The University of Kent has been awarded 177 postgraduate bursaries of £10,000 for students admitted to taught Master’s degree programmes at Kent in September 2015. … Read more
Month: January 2015
Early human ancestors used their hands like modern humans
New research suggests pre-Homo human ancestral species, such as Australopithecus africanus, used human-like hand postures much earlier than was previously thought. Anthropologists from the University of Kent, … Read more
Saving Borneo’s animals from deforestation & climate change
Despite the fact that many of Borneo’s rare species are in trouble new research published in the journal Current Biology shows that by using targeted … Read more
Conserving tigers in Malaysia, new research published
SAC alumus Mark Rayan Darmarj and Dr Matthew Linkie have recently published in Biological Conservation. Their paper ‘Conserving tigers in Malaysia: A science-driven approach for … Read more
Mitigation-driven animal translocations are problematic
Prof Richard Griffiths (DICE/School of Anthropology & Conservation) helps review the success of mitigation driven animal translocations around the world. For many years the use … Read more
Anticipating prosperity: A study of community expectations and the petroleum industry in Timor-Leste
Pina Cabral publishes 2 papers in online journal
These two papers respond to the larger theoretical issues being debated in Social Anthropology at present. The research deals with the relationship between person-hood and … Read more
New hope for Borneo’s orang-utans despite major threats
However, new research has also identified up to 42,000km2 of land that could serve as potential orang-utan refuges on the island, and could be relatively safe new … Read more