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Read more at: Europa Prize for Prof Marie Louise Stig Sørensen

Europa Prize for Prof Marie Louise Stig Sørensen

8 September 2022

Prof Marie Louise Stig Sørensen has won the 2023 Europa Prize from the Prehistoric Society.


Read more at: Landscape Archaeology Medal for Prof Charly French

Landscape Archaeology Medal for Prof Charly French

6 September 2022

Prof Charly French has been awarded the 2022 Landscape Archaeology Medal from the British Academy.


Read more at: DNA from human remains found in medieval well shines new light on Jewish history

DNA from human remains found in medieval well shines new light on Jewish history

30 August 2022

Researchers identify victims and sequence oldest genomes from Jewish individuals.


Read more at: Medieval friars were ‘riddled with parasites’, study finds

Medieval friars were ‘riddled with parasites’, study finds

19 August 2022

Research examining traces of parasites in medieval Cambridge residents suggests that friars were almost twice as likely as ordinary working townspeople to have intestinal worms – despite monasteries of the period typically having far more sanitary facilities.


Read more at: Humans simplified the larynx to gain vocal stability

Humans simplified the larynx to gain vocal stability

12 August 2022

Changes to human vocal anatomy, specifically to the larynx or “voice box,” provided the stable, clear voices we use to communicate.


Read more at: Professor Marie Louise Sørensen elected to the British Academy

Professor Marie Louise Sørensen elected to the British Academy

26 July 2022

Five academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.