Munro Lecture - 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' Isotopic analysis has revolutionized archaeology by extracting atomic-scale narratives from biological tissues. This presentation synthesizes 15,000 years of human history through a series of case studies, illustrating how isotopic proxies reconstruct past environments and human behaviours. Furthermore, the archaeological drive for methodological refinement has endowed these techniques with significant contemporary relevance. This talk will argue that isotopic archaeology provides an indispensable link between deep-time research and the pressing social and environmental questions of our present and future.Dr Ricardo Fernandes Dr Ricardo Fernandes currently works at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, where he is Group Leader in Systems Archaeology and head of the Radiocarbon, Computational Labs, and Biochemistry laboratories at the Department of Archaeology. Munro LecturesThe Munro Lectures are a series of public lectures from international scholars in the fields of archaeology and anthropology. Munro Lectures Nov 27 2025 17.15 - 18.30 Munro Lecture - 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' Dr Ricardo Fernandes will present the next Munro Lecture on 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School - Doorway 4, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG Old Medical School Tickets (free)
Munro Lecture - 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' Isotopic analysis has revolutionized archaeology by extracting atomic-scale narratives from biological tissues. This presentation synthesizes 15,000 years of human history through a series of case studies, illustrating how isotopic proxies reconstruct past environments and human behaviours. Furthermore, the archaeological drive for methodological refinement has endowed these techniques with significant contemporary relevance. This talk will argue that isotopic archaeology provides an indispensable link between deep-time research and the pressing social and environmental questions of our present and future.Dr Ricardo Fernandes Dr Ricardo Fernandes currently works at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, where he is Group Leader in Systems Archaeology and head of the Radiocarbon, Computational Labs, and Biochemistry laboratories at the Department of Archaeology. Munro LecturesThe Munro Lectures are a series of public lectures from international scholars in the fields of archaeology and anthropology. Munro Lectures Nov 27 2025 17.15 - 18.30 Munro Lecture - 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' Dr Ricardo Fernandes will present the next Munro Lecture on 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School - Doorway 4, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG Old Medical School Tickets (free)
Nov 27 2025 17.15 - 18.30 Munro Lecture - 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story' Dr Ricardo Fernandes will present the next Munro Lecture on 'Isotopic snapshots: a 15,000-year journey through the human story'
