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Talking Dogs, Data, and Mental Health (but mostly dogs) with Dr. Angela Perri - Ep 101

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, David and Connor talk to Dr. Angela Perri about her lengthy CV and her academic/professional career. Dr. Perri is currently the top researcher in the world in terms of understanding the relationship between humans and dogs in the ancient world. So clearly, David's ears perked up.

As usual, we first dive into Angela's early life and career in anthropology, and talk about her interesting transition from a Las Vegas bartender and Oregonian undergrad, to being a PhD student in the UK.

We then discuss her time at Durham University and her dissertation research, which took her to Japan, Mongolia, and the American Southeast. We also talk about her time and research at the Max Planck Institute studying dog genomics and DNA. David and Connor also ask Angela multiple questions about dogs, dog domestication, and the human/dog relationship.

We then end on Angela's career advice and have a heart to heart conversation about mental health, Academia, and CRM.

Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

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Fantastic Domesticates and Where to Find Them - New World - Ep 66

We wrap up our animal domestication series with a discussion about animals that were domesticated in North and South America. We cover llamas, guinea pigs (so startled), turkey's and a few other domesticates that the three hosts didn't know about. Of course, there are plenty of South Park and Disney Movie references throughout the episode.

Literature Recommendations

  • Animal Domestication - Table of Dates and Places: How did we ever manage to domesticate so many animals? from thoughtco.com

  • Domestication - Domestication is the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use. National Geographic Resource Library

  • American Museum of Natural History: Domestication Timeline

  • Serge Morand et al. 2014 "Domesticated animals and human infectious diseases of zoonotic origins: Domestication time matters" in Infection, Genetics and Evolution

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Fantastic Domesticates and Where to Find Them - Dogs - Ep 63

For this episode of Just the Boyz, we kick off our series on animal domesticates, starting with the oldest known domesticated animal: the dog. We are fortunate to have David as a one of the hosts as he is one of the leading public scholars when it comes to the relationship between dogs and humans throughout human history. We chat about the earliest evidence for dog domestication, the leading theories behind Howe and why dogs were domesticated, and delve into a discussion about the Siberian Fox Domestication experiment and animal research ethics.

Literature recommendations

1) "Dogs": Darcey Morey

2) "The Social Dog: Behavior and Cognition" Kominski and Marshall-Pescini

3) “Dogs: Archaeology Beyond Domestication" Bethke and Burtt

4) "Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know" Alexandra Horowitz

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Our Ruined Lives: Seeing Red with Bernie Taylor - Ep 14

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we chat with Bernie Taylor. Bernie is an independent author who explores what he describes as “the mythological connections and biological knowledge among prehistoric peoples”. We have a spirited and civil conversation about some of Bernie’s theories.

Resources from Bernie Taylor

  • Skoglund, Pontus et al. 2015 Ancient Wolf Genome Reveals an Early Divergence of Domestic Dog Ancestors and Admixture into High-Latitude Breeds. In Current Biology (25), 1-5

  • Wang, G., Zhai, W., Yang, H. et al.

    2013 The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans. Nat Commun 4, 1860. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2814

  • Bernie Taylor’s video on dogs.

A Life in Ruins Resources

  • Introduction to Archaeology (like seriously, basic level what it is we do) Kelly, Robert L., Thomas, Davis H. 2016 Archaeology. 7th Edition. Cengage Learning. https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Robert-L-Kelly/dp/130567040X

  • Dog Domestication Savolainen, Peter, Ya-ping Zhang, Jing Luo, Joakim Lundeberg and Thomas Leitner 2002, Genetic Evidence for an East Asian Origin of Domestic Dogs. Science 298(5598):1610-1613.

  • David’s Paper

  • David’s TedEd Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_KWmzLObQ4&t=123s

  • Domestication Syndrome Video

  • Native American Religions Gill, Sam 2004 Native American Religions: An Introduction (Religious Life in History) 2nd Edition. Cengage Learning.

  • Michael, Nicky

    • 2019 Turtle Island: An Introduction to Indigenous Studies. Cognella Academic Publishing.

  • Interpreting Rock Art Blundell, Geoffrey, Christopher Chippindale, and Benjamin Smith (editors) 2011 Seeing and knowing: understanding rock art with and without ethnography. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA.

  • Brady, Liam M (editor)

    • 2016 Relating to rock art in the contemporary world: navigating symbolism, meaning, and significance. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.

  • Conkey, Margaret W. (editor)

    • 1997 Beyond Art: Pleistocene Image and Symbol. California Academy of Science, San Francisco, CA.

  • McDonald, Jo and Peter Veth (editors)

    • 2012 A Companion to Rock Art. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex UK.

  • Schaafsma, Polly

    • 2013 Images and Power: Rock Art and Ethics. Anthropology and Ethics. Springer-Verlag, New York.

  • Smith, Benjamin (editor)

    • 2012 Working with rock art: recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge. Wits University Press, Johannesburg.

  • Tomaskova, Silvia

    • 2013 Wayward Shamans: The Prehistory of an Idea. University of California Press, Berkley.

  • Sundstrom, Linea

    • 2004 Storied Stone: Indian Rock Art in the Black Hills Country. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

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