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…
Category: evolutionary anthropology
Back to the Brook: attending a workshop on a new fossil primate
By Todd C. Rae Twenty five years ago, as a PhD student at SUNY Stony Brook, I had the good fortune to be part of team collecting primate fossils at Songhor, a 20 million year old site in western Kenya. The leader of the group was Isaiah Nengo, a Kenyan who was, at the time, Read More…
Fiona Jordan on the cultural evolution of kinship diversity
Why do human societies differ in who they class as family? How do children learn about kinship? Why do some societies classify cousins with siblings, and other groups distinguish cousins through your mum or your dad? When and how do people talk about family? Although these questions have intrigued anthropologists for over a century, they remain Read More…
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…
