Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2003/00069
Environmental influences on human morphological evolution: an ontogenetic and integrated analysis of skeletal robusticity.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr J Stock, University of Cambridge, Biological Anthropology
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Biological Anthropology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Science-Based Archaeology
- Palaeobiology
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- Variability in the human fossil record is often attributed to climatic adaptation, yet we have very little understanding of how environmental conditions influence skeletal anatomy. The objective of the proposed research is to determine the extent to which climatic conditions influence the integration of skeletal robusticity and physique. This will be accomplished by comparing ontogenetic trajectories of skeletal morphology and robusticity among geographically dispersed populations of hunter-gatherers. This research will differentiate morphological features that are environmentally plastic from those that are ontogenetically stable. The results will identify adaptive mechanisms that produce variability in humans, and will distinguish morphological characteristics that are adaptively and taxonomically relevant in the interpretation of human origins.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2003/00069
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £37,084
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| £20,969 | £12,832 | £3,284 |
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