SoS 97 - Taking an active rest with Dr. David Raichlen

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This week Cara and our assistant producer Alex chat with Dr. David Raichlen, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California. We discuss his work on physical (in)activity in the Hadza people and why “how” we rest matters. We also delve into how applying evolutionary perspectives may help us slow down brain aging and why no one has thought of installing squatting racks in rodent cages. Read Dr. Raichlen’s paper on “Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human activity” here: https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/21129/Raichlen%202020%20PNAS_Inactivity.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y and his Scientific American article on “Why your brain needs exercise” here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-your-brain-needs-exercise/ Email Dr. Raichlen at [e-mail] And learn more about his work at https://dornsife.usc.edu/ebel/ Contact the the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website: www.humbio.org Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: http://sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/ Twitter:@CaraOcobock Email: [e-mail] Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu Email: [e-mail] Twitter:@Chris_Ly Theresa Gildner, Website:bonesandbehavior.org/theresa_gildner, Email: [e-mail], Twitter: @TEGildner Delaney Glass, Website:dglass.netlify.app/, Email: [e-mail], Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: [e-mail], Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra