AnthroBiology Podcast

AnthroBiology is host Gaby Lapera's show about the biology of being human, told through the lens of biological anthropology. Each episode takes one topic (bipedalism, lactose tolerance, malaria resistance, the shape of the human pelvis, teeth, hair, sleep) and walks through what we know, how we know it, and where the evidence gets interesting or contradictory. Lapera has a background in anthropology and a knack for explaining tangled science without talking down to listeners. She often brings on working researchers to discuss their fieldwork, lab findings, or recent papers, and she's careful to flag where popular science has gotten ahead of the data. The show is especially good at untangling evolutionary stories that get repeated as fact but rest on thinner evidence than most people realize. Topics span primatology, paleoanthropology, genetics, and human variation, with occasional episodes on the history of the field and its uncomfortable past. If you're interested in Big Biology, This Week in Evolution, or the more anthropological side of Ologies, this show will feel familiar but narrower and more focused. Episodes generally run 30 to 60 minutes and reward listeners who want the science behind the headlines about human origins.