Alice May Roberts (born 19 May 1973) is an English anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, paleopathologist, television presenter and author. She is the Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She is also a broadcaster and has presented several BBC science series including The Incredible Human Journey, Origins of Us, Prehistoric Autopsy and Ice Age Giants. She has also presented several Horizon programmes, on BBC2, and Wild Swimming, on BBC4. She occasionally presents Costing the Earth and Inside Science on Radio 4. She writes a regular science column for The Observer, and has authored five popular science books. 
