Presented in person and online, details below.

It is widely accepted in anthropology that humans evolved as co-operative breeders, requiring help from an extended, flexible network of people to raise children. However, few studies are designed around understanding the importance of extended family, and previous research has used a range of proxies when measuring help. This seminar presents detailed analysis of direct measures of help from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, highlighting the many ways extended family members help to raise children in their early years and exploring the associations between that help and children’s health and wellbeing.

About the Speaker
Lauren McFarlane is a PhD candidate at the ANU, currently researching how family help raise First Nations children across Australia using national longitudinal data. 

Zoom details:
https://anu.zoom.us/meeting/register/yr_bLVkRRL6te9syKCK1xw

In-person: Room 2.10, Sir Roland Wilson building, 120 McCoy circuit, ANU

Presented as part of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology's 2025 Biological Anthropology Research (BAR) Seminar series.