Research Groups

The Research Centre has staff from a variety of academic and research backgrounds.  We all work separately and together on projects that are part of the larger endeavour of Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology. There are three main research groups within the centre – the Fossil Mammal Research Group, the Primate Behaviour Research Group, and the Forensic Anthropology Research Group.

The FMRG is well known both nationally and internationally and includes several researchers who investigate mammalian evolution, behaviour, ecology and patterns of distribution. The FMRG site also hosts the Quaternary Research Association's Quaternary Vertebrate Research Group (QUAVER).

The PBRG has a well-established national and international reputation as one of the main research unit on conflict resolution and management. Members of the group have published key work in this area, including a review volume that has become a classic for scientists interested in the topic, particularly anthropologists. In addition, the group carries out several international collaborative projects on topics ranging from the regulation of social relationships to more recent developments in evolutionary psychology and cognitive evolution.

FARG researchers are working to strengthen science underpinning standards for estimation of biological profile indicators such as sex, age, and population affinity using a combination of traditional and cutting-edge methods. The members also provide casework consultancy for forensic anthropological analysis, 3D computerised facial approximation, and mass grave excavation.