Research

My research is carried out with the Comparative Evolutionary Anthropology (CEA) group at the University of Oxford; the lab website describes our current themes, people and opportunities.

Comparative Evolutionary Anthropology (CEA) Lab

The Comparative Evolutionary Anthropology (CEA) group at the University of Oxford studies human uniqueness in comparative context, using phylogenetic methods, 3D…

Evolutionary Anthropology

My main academic interest relates to the study of how and why human and primate bodies have become the way they currently are.

African Miocene mammals

I am currently analising different Miocene mammal fossils from Gorongosa, as well as comparing them with fossil materials from other African regions in order to better…

African palaeoecology

Understanding the relationship between ecosystem dynamics and hominin palaeobiology is fundamental to test hypotheses that attempt to elucidate the influence of the…

New morpho-functional tools

One of my long-standing aims is to understand the relationship between form and ecological function. In order to do this, some colleagues and I are currently developing new…

Primate morphology

An important part of my research has been devoted to the study of the key adaptations defining different stages of anthropoid morphological evolution.

Paleo-Primate Project

Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, represents the last unstudied link in the great African Rift that runs across eastern Africa, wherein lie the “cradles of humankind”.…