569 | Foraging Shin Bones: Studying Tibias Across History

This week, freshly-graduated MA Cristina Lama talks about her research, and why it’s cool to be studying human bones.  Why can the tibia be a better candidate than other bones, when doing research in bioanthropology? What sort of problems and models can we take from the literature, and use that to develop hypotheses and investigate our own questions? What are some of the complexities in working with human samples?   Join Mark Ambrogio and Victor Lau as they hear more about some of the richness of Cristina’s investigations into the literature, and how she’s used that to translate her rigour and scientific approach to analyzing scans in the human tibia.    Listen to hear about some of the fascinating methods Cristina is applying, as well as how she considers ethical questions around handling human samples in a respectful manner! Finally, Cristina shares a little about her upcoming doctoral studies at the University of Toronto.   Links: PAVElab (https://www.pavelab.ca/)  SchroederLab (https://www.laurenschroederlab.com/)    

  Recorded on Tuesday, August 25th, 2026 Produced by Ella Siciliano Theme tune "Feelin Good" provided by FreeBeats.io (Produced by WhiteHot)