Alice Roberts

Alice is an anatomist, biological anthropologist, author and broadcaster. Her passion for anatomy started at Cardiff University, where she studied medicine and anatomy, qualifying in 1997. She then worked as a junior doctor in south Wales before moving to Bristol University, where she taught anatomy on the medical course for over ten years. Alice is fascinated by biological or physical anthropology: in what ancient skeletons can tell us about human evolution, the diversity of the human species, and about diseases that have affected us over time. Her research on old bones led to a PhD in palaeopathology (the study of disease in ancient human remains).

In 2001, Alice joined Channel 4's 'Time Team' as a human bone specialist, and went on to become a science presenter for various projects including 'Coast' and 'Wild Swimming'. She has also illustrated a number of publications, including 'Don't Die Young' and 'The Incredible Human Journey', and advised on the anatomy artwork for her new Dorling Kindersley book, 'The Complete Human Body'.