Dr Cara Wall-Scheffler

I have my PhD in Biological Anthropology and currently work in the department of Biology at Seattle Pacific University.  My main research interest focuses around evolutionary tradeoffs throughout the human lineage. I am especially interested in the tradeoffs inherent in the mobility strategies of extinct and extant populations, and how populations balance access to resources, thermoregulation and reproduction.  I am particularly focused on the role of sexual dimorphism and sex differences in physiology as they relate to differences in male and female resource acquisition strategies. To better understand tradeoff strategies, I integrate biomechanics, locomotor energetics, telemetry physiology, paleontology, archaeozoology and behavioral ecology. My students currently are involved in projects in all of these areas.

If you are interested in reading about how flexible people’s hunting strategies are, please click HERE

If you are interested in reading about women and men walking together, please click HERE

If you are interested in reading about the energetic cost of running with strollers, please click HERE

If you are interested in reading about why walking with children is different from other kinds of walking, please click HERE

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If you are interested in submitting an abstract to the AABA COD Undergraduate Symposium, please note that we use an application process.  The deadline for the 2024 meetings in Los Angeles will be February 1, 2024. The application is available here!