Carlsberg Foundation award £2.3m for ancient rice genetics project
"Uncovering the genetics of rice resilience to environmental stressors: An ancient genomics approach" will map the genome of past rice with the intention of identifying genes that can be used to make the rice of today stronger and more resilient.
Sicilian amber in Western Europe pre-dates the arrival of Baltic amber by at least 2,000 years
Amber from Sicily arrived in Iberia as early as the 4th Millennium BC, some 2,000 years before the appearance of Baltic amber to the peninsula. New study also suggests that Baltic amber reached Iberia via the Mediterranean not via direct trade with the North.
‘Believing you’re a winner’ gives men a testosterone boost and promiscuous disposition
New findings suggest that the male body tries to “optimise” self-perceived improvements in social status through hormonal shifts that promote “short-term mating”.
Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests
New DNA analysis reveals that, before their mysterious disappearance, the Norse colonies of Greenland had a “near monopoly” on Europe’s walrus ivory supply. An overreliance on this trade may have contributed to Norse Greenland’s collapse when the medieval market declined.
Cambridge archaeologist secures €1.5m ERC grant for Japan Project
Dr Enrico Crema amongst recipients of a 2018 European Research Council starting grant
Making thread in Bronze Age Britain
Splicing technique identified on 3,800-year-old Cambridgeshire textiles made from plant fibres
