The campus has been relatively uninhabited by humans over the last few months which has left nature alone to do its thing! This is going … Read more
Author: gs510
Even older than we thought?!
Current evidence suggests the world’s earliest stone technologies are likely to be older than previously thought. A team led by Kent’s Dr Alastair Key and Dr David … Read more
Truth be Told: Safety and Support in the Field
Organised by postgraduates in the School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, the Women in Conservation Canterbury Network, and WildHub Organised by postgraduates in the School … Read more
Dr Devin Finaughty – Starting a Taphonomy research programme in Cape Town, South Africa and Beyond.
Dr Finaughty started the first taphonomic research programme in Cape Town, South Africa for his PhD. He discussed this and the broader challenges that taphonomic … Read more
Neanderthal and early modern human culture co-existed alongside older traditions for 100,000 years
Research from the University’s School of Anthropology and Conservation has discovered that one of the earliest stone tool cultures, known as the Acheulean, likely persisted for tens … Read more
Why cities need to take the lead in the global climate crisis.
You are all invited to attend the next Centre for Architecture and the Sustainable Environment (CASE) Open Lecture on Tuesday 9th March (6pm-7.30pm) [TEAMS ] given by … Read more
Student research work prompts new action for protecting Rhinos in India
‘Feasibility of reintroducing grassland megaherbivores, the greater one-horned rhinoceros, and swamp buffalo within their historic global range’ is now available on open access in the … Read more
So you want to be an ethnobotanist?
Kent MSc Graduate Kay Evelina Lewis-Jones explains what one is and how she came to be one in this weekend’s Guardian Education section. School of … Read more
Human-elephant conflict in Kenya heightens with increase in crop-raiding
A new study led by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that elephants living around the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, are … Read more
Jersey Neanderthal teeth hint at interbreeding with modern humans
A new study of neanderthal teeth from La Cotte de St Brelade in Jersey suggests a dual Neanderthal-modern human ancestry. Kent’s Professor Matthew Skinner (School of Anthropology … Read more