Evolutionary Perspectives, Comparative Approaches, and the Lived Experience of Menopause The purpose of this synthesis is to review age at menopause, symptom experience at midlife, and the evolution of menopause in a way that is helpful for biological anthropologists who are interested i...

Free to access! Download Dr. Sievert's article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

YouTube video by Yearbook of Biological Anthropology Sievert 2024

Dr. Lynnette Sievert - a short video summary of her Yearbook pub, ""Evolutionary Perspectives, Comparative Approaches, and the Lived Experience of Menopause."

youtu.be/dm3IDoDyWPw

Primate Behavior and the Importance of Comparative Studies in Biological Anthropology Biological anthropology seeks to understand humans from an evolutionary perspective. Namely, what makes humans different from other animals, and how did we get this way? Many relevant traits are phys...

Want to hear more about comparative studies in primate behavior? Read Aaron Sandel, Jeremiah Scott, & Jason Kamilar's new paper in the 2024 Yearbook!

YouTube video by Yearbook of Biological Anthropology Weisensee & Atwell 2025

Katy Weisensee made a short, fun, and informative video summarizing her just-out Yearbook paper (with Madeline Atwell) on PMI estimation in Forensic Anthropology.

Check it out: youtu.be/LMrm1dI4slI

American Journal of Biological Anthropology: Vol 186, No S78 is a physical anthropology publication, accepting evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human & primate biology, & more.

2024 Yearbook just released by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists - several open access articles onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/26927691...

The Authors: Amber Wutich, Robin Nelson, Zachary DuBois, Claudia Astorino, Kelly Knudson, Austin Reynolds, Erin Riley, Rick Smith, Caroline VanSickle, Stephanie Russo Carroll, Ca'la K. Connors, Jelena Jankovic-Rankovic, Charlayne Mitchell, Anaís Delilah Roque, Krystal Sara Tsosie

Interested in qualitative analyses but don't quite know how to approach it?

Read "Rigorous and Systematic Qualitative Data Analysis in Biological Anthropology" from an incredible line-up of authors from multiple bioanthropological fields.

Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Oh these all look so good! Im looking forward to my long plane ride soon so I can read them all!

American Journal of Biological Anthropology: Vol 186, No S78 is a physical anthropology publication, accepting evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human & primate biology, & more.

Excited to see the 2024 @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social issue is out now with some great free and open access articles! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/26927691...

Hi everyone! The Yearbook of Biological Anthropology is now on BlueSky! Please give the journal a follow: @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social

qualitative data is incredibly important and incredibly informative - check out @awutich.bsky.social @robingnelson.bsky.social @zacharydubois.bsky.social et al. for the many ways qualitative data is essential in biological anthropological studies!

This new review by Sandel et al in @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social is a nice summary of the approach by which we can best link primate behavioral data to questions in #humanevolution using a more formalized comparative framework.
#biologicalanthropology #paleoanthropology #primatology

2024 YBA cover image: Interview on menopause being conducted as part of Lynnette Sievert's work (covered in Menopause piece)

The 2024 Yearbook of Biological Anthropology issue is finally out!

We have five great articles that are free to access and free to download (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/26927691...)

Stay tuned for more content on each of the papers!