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Details for Dr Mhairi Gibson
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Mhairi Gibson |
| Job title | Reader in Anthropology |
| Department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | B.A.(Dunelm.), M.Phil.(Cantab.), Ph.D.(U.C.Lond.) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | human behavioural ecology evolutionary biology ecology evolution natural selection child health population changes |
| Areas of expertise | My research interests lie in the field of human behavioural ecology: using concepts from evolutionary biology to explain human behavioural diversity. The study of human behavioural ecology assumes that biology and behaviour can evolve and adapt through natural selection and by maximising reproductive fitness. Furthermore, that these strategies change overtime/space according to different social and ecological circumstances. The focus of my research has been to use evolutionary ecological approaches to identify child health issues in the developing world, particularly those arising from recent population changes. |