Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias, PhD
Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology | Exploring human diversity through Computational Modelling, Genetics, Archaeology, and Fieldwork
I am a Research Fellow at the Evolutionary Ecology Group at the Department of Zoology from the University of Cambridge and at Emmanuel College.
Broadly, I am interested on the ecological and social drivers of the diversity of ways in which humans live and have lived throughout our evolution. Moreover, how this diversity has shaped our genetic and cultural makeup.
To investigate these questions, I combine methods and data from computational modelling, genetics, archaeology and field research among hunter-gatherers, mainly in the Republic of Congo.
I am General Editor of the journal Hunter Gatherer Research, and Book Review Editor of the journal Human Ethology.
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Im interested in a broad range of questions regarding human origins and human evolution as well as the causes and consequences of evolutionary processes (in general) from a theoretical perspective. Some include:
Bodies that have funded my research include: