This is the fourth of an eight-part series, airing every Friday. Cháylee was a participant in a bioarchaeology training program this summer. This was funded by a US National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate (NSF-REU) grant.

On today’s episode, Cháylee Arellano (Louisiana State University) speaks about bioarchaeology and skeletal remains. She specifically looked at the problem of working out the minimum number of individuals (or MNI) for demographic analysis. She aims to move on to graduate school to study biological or forensic anthropology, and talks about how this REU opportunity has given her a strong basis for pursuing these goals.

Listen to her talk about her background and her work on the player below, by subscribing to our RSS feed, or finding us on Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, iTunes or anywhere else you typically find podcasts!

Show notes

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If you want to read more about the NSF-REU program, you can do so at the official blog and website. Other participants in the program include Quentin Burke, Silvio Ernesto Mirabal Torres and Charlie Downey and four others whose episodes will air in the future.

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