Theses - Biological Anthropology: Recent submissions
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The Human Faculty for Music: What's special about it?
(2018-11-24)Abstract (short version) This thesis presents a model of a narrow faculty for music - qualities that are at once universally present and operational in music across cultures whilst also being specific to our species and ... -
Foraging and Menstruation in the Hadza of Tanzania
(2018-05-19)The Hadza, residing near Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania, represent one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer populations. Inhabiting the same area as our hominin ancestors and exploiting very similar resources, the Hadza ... -
Diet Assessment in Tropical African Populations - the implications of detecting biological signals in current diets to the study of past diets
(2018-03-24)East Africa is central to many aspects of human evolution and diversification. At the same time, diet is a key aspect of the ecology of any population. Therefore, one is often interested in the diets of past populations. ... -
What’s in a Tooth? Signals of Ecogeography and Phylogeny in the Dentition of Macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca)
(2018-02-24)The aim of the present work was to investigate the impact of the varying environmental conditions on the taxonomic and phenotypic diversification of a geographically widespread and ecologically successful Old World primate ...
