Dr Dave Roberts and Professor Michael Fischer have been awarded just under £20,000 for a NERC Pathfinder grant to look at the commercialisation of the ‘iTrade … Read more
Category: Research
Chimpanzees learn a more efficient tool technique by watching others
Chimpanzees are likely to use a more efficient tool technique after observing others who are employing a better approach, according to new research conducted by … Read more
Publication for Lycett and von Cramon-Taubadel
The Journal of Archaeological Science have published a recent paper by Dr Stephen Lycett and Dr Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel. Lycett, S.J. & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. (2013). … Read more
DICE Research Associate Publishes Book
Dr Thomas Roberts, a DICE Research Associate, has just published the book ‘Low-Carbon Energy Controversies’. This invaluable resource brings together ten years of research using “a range of low … Read more
PLoS paper co-authored by Stephen Lycett on role of copying error in cultural evolution
Click here to read more about Dr Lycett’s newly published research article, ‘An Experimental Test of the Accumulated Copying Error Model of Cultural Mutation for Acheulean Handaxe Size’.
Dr David Henig awarded highly competitive research grant
Dr David Henig, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, has been awarded a highly competitive Post-Ph.D. Research Grant by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, to aid research on ‘Indigenous modernity … Read more
Sarah Johns’s work on teenage pregnancy published
Dr Sarah Johns and her colleagues have recently published an article in Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology. They argue that attempts to reduce the high … Read more
SAC research in PNAS shows global spread of humans was influenced by climate change
New research by Dr Stephen Lycett , Dr Noreen von Cramon-Taubade and Lia Betti from SAC and colleagues from the the Universities of Cambridge, Bristol and London … Read more
Responses of Tropical Biodiversity to Habitat and Climate Change
Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Struebig Project dates: 2012-2014 Funding: The Leverhulme Trust, UNEP Great Apes Survival Partnership Collaborators: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Zoologicial Society of London Indonesia Programme, … Read more
Conservation of Threatened Species in Oil Palm Estates
Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Struebig Project dates: 2012-2014 Funding: Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund Bat Conservation International Collaborators: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Yayasan Sabah, Royal … Read more