Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00472
Human migration and evolution along the Indian Ocean Rim: genetics, morphometrics, and paleoenvironment.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor PWH Holland, University of Oxford, Zoology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr V Macaulay, University of Glasgow, School of Mathematics & Statistics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor CB Stringer, The Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr U Strand Vidarsdottir, Durham University, Anthropology
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Zoology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Science-Based Archaeology
- Palaeoenvironments
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Abstract:
- Museum collections of extinct, or subsequently admixed, indigenous human populations will be used to study the evolution and migration of humans around the Indian Ocean Rim. Mitochondrial DNA will be used to construct phylogenetic and phylogeographic trees, allowing the timing and route of migrations and colonisations to be inferred. This data will be compared to detailed craniofacial and dental morphometric studies of the same specimens, allowing an evaluation of the phylogenetic utility of such data. Palaeogeographic maps will be compiled using sea-level and tectonic reconstructions and combined with paleo-vegetation and climatic data to create a detailed palaeoenvironmental framework. This will be compared and contrasted to the genetic and morphological datasets to create a multi-disciplinary synthesis of human migration and evolution in the area.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00472
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- EFCHED
This grant award has a total value of £67,449
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|
| £10,444 | £33,944 | £23,061 |
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