Virtual microscopy

Using the Virtual microscope application and its dental histology module, students in evolutionary anthropology will be able to practice adjusting a microscope, observing thin slides to study the different microstructures preserved inside dental tissue and obtain information on the growth of the individuals they belonged to, the stresses to which they were subjected, or even the seasons when prey were killed by groups of prehistoric huntergatherers. Development of the application by Archéosphere and our colleague Eric Pubert. Financial support from the French government in the framework of the University of Bordeaux’s IdEx “Investments for the Future programs in the field of higher education and research” through the Soutien à la Transformation et à l’Expérimentation Pédagogiques (STEP) project Immersion dans les Terrains de l’Anthropologie biologique et de la Préhistoire (ITAP; OPE-2018-0181; 2018-23; to P. Bayle and J.-G. Bordes), and from the Unit of Biology of the University of Bordeaux.