Society for the Study of Human B

The next proffered papers meeting will take place at University of Durham in September 2009.

Proffered papers meetings offer researchers the chance to present recent work or work in progress on any topic of their choice in human biology and biological anthropology. Spoken papers and posters can be presented. Abstracts will normally be published in the Annals. Graduate students and other early-stage researchers are particularly encouraged to present their work at proffered papers meetings, which offer a supportive and constructive atmosphere for discussion of research. There is usually a competition for the best poster or spoken paper by a student. Contributions eligible for the prize of UK£100 must have the presenting student as sole or senior author.

The sun shined on the symposium celebrating 50 years of the SSHB in Oxford between 1st and 3rd April 2008. Over 50 delegates enjoyed the hospitality of New College in perfect spring weather.

New College gardens (credit: Tom Watson)

Professor David Barker of Southampton University gave the introductory keynote address on Tuesday 1st April. This was followed over the next two days by four further sessions, which included talks by invited speakers as well as proffered papers, on human growth and development; human evolution; human genetics and variation; human ecology and adaptation. Speakers included Prof. Lawrence Schell, SUNY; Prof. Michelle Lampl, Emory University; Dr Babette Zemel, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Prof. Chris Dean, UCL; Prof. Julia Lee-Thorp, University of Bradford; Prof. Robin Dunbar, University of Oxford; Prof. Maciej Henneberg, University of Adelaide and Dr Neville Bruce, University of Western Australia.

Frank Johnston (far left) and Noel Cameron (centre) with invited speakers from the growth and development session (l-r): Michelle Lampl, Babette Zemel and Larry Schell (credit: Babette Zemel).

The after-dinner address was given by Prof. Geoffrey Harrison, a founder member of the SSHB.

Geoff Harrison giving the after-dinner address (credit: Babette Zemel).

The programme for the 50th Anniversary meeting can be viewed here.

2007 meetings

2007 Symposium: Human Variation - from the laboratory to the field

The 2007 SSHB symposium, hosted jointly with the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology (JSPA) was held between 24th and 26th September at the Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

The proceedings of this very successful symposium will be published in due course. Abstracts are available from here.

The 2007 proffered papers meeting was held on 31st May at the University of Oxford Pauling Centre, Banbury Road, Oxford. A programme for the 2007 meeting can be downloaded here.

2006 meetings

2006 Symposium: Medicine and Evolution

The 2006 symposium, held in association with the BioSocial Society and hosted by the Hull York Medical School, took place on 11-12th December in York. A meeting report by Catriona MacCallum published in PLoS Biology can be read here.