Our research projects fall under the following broad remit:
Investigating the demographic history of various populations and ethnic groups in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
Assaying functionally relevant drug metabolising enzyme gene variation in Africa.
Investigating the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe, Asia and Africa using genetic and phenotypic data, ancient DNA and computer simulation modelling.
Examining the effects of past social structures on the distribution of modern genetic variation using computer simulations.
Identification and date estimation of genomic events since the human / chimpanzee split.
Quantifying the effects of demographic parameters (population density, group size, migration activity) on the accumulation of culturally inherited traits.
Developing methods to estimate parameters affecting changes in the frequencies of material culture artefacts.
Ancient DNA from various extinct mammalian species.
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