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MedAfrica Principal Investigator Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, uk Cyprian's research interests lay in comparative world archaeology, global 'prehistory', the archaeology and long-term history of the Mediterranean, emergence of long range connectivity and patterning of early life on islands. He is the Director of the Bronze Age Greece, inter-disciplinary field project based on Kythera. He published several books, among which 'The Making of the Middle Sea', which won the Wolfson History Prize for 2014. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cf7e64bebafbd725f46e55/1507025242883-55LZCUM2ILUS0SQ829BD/EC.jpg People Enrico R. Crema Lecturer in Computational Analysis of Long-Term Human Cultural and Biological Dynamics, department of archaeology, university of cambridge, uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cf7e64bebafbd725f46e55/1507026424413-VQZMFQG8I3HV3NBRWWY1/JL.jpg People Jörg Linstädter Scientific Director, German Archaeological Institute, germany Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cf7e64bebafbd725f46e55/1507194560327-SS9KDKFC013E7JVK1CDB/GB.jpg People Graeme Barker Former Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK The focus of Graeme's research can broadly be described as `human landscapes', the relations, both short- and long-term, between people and environment in the past. The transitions to farming have been a particular focus for many years, but more recently his interests have moved backwards in time to the origins of modern human behaviour and the adaptations made by our species in their migrations out of Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cf7e64bebafbd725f46e55/1530176460047-D31HFH48V9KFXBQUNWQ4/DL.jpg People David Lubell Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo, canada Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cf7e64bebafbd725f46e55/1506788596591-S7VRBFA0XU0UUK4X4ZZ0/Giulio.jpg People Giulio Lucarini - MedAfrica Research Associate researcher, institute of heritage science, national research council of italy Adjunct professor in prehistory and protohistory, University of Naples L’Orientale, Italy international association for mediterranean and oriental studies (ismeo), rome, italy Giulio's research has focused on human adaptations to the environment and on the emergence of food production in North Africa. 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