Sana Saiyed, PhD ☀️

Biological Anthropologists! The AABA (US) IDEAS Program is welcoming applications for BOTH Student Scholars and Faculty Scholars.

The Faculty Scholar deadline is October 15th, and the Student Scholar deadline is October 31st. Please share this call widely!

Flyers for each, below:

#418 - Sex Is A Spectrum: A Dialogue with Agustín Fuentes Listen now | In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Agustín Fuentes about biological sex.

Had an amazing conversation with
@xavierbonilla.bsky.social about sex, biology, humans, and much more, drawing on my new book with @princetonupress.bsky.social convergingdialogues.substack.com/p/418-sex-is...

Langurs are the best primates 100% 😄

Scientists: Were you laid off? Are you applying for jobs outside of the US? I want to talk to you!

Entangled Existences: An Examination of Humans and Monkeys in Calypso Bay, Saint Kitts - International Journal of Primatology Human-primate overlaps are increasing globally, especially in areas where primate populations are abundant. In the island of Saint Kitts, the population of African green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) ...

New article: Entangled Existences: An Examination of Humans and Monkeys in Calypso Bay, Saint Kitts by Sana T. Saiyed, Kerry M. Dore & Lee T. Gettler. link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Free to read: rdcu.be/ecpMJ

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This link lets you to read the full text!
My article on human-monkey entanglements in St Kitts is finally out 🎉 We explore the perceptions that residents&workers of a neighborhood have of coresident monkeys. Read why these 🐒 are expected to act like neighbors or kin! #anthropology #primates

Death by Data Erasure - The American Anthropological Association

A New Present Tense is out: pieces by anthropologists meeting this moment featuring @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, Carolyn Rouse, Rayna Rapp, Faye Ginsburg, Gregory Warner, & me.

My piece, Binary Desires, on gender/sex, EOs, & queer joy, & the whole collection here:

americananthro.org/advocacy/pre...

Does this link let you view the whole article? link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

Entangled Existences: An Examination of Humans and Monkeys in Calypso Bay, Saint Kitts - International Journal of Primatology Human-primate overlaps are increasing globally, especially in areas where primate populations are abundant. In the island of Saint Kitts, the population of African green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) ...

🚨I’m so excited to share my 1st dissertation paper on multispecies entanglements in St Kitts!🐒

We looked into ppl’s perceptions & expectations of monkeys that share their neighborhood & how these perceptions are grounded in sociocultural/political landscapes. Are 🐒 neighbors? Kin? Pests?

Best of SAPIENS 2024 Anthropologists from around the globe brought dazzling insights into everything human to the digital pages of SAPIENS magazine.

From Palestinian rights to use of hallucinogenic plants in Ecuador, from tool-using animals to Neandertal portraits: here are essays noted as best of SAPIENS anthropology magazine 2024. 🧪🌿🏺 #anthropology #writing

How Indigenous Knowledge Can Reshape Conservation

New article in Science argues that ancient ecosystem and multispecies expertise could lead to a new, integrated conservation science in the Amazon and beyond. @brazil_lab @PrincetonEnviro environment.princeton.edu/news/how-ind...

Barbary macaques show sex-related differences in body weight based on anthropogenic food exposure despite comparable female–male stable isotope ratios - Scientific Reports As the human–primate interface expands, many nonhuman primate (NHP) populations exploit anthropogenic foods to survive, while some populations opportunistically target them. Though anthropogenic food ...

My first post here! Wanted to share a new publication out today. We looked at access to anthropogenic foods, stable isotope compositions, and body weights in macaques in Gibraltar. Check it out:
t.co/2WJNlTF4YI