.afip.org/Departments/edu/coursehtm/07an throfs.htm

Undergraduate Biocultural Research Experience

The University of Notre Dame and National Science Foundation will once again host a summer research experience for undergraduates in biocultural anthropology. This is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in an experiential learning environment that immerses them in anthropological method and theory.

More information can be found at www.nd.edu/~nsfreu.

The field school will be held from June 4 - July 27, 2007 in the Laboratory for Biocultural Anthropology on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The program provides a $400/week stipend, as well as funds for housing and travel to and from the University of Notre Dame.

The application is due April 18, 2007.

Please forward this message and/or post the attached flyer. Thank you for your assistance in making this opportunity widely available to your students.

For further information, please contact Jaime Ullinger (ullinger.1@osu.edu).

Sincerely,

Susan G. Sheridan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame

Jaime Ullinger, M.A.
Ohio State University

COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Summer Research Initiative to Increase Diversity

An Overview of the UMD Summer Research Initiative
The Summer Research Initiative was created in 1999 by the Office of the Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and is supported by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, and the College. The purpose is to provide college juniors and seniors with a research experience that would encourage them to enter graduate training in one of the social and behavioral science fields and to help them develop stronger graduate school applications. The program has a special emphasis on population groups (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders) underrepresented in these fields. Students will be provided with a meaningful research experience in one of our academic departments. We will also supplement the research experience with lectures, workshops, networking opportunities, and mentoring.

Program Details
This upcoming 8-week program will be held on the University of Maryland – College Park campus from June 3 through July 28, 2007. Participants will be matched with a mentor and research in one of our departments: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Government & Politics, Hearing & Speech Sciences, Psychology and Sociology.

Students will be provided round-trip airfare, meals, room and board in University on-campus housing and a stipend of $2,700.


The University of Maryland – College Park is the flagship campus in the University of Maryland system and is home to first-class researchers and research facilities. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University 18th among public universities. According to NSF, the University ranks 8th in awarding doctoral degrees in the social, behavioral and economic sciences to under-represented ethnic minorities.

The university’s location, just nine miles from downtown Washington, D.C. and approximately 30 miles from Baltimore, provides access to some of the finest libraries, research centers, and professional opportunities in the country. The DC metro area is nationally regarded for its dense population of highly educated and trained professionals, diversity, culture and entertainment.

How to Apply
Basic eligibility requirements include (but are not limited to) junior or senior status by Fall 2007; interest in a career in the social, behavior, or economic sciences; and U.S. citizen or permanent resident status. We are especially interested in applications from students underrepresented in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. The application deadline is February 9, 2007.

For more information, please visit: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/dean/summer.html

Or contact Ms. Pech Yim at SRI@bsos.umd.edu

Mitrou Archaeological Project - Mortuary Archaeology Field School


The Mitrou Archaeological Project is offering a Mortuary Archaeology Field School concurrently with the 2007 Archaeological Field School. This course is designed for those advanced undergraduate and graduate students who have had archaeological field school, and who want to expand their skills and experience in Mediterranean archaeology, particularly mortuary archaeology. Students enrolled in this course set will form part of the Mitrou Archaeological Project excavation team together with regular field school students and professional staff. Unlike regular field school students, advanced students will be trained as trench assistants in the field, will receive specific instruction in tomb and burial excavation and recording, and will be expected to spend a considerable amount of time in the apothiki (laboratory) where they will assist in diverse data collection and preliminary analysis tasks.



Please refer to www.mitrou.org for details. Applications are due by February 15, 2007.

General Primate Biology and Primate Husbandry, Nutrition and Handling

1st Course within EUPRIM-Net
“Primate Diversity, Morphology and Natural History”
Deutsches Primaten Zentrum - German Primate Centre
Göttingen, April 16th – 19th 2007

