Advancing Biocultural Perspectives in Physical Anthropology; Notre Dame, IN; February 2007

该项目的目的是召开为期两天的会议，讨论体质人类学生物文化研究的现状和未来方向。具体目标包括：1)汇集不同的学者来调查目前实践中的生物文化方法的范围；2)探索生物文化人类学、生态学和进化生物学的最新理论和方法进展的潜在贡献；3)确定在体质人类学中推进生物文化研究的议程。会议结束后，组织者将发表一系列总结立场声明，鼓励就生物文化研究的现状和未来进行进一步的对话。一种理解人类多样性和人类起源的整体方法是人类学的基础贡献，尽管生物人类学和文化人类学目前趋向专业化和分歧，但生物文化研究的强大传统仍在继续存在。本次会议将有助于定义综合体质人类学的前沿，并将促进复杂模型的发展，以理解人类行为、生理和健康，并应用创新方法来测量与文化和生态背景相关的生物学。更广泛的影响包括对发展科学基础设施的贡献，特别是通过将各种各样的学者纳入其中，其中许多学者代表了历史上在科学领域代表性不足的群体。

The objective of this project is to convene a two-day meeting to discuss the state and future direction of biocultural research in physical anthropology. The specific objectives include: 1) To bring together a diverse set of scholars to survey the range of biocultural approaches currently in practice; 2) To explore the potential contribution of recent theoretical and methodological advances in biocultural anthropology, as well as ecology and evolutionary biology; and 3) To define an agenda for advancing biocultural research within physical anthropology. After the meeting the organizers will publish a series of summary position statements that will encourage further dialogue on the state and future of biocultural research. A holistic approach to understanding human diversity and human origins has been a foundational contribution of anthropology, and a strong tradition of biocultural research continues to exist despite current trends toward specialization and divergence between biological and cultural anthropology. This meeting will contribute to defining the cutting edge of integrative physical anthropology, and will facilitate the development of complex models for understanding human behavior, physiology, and health, and the application of innovative methods for measuring biology in relation to cultural end ecological contexts. Broader impacts include contributions to developing the infrastructure of science, particularly through the inclusion of a diverse set of scholars, many of whom represent groups historically under-represented in science.