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Over the past 300 years, Cambridge research has shaped our understanding of the place of humans in the natural world and communicated its global significance. That tradition continues today.
Research foci
The Biological Anthropology group in Cambridge's Department of Archaeology consists of academic staff, postdocs, technicians, curators, and graduate and undergraduate students. Our research foci are remarkably diverse and include palaeontology, archaeology, genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, ethology, primatology, epidemiology, osteology, quantitative modelling, and many more areas.
More info here: Biological Anthropology at Cambridge
Our people here: Cambridge Biological Anthropologists
Collections and laboratories
The Duckworth Collection was established in 1945 to house archaeological and recent human skeletal remains, non-human primate skeletal remains, fossil casts, blood, brain and hair samples, anatomical models and instruments, and an archive that is widely used for teaching, research, and repatriation.
The Palaeoanthropology Laboratory houses equipment for digitising archaeological and palaeontological samples, collecting 3D data (e.g., μCT, structured light scanning) and 3D printing. We additionally provide software for post-processing and analyses of scan data.
Graduate programmes
We offer a PhD in Biological Anthropology along with two MPhil programmes:
Seminars
The Biological Anthropology Seminar series runs in Michaelmas and Lent terms and features speakers from throughout the UK and across the world.
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