Invitation
You are cordially invited to participate in the 1st course within the course series on “General Pri-mate Biology and Husbandry, Nutrition and Handling”. The course series is conducted within Net-work Activity 4 as a part of EUPRIM-Net (European Primate Network: Specialized Infrastructures and Procedures for Biological and Biomedical Research). Courses include lectures by experts from the different fields and discussions. Handouts with course material will be provided.
The first course will give insight into primate diversity, morphology and natural history.
The EU funded project EUPRIM-Net networks eight European primate centres and is aimed at advancing knowledge and competence in biological and biomedical research, animal keeping and breeding. The project objectives focus on animal welfare, the standardisation of procedures and methods as well as training for those working with primates.
Advanced and specialised training courses for scientist, students, animal caretakers and other staff involved in primate research is developed and conducted in Network Activity 4. The courses insure that new developments and knowledge will quickly spread across Europe to support sci-ence that meets the highest ethical standards for primate-based animal research.
I am looking forward to seeing you in April 2007.
With best regards,
Deike Terruhn
Course Coordinator of Network Activity 4
www.euprim-net.eu
www.euprim-net.eu
1st Course within EUPRIM-Net:
“Primate Diversity, Morphology and Natural History”
April, 16 - 19, DPZ (Göttingen, Germany)
Course Schedule
Monday, April 16
Beginning: 9.00 a.m.
Welcome and introduction
Deike Terruhn and Dr. Eckhard W. Heymann, DPZ
- What are primates? Defining and distinguishing characters of the order Primates.
- Primate diversity: characteristics of the different primate radiations.
- Overview on primate biology and ecology
Dr. Eckhard W. Heymann, DPZ
Tuesday, April 17
Morphology of primate brain
Invited speaker: Prof. Dr. Uwe Jürgens, DPZ
Gastro-intestinal tract of primates
Invited speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürg Kuhn, University of Göttingen
Wednesday, April 18
Morphology of the primate motor apparatus
Invited speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Schultz, University of Göttingen
First part: Biology and natural history of the major laboratory primates (macaques, vervet monkeys, squirrel monkeys, marmosets, tamarins)
Deike Terruhn, DPZ
Thursday, April 19
Second part: Biology and natural history of the major laboratory primates (ma-caques, vervet monkeys, squirrel monkeys, marmosets, tamarins)
Deike Terruhn
Feedback and closing remarks
Deike Terruhn and Dr. Eckhard W. Heymann, DPZ
End: 12 a.m.
www.euprim-net.eu
Conditions for Participation
Targeted Audience
• Scientists and students new to primate research
• Experienced scientists involved in primate research who need to update and extend their knowledge of primate biology,
• Veterinarians and animal caretakers working in primate centres and zoological gardens
• Scientists and students from primate habitat countries
Fees
Academics and professionals: 50 €
Students and unemployed persons: 25 €
Partners of EUPRIM-Net and persons from primate habitat countries: free
Please remit your fee to:
Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)
Sparkasse Göttingen
BLZ: 260 50 01
Konto: 18 00 20 22
IBAN: DE 16 260 500 100 180 020 22
Please indicate “EUPRIM-Net Course” on your remittance
Travel and Accommodation
Participants are responsible for organizing travel and accommodation and for paying their ex-penses.
Course language and number of participants
The course language is English. The number of participants is limited to 40.
Registration
If you want to apply you for the 1st course in April 2007 please send the attached registration form to Deike Terruhn until 25th March 2007. You will find the fax registration form at the end of this document.
Contact person: Deike Terruhn
Course Coordinator of Network Activity 4
German Primate Centre
Kellnerweg 4
D - 37077 Göttingen, Germany
terruhn@dpz.eu
+49-551-3851-256 (phone)
+49-551-3851-291 (fax)
www.euprim-net.eu
Venue
DPZ
Deutsches Primatenzentrum
German Primate Centre
Kellnerweg 4
D - 37077 Göttingen, Germany
How to reach us
Göttingen lies in the very heart of Germany. Visitors from abroad may choose between the airport of Frankfurt/Main (plus 2 hour rail trip) and the airport of Hanover (plus 3/4 hour rail trip).
Roadmap of Göttingen
From the A7 motorway take the exit marked "Göttingen Nord". Follow the B27, then turn right after the second set of traffic lights and follow the signs for "Unibereich Nord". Go straight on and follow the road round to the right at the top of the hill. Then take the first exit on the left (about 500 m, signposted DPZ).
How to get to the DPZ by public transport Tickets on the bus! Bus no. 8 from "Bahnhof" (station) to "Helleweg": Take the bus no. 8 towards “Weende Ost/Klinikum” at bus platform A (train station exit Zentrum, to the right, time table of buses above the exit doors). Get off at bus stop “Helleweg” (press but-ton "Haltewunsch"), walk ahead and turn right into the Otto-Hahn-Straße. Turn first right, pass the police station and turn left into the Hans-Adolf-Krebs-Weg leading directly to the green-orange building of the DPZ. Bus no. 5 from "Kornmarkt" or "Groner Tor" to "Kellnerweg": You will have a more convenient connection if you take any of the buses 6, 8, 10 towards "Zen-trum" or "Klinikum". Get off at the next bus stop and wait for Bus no. 5 heading for "Nikolausberg". Get off at "Kellnerweg". There you cross the road and follow the path between post box and litters leading to the building of the DPZ.
Map
Please refer to http://www.dpz.gwdg.de/index.php?id=43&L=1 for a map
www.euprim-net.eu
Accommodation
This is a selection of a few hotels, either situated near the DPZ or near the town centre. Some of the hotels offer a special price if you state that you are visiting the DPZ.
Best Western Hotel „Am Papenberg“ single room: 75 € (special price for DPZ)
Hermann-Rein-Str. 2 near DPZ
D - 37075 Göttingen
+49 / 551 / 3055 - 0
http://www.papenberg.bestwestern.de/
Clarion single room: 69 € (special price for DPZ)
Kasseler Landstraße 45d
D - 37081 Göttingen
+49 / 551 / 902 - 0
Fax: +49 / 551 902 - 166
http://www.clarion-hotel-goettingen.de
Kassler Hof single room: 48 € (special price for DPZ)
Rosdorfer Weg 26 near station and city
D - 37073 Göttingen
+49 / 551 / 72081
http://www.kasselerhof.de
Hotel Beckmann single room: 32 - 56 €
Ulrideshuser Str. 44 near DPZ D - 37077 Göttingen
+49 / 551 / 209080
http://www.hotel-beckmann.de
InterCityHotel Göttingen single room: 57 – 180 €
Bahnhofsallee 1A near station and city D - 37081 Göttingen
+49 / 551 / 5211 - 0
http://www.intercityhotel.de
For a larger selection of hotels please refer to http://www.goettingen-tourismus.de/

