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SUMMARY:Anthropological engineering and hominin dietary ecology - Michael 
 Berthaume (Imperial College)
DTSTART:20180221T163000Z
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CONTACT:Michael Rivera
DESCRIPTION:The ingenuity of interdisciplinary research lies in the blendi
 ng of disparate fields. The admixture of anthropology and engineering (her
 ein\, anthroengineering) has acted as a catalyst to solve problems both wi
 thin and across the fields. In bioanthropology\, anthroengineering has bee
 n used to tackle problems concerning locomotion\, functional bone adaptati
 on\, and dietary ecology.\n\nDiet is one of the most important aspects of 
 a primate’s ecology\, dictating what type of environment it can survive 
 in\, how it interacts with the environment\, and what type of energetic bu
 dget it can have for activities such as socialization\, copulation\, and l
 earning. Using engineering and evolutionary anthropology theories and meth
 ods together in combination\, we have now begun to understand how the cran
 ium\, mandible\, and teeth have evolved in response to dietary selective p
 ressures. In this talk\, I will introduce the field of anthroengineering\,
  and discuss how new methods in shape analysis\, dietary mechanical proper
 ties\, fracture and wear mechanics\, and structural analyses have changed 
 our understanding of hominin dietary ecology and human evolution. I will d
 iscuss what still needs to be done to refine our understanding of the sele
 ctive pressures acting on the diet of our hominin ancestors\, and how what
  we have learned here can improve human society today.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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