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        HUMAN EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH / HUMEVO@GWUVM
An Electronic Publication of the International Institute for
Human Evolutionary Research   The George Washington University,
                      Washington, DC
            Vol. 2, No. 5       October 9, 1992
            Editor: Dr. Noel T. Boaz (BOAZ@GWUVM)
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BULLETIN BOARD
 
                ***Chimp Survival***
 a lecture in the series "Human Evolution" by Geza Teleki
        George Washington Univeristy, Lisner Auditorium
               October 20, 1992     7:00 PM
       for more information call (202)994-7411
 
  ***4th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology***
       31 July - 4 August, 1994  University of Chicago
                  Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Contact: Dr. Susan Herring, Dept. Orthodontics, SM-46, Univ.
Washington, Seattle, WA  98195; 206-543-3203; FAX 206-685-8163;
or Dr. Philip Ulinski, Dept. Organismal Biol. & Anatomy, Univ.
Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; 312-702-8081; FAX 312-702-0037.
 
     ***American Academy of Forensic Sciences***
        February, 1993, Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: Peggy C. Caldwell, M.A., Program Chairperson
         via E-mail at OTT@ZODIAC.RUTGERS.EDU.
 
NEWSLETTER
 
HUMEVO needs news briefs on your institution's and colleagues'
recent research and activities.  Send to: HUMEVO@GWUVM.
 
COOPERATION COLUMN
 
Marc Van Ranst (VANRANST@AECOM.YU.EDU) is looking for
information on homologous coding sequences (any gene) for the
pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus, bonobo), common chimpanzee (Pan
troglodytes), and Homo sapiens.  He sequenced three homologous
viral sequences from these three species, and would like to
compare the divergence between the viral genes and the
divergence between somatic genes.  He wants to concentrate at
coding sequences.  Please send him any references that may be of
help.
 
RESEARCH
 
Chris Stringer (Natural History Museum, London) discovered two
hominid skulls (one preserves some of the face) at Atapuerca
this summer from a cave fill site.  This particular site has
produced a lot of fragmentary hominid remains in the past, all
of the "archaic" H. sapiens variety.  (from David Dean
DEAN@KARRON.MED.NYU.EDU)
 
Jack Prost (University of Illinois, Chicago) makes the
suggestion that all morphometric data used in published studies
should be deposited in a central data bank and made available to
researchers.  He suggests that this might even be a requirement
for publication.  Opinions are welcome at HUMEVO@GWUVM.
Individuals interested in this topic, the Anthropological
Morphometric Data Bank (see HUMEVO 31 May 1992), are invited to
add their names to a mailing list for a planning meeting to be
held at the next annual meeting of the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists (BOAZ@GWUVM).
 
EDUCATION
 
The first annual Bioanthropology "State-of-the-Science" Summer
Institute will be held June 7-12, 1993 at the International
Institute for Human Evolutionary Research outside Washington,
D.C.  Topics covered in seminars and workshops will include
Growth and Development, Statistical Applications,
Paleoanthropology, Innovative Instructional Techniques, Skeletal
Biology, New Morphological Imaging Techniques, Biomedical
Anthropology, Molecular Anthropology, Primate Socio-Ecology, and
Population Studies.  Cost will be $325 per participant and will
cover accomodations, breakfast and lunches, registration fee,
instructional materials, and recreation.  Registration is
limited to 100 participants.  For further details contact
KELSO_J@CUBLDR or BOAZ@GWUVM.
