He holds a B.S. with Honors in Archaeology and obtained a PhD. in Archaeology from the University of London (United Kingdom). Dr. Mannino’s research interests include human palaeoecology and the reconstruction of past environments, subsistence, diet, and mobility. He is currently investigating human dietary change from the late Middle Palaeolithic, through the Upper Palaeolithic, and to the early Neolithic by means of stable isotope analyses on skeletal remains of Neanderthals and Modern Humans.