Lynne A Schepartz: Biological anthropologist and Collections Manager, University of Arizona Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025,
2:30pm – 3:30pm,
ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom
Eating is a natural behavior, akin to sleeping and locomotion, that we hold in common with other living organisms. Eating provides the energy for life, growth, and reproduction. Food, however, is anything but natural for humans. Only humans develop elaborate systems of food preparation, and only humans have specialized systems that revolve around the procurement, production, preparation, sharing, and eating of food. The study of food and culture is a powerful lens for examining human biological and behavioral diversity. Using examples of human behavior in the past and the present, Lynne Schepartz discusses the important role of food in defining individual and group identities.
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