Research carried out in the School demonstrates that a technique used to produce stone tools that were first found half a million years ago is … Read more
Crowdfunding a success
A new Crowdfunding platform set up by the University’s Development Office to support student projects at Kent has successfully raised thousands to build an environmentally … Read more
Inaugural lecture of the Skeletal Biology Research Centre
Key questions about how humans evolved including why we take so long to grow up and why we age and die are the focus of … Read more
Dr Amy Hinsley on winning the RSPB Conservation award for outstanding PhD
Dr Amy Hinsley, who has won the 2018 RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Award for an outstanding PhD, has written a blog for the charity … Read more
Tropical birds benefit from more forest by rivers in oil palm areas
Protected riverbank habitats within areas of oil palm cultivation can play a key role in reducing the negative impacts on tropical bird numbers but need … Read more
Teeth and Life History – Public Lecture
Why do humans take so long to grow up? Why do we age and die? Why are human babies born helpless? These and the answers … Read more
Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand
The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a key role in the evolution of the human hand … Read more
Ask The Apes at Turner Contemporary
Artists Marcus Coates and Feral Practice will be joined by Dr Nicholas Newton-Fisher, primate behavioural ecologist and expert in wild chimpanzee behaviour, and Volker Sommer, Professor … Read more
Dr Joseph Bull on KMTV discussing wolf reintroduction
Dr Joseph Bull has been interviewed on local news channel KMTV to discuss his research on reintroducing wolves in Scotland first published last month in … Read more
DICE alumna wins RSPB Conservation Award for outstanding PhD
DICE alumna Dr Amy Hinsley is the proud winner of an RSPB award in Conservation Science for an outstanding PhD thesis in the discipline. Her … Read more








