

Anthropology
Assistant Professor, Anthropology; Director, Human Energetics Laboratory; Fellow, Eck Institute for Global Health; Fellow, Institute for Educational Initiatives; Concurrent Faculty, Department of Gender Studies
Yahoo! News
November 29, 2023
Women have a metabolism better suited to endurance, according to Cara Ocobock, director of the Human Energetics Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame.
Fox News
November 28, 2023
Cara Ocobock, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Human Energetics Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, recently discovered some interesting facts about prehistoric women.
The Ray D'Arcy Show | RTE Radio 1
Audio
November 27, 2023
Ray is joined by Cara Ocobock, from the University of Notre Dame in the U.S., a co-author of a new study which suggests that prehistoric women frequently engaged in hunting as much as men and their anatomy also made them better suited for it.
phys.org
November 27, 2023
By Cara Ocobock, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame.
Popular Archaeology
November 21, 2023
Many years later, [Cara] Ocobock, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Human Energetics Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, found herself as a human biologist studying physiology and prehistoric evidence and discovering that many of these conceptions about early women and men weren’t quite accurate.
The Conversation
November 17, 2023
Cara Ocobock, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame.
phys.org
November 06, 2023
Lacy and her colleague Cara Ocobock from the University of Notre Dame examined the division of labor according to sex during the Paleolithic era, approximately 2.5 million to 12,000 years ago.
Wired
October 26, 2023
In her meticulous review of archaeological evidence and literature, [Sarah] Lacy, alongside her collaborator Cara Ocobock from the University of Notre Dame, found scant proof supporting this male-dominated narrative.
Earth.com
October 23, 2023
Professor Lacy, who specializes in the health of early humans, collaborated with Cara Ocobock from the University of Notre Dame, who bridges modern-day physiology with the fossil record.
Scientific American
October 18, 2023
Cara Ocobock is a human biologist at the University of Notre Dame. A former powerlifter, she explores the physiological and behavioral mechanisms necessary to cope with and adapt to extreme climates and high levels of physical activity.