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Biological Anthropology at UCSDProgram DescriptionBiological anthropology at UCSD addresses the evolution of the culture-bearing capacity in humans and closely related species from a strongly comparative perspective. Humans, today, are a super-dominant species. How we got this way fires up public and scientific imaginations; yet while there are many theories and speculations about our origins none has yet provided a full explanation of our evolutionary history. The difficulties go beyond the mere facts to profound philosophical issues including ones extremely relevant to the modern human predicament. We believe that the answers can come only from the type of intra-, inter-, and cross-disciplinary collaborations we represent. We aim to understand the origins, organization complexity and socioecology of nonhuman primate societies (Moore and Strum). We explore the relationship between socioecology and the neural substrates of complex behavior in primates (Moore, Semendeferi & Strum). We study and reconstruct subsistence strategies of humans and nonhuman primates within varied environments and social systems (Moore, Schoeninger & Strum). We consider the constraints or consequences of food resources (energy availability) on energy expenditure and neural organization (Schoeninger, Semendeferi, & Strum) All biological anthropology faculty are involved in UCSD’s new Center for Advanced Research and Training in Anthropogeny (the investigation of the origin of [humans] Oxford English Dictionary, 2006) or CARTA. Each faculty member also has individual research areas outside our core group. We are involved in applying our scientific knowledge to the conservation of primate species and habitats (Moore and Strum). We emphasize bioarchaeology in reconstructing prehistoric human diet, ecology, and migration patterns (Schoeninger). We bridge with neurosciences and cognitive science in investigating the neural substrates of cognition in humans (Semendeferi).James J. Moore, Ph.D. Harvard University, 1985 Margaret J. Schoeninger, Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1980 Katerina Semendeferi, Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1994 Shirley Strum, Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1976 Biological Anthropology Faculty
Many members of our faculty have an interest in biological anthropology
and we invite you to examine the links to their pages. Students
interested in applying to our program should be sure to visit Professor
Moore's Guide to Biological Anthropology at UCSD and Beyond and his
note on the program at UCSD, as well as the web
pages of Professors Shirley Strum, Margaret Schoeninger and Katerina
Semendeferi. We are interested in applicants with excellent academic
records whose interests closely match those of the existing faculty. |
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