Category: Research

The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), in partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Centre for Biocultural Diversity (CBCD), has launched … Read more

The Anthropology of Hands Conference, 24th – 26th June, is a three day event which will explore how the hands of humans and other primates … Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

The School of Anthropology and Conservation are delighted to be ranked 10th for research power within the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. The REF 2014 … Read more

Emma Wombwell, PhD in Biodiversity Management, has co-authored a paper which has recently been published in Science. The paper, describing the threat that a new … Read more