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Chimpanzees use hilltops to conduct reconnaissance on rival groups

3 November 2023

Research on neighbouring chimpanzee communities in the forests of West Africa suggests a warfare tactic not previously seen beyond humans is regularly used by our closest evolutionary relatives. Tactical warfare is considered a driver of human evolution Sylvain Lemoine Chimpanzees use high ground to conduct reconnaissance...

Dr Mikel Arlegi awarded British Academy Fellowship

30 October 2023

Dr Mikel Arlegi, currently a researcher at Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES) , has been awarded a British Academy International Fellowship . Dr Arlegi is a paleoanthropologist interested in the evolution and variability of hominin and extant primates' meristic elements, especially in the...

A hundred years of ‘The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region’ - Oscar Aldred

25 October 2023

Oscar Aldred is based in the Cambridge Archaeological Unit , attached to the Department of Archaeology. He is also a Member of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research , a Member of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration , a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA), a Fellow of the Society of...

Much to celebrate about Stanley J. Onyemechalu

23 October 2023

Stanley Onyemechalu, current PhD candidate in Archaeology at King’s College , has recently been awarded two grants. He has been successful in acquiring both the Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant and the Public Engagement Starter Fund Grant, a fantastic achievement. The Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant...

Dr Bolaji Owoseni awarded Black Heritage or Identity Fellowship

17 October 2023

Bolaji Owoseni, who recently completed her PhD in Archaeology at the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, University of East Anglia has been awarded a one-year Black Heritage or Identity Post-doctoral Fellowship at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research , Cambridge, starting...

Dr Abigail Moffett awarded ERC Starting Grant

20 September 2023

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the successful scientists who have been awarded ERC Starting Grants. Dr Abigail Moffett, current Research Fellow at the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the University of East Anglia, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her...

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Chimpanzees use hilltops to conduct reconnaissance on rival groups

Dr Mikel Arlegi awarded British Academy Fellowship

A hundred years of ‘The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region’ - Oscar Aldred

Much to celebrate about Stanley J. Onyemechalu

Dr Bolaji Owoseni awarded Black Heritage or Identity Fellowship

Dr Abigail Moffett awarded ERC Starting Grant

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