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Professor Alan Bilsborough
Professor Emeritus
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Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology |
Biography
Human evolution, especially the functional basis for cranial diversity in early hominids and the reconstruction of evolutionary patterns. The interaction of social and biological variables in human biology, with particular reference to patterns of nutrition and disease.
Research interests
- Human evolution, especially the functional basis for cranial diversity in early hominids and the reconstruction of evolutionary patterns
- The interaction of social and biological variables in human biology, with particular reference to patterns of nutrition and disease
Publications
Chapter in book
- Bilsborough, A., & Rae, T. (2014). Hominoid Cranial Diversity and Adaptation. In W. Henke, & I. Tattersall (Eds.), Handbook of Paleoanthropology. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39979-4_35
- Bilsborough, A., & Rae, T. (2007). Hominoid cranial diversity and adaptation. In R. Henke, & I. Tattersall (Eds.), Handbook of paleoanthropology (1031-1105). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33761-4_35
- Bilsborough, A., & Thompson, J. (2005). The dentition of the Le Moustier 1 Neanderthal. In H. Ullrich (Ed.), The neanderthal adolescent Le Moustier 1 : new aspects, new results (157-186). Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin - Preussicher Kulturbesitz
- Bilsborough, A. (1999). Contingency, Patterning and Species in Hominid Evolution. In J. Bintliffe (Ed.), Structure and Contingency: Evolutionary Processes in Life and Human Society ( 43-101). London & New York. Leicester University Press
Journal Article
- Bilsborough, A. (2015). Editorial. Special Issue: Pleistocene Hunter-Gatherers of Central and Eastern Europe. Papers in Memory of Karel Valoch. Anthropologie (Brno. Print), 53(1-2), 5-6
- Bilsborough, A. (2005). Homo erectus revisited: aspects of affinity and diversity in a pleistocene hominin species. Anthropologie (Brno. Print), 43(2-3), 129-158
- Bilsborough, A. (2002). Craniofacial diversity in early Homo and the affinities of the Sterkfontein Valley specimens. Human Evolution, 17(1-2), 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02436426
- Bilsborough, A. (2000). Chronology, Variability and Evolution in Homo erectus
- Bilsborough, A. (2000). Phenetic Patterning and Species Sorting in Early African Homo
- Bilsborough, A., & Thompson, J. (1997). Current state of the Le Moustier 1 Skull. Acta praehistorica et archaeologica, 29, 17-38