F76E Lessons from the Past: Infectious Disease Spillovers, Climate Change, & Toxic Environment (Zoom; OLLI @ ASU)
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How did ancient people cope with infectious diseases, climate change, and environmental toxins? Join Dr. Jane Buikstra, Regents Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, to hear archaeological case studies from the ancient Andes that illustrate the unexpected origins of tuberculosis, effective pre-Colonial mechanisms for coping with El Niño events, climate change without increased violence, and the impact of both anthropogenic and natural toxic environments. We will explore the deep history and resilience of tuberculosis, how traditional Andean ontologies addressed climate change and short-term challenges, and how humans have adapted to toxic environments.
[PRESENTER] Jane E. Buikstra (PhD U of Chicago, 1972) is Regents’ Professor of Bioarchaeology and Founding Director, Center for Bioarchaeological Research in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Professor Buikstra was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1987) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019). She is President of the Center for American Archeology (1986-present) and past president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, the American Anthropological Association, and the Paleopathology Association. She has received the following awards: the Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology (AIA, 2005), the T. Dale Stewart Award (AAFS, 2008), the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award (AABA, 2008), the Eve Cockburn Award for Service from the (PPA, 2011), an honorary DSc (Durham University, UK, 2014), The Lloyd Cotsen Prize for Lifetime Achievement in World Archaeology (2016), The Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal (U PA, 2018), the Gorjanovic-Kramberger Medal in Anthropology, Croatian Society of Anthropology (2018), the Aleš Hrdlicka Memorial Medal, Anthropology Society of the Czech Republic, the Shanghai Archaeological Forum, Lifetime Achievement Award (2019), and the Distinguished Career Award (MAC, 2020).