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A History of Legs in 5 Objects
by Stacy Hackner My research focuses on the tibia, the largest bone in the lower leg. You probably know it as the shin bone, or the one that makes frequent contact with your coffee table resulting in...
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Five years of research: a summary
by Stacy Hackner A PhD often feels like an unrewarding process. There are setbacks, data failures, non-significant results, and a general lack of the small successes that (I hear) make general...
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Is Burial a Modern Human Behaviour?
Both the Grant and the Petrie Museums contain regular reminders of death, burial, and what comes after. The animals and skeletons preserved in the Grant continue to contribute to studies of comparative...
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Did Neanderthals Eat Brains?
In short, we think so… In the archaeological record, ‘cannibalism’, also known as ‘anthropophagy’, is usually identified through studying human bones and analysing any cut marks left on them that were...
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Why did Ancient Egyptians Love Cats?
You really wouldn’t want to get into a cat versus dog argument with me (cats are superior obviously) and as it turns out the Ancient Egyptians agree! Ancient Egyptian iconography is packed with...
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What if Bob Dylan became Pharaoh of Egypt?
“For the times they are a’ changin’ ” -Bob Dylan Bob Dylan in Don’t Look Back (http://nostalgiacentral.com); bust of Akhenaten (http://www.crystalinks.com/akhenaten.html) If I were to invent a new...
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What happens if a Neanderthal bites you?
Neanderthals have a pretty robust bone structure in comparison to anatomically modern humans and the differences in facial bone structure are particularly striking. In the image below, you can see...
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What is the relationship between frogs and fertility?
During my first few weeks as a student engager I began to notice the presence of frogs… everywhere. I saw them in various forms and objects in the Petrie Museum, and found frog and other amphibious...
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Could you Bear to eat Pooh?
Well our ancestors did… Bear was most definitely on the menu in the Palaeolithic and if you think bears are big now you should take a trip back to the Stone Age! Bears are an incredibly diverse species...
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Event: Migration through (Pre)History
Migration through (Pre)History, an evening of short talks by UCL’s Student Engagers, will be taking place on Thursday, 7 February 2019, from 6:30-9pm in UCL Art Museum Coming up in UCL Art Museum,...
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