Microanalysis of Human Fossils: New Insights into Age, Diet and Migration

    Project: Research

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    The isotopic composition of elements such as Sr, Pb, Ca and O in human teeth preserves a faithful record of their diet, where they obtained their food and the climate they experienced in the early stages of life. We will use a range of advanced analytical techniques, including new methods of micro-isotopic analysis, to study the age, diet, migration and climatic exposure of individuals representing several important aspects of human evolution over the past 150,000 years: the interaction of Homo sapiens with Neanderthals in Europe and the Levant, the colonisation of the Pacific, and the lifestyle of the newly-discovered hobbit of Flores, Homo floresiensis.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/01/0631/12/09

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