Andy Farrant
Active member
The next BCRA Cave Science webinar is this Monday 9th December at 7.30, where Spyridoula Pappa, Senior Curator of Fossil Mammals, Natural History Museum will be giving a talk on Palaeontological Perspectives on Caving in Thailand. For details of how to join, head over to:
bcra.org.uk
"If you want to know more about caves and fossil mammal remains from Mae Hong Son Province, in north-western Thailand, then join me for this talk where I am going to share everything from my most recent research fieldwork in Thailand, in January 2024.
One of the most interesting and important sites that I visited was Tham Lod rock shelter where I sampled teeth from Eld's deer. Tham Lod is a magnificent and famous cave and a well-stratified archaeological site, where more than 100,000 archaeological items were unearthed during previous excavations. I and my NERC DTP PhD student Laura Hemmingham have had the opportunity to collect samples of over 200 fossil deer teeth, excavated from several Thailand caves and open sites.
Through the Eld's deer project we studied the diet of Pleistocene deer in relation to climate using the methods of dental wear analysis (DWA), mesowear and species distribution models. My research focuses on palaeoecology of the Quaternary and I am analysing tooth material to understand what these animals ate during the Ice Age and how they responded to environmental and ecological changes.
I started caving in 2002 and have participated in multiple caving expeditions with the Hellenic Speleological Society and with speleologists from Vienna University. I completed my undergraduate degree in Geology, and my Masters degree in Palaeontology, in Greece. My PhD in Palaeontology was from Royal Holloway University of London. I moved to London in 2010 and since September 2015 I have been working as a curator in the Natural History Museum (NHMUK). I am responsible for fossil mammals (over 350,000 specimens from around the world). During this talk I will be also presenting tales and projects that I had the opportunity to work on from other European and UK cave sites. "
British Cave Research Association - Online Seminars
Monday Mon 09-Dec 2024, 19:30 to 21:00 GMT. Palaeontological Perspectives on Caving in Thailand
bcra.org.uk
"If you want to know more about caves and fossil mammal remains from Mae Hong Son Province, in north-western Thailand, then join me for this talk where I am going to share everything from my most recent research fieldwork in Thailand, in January 2024.
One of the most interesting and important sites that I visited was Tham Lod rock shelter where I sampled teeth from Eld's deer. Tham Lod is a magnificent and famous cave and a well-stratified archaeological site, where more than 100,000 archaeological items were unearthed during previous excavations. I and my NERC DTP PhD student Laura Hemmingham have had the opportunity to collect samples of over 200 fossil deer teeth, excavated from several Thailand caves and open sites.
Through the Eld's deer project we studied the diet of Pleistocene deer in relation to climate using the methods of dental wear analysis (DWA), mesowear and species distribution models. My research focuses on palaeoecology of the Quaternary and I am analysing tooth material to understand what these animals ate during the Ice Age and how they responded to environmental and ecological changes.
I started caving in 2002 and have participated in multiple caving expeditions with the Hellenic Speleological Society and with speleologists from Vienna University. I completed my undergraduate degree in Geology, and my Masters degree in Palaeontology, in Greece. My PhD in Palaeontology was from Royal Holloway University of London. I moved to London in 2010 and since September 2015 I have been working as a curator in the Natural History Museum (NHMUK). I am responsible for fossil mammals (over 350,000 specimens from around the world). During this talk I will be also presenting tales and projects that I had the opportunity to work on from other European and UK cave sites. "
