The Happiness Project is a yearlong series of celebratory events to present an academic approach to the idea of happiness. On Thursday 14th May, the … Read more

Recent research by Dr Matt Skinner, published in the Journal of Human Evolution, suggests that early humans had tiny hips and spindly legs. Fossilised pelvis … Read more

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

Forty years of international environmental policy: has it made a difference? A personal perspective Tonight Stanley Johnson will be delivering the Annual DICE in celebration … Read more

The School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) are delighted to announce the launch of a new programme, BSc (Hons) Human Ecology which is recruiting students … Read more

The University of Kent has been awarded 177 postgraduate bursaries of £10,000 for students admitted to taught Master’s degree programmes at Kent in September 2015. … 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