“Every day you live, you make an impact and you get to choose what sort of impact you make.” When Dr Jane Goodall ended her … Read more
Category: Biological Anthropology
Research identifies regular climbing behaviour in a human ancestor
A new study led by the School of Anthropology and Conservation has found evidence that human ancestors as recent as two million years ago may … Read more
Dr Emmy Bocaege receives Cozzarelli prize for her paper investigating human remains from Neolithic Çatalhöyük
The Cozzarelli Prize is awarded annually to six research teams whose PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) … Read more
Call for students to attend the field trip of a lifetime at a forest reserve in Uganda
Dr Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher is currently selecting students for the field experience of a lifetime. In September, he will be taking seven students to a … Read more
Dr Alastair Key leads study revealing early humans engineered optimised stone tools
Early Stone Age populations living between 1.8 – 1.2 million years ago engineered their stone tools in complex ways to make optimised cutting tools, according … Read more
Student-led video released of the School’s declaration of a Climate and Environmental Emergency
In September 2019, the School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) declared a Climate and Environmental Emergency, the first academic School at the University of Kent … Read more
School of Anthropology and Conservation’s Climate and Environmental Emergency declaration
To herald the start of a new academic year, the School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) declared a Climate and Environmental Emergency, the first academic … Read more
Professor Tracy Kivell provides expert commentary on the discovery of Danuvius, a new fossil ape
Professor Tracy Kivell, Professor of Biological Anthropology, recently shared her thoughts in a Nature News & Views article on the discovery of a new fossil ape … Read more
Open Lecture – ‘Homo Luzonensis: Discovery of a New Human Species’
Tuesday 3rd December 2019, 18:00 – 19:00. Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1, University of Kent Join Dr Florent Détroit, from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, to … Read more
Dr Matthew Skinner publishes paper revealing that teeth are more beautiful below the surface
Palaeoanthropologists use fossil teeth to reconstruct our evolutionary past. Unfortunately, information about tooth shape is lost as they wear down during an individual’s lifetime. A … Read more