Dr Gina McFarlane

Gina completed her PhD in Biological Anthropology at the University of Auckland. Her thesis used a life course approach to explore relationships between childhood stress and adult longevity in Londoners who lived during the Industrial Revolution. After completing her PhD, she worked as a consultant osteologist, recording and analysing prehistoric Māori remains.

She was recently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kent involved in the Biorhythms of Childhood Growth project investigating links between a biorhythm evident in dental histology and variation in childhood growth rates.

In general, her research interests surround aspects of health in past people, with a particular interest in teeth including enamel histology and non-specific stress indicators in teeth.  

• Dental histology
• Bioarchaeology
• Dental and skeletal on-specific stress indicators

• SACO8140: Advanced Human Osteology and Anatomy
• SACO9920: Advanced Topics in Contemporary Science
• ANTB3020: Foundations of Biological AnthropologyANTB5330 Independent Research Project
• ANTB6280: Human Skeletal Biology

• British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (Current treasurer)
• American Association of Biological Anthropology
• Paleopathology Association