Ph.D. Program in Biodiversity and Evolution
Ph.D. Program in Biomarkers and environments : Evolution and biodiversity of the ancient Human populations
The human skeletal remains are an important bio-cultural archive and provide us with information about the life style of the ancient populations. Their study contributes to reconstruct socio-economic and hygienic conditions, health status, type and availability of food resources, level of physical stress, etc., allowing us to date back the ancient human adaptive strategies. Bones and teeth preserve the marks of the life history and the history of ancient populations. Bioarchaeology: study of bone and teeth palaeodemographic, paleonutritional, paleopathological and activity markers of the human skeletal remains to reconstruct peopling and life style of ancient Mediterranean and Central Asia populations. Forensic Osteology: recognition of specific markers (sex, age, at death, health, non masticatory tooth-use, etc.), to personal identification. Methods: macroscopic and microscopic (stereomicroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy) analyses. Skeletal Collections: collections preserved at the Laboratory of Bioarcheology and Forensic Ostelogy and Museum of Anthropology of University of Bologna, and at European (Insitut de Paléontologie Humaine, Parigi) and Asiatic (Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, Almaty) Laboratories.
Research group
Valentina Mariotti (PhD student)
Chiara Consiglio (PhD student)
Elisa Rastelli (PhD student)
Benedetta Bonfiglioli (Postdoc)
Graziella Ciani (Laboratory technician)
Maria Giovanna Belcastro (Associate Professor)
