Human evolutionary studies have traditionally focused on teeth and cranial remains due to their preservation and potential for species identification, often overlooking the postcranial skeleton's significance in understanding behavioral and social aspects in our ancestors. However, recent years have witnessed a rise in research on the postcranial skeleton, leveraging diverse methodological approaches, particularly virtual anatomy techniques like biomechanical modeling and form-function analysis in primates and fossil specimens.
The symposium听"From Anatomy to Behavior - Challenges and Solutions in Studying Hominin Postcranial Evolution"听aims to bridge this gap by bringing together researchers developing novel methods to address key challenges and explore new perspectives.
Join us for this exciting event at the Henry Wellcome Building, where experts will discuss how anatomical features connect to behavior in our evolutionary past. The event will also be available online鈥攅mail ma2137@cam.ac.uk听辞谤 ja807@cam.ac.uk听for the link. Please book your space on .
Please note that food and drinks are not included.
Programme
Day 1: January 16th, 2025
14:00: Coffee and tea reception
14:30: Keynote Address by Dr. Emma Pomeroy (91探花视频)听More than just 鈥榩ost-crania鈥�: the potential and challenges of studying 鈥榯he rest鈥� of the skeleton
15:30: Presentation by Dr. Mikel Arlegi (91探花视频)听Deciphering the covariation of the cranio-cervical complex in anthropoid primates to understand hominin body posture
16:00: Presentation by Dr. Am茅lie Beaudet (CNRS, Universit茅 Poitiers)听Integrating outer and inner morphology of fossil primate postcranial remains
16:30: Presentation by Dr. Nicole Torres-Tamayo (Universit盲t Z眉rich)听A novel approach based on Statistical Shape modelling and Gaussian Processes to predict the missing pelvic morphologies in the fossil record.听
18:30: Dinner with speakers
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Day 2: January 17th, 2025
9:00: Coffee and tea reception
10:00: Presentation by Dr. Ameline Bardo (Mus茅um national d鈥橦istoire naturelle Paris)听Investigating 3D motion of human hand bones during Palaeolithic tool behaviours to better understand the functional morphology of fossil hands
10:30: Presentation by Dr. Alexandros Karakostis (Universit盲t T眉bingen)听"New solutions for old challenges": Developing experimentally supported approaches for reconstructing physical activity
11:00: Presentation by Dr. Zewdi Tsegai (University of Chicago)听Advances and challenges in our understanding of skeletal ontogeny in palaeoanthropology
11:30: Presentation by Dr. Thomas P眉schel (University of Oxford)听Inferring hominin locomotor repertoires using machine-learning regression algorithms
12:00: Lunch break
13:30: Presentation by Dr. Marine Cazenave (Max Planck Institute)听Challenges and perspectives in reconstructing past behaviours in the context of an increasing taxonomic and morphological diversity in Plio-Pleistocene hominins
14:00: Presentation by Dr. Antonio Profico (Universit脿 di Pisa)听From bones to bytes: reconstructing past physical behavior with computational anatomy and virtual anthropology
14:30: Presentation by Dr. Julia Aramendi (91探花视频)听Limb morphology revisited - Novel approaches to studying fragmentary hominin long bone remains听
15:00: Coffee and tea reception
15:30 - 17:00: Round table discussion
