Abstract: The recovery of human and animal remains from archaeological sites provides a unique dataset which we can use to explore a range of questions relating to the biology of our past. From changes to the skeleton itself to the ancient biomolecules preserved within bones and teeth, we can find many clues to answer questions about the health of both ancient individuals and populations. New techniques in archaeological science developed in the last decade or so, are now allowing us to explore such questions in ways we thought impossible when I began my academic career. Using several very different case studies from my own ongoing research group, I will show how the archaeological study of such diverse things as the evidence for bad backs and infectious diseases could have an important and direct bearing on our understanding (and even mitigation) of present-day human and animal health.
主讲人简介
Keith Dobney教授是英国利物浦大学的古人类生态学教授，现担任考古系主任。他致力于古代人类与动物的关系及其对人类进化影响的研究。主要研究兴趣是距今15000-10000年间狩猎采集向农业的转变，特别是动物驯化的问题🍾。目前，他正在参与一项人类食谱与健康关系的国际合作项目☑️，以期从古代人类口腔微生物中寻找新证据。他的学术足迹遍及全球，对英国‼️、欧洲、中东和中国等地区的古代人类与动物遗存均有涉猎📶🌈。他还参与了索马里古代动物传染疾病💁🏽♂️、阿拉斯加西部传统狩猎研究等课题🤳。
