Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist http://childhoodbioarchaeology.org | http://facebook.com/childhoodanth/ | Co-Editor of Bioarchaeology International. Mother.
British Academy Global Professor at Durham University and Professor at University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka ..
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Bioarchaeologist http://childhoodbioarchaeology.org | http://facebook.com/childhoodanth/ | Co-Editor of Bioarchaeology International. Mother.
British Academy Global Professor at Durham University and Professor at University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Siân Ellen Halcrow is a New Zealand academic in the field of biological anthropology, specialising in infant and child health and disease in the past. She is a professor in the department of anatomy at the University of Otago. .. more
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Forgotten histories: what fetal and baby remains tell us about inequality in medical collections
Our new analysis of the skeletal remains and records of babies in a NZ museum collection shows they were largely born to unmarried mothers or lower-class families.
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Read about our recent research just published. Forgotten histories: what fetal and baby remains tell us about inequality in medical collections theconversation.com/forgotten-hi... via
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Morphological Influences and Energetic Walking Flexibility in Determining Preferred vs. Optimal Speeds: An Evolutionary Human Ecology Perspective on Children and Adolescents
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Locomotion is fundamental to the survival of our species. The most comfortable walking speed may be the most efficient for allocating conserved energy for other functions. However, whethe.....
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Morphological Influences and Energetic Walking Flexibility in Determining Preferred vs. Optimal Speeds: An Evolutionary Human Ecology Perspective on Children and Adolescents - Zorrilla‐Revilla - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Privileges of Birth: Constellations of Care, Myth, and Race in South Africa | Berghahn Books url:https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/RogersonPrivileges
Miscarriage and Coping in the Mid‐Nineteenth Century: Private Notes from Distant Places
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Miscarriage and Coping in the Mid‐Nineteenth Century: Private Notes from Distant Places - Jensz - 2020 - Gender & History - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Population Problem: Biological Anthropology and the Many Definitions of a Population - Van Arsdale - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Your Unborn Baby and You
YouTube video by Brazelton Centre UK
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If you have ever wondered what the unborn baby does all day (or night) then this video gives you a glimpse into their life.
Video has been produced and is based on the research by Professor Nadja Reissland, Durham University
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Video has been produced and is based on the research by Professor Nadja Reissland, Durham University
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Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood
Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan
Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term for 12 months
£36,396 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025
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British Museum Role: Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood, Closing date: 17th October, Project Curator to undertake research and make publicly accessible the life stage of childhood via the Museum’s collections
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When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow
Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds
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When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Exploring Early Childhood Diet, Stress, Trophic Position and Dietary Protein Quality Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Compositions of Fingernail Keratin
Objectives Evaluate the effectiveness of compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AA) in reconstructing early childhood diets and detecting episodes of stress. Examine (1) pr...
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Exploring Early Childhood Diet, Stress, Trophic Position and Dietary Protein Quality Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Compositions of Fingernail Keratin - Salahuddin - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Oct 10
The Invisible Evidence of Birth: Evaluating the Relationship Between Pelvic Shape and Parity with a Pelvic Pattern Index
It is well known that parity indirectly and directly affects the human skeleton through biomechanical strain during pregnancy, birth, lactation, and sexual steroid hormone expression. Pelvic features ...
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The Invisible Evidence of Birth: Evaluating the Relationship Between Pelvic Shape and Parity with a Pelvic Pattern Index www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Incorporating Evolutionary Theory Into Forensic Anthropology Methods and Practice: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study Using Skeletal Sex Estimation
This study shows measurements in the DSP2 sex-estimation method cluster into integrated modules. Selecting one measurement per module preserves accuracy while reducing redundancy, demonstrating the v...
