UAF anthropology colloquium April 17, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 304 Eielson Bldg.
Kimberly Williams : Geospatial and Genetic Epidemiological Approaches to Growth and Development: Skeletal Biology of Archaeological and Contemporary Populations
abstract
My work focuses on the how the environment and genetics interact during growth and development of the skeleton. I am interested in how activity patterns (mobility, subsistence activities, and daily interaction with the environment) influence long bone functional adaptation. I approach this question using models from both archaeological and contemporary populations. This talk will introduce my work in geospatial bioarchaeology of the Eastern Woodlands and the genetic epidemiology of the development of the hand in the Jirel population of eastern Nepal. Using this combination of tools, this research demonstrates my current and future work exploring how genetics, the environment, and culture contribute to long bone development and explores how studies of the skeletal biology of living populations can contribute our models of long bone development in past populations.
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