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Dr Emma Nelson (PhD)
Communication for Clinical Practice
School of Medicine
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Whelan Building
University of Liverpool
Brownlow Hill
Liverpool
L69 3GB
Email: emma.nelson@liverpool.ac.uk
Work
I currently work as an academic advisor and sessional tutor for Communication for Clinical Practice (MBChB) at the School of Medicine, University of Liverpool.
Research
I am an evolutionary anthropologist interested in clinical communication, human communication (generally), and the evolution of human social behaviour. I also work on animals' tolerance to humans.
Qualifications
2011 PhD, University of Liverpool
2001 MPhil, University of Liverpool
1998 BSc Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Liverpool
1995 General Intensive Care Nursing
1992 Registered Midwife, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
1989 Registered General Nurse, South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Publications
Mikula et al., 2023. Bird tolerance to humans in tropical ecosystems. Nature Communications, 14: 2146
Kubika, A.M., Wragg Sykes, R., Nowell, A., Nelson, E. 2022. Sexual behavior in Neanderthals. In: The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology. (T. Shackleton, Ed.). Chapter 20: 516-560
Mikula, P., Nelson, E., Tryjanowski, P., Albrecht, T. 2018. Antipredator behaviour in old-world tropical lizard, common agama Agama agama, in an urban environment. Amphibia-Reptilia, 40: 389-393
Mikula, P., Šaffa, G., Nelson, E.,Tryjanowski, P. 2018. Risk perception of vervet monkeys Chlorocebus pygerythrus to humans in urban and rural environments. Behavioural Processes, 147: 21-27
Morelli, F., Pape Møller, A., Nelson, E.,Benedetti, Y., Liang, W., Šímová, P., Moretti, M., Tryjanowski, P. 2017. The common cuckoo is an effective indicator of high bird species richness in Asia and Europe. Scientific Reports, 7: 4376
Morelli, F., Pape Møller, A., Nelson, E., Benedettid, Y., Tichite, M., Šímová, P., Jerzakg, L., Morettih, M., Tryjanowski, P. 2017. Cuckoo as indicator of high functional diversity of bird communities: A new paradigm for biodiversity surrogacy. Ecological Indicators, 72: 565–573
Kubicka, A.M., Rosin, Z.M., Tryjanowski, P & Nelson, E. 2017. A systematic review of animal predation creating pierced shells: implications for the archaeological record of the Old World. PeerJ 5:e2903
Nelson, E., Hall, J., Randolph-Quinney R. & Sinclair, A. 2017. Beyond size: The potential of a geometric morphometric analysis of shape and form for the assessment of sex in hand stencils in rock art. Journal of Archaeological Science, 78: 202-213
Tryjanowski, P., Hromada, M., Morelli, F., Nelson, E., Prokop, P., Reino, L., Rozsa, L., & Yosef, R. 2015. Ecology in Europe: is there an ‘empty’ niche for the new journal among competitors, predators and parasites? European Journal of Ecology, 1(1):1-4
Balogová, M., Nelson, E., Uhrin, M., Figurová, M. & Ledecký, V. 2015. No sexual dimorphism detected in digit ratios of the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra). The Anatomical Record, 298:1786–1795
Morelli, F., Kubicka, A., Tryjanowski, P. & Nelson, E. 2015. Three million years of human-vulture interaction. Anthrozoos, 28(3): 449-468
Shultz, S., Nelson, E. & Dunbar, R.I.M. 2014. Hominin cognitive evolution: identifying patterns and processes in the fossil and archaeological record. In: (Dunbar, R.I.M., Gamble, C. & Gowlett, J.A.J. Eds.) Lucy to Language: Project Benchmark Papers. Oxford University Press. p 70-89
Shultz, S., Opie,C. Nelson, E., Atkinson, Q.D. & Dunbar, R.I.M. 2014. Evolution of primate social systems: implications for hominin social evolution. In: (Dunbar, R.I.M., Gamble, C. & Gowlett, J.A.J. Eds.) Lucy to Language: Project Benchmark Papers. Oxford University Press. p 317-332
Shultz, S., Nelson, E. & Dunbar, R.I.M. 2012. Hominin cognitive evolution: identifying patterns and processes in the fossil and archaeological record. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 367:2130-2140
Nelson, E., Hoffman, C.L., Voracek, M., Gerald, M. S. & Shultz, S. 2012. Prenatal androgenization and dominance-rank in female rhesus macaques: evidence from digit ratios (2D:4D). In: (Wang, Q. Ed.) Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques Macaca mulatta of Cayo Santiago and Beyond. Springer: Life Science Series. pp 131-158
Nelson, E. 2011. Relative digit lengths (entry). In: (Wood, B. Ed.) Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. pp 303-304
Nelson, E., Rolian, C., Cashmore, L. & Shultz, S. 2011. Digit ratios predict polygyny in early apes, Ardipithecus, Neanderthals and early Modern Humans but not in Australopithecus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 278:1556-1563
Nelson, E., Hoffman, C.L., Gerald, M.S. & Shultz, S. 2010. Finger length ratios (2D:4D) and dominance rank in female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64:1001-1009
Nelson, E. & Shultz, S. 2010. Finger length ratios (2D:4D) in anthropoids implicate reduced prenatal androgens in social bonding. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 141:395-405
Nelson, E. & Voracek, M. 2010. Heritability of digit ratio (2D:4D) in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Primates, 51:1-5
Burriss, R.P., Little, A.C. & Nelson, E. 2007. 2D:4D ratio and its relationship with sexually dimorphic facial characteristics and perceived dominance. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36:377-384
Nelson, E., Manning, J.T. & Sinclair, A.G.M. 2006. Using the 2nd to 4th digit ratio (2D:4D) to sex cave art hand stencils: factors to consider. Before Farming (on-line version), 2006/1. Article 6:1-7
Sinclair, A., McCraith, L. & Nelson, E. 2003. Understanding hominid landscapes at Makapansgat, South Africa. In: (Michell, P., Haour, A. and Hobart, J. Eds.) Researching Africa’s Past. Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph No. 57. Oxbow Books. pp 11-24.
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