The Human Brain Evolving

The Human Brain Evolving: Papers in Honor of Ralph L. Holloway is a symposium taking place Friday April 27th and Saturday April 28th, 2007 on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, Indiana. Sponsored by the Stone Age Institute and Indiana University, this symposium will feature two days of presentations by major researchers on aspects of brain evolution in honor of Professor Ralph L. Holloway. Registration for this symposium will be open to the general public, students, and faculty. Registration cost for the two-day symposium is $50 for professionals/general public and $25 for students for those registering before April 14th. After April 14th, registration is $60 for professionals/general public and $35 for students. There are special events Friday night (dinner and entertainment) and Saturday night (limited-seating, reception and dinner at the Stone Age Institute) for which you can register as well. For more information and online registration, visit http://stoneageinstitute.org and click on “2007 Symposium,” or call Indiana University Conferences at 1-800-993-9330.

The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute Apprentice Program

The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) is currently taking applications for our 10-week Summer Apprentice Program. Graduates, undergraduates, and post-graduates from various academic backgrounds (e.g. Anthropology, Biology, Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, etc.) and all nationalities are encouraged to apply. The dates of the program are June 17 to August 25, 2007.
The research at CHCI involves a group of four chimpanzees who use the signs of American Sign Language (ASL). Three of the four, Washoe, Tatu, and Dar, were part of the cross-fostering research that began with Drs. R.A. & B.T. Gardner. Each chimpanzee was raised in an enriched environment in which his or her human family members used only ASL, much like the environment in which a deaf human child grows up. The fourth chimpanzee, Loulis, was adopted by Washoe in 1978 and learned his signs from chimpanzees. Currently, the chimpanzees reside at the CHCI on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA in a large state-of-the-art facility.
Apprentices are at the institute daily -- cleaning enclosures, preparing meals and enrichment, making observations of the chimpanzees, and participating in one or more research projects. The first week is intensive training in laboratory jobs and chimpanzee behaviors. The philosophy of CHCI is that the needs of the chimpanzees come first. Apprentices are trained in humane care and research techniques. After several weeks each apprentice becomes more autonomous and has responsibilities in research and husbandry.
The program fee is $1800 and there is a non-refundable $25 application processing fee. The costs do not include housing and transportation. Inexpensive housing is available on campus. A course in ASL is highly recommended but not required. For more information on the program and the application please see our web page at http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/apprentice.html or contact Dr. Mary Lee Jensvold, CHCI, CWU, Ellensburg, WA 98926 jensvold@cwu.edu. The deadline to apply is March 16, 2007.


Mary Lee Jensvold, Ph.D.

Assistant Director , Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute

Adjunct Research Associate, Department of Psychology

Director, Bridges to Baccalaureate

Central Washington University

400 E. University Way

Ellensburg, WA 98926-7573

phone: (509)963-2215

fax: (509)963-2234

www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci

www.friendsofwashoe.org

Palaeoanthropology Field School at Makapansgat

Annually in July and August, the University of Sheffield offers the Palaeoanthropology Field School at Makapansgat in South Africa. This field school offers instruction, training, and field work experience in survey & site mapping, excavation and fossil preparation, palaeoecological reconstruction and other palaeoanthropological topics. The deadline for application is Friday 16 March, 2007 and application materials and further details are available at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/makapan sgat

Leipzig School of Human Origins

We invite applications for the Leipzig School of Human Origins, a joint graduate program of the University of Leipzig (Germany) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

This program provides interdisciplinary training and research opportunities for university graduates who wish to work towards a PhD in anthropology, biology, evolutionary genetics, primatology, paleoanthropology and related fields. Each student will apply for - and be accepted to - one of the following disciplines:

1) Comparative primatology -- focusing on the evolution of social and cultural systems in the great apes, as well as other relevant mammals.

