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Category Archives: Anthropology
AiE in Madagascar I: Fleeced at the Palace of the Mad Queen & Other (Poignantly) Colonial Experiences in Madagascar
I arrived in Madagascar last Saturday afternoon and was greeted for the first time anywhere by someone holding a sign with my name on it. I’ve arrived! Actually, I have arrived, literally. I wish I had taken a photo. I … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Christopher Lynn, Education, Evolution in the Classroom, Evolution Outreach
Tagged African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA, Antananarivo, Anthropology is Elemental, Big Red Earth, Centre ValBio, Dustin Eirdosh, Eagles Wings Montessori School, James Loudon, Josia Razafindramanana, Merina, Queen Ranavalona I, Wenner Gren Foundation
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Tattoo Talk, Haircut, and a Shave
I spent two weeks in Wilmington, NC to work on an article from our Family and the Field Study with Michaela Howells. Our data look fascinating. It’s not so much remarkable as confirmatory and solid. We surveyed over 1000 anthropology … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Christopher Lynn, Evolution & Pop Culture
Tagged Beale Street Barber Shop, Carolyn Jost Robinson, Family and the Field Study, Istanbul, James Loudon, Michaela Howells, Myrtle Beach, Second Skin Vintage, tattoos, Trevor Noah, UNCW, Wilmington
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I already miss my kids and “Notice: We will follow you to Madagascar, Student Loan Deadbeat!”
“Grand adventure calls and tugs on my heartstrings.” I didn’t say this, but it’s a good start to this post. It’s what my friend Michaela depicted me as saying to my son Lux as he left the house this morning. … Continue reading
#2016Highlights Month-by-Month: Part 2
Contrary to the sense of things at the end with the triumph of he-who-shall-not-be-named and the demise of so many beloved friends and celebrities, 2016 was actually a banner friggin’ year for some of us personally, as I began addressing … Continue reading
Posted in American Anthropological Association, Biological Anthropology, Biological Anthropology Section of AAA, Christopher Lynn, Mid-Atlantic Bioanthropology Interest Group, Primates, Thanksgiving
Tagged Amanda Glaze, American Samoa, American Samoa Historic Preservation Office, Bill Evans, Crimson Tide, David Herdrich, Evolution Education in the American South, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, ice skating, Jammin' on the James, Laura Reed, MABIG, Michaela Howells, Mount Alava, Mount Carmel, NSF, Washington Huskies, Zika
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#2016Highlights Month-by-Month: Part 1
Though the end of 2016 was a miserable fucker of a bitch, most of the year was awesome, and it’s important that we have a little perspective. At my house, we have a dinner ritual called “Good Thing/Bad Thing” or … Continue reading
Posted in American Anthropological Association, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Biological Anthropology Section of AAA, Christopher Lynn, Conferences, Evolution Conference, Human Biology Association
Tagged African Village in America, Alabama Natural History Museum, Alabama-Greece Initiative, Alexander Georgiev, ALLELE, American Journal of Human Biology, American Samoa, Austin Lawrence, Becky Burch, Bill Bomar, Bob Olin, Caitlin Schrein, Charlotte Wegryznowski, Darwin Day, David Herdrich, Dean Falk, Human Biology Association, immune response, Julienne Rutherford, Lee Berger, Lee McCorkle, Luaheng Han, Marc Kissel, Mary Schweitzer, Michaela Howells, SEEPS, Tatiana Summers, tattooing, Vaia Touna, Zika
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Sabbatical is Here!
Have I started relaxing yet? Everyone asks me this. Do y’all not know me? We just arrived at my in-laws for the holiday, & I’m already thinking about how to fill my days. I don’t relax well. But I am … Continue reading
Posted in American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Christopher Lynn, Education, Evolution & Pop Culture, Evolution Outreach, Human Biology Association, Sabbatical, Southeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society
Tagged American Samoa, Big Red Earth, Costa Rica, Dustin Eirdosh, Erik Peterson, EvoKids, Evolution Education in the American South, Greg Batchelder, HBERG, immune response, Michael Muehlenbein, Michaela Howells, SEEPS, Signaling theory, Susan Hanisch, tattooing, Tisa's Tattoo Festival, Transcendental Medication, UA in Oxford, Zika
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Building professional social networks through the American Anthropological Association annual meeting
A few years ago, I’d all but decided I wasn’t going to go to the American Anthropological Association main conference anymore. This was the year it was in San Francisco (111th Annual Meeting, 2012). Ironically, that was a memorable conference. … Continue reading
Posted in American Anthropological Association, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology Section of AAA, Christopher Lynn, Conferences
Tagged Agustin Fuentes, Annals of Anthropological Practice, Avery McNeece, BASAA, Biological Anthropology Section, Courtney Kurlanska, Daniel Lende, Frans de Waal, Jim McKenna, Julienne Rutherford, Katie MacKinnon, Mandy Guitar, Marc Kissel, Max Stein, Melissa Harris Perry, Michaela Howells, Milford Wolpoff, Rachel Caspari, Robin Nelson, Sidney Greenfield
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A World Famous African-American Scientist Puts the Presidential Election in Perspective: “I Am Not Surprised At All”
On Wednesday, the day after our 2017 presidential election, I dreaded having to put on my host face to go out to dinner with Dr. Joseph Graves, our ALLELE speaker for Thursday. I couldn’t really stand the thought of talking … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Education, Evolution and Biology, Evolution in Higher Education, Evolutionary Medicine, Genetics, Joseph Graves
Tagged Alabama, ALLELE, biological determinism, eugenics, genomics, Jello Biafra, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Marks, racism
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How Exactly is Evolution a “Crosscutting Concept”? Enter Bill Nye the Science Guy
Finally, Some Evolution Controversy: No Such Thing As Bad Press If you’re like me, you are feeling pretty bummed today about not getting a ticket to see Bill Nye. The fact that only a limited number of students were able … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evolution & Astronomy, Evolution & Pop Culture, Evolution in Higher Education, Evolution in Media, Evolution in the Classroom
Tagged Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution, ALLELE, Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy, E.O. Wilson
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Reflections on the Costs of Evolved Self-Awareness: Comparing Trajectories of Davids—Foster Wallace & Insurgent
I’m going to be writing on the costly implications of self-awareness in a forthcoming book & was walking around listening to Reagan Youth on Spotify & David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest on Audible when some parallels occurred to me. I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evolution & Pop Culture, Evolution and Psychology, Evolution in Arts, Exaptation, Hypotheses, Literary Darwinism
Tagged CBGB's, Dave Insurgent, Dave Rubenstein, David Foster Wallace, depression, heroin addiction, Infinite Jest, Kurt Cobain, Lunachicks, marijuana addiction, New York Scum Rock, Nirvana, punk rock, Reagan Youth, self-awareness, self-obsession, suicide
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