Professor Michael Richards elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
By Faculty of Arts on September 11, 2014
UBC Anthropology professor Michael Richards has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities and Sciences.
Richards specializes in the application of scientific methods of analysis to address long-standing archaeological debates and questions. His principal research is in the application of bone chemistry to provide direct evidence for the past diets and movement/migration patterns of humans and animals from hundreds of archaeological sites worldwide. Key areas of research are in documenting Neanderthal and modern human dietary differences, showing the rapidity of the spread of agriculture in Europe, and documenting the wide and varied range of dietary adaptations of humans in the past.
This year’s new Fellows will be inducted to the academies of the RSC during the Induction and Awards Ceremony on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Quebec City.
Founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) comprises the Academies of Arts,Humanities and Sciences of Canada. Its mission is to recognize scholarly, research and artistic excellence, to advise governments and organizations, and to promote a culture of knowledge and innovation in Canada and with other national academies around the world.