2) Evolutionary and Functional Genomics / Ancient DNA / Molecular Anthropology

a. Evolutionary genomics / Ancient DNA -- focusing on the evolutionary and functional genomics of humans and the great apes, as well as the retrieval of DNA from palaeontological remains.

b. Molecular Anthropology - focusing on the origin, relationships, history, and migration patterns of human populations.

3) Human Paleontology, Prehistoric Archaeology and Archaeological Science -- focusing on the study of hominid fossils and archaeological sites. This includes comparative morphological as well as chemical
(isotopic) analyses.

Our PhD program is open for international students and is designed as a 3-year-program starting in fall 2007. The language of the school is English.

Leipzig is a highly livable city in the center of Europe (www.leipzig.de).

For project and application details see http://www.leipzig-school.eva.mpg.de/ or contact us by e-mail at leipzig-school@eva.mpg.de, phone ++49 341 3550-0 or fax ++49 341 3550-119.

The closing date for applications is January 31, 2007

Ph.D. Training Bridging Anthropology and Biology

IPEM: IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling
Model-Based Approaches to Biological and Cultural Evolution

How does culture change? How and why did culture first appear? How are
behaviors developed and maintained in non-human animals? How can we use the answers to
these questions address real-world challenges? IPEM aims to produce professionals versed in
evolutionary approaches integrating the study of biology and culture, familiar with the most
important perspectives and quantitative techniques for studying culture change and the evolution
of social behavior in both humans and non-humans.
IPEM’s interdisciplinary graduate student training in model-based approaches to
biological and cultural evolution is funded by a 5-year multimillion-dollar grant from the
National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
(IGERT) Program. IPEM Fellows draw on the resources of both Washington State University,
Pullman (WSU) and the University of Washington, Seattle (UW) and spend time taking courses
and doing research on both campuses.
Fellows can come into the program through the Department of Anthropology at either
UW or WSU or through the School of Biological Sciences at WSU. At WSU, Fellows entering
through Anthropology may be in either the evolutionary or the archaeology program; at UW,
Fellows may be in either the biocultural or the archaeology program.
In addition to disciplinary requirements, IPEM Fellows take a series of classes that
feature discussions of evolutionary issues in contemporary society, the comparative biology of
social traditions across species, the evolution of human social behavior, model use in
anthropology, phylogenetics in biology and anthropology, and ethics.
World leaders in application of evolutionary theory to biological and cultural systems
visit our campuses to present seminars, discuss Fellow research, and interact socially with IPEM
Fellows and faculty. Seminars are shared across campuses via a two-way video link. See Seminar
Series at http://depts.washington.edu/ipem/index.shtml.
Students with either a BA/BS or an MA/MS may apply to the program. We particularly
encourage applications from students who will have completed their Master’s degrees in
anthropology or biology when they begin our program.
IPEM Fellows receive two years of fellowship support at $30,000/year and are eligible to
apply, competitively, for a third year of support. Their tuition is also waived while they hold the
fellowship, and they are eligible for funds of up to $8,000/year to support research and
conference attendance.
Applicants to IPEM need to apply to one of the following:
• The School of Biological Sciences, WSU (http://www.sci.wsu.edu/sbs/)
• The archaeology or biocultural program in the Department of Anthropology, UW
(http://depts.washington.edu/anthweb/)
• The evolutionary or archaeology program in the Department of Anthropology, WSU
(http://libarts.wsu.edu/anthro/)
In addition to the materials required for admission into each regular graduate program, IPEM
consideration requires a 3-page statement describing Fellows’ reasons for applying to the IPEM
program, their relevant background, and the ways in which their areas of research interest are
congruent with IPEM goals. Please see http://depts.washington.edu/ipem/application/index .shtml.

British Association for Human Identification

9th Annual Conference
12-14 April 2007, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Human Identification
In the 21st Century
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

DR. WOLFRAM MEIER-AUGENSTEIN
Leading researcher in the application of isotopes as a tool to aid victim identification.

PROFESSOR GUY RUTTY
Home Office Pathologist, with extensive UK and worldwide experience in identification and DVI issues.

Topics for discussion will centre on scientific methods used both in identification of victims of disasters (DVI) and murder. These will include recent developments and important forensic contributions made by: Isotopic analysis, Anatomy, Pathology, Odontology, Anthropology, Podiatry, Radiology, DNA analysis, Imagery analysis, Archaeology, Ecology, Palynology, and Entomology.

We welcome delegates from all relevant disciplines including: Forensic Scientists; the Police Service; Crime Scene Investigators; Medics; Pathologists; Coroners and Students. The Conference is open to non-members and members of BAHID.


Call for Papers
Submission of papers and posters from disciplines relevant to Human Identification is invited. If you wish to present a paper or poster please email with a title, brief abstract and short autobiographical note to: patricia.wiltshire1@btinternet.com

Exhibition
We welcome commercial, and non-commercial exhibitors as an integral part of the conference. If you wish to promote services, technology, products or literature relevant to human identification please email for further information: BAHID@intel-events.co.uk

Registration and further information contact:
www.BAHID.org Tel: 01786 820 254

An Interobserver Error Quiz for Bioarchaeologial Studies

Collaborators on the global history of health project have developed a code book (see http://global.sbs.ohio-state.edu/new_docs/Codebook _05_17_06.pdf) and an internet interobserver error quiz of 90 questions, based largely on photos provided by Don Ortner, to see whether different people tend to grade or score the same lesion in the same way. The link to the quiz is http://global.sbs.ohio-state.edu/onlinequiz You are welcome to use this quiz both in your research and in classes or other instructional settings.

Taking the quiz is a two step process. First go to the quiz web link, where you will need to use the general password "skeleton" to register your login i.d. and your chosen (or "desired") password. Shortly thereafter (perhaps the next day) you will receive an email confirming that you are registered to take the quiz. At the end, your answers will be compared with those of the committee consisting of Don Ortner, Clark Larsen, Phil Walker, and Paul Sciulli. Tracy Betsinger, our RA for the project, was very helpful in developing the quiz. You will have a chance to provide comments on each of the 90 questions and to upload additional photos that might be used in future quizzes.

With this tool we hope to improve our coding procedures on the project and to study how the profession more generally views or scores skeletal lesions.

Please pass along any comments or suggestions you may have.

Sincerely, Rick Steckel
steckel.1@osu.edu

National Science Foundation’s program in Physical Anthropology has changed the maximum amount that can be requested for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants.

Hitherto, the project budget maximum was $12,000. Effective in the next grant cycle, the new maximum will be $15,000. Physical Anthropology proposals have due dates of February 9th and August 16th.

Information about applications and awards may be found at:

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/phys/suppdiss.jsp

Richard F. Kay, Ph. D.
Program Director, Physical Anthropology
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Rm 972, 4201 Wilson Blvd.
National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA 22230
(703) 292-7850
rkay@NSF.gov

In the Light of Evolution: Adaptation and Complex Design

Organizers: John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala
Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA
December 1-2, 2006

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Meeting Overview
Darwin’s elucidation of natural selection was one of the great intellectual achievements in the history of science, revolutionizing thought not only in biology but also in philosophical and ideological realms. No longer were explanations for the origin and marvelous adaptations of organisms to be sought in terms of supernatural or extranatural causation. A century-and-a-half after Darwin, the challenge of understanding nature’s complex design remains in many regards in its infancy. For example, only recently has it become possible to conduct whole-genome analyses in ways that may permit the discovery of heretofore unspecified structural and regulatory genes contributing to the molecular assembly of complex organismal phenotypes. Scientific progress is occurring on many empirical and conceptual fronts. New discoveries in paleontology and developmental biology have significantly improved our understanding of the intermediate stages of seemingly complex evolutionary transitions. Recent developments in evolutionary genetic theory, such as formal network analysis, have opened exciting new avenues for exploring the geneses and maintenance of biological complexity at the levels of genetic and metabolic pathways.


Scientific advances are coming at a time of resurgent societal interest in supernatural explanations for biological complexity. The goal of the colloquium is to synthesize recent empirical findings and conceptual approaches towards understanding the evolutionary origins and maintenance of complex adaptations.
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Registrations will be accepted online only when the registration fee is included and in the order in which they are received. The registration fee includes the cost of meals, reception, and banquet.

Before October 15, 2006
$250 Early registration fee
$150 Graduate Students and Postdocs
After October 15, 2006
$350 All Registrations

Hotel Information
A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach hotel, 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, CA 92660 at a discount rate of $110, plus tax, for a single or a double. To reservation a room, contact Executive Travel Associates (ETA) by phone at 1-800-660-0031 or by e-mail at nas@exectravel.com and mention the Colloquium's Travel Code NASEO060034. Please do not call the hotel directly for room reservations, as the discount rate is only available through ETA. Hotel rooms must be reserved no later than November 1, 2006. After November 1, 2006, we cannot guarantee that a hotel room will be available.

NOTE: Hotel rates are tied to the government per diem rates and therefore, can affect the hotel rates. For more information about government per diem rates, please click here.

Student Travel Reimbursements
Attendance at the Colloquium is limited to 250 registered individuals. To facilitate the participation of younger scientists, we request that you extend this invitation to interested graduate students and postdocs. The NAS has provided funds to supplement the expenses of participating graduate students and postdocs up to $125 for hotel costs and $150 for air travel. A maximum of 100 awards will be granted, with priority based exclusively on the order in which requests (accompanied by the registration fee) are received. Notification of the award will be made shortly after receiving the application but the awards will be paid after the Colloquium, upon documentation of qualifying expenses.

In the Light of Evolution: Adaptation and Complex Design

Organizers: John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala
Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA
December 1-2, 2006

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Directions to the Beckman Center of the National Academies

Meeting Overview
Darwin’s elucidation of natural selection was one of the great intellectual achievements in the history of science, revolutionizing thought not only in biology but also in philosophical and ideological realms. No longer were explanations for the origin and marvelous adaptations of organisms to be sought in terms of supernatural or extranatural causation. A century-and-a-half after Darwin, the challenge of understanding nature’s complex design remains in many regards in its infancy. For example, only recently has it become possible to conduct whole-genome analyses in ways that may permit the discovery of heretofore unspecified structural and regulatory genes contributing to the molecular assembly of complex organismal phenotypes. Scientific progress is occurring on many empirical and conceptual fronts. New discoveries in paleontology and developmental biology have significantly improved our understanding of the intermediate stages of seemingly complex evolutionary transitions. Recent developments in evolutionary genetic theory, such as formal network analysis, have opened exciting new avenues for exploring the geneses and maintenance of biological complexity at the levels of genetic and metabolic pathways.


Scientific advances are coming at a time of resurgent societal interest in supernatural explanations for biological complexity. The goal of the colloquium is to synthesize recent empirical findings and conceptual approaches towards understanding the evolutionary origins and maintenance of complex adaptations.
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Registrations will be accepted online only when the registration fee is included and in the order in which they are received. The registration fee includes the cost of meals, reception, and banquet.

Before October 15, 2006
$250 Early registration fee
$150 Graduate Students and Postdocs
After October 15, 2006
$350 All Registrations

Hotel Information
A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach hotel, 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, CA 92660 at a discount rate of $110, plus tax, for a single or a double. To reservation a room, contact Executive Travel Associates (ETA) by phone at 1-800-660-0031 or by e-mail at nas@exectravel.com and mention the Colloquium's Travel Code NASEO060034. Please do not call the hotel directly for room reservations, as the discount rate is only available through ETA. Hotel rooms must be reserved no later than November 1, 2006. After November 1, 2006, we cannot guarantee that a hotel room will be available.

NOTE: Hotel rates are tied to the government per diem rates and therefore, can affect the hotel rates. For more information about government per diem rates, please click here.

Student Travel Reimbursements
Attendance at the Colloquium is limited to 250 registered individuals. To facilitate the participation of younger scientists, we request that you extend this invitation to interested graduate students and postdocs. The NAS has provided funds to supplement the expenses of participating graduate students and postdocs up to $125 for hotel costs and $150 for air travel. A maximum of 100 awards will be granted, with priority based exclusively on the order in which requests (accompanied by the registration fee) are received. Notification of the award will be made shortly after receiving the application but the awards will be paid after the Colloquium, upon documentation of qualifying expenses.

The Evolution of Running: Marathons, Running, and the Human “Race”

