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BIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON PLAY BEHAVIOR
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Sponsored By: Biological Anthropology Section and General Anthropology Division
Thursday, December 4, 2014: 9:00 AM-10:45 AM

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Students, Those involved in mentoring activities
Organizers:  Kerrie Lewis Graham (Texas State University) and Hillary N Fouts (University of Tennessee)
Chairs:  Kerrie Lewis Graham (Texas State University) and Hillary N Fouts (University of Tennessee)
9:00 AM
The Singing of Mice and the Laughter of Rats: The Bio-Cultural Playground
Kerrie Lewis Graham (Texas State University)
9:15 AM
Are Foragers More Playful?  a Bio-Cultural Exploration of Play Among Bofi Forager and Farmer Young Children in Central Africa
Hillary N Fouts (University of Tennessee)
9:30 AM
Not Quite There Yet? the “golden period” of Primate Locomotion and Posture
Michelle Bezanson (Santa Clara University)
9:45 AM
Practice and Play in the Paleolithic:  Thoughts on Activity throughout Human Ontogeny
Libby W Cowgill (University of Missouri, Columbia)
10:00 AM
Children’s Play and the Integration of Social Learning and Innovation: A Cultural Niche Construction Perspective
Adam Howell Boyette (Thompson Writing Program, Duke University)
10:15 AM
Play Patterns in Capuchin Monkeys: Insights into the Evolution of Behavioral Plasticity and Individual Variation
Katherine C. MacKinnon (Saint Louis University)
10:30 AM
“She Loves Me, She Loves Me not”:  a Bio-Cultural Perspective on Mothers Playing/Not-Playing with Their Infants
David F Lancy (Utah State Univ)
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