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Incorporating Evolutionary Theory Into Forensic Anthropology Methods and Practice: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study Using Skeletal Sex Estimation - Yim - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Siân E. Halcrow
We welcome you — and indeed encourage all our members — to join our Sub-Groups and our Board of Trustees💀
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KEYNOTE 2
To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture:
Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿🦱⛓️⚖️
To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture:
Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿🦱⛓️⚖️
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Visiting New Zealand professor to study Britain’s ‘skeletons in the closet’ - Durham University
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Visiting New Zealand professor to study Britain’s ‘skeletons in the closet’ - www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Bioarcheological Perspectives on the Timing of Adolescence in Rural Avar‐Age Austria, 7th–9th Centuries ce
Objectives This study provides insights into adolescent development during the early medieval period in Austria and offers a point of comparison of the timing of sexual maturation relative to the Im...
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Bioarcheological Perspectives on the Timing of Adolescence in Rural Avar‐Age Austria, 7th–9th Centuries ce - Klostermann - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Siân E. Halcrow
Kristina Killgrove
@killgrove.bsky.social
· Sep 15
World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find
The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.
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Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺
Revealing Developmental Transitions in Perinatal and Infant Individuals Through Microanatomical Analysis
Objectives Identifying signs of birth in perinatal human remains of past populations is challenging due to the lack of direct markers of this event on bones. This research aims to identify distinct ...
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Revealing Developmental Transitions in Perinatal and Infant Individuals Through Microanatomical Analysis - Moreno - 2025 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Biocultural Perspectives of Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence in the Past: Challenges, Complexities, and Interdisciplinarity
This article offers an introduction to this special issue which focusses on emerging biocultural insights into non-adult lives. The five papers included in this issue are deliberately temporally, g...
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Full article: Biocultural Perspectives of Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence in the Past: Challenges, Complexities, and Interdisciplinarity www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Aug 16
The Non-Adult Burials of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (Portugal): Recent Discoveries and New Insights into Mesolithic Funerary Practices
Cabeço da Amoreira, a key Mesolithic shell mound in the Muge region (central Portugal) provides critical insights into the funerary and socio-cultural practices of Western Europe’s last hunter-gath...
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The Non-Adult Burials of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (Portugal): Recent Discoveries and New Insights into Mesolithic Funerary Practices: Childhood in the Past: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Aug 10
Beyond the Binary? A Multi‐Method Approach to Sexing Children at the Viking Age Site of Ihre, Gotland
The assessment of sex is fundamental in osteoarcheological analysis, yet traditional morphological methods are less reliable for children due to the incomplete development of sexually dimorphic trait....
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Jul 31
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Primary Canine Hypoplasia in African American and Indonesian Children: Prevalence, Expression and Tooth Size - Lukacs - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Jul 31
Medieval skeletons reveal the lasting damage of childhood malnutrition – new study
Medieval teeth reveal how childhood hunger echoes through generations.
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Medieval skeletons reveal the lasting damage of childhood malnutrition – new study
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📢 NEWS 📢 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 SSCIP Annual Conference will take place in Aarhus, Denmark from 24th - 26th June 🥳
The conference theme is 'Children and Climate Change' 🌏 Call for Papers and further information will be circulated soon #childhood #archaeology #history Please RT!
The conference theme is 'Children and Climate Change' 🌏 Call for Papers and further information will be circulated soon #childhood #archaeology #history Please RT!
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Jul 24
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A Heavy Issue: Changes in Body Size in London Before, During and After the Black Death - Mongillo - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Sharing a Bed With Your Kid? It’s Totally Normal in Asia.
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Sharing a Bed With Your Kid? It’s Totally Normal in Asia. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Jul 17
One Paleopathology and lessons from the past
This BioScience special issue explicitly focuses on One Health in advancing effective health interventions today and in the future. Interdisciplinarity is
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One Paleopathology and lessons from the past url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Siân Halcrow
@ancientchildren.bsky.social
· Jul 13
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A Framework for Incorporating Diverse Gender Identities into Forensic Anthropology Casework and Theory : Recommendations for Inclusive Practices | Current Anthropology www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.otago.ac.nz/doi/10.1086/...