Presented by the Notebaert Nature Museum and The Leakey Foundation
CHICAGO – The Notebaert Nature Museum and The Leakey Foundation will co-host The
Evolution of Running: Marathons, Running, and the Human “Race” on Friday, October 20,
6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Notebaert Nature Museum. Dr. Daniel E. Lieberman, professor of
Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, will explore how evolution has made human
beings “born to run” as part of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon weekend.
Until recently, only elite athletes participated in marathons, but with each passing year,
endurance races like marathons have become popular for amateurs of all fitness levels. It is
increasingly clear that humans have evolved to take a place among the most phenomenal
endurance athletes in the mammalian world.
Dr. Lieberman contends that evolution helped shape the human body, in part, to
perform well at sustained, long-distance endurance running. Though earliest humans walked
upright on two feet, they probably wouldn’t have crossed the finish line much more quickly
than our closest relatives, the apes. However, changes in the body shape that occurred about
two million years ago from Australopithecus to Homo may mark a shift in locomotion from
walking and climbing to walking and running. Early endurance running capabilities may have
been an integral part of early human hunting or scavenging behaviors. Endurance running is no
longer necessary for our survival, but persists as a legacy of our evolutionary history.
Tickets to The Evolution of Running: Marathons, Running, and the Human “Race”
are $15 per person, $10 for Leakey Foundation and Nature Museum members and are available
at www.naturemuseum.org. Space is limited and registration is required. Students with a valid
ID are welcome to attend for free and must RSVP by calling 773-755-5191, prompt 1. The
Notebaert Nature Museum is located just off Lake Shore Drive at Fullerton in Chicago’s
Lincoln Park – right before mile six of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
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The Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 as Chicago’s first museum,
dedicated to the preservation and display of native specimens. Today the Academy’s collection,
due to its age and type, places it among the most important in the world. In 1999, the
Academy opened the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln Park. It has welcomed more
than 1.1 million visitors and is a unique venue for the public, especially urban dwellers, to find
new ways to reconnect with the natural world. The Museum provides exhibits and programs
to 65,000 students annually and trains and provides resources for more than 2,000 Chicago
teachers. The Nature Museum is one of the city’s best examples of eco-friendly building
technology, including a green roof, solar panels, natural light sources and native landscaping.
The Academy and its Museum are engaged in important conservation and research work, such
as its Butterfly Restoration Project. The Museum is open every day except Thanksgiving,
Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day; weekends from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekdays from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Since 1968, the L. S. B. Leakey Foundation has funded worldwide research into human
origins. Among other important discoveries, Leakey-funded research has pin-pointed the
earliest known human-created art, decisively dated our earliest upright ancestors, and most
recently has supported scientific research that documented the appearance of our earliest
anatomically modern ancestors. The Leakey Foundation is a member-supported organization
with administrative offices in San Francisco, California. The Leakey Foundation was established
to preserve Louis Leakey’s vision of increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of
human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival.

Baywood Publishing Announces Abstracts in Anthropology is Now Available Online

Abstracts in Anthropology Online contains abstracts from print issue 46.1 (2003) to print issue 51.4 (2005) of the indispensable international reference which covers the many faceted realms of anthropology. The new online version of this important journal will enable the international anthropology community to utilise versatile search options, providing the information more quickly. Users may also save searches and results using the flexible folders and send files to colleagues.



Published by Baywood Publishing (www.baywood.com) in Amityville, New York, the journal covers a broad spectrum of significant, current anthropological topics from several hundred periodicals. Linguistics, physiology, artefacts, history, environment, and social relations are described, analysed, interpreted, and compared within the human and animal realms.



Stuart Cohen, President of Baywood Publishing said “We are delighted to be able to offer this vital journal to the anthropology community and aid them in the research and dissemination of their findings in the online arena. By making this large database of abstracts accessible online we can speed up anthropologist’s searches for relevant information and make much more of that research readily available at their desktop via our external links.”



Baywood Publishing is also currently offering a 90-day free trial of Abstracts in Anthropology, to sign up for the trial or for further information: http://www.baywood.com/journals/PreviewJournals.as p?Id=0001-3455



If you have any comments, suggestions or feedback, please send an email to info@baywood.com.



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NSF East Asia Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI)Program

Dear colleagues,

The NSF East Asia Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Program provides
U.S. graduate students in science and engineering 1) first-hand research
experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand or Taiwan; 2)
an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the
respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and
language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East
Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research
laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better
enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The
institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsor the Summer Institute in
Japan.

The flyer for 2007 is attached and your help is requested by getting it
to as many people, places and websites as possible. Printed materials
are inside my office (room 935.43). Please help yourselves whenever you
travel far or near.

EAPSI changes for 2007
* New Zealand is added as an East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes
(EAPSI) location.
* The Award amount has been amended to reflect the increase in the
stipend amount to $4,000.
* Proposal preparation instructions have been clarified.
* Potential host institutions are expanded to include Beijing,
Shanghai, Kunming and Xian.

Please refer people to www.nsf.gov/eapsi

Best regards,

Tony Teolis
Program Specialist
Office of International Science and Engineering National Science
Foundation
Tel: 703-292-7343
ateolis@nsf.gov
www.nsf.gov/eapsi
www.nsf.gov/oise

International Journal of Primatology

Springer is pleased to announce that submission to the International Journal of Primatology is now possible through Editorial Manager, our fully web-enabled manuscript submission and review system. Editorial Manager offers authors the option to track the progress of their manuscripts through the review process in real time.



Manuscripts should be submitted to: http://IJOP.edmgr.com



For full instructions to authors, please visit the Journal's home page at: http://www.springer.com/10764



This mode of submission is preferred; however, as an alternative, 4 copies of the manuscript may be sent to:



Dr. Russell H. Tuttle

Department of Anthropology

The University of Chicago

1126 East 59th Street

Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA

“Request for Information (RFI): Proposed Policy for Sharing of Data obtained in NIH supported or conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)”

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NO T-OD-06-094.html



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SUMMARY: The NIH is seeking comments regarding a proposed policy for
NIH supported or conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS). A
genome-wide association study is currently defined as any study of
genetic variation across the entire human genome that is designed to
identify genetic associations with observable traits (such as blood
pressure or weight), or the presence or absence of a disease or
condition. The proposed policy addresses (1) data sharing procedures,
(2) data access principles, (3) intellectual property and (4) issues
regarding the protection of research participants through all phases of
GWAS. Many of the principles contained in the policy reflect and extend
existing NIH polices (e.g., the 2003 data sharing policy \1\) and other
recent NIH discussions.\2\
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DATES: Responses must be received by October 31, 2006 in order to ensure
that the NIH will be able to consider the comments when developing new policies.

