Joshua Robinson
Lecturer in Archaeology
Joshua Robinson is an archaeologist with research interests in the paleoecological context of Plio-Pleistocene biological and behavioral adaptations of the human lineage. His primary research is focused on understanding the Middle to the Later Stone Age transition in sub-Saharan Africa through the reconstruction of social and exchange networks. The Middle and Later Stone Ages are a critical period of human evolution where various populations of Homo sapiens, as well as other transitional or archaic hominins, likely exchanged genes, ideas, and technology. Robinson is a specialist in geochemical analysis, specifically stable isotope characterization of fossil animal and human tooth enamel.