Dr Isabelle C. Winder
Senior Lecturer in Zoology
Overview
My research interests
I am an evolutionary anthropologist in the broad sense, with interests in primatology, functional morphology, evolutionary biology, biogeography, ecology, palaeontology and human origins. My work applies an evolutionary perspective and focuses on unpicking the complex relationships between different aspects of and actors in evolutionary systems. I am working on two main projects at present, one using morphometrics to explore the evolution of primate locomotion and another applying niche modelling to gain a better understanding of primate distributions, ecology and landscape use. Both have an evolutionary flavour to them, and ultimately I hope to use the insights gained from these and related projects to help reconstruct human evolution. I am currently writing up some of the findings of my earlier work on the subject for a book called The Landscapes of Human Evolution which will be published by Cambridge University Press.
In addition to my primary work on evolutionary anthropology and primatology, I am also interested in the anthropology of science and how humans learn, teach, conduct research and communicate their work. This has produced a co-authored book called The Behavioural Ecology of Project-Based Science and remains ongoing.
Current projects and funding
I am currently involved in two funded educational development projects, specifically:
January - July 2024: EdD CoP - Educational Development Communities of Practice. Funded by an Advance HE Collaborative Development Fund to a team led by Cassie Lowe and Helen Morley. The resulting Teaching and Learning Communities of Practice Toolkit will be published by Advance HE later in 2024.
June 2024 - June 2025: An Educational Developer's Guide to Multimodal Learning and Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence). Funded by a SEDA small grant awarded to a team led by Tunde Varga-Atkins and Samuel Saunders.
Additional Contact Information
E-mail: i.c.winder@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: 01248 38 8859
Office location: Wheldon Building, room 104
School roles: Director of Equality and Diversity
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2024
- PublishedMultimodal Capstone Project, Biosciences
Winder, I. C., 18 Apr 2024, Multimodal Learning: A Practitioner Guide. Advance HE, p. 25-26 2 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution › peer-review
2023
- PublishedAncient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country today, according to our new study of a scroll
Winder, I. C. & Wüster, W., 16 Oct 2023, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article - PublishedChoice matters: an investigation of students' experiences selecting dissertation projects
Winder, I. C., 27 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 27
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedClimate change impacts on non-human primates: what have we modelled and what do we do now?
Winder, I. C., Mace, B. D. & Korstjens, A. H., 2 Jan 2023, Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes: Exploring Primate Behavioural Flexibility Across Human Contexts. McKinney, T., Waters, S. & Rodrigues, M. A. (eds.). Springer Nature
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedHow Tall Is An Eight-Foot Man?
Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedHow Visualisations Have Revolutionized Taxonomy - From Macroscopic, To Microscopic, To Genetic
Lunn, A., Winder, I. C. & Shaw, V., 15 Jul 2023, Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 16. Springer Nature
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - E-pub ahead of printWhat bit the Ancient Egyptians? Niche modelling to identify the snakes described in the Brooklyn medical papyrus
McBride, E., Winder, I. C. & Wüster, W., 7 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Archaeology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedHiding in Plain Sight-Ancient Chinese Anatomy
Shaw, V., Diogo, R. & Winder, I. C., 1 May 2022, In: Anatomical record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology . 305, 5, p. 1201-1214
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Evolution of Scientific Visualisations: A Case Study Approach to Big Data for Varied Audiences
Lunn, A., Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 15 Sept 2022, Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 12 - The Importance of Context in Image-Making. Shapiro, L. & Rea, P. M. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 51-84
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2021
- PublishedAnatomy in Ancient China: How Acupuncture Meridians Were First Identified
Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 3 Nov 2021, In: The AACP Journal. 33, 2, p. 11-18
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Palaeolithic Field Guide: Assessing Morphological Accuracy of Animals in Cave Paintings
Northfield, A. & Winder, I. C., 6 Jan 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedThe Virtual Dissection Room: Live-streamed Demonstrations to Complement Recorded Lectures
Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 6 Jan 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedThe vertebral artery blood supply to the brain and its relationship with cognition across the taxonomic classes: Mammalia and Aves
Lunn, A., Winder, I. C. & Shaw, V., 8 Jul 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review - PublishedVertebral Artery Supply to the Brain and Relationship with Intelligence Across Taxonomic Classes
Lunn, A. & Winder, I. C., 6 Jan 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
2020
- PublishedA network of monkey lineages: has reticulation shaped the evolution of Central and South American monkeys?
Bradley, W. M. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedCan paleobiogeography explain why hybridization only occurs in New Mexico?
Medlin, K. & Winder, I. C., 10 Jan 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedDoes mammal (or primate) biodiversity impact on the outbreak of viral zoonoses in Africa?
Watkins, H. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedHow and why do primate vertebral columns vary? An investigation of intra- and interspecific variation and how it links to locomotor behaviour
Payne, M., Mulley, J. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedPrimatology and Evolutionary Anthropology: Dr Isabelle Winder
Winder, I. C., 3 Dec 2020, Conversations in Human Evolution. Timbrell, L. (ed.). Oxford: Archaeopress, Vol. 1. p. 98-103
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedRates and patterns of hybridisation in baboons (genus Papio) under different degrees of anthropogenic climate change
Fernandes, A., Gomes, L., Hill, S. E. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedThe Ma Wang Dui Texts, An Anatomical Treatise?
Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 1 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Anatomy. 236, p. 344
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review - PublishedTime to stop monkeying around? Climate change impacts on the biogeography of Callitrichidae species
Howe, B. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedVerging On Insanity: A genetic analysis of schizophrenia susceptibility in the hominoids
Ronan, E., Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedWe use our knowledge of human evolution to explain people’s social and emotional responses to coronavirus for the general public
Winder, I. C. & Shaw, V., 1 Jul 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
2019
- PublishedAre locomotive styles in primates a driving force behind intra- and interspecies variation in the vertebral column?
Payne, M., Winder, I. C. & Mulley, J., 18 Dec 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review - PublishedCerebral Torque in Nonhuman Primates
Ronan, E., Winder, I. C. & Shaw, V., 18 Dec 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review - PublishedDo the skeletally conservative Cercopithecus monkeys (guenons) show morphological differences in their feet in accordance with their locomotion style?
Thom, A., Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 18 Dec 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review - PublishedMawangdui Medical Texts: An Ancient Anatomical Atlas?
Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 4 Aug 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review - PublishedPredicting the impacts of climate change on Papio baboon biogeography: Are widespread, generalist primates 'safe'?
Hill, S. E. & Winder, I., Jul 2019, In: Journal of Biogeography. 46, 7, p. 1380-1405
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPredicting the impacts of climate change on species of macaque (Macaca spp.)
Mace, B. D. & Winder, I. C., 8 Apr 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedThese feet are made for walking: body size influences primate foot structure
Green, L. & Winder, I. C., 8 Apr 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedTwo cases of dead-infant carrying by female Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, Zanzibar
Georgiev, A., Melvin, Z. E., Warkentin, A.-S., Winder, I. C. & Kassim, A., 2019, In: African Primates . 13, p. 57-60
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review - PublishedWhy does hybridisation between Crotalus scutulatus and C. viridis only occur in New Mexico?
Medlin, K. & Winder, I. C., 7 Dec 2019. 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
2017
- PublishedOn Ideas of Evolution and the Evolution of Ideas: Communicating Traditions of Scientific Enquiry
Winder, N. P., Winder, I., Jefferson, B. & Jeffrey, P., 20 Dec 2017, Open Science Framework.
Research output: Working paper
2016
- PublishedAnticipatory Modelling and Innovation Management
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 176-179 (Human Nature Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedDarwin's Goldilocks Problem
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, Non-Linearities and System Flips : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N. & Liljenstrom, H. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 2. p. 11-15
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedFit Genes Hide
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, Non-Linearities and System Flips : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N. & Liljenstrom, H. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 2. p. 30-35
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedIntegrative Research and the Stakeholder Problem
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report . Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 157-175 (Human Nature Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedModelling the Modelling Process
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 180-188 (Human Nature Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedSaltation, Emergence and Non-Linear Dynamics
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, Non-Linearities and System Flips : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report . Winder, N. & Liljenstrom, H. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 2. p. 16-29
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedThe COMPLEX Approach to Innovation Management
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report . Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 211-219 (Human Nature Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedThe Description of Work (DOW) as a Model
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 189-199 (Human Nature Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedUsing the DOW for Decision-Support
Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion COMPLEX Final Scientific Report Vol 1: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 200-210 (Human Nature Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2015
- PublishedComplexity, compassion and self-organisation: Human evolution and the vulnerable ape hypothesis
Winder, N. & Winder, I. C., 15 Jun 2015, In: Internet Archaeology. 40
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEvolution and dispersal of the genus Homo: A landscape approach
Winder, I. C., Devès, M., King, G., Bailey, G., Inglis, R. H. & Meredith-Williams, M. G., Oct 2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 87, p. 48-65 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLandscape structures and human evolutionary ecology: space, scale and environmental patterning in Africa
Winder, I. C., Mar 2015, In: Internet Archaeology. 38
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedEarly hominin palaeoecology
Winder, I. C., 5 May 2014, In: Environmental Archaeology. 19, 2, p. 179-180 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article - PublishedHuman bipedalism and the importance of terrestriality
Winder, I. C., King, G. C. P., Deves, M. & Bailey, G., 1 Sept 2014, In: Antiquity. 88, 341, p. 915-916 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedReticulate evolution and the human past
Winder, I. C. & Winder, N. P., 2014, In: Annals of Human Biology. 41, 4, p. 300-311 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedScrambler man: developing a new theory of human evolution
Winder, I. C., 17 Mar 2014.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedThe biogeography of the Papio baboons