Inquiries will be accepted at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfi_files/NOT-O D-06-094_rfi_add.htm.
or GWAS@nih.gov.

Comments can be mailed to :
NIH GWAS RFI Comments
National Institutes of Health
Office of Extramural Research
6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 350
Bethesda, MD 20892-7963.

Minorities in Research Science Conference

On September 14-16, 2006, the nation's elite scientists, engineers, and other science professionals will meet at the Minorities in Research Science Conference. We invite you to share this information with your membership today by posting this on your Web site and via a possible e-mail broadcast.



Tomorrow's work force will increasingly be made up of people of color. The Minorities in Research Science Conference focuses on recruitment, retention, and recognition of minority science professionals.

Your participation at this conference is a unique opportunity:

§ For your members to make valuable connections with science professionals and students.

§ To meet with university, corporate, and industry leaders.

§ To provide input on the issue of producing and employing more minority science professionals.

§ To demonstrate your association's commitment to diversity.



We have created a special message for your membership to encourage attendance at the conference. You can view it by clicking here. Please forward this invitation to your membership to inform them about this upcoming event. In addition, we are always interested in organizations that want to participate in seminars, workshops, or hold meetings at our conference. If you choose to do the latter, we will make appropriate accommodations for your organization. We look forward to answering any questions you may have about our conference or about how your organization can benefit by attending.



Science Spectrum magazine, which hosts the Minorities in Research Science Conference, is committed to promoting the careers of African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans in math, science, engineering, and technology. This annual event is a venue for thousands of students, faculty, representatives from federal agencies, and professionals from corporate America to learn about the latest industry trends, participate in skill development workshops, and discuss emerging business opportunities.



To learn more about registration and venue information, please visit www.ccgmag.com/emerald or contact Monika Pecka at 410 244 7101, ext. 134 or via e-mail mpecka@ccgmag.com.





Sincerely Yours,

The Team Minorities in Research Science Conference

NSF Polar Research Opportunity

NSF is the flagship US government agency for the International Polar Year, which runs from March 2007 until March 2009. As part of its IPY activities, NSF SBE programs will be pleased to receive proposals that address social, economic or behavioral science issues in polar regions. It is anticipated that NSF may also be issuing an IPY solicitation, most likely during the autumn of 2006, inviting the submission of proposals addressing questions about polar regions. The Foundation hopes that many of the social, behavioral, and economic science communities will be important contributors to the IPY effort, producing deeper understanding of such crucial issues as working and living in polar regions, global warming issues at the poles, special concerns related to conduct of polar science, and other topics that the scientists deem important in this arena. Because this will be the International Polar Year, international collaborations might be especially appropriate.

If some aspect of your work might fit or illuminate an aspect of polar science, please keep in mind that this additional funding opportunity may be available to you. The International Polar Year web site (http://www.us-ipy.gov/) may help you think about how your work could pertain to IPY issues, including how it might fit into an interdisciplinary research program.

Keep your eye on the NSF's web sites, especially that of the Office of Polar Programs (http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP), for further information on this pending opportunity.

Dr. Donald H. Enlow International Research Symposium:

The Integrative Approach to Skeletal Biology

November 6-7, 2006



Please join us for a unique opportunity to celebrate the contributions of Dr. Donald H. Enlow to the fields of paleontology, hard tissue biology, orthodontics and anthropology through his lifetime dedication to research in skeletal biology resulting in one of the most notable bone histological collections in history. The symposium heralds Dr. Enlow’s integrative approach to human skeletal development and morphology that has come to define the state of the art relationship that exists today between the health and basic sciences. This unparalleled symposium, featuring world-renowned researchers from areas of study greatly influenced by Dr. Enlow’s work, will be held at New York University’s College of Dentistry.



Make plans now to attend this exciting symposium on Monday, November 6th through Tuesday, November 7th, 2006. Space is limited and reservations will be held on a first-come, first-serve basis.



New York University

COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY



345 East 24th Street, Saklad Auditorium

New York, New York 10010



To register or for more information, please e-mail tim.bromage@nyu.edu, call 212.998.9703, fax 212.995.4445 or go to the website at http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/biomaterials/event s.htm