Biological Anthropology at Cambridge is structured into two main streams – Applied Biological Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Studies. The first of these encompasses two research groups, HENGE and PrIME, which are located in Pembroke Street. The second one, LCHES, is located in Fitzwilliam Street.

All senior members of the Department contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching, and are involved in national and international research projects.

As part of the Faculty of Archaeology & Anthropology, the Department enjoys the wonders of the Haddon Library, one of the world’s most comprehensive teaching and research libraries in both archaeology and anthropology.

LCHES also houses the Duckworth Collection, a major international resource for the study of past and present human and primate morphology.

RAE 2008:
Cambridge Biological Anthropology one of the top ranked departments
In the recent Research Assessment Exercise, which attempts to measure UK research quality, Biological Anthropology at Cambridge was ranked as one of the top anthropology departments. There is no agreed single measure of the outcome, but Biological Anthropology was ranked from second to fifth in all the various methods used.
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