Winder, I. C., Jan 2014, In: Folia primatologica. 85, 5, p. 292-318 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedAn agnostic approach to ancient landscapes
Winder, I. C. & Winder, N. P., 2013, In: Journal of Archaeology and Ancient History. 9, p. 3-30 28 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedComplex topography and human evolution: the missing link
Winder, I. C., King, G., Deves, M. & Bailey, G., Jun 2013, In: Antiquity. 87, 336, p. 333-349 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHominin Palaeoecology and Environmental Archaeology
Winder, I. C., Heyerdahl-King, I. S. & Winder, N., 2013, The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Smith, C. (ed.). Springer, p. 3450-3456
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedThe Behavioural Ecology of Project-Based Science
Winder, N. & Winder, I. C., 2013, Sigtuna Foundation Press.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2012
- PublishedDISPERSE: Dynamic Landscapes, Coastal Environments and Human Dispersals
Bailey, G., King, G., DEVÈS, M., Hausmann, N. B. M. J., Inglis, R. H., Meredith-Williams, M. G., Momber, G. L., Winder, I. C., Alsharekh, A. & Sakellariou, D., 2012, In: Antiquity. 86, 334
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedLooking for problems: A systems approach to hominin palaeocommunities from Plio-Pleistocene Africa
Winder, I. C., Jul 2012, In: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 22, 4, p. 460-493 34 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedReview of D'Aout, K. and Vereecke, E.E. (eds) 'Primate Locomotion: Linking Field and Laboratory Research'
Winder, I. C., Feb 2012, In: Primate Eye. 106, p. 34-36
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
2011
- PublishedA new single-filter method for analyzing coastal aerosol production and links to meteorology
Winder, I. C., Mar 2011, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 34, 2, p. 326-335 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedReview of Rebay-Salisbury, K. et al. 'Body Parts and Bodies Whole'
Winder, I. C., 2011, In: PaleoAnthropology. 2011, p. 287-288 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
2010
- PublishedEnergy production and the potential for life on outer solar system satellites
Winder, I. C., 2010, In: Journal of Young Investigators. 19, p. 1-7 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedReview of Cartmill, M. and Smith, F. 'The Human Lineage'
Winder, I. C., 2010, In: PaleoAnthropology. 2010, p. 160-161 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review - PublishedReview of Hetherington, R. and Reid, R.G.B. 'The Climate Connection: Climate Change and Modern Human Origins'
Winder, I. C., 2010, In: PaleoAnthropology. 2010, p. 223-225 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review - PublishedReview of Holmes, K. 'GIS simulation of the earliest hominid colonisation of Eurasia'
Winder, I. C., 2010, In: PaleoAnthropology. p. 76-78 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedReview of Rees, A. 'The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science'
Winder, I. C., 2010, In: Primate Eye.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
2024
- SEDA Spring Conference 2024
16 May 2024 – 17 May 2024
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker) - Radical Pedagogy: Assessment for an AI World
22 Apr 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - The Darwin Memorial Lecture 2024: Darwin, Wallace, Huxley and Man's Place in Nature
11 Feb 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2023
- Anatomical Society (External organisation)
1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2024
Activity: Membership of network (Member) - Dynamic Anatomy: Evolutionary and Developmental Change through Time
25 Jul 2023 – 27 Jul 2023
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)
2022
- 2022 SRHE International Research Conference: Mobilities in Higher Education
Presentation entitled "Spoiled For choice? Factors influencing student selection of research projects and how they subsequently evaluated their choices".
5 Dec 2022
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker) - Anatomical Society (External organisation)
1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sep 2023
Activity: Membership of network (Member) - Society for Research into Higher Education (External organisation)
10 Jun 2022 →
Activity: Membership of network (Member)
2021
- Anatomical Society (External organisation)
1 Oct 2021 – 30 Sep 2022
Activity: Membership of network (Member) - Anatomical Society Summer Meeting 2021
7 Jul 2021 – 9 Jul 2021
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker) - Anatomical Society Virtual Winter Meeting: Vision and Visualisation
6 Jan 2021 – 8 Jan 2021
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
2020
- Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2020
1 Dec 2020 – 2 Dec 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Anatomical Society (External organisation)
1 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021
Activity: Membership of network (Member)
2019
- Anatomical Society Winter meeting 2019
18 Dec 2019 – 20 Dec 2019
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Anatomical Society (External organisation)
1 Oct 2019 – 30 Sep 2020
Activity: Membership of network (Member) - Evolution Evolving
1 Apr 2019 – 4 Apr 2019
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
2018
- Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2018
4 Dec 2018 – 5 Dec 2018
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Meeting 2018
11 Apr 2018 – 12 Apr 2018
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
2017
- Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2017
27 Nov 2017 – 29 Nov 2017
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Primatology in UK Universities
Talk: Primatology and the Extended Synthesis of Evolutionary Theory
2017
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Invited speaker)
2015
- Symposium: New Ideas in Human Evolution
20 Nov 2015
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2014
- SET for Britain - Biological and Biomedical Sciences
17 Apr 2014
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
2013
- Complex Systems Seminar Series
9 Oct 2013
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Keynote/plenary speaker) - Scrambler Man: Complex Landscapes and the Evolution of Bipedalism
Public lecture
9 Oct 2013
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Reticulate Evolution - what it might tell us about Pleistocene species in Asia
14 Aug 2013
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)