What can 26,000-year-old animal bones tell us about people?

I am a zooarchaeologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, studying past human-animal relationships to understand how and why societies endure, innovate, and diversify over time.

By combining zooarchaeology with biomolecular and geochemical methods, I trace how people navigated climatic change, large-scale migration, and cultural transformation over millennia. This approach allows me to explore long-term strategies from the past that can help address contemporary challenges related to sustainability, food security, and cultural heritage.