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SUMMARY:What lies beneath? How microtomography is providing new insights i
 nto systematics and functional morphology in the human fossil record - Mat
 thew Skinner (School of Anthropology and Conservation\, University of Kent
 )
DTSTART:20170201T163000Z
DTEND:20170201T173000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Van Baelen
DESCRIPTION:Palaeoanthropologists rely on the human fossil record to recon
 struct our evolutionary past. Given their scarcity it is important that we
  extract as much information as possible from the fossils that we have. Dr
 . Skinner has spent the last 10 years using microtomography to access inte
 rnal structures of bones and teeth to address taxonomic\, developmental an
 d functional questions in human evolution. In this presentation he present
 s some of his recent findings including the use of internal tooth shape to
  support the taxonomic status of the newest hominin species\, Homo naledi\
 , from South Africa and how internal structures of bones can be used to re
 construct behaviour in extant apes and fossil hominins.
LOCATION:BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41)\, Division of Biological Anthro
 pology\, Pembroke Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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