Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts is the kind of polymath I genuinely root for. Trained as a physician and working as an anatomist, archaeologist and paleoanthropologist, she reads the human story out of bones and then translates it for the rest of us on screen and on the page. That blend of deep expertise and a gift for public communication is rare, and her 2020 David Attenborough Award feels like fitting recognition of it. I have a soft spot for scientists who refuse to lock knowledge inside the academy. She makes the long arc of human history feel both rigorous and warmly human.

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Name (English)

Alice Roberts

Name (Japanese)

アリス・ロバーツ

Reading

ありす・ろばーつ

Born

May 19, 1973 (age 53)

Origin

Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

Occupation

anthropologist / writer / paleoanthropologist / physician / archaeologist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

University

Cardiff University

Awards & achievements

• honorary degree of the University of Leeds
• 2020 David Attenborough Award
• 2015 honorary doctorate

• Official sitehttps://www.alice-roberts.co.uk/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ancientmodernist/
• Xhttps://x.com/draliceroberts
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Roberts
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2836657

Tags

• Avon
• anthropologist
• writer
• paleoanthropologist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.