In our first year Being Human module, students study key topics in anthropology from both biological and social anthropological perspectives. This year, our featured essay is by Abby Smith. Abby’s bio: I came to London from Minnesota nearly two years ago and it’s been quite the journey. I went to a different uni my first Read More…
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CRESIDA’s new medieval skeleton collection
Last week we saw a buzz of activity around our human osteological collection, comprising about 300 Medieval burials from rural Surrey. Alex Parr, an ex MRes student of ours, has started working with us to help cleaning and studying the human remains. We have had a visiting researcher, Samantha Leggett, who has taken some samples Read More…