Biological (Physical) Anthropology is the study of biological variation and evolution in humans, human ancestors and other living and extinct primates from their skeletal and dental remains. In the broadest sense, biological anthropologists seek to understand how biological and cultural process work together to shape species over time. Biological anthropology is an extremely diverse field, and encompasses a number of research tracks including bioarchaeology, human biology, forensic anthropology, paleopathology primatology and paleoanthropology.
Prof Jason Last is the academic founder of the Anthropology Research Group in the School of Medicine. Prof. Last has supervised a number of postgraduate students in the domain of Biological Anthropology and he continues to collaborate on research in the discipline.
Dr. Robin Feeney is a Biological Anthropologist who joined the School of Medicine in 2011. Dr Feeney specialises in comparative human biology and dental anthropology. Her research primarily focuses on the morphological variation in skeletal and dental tissues using non-destructive imaging and visualisation technologies to study the external and internal structure of hard tissues to address questions in biological variation and evolution in the human lineage.
| Prof. Jason Last | Currently on secondment to University Dean Of Students role | Profile |
| Dr. Robin Feeney | Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Anatomy | Profile |