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Cambridge Archaeology Events at the 2019 Festival of Ideas

2 September 2019

The University's Festival of Ideas runs 14 - 27 October and Cambridge Archaeology are holding a number of free public events. Please join us!

Ancient faeces reveal how ‘marsh diet’ left Bronze Age Fen folk infected with parasites

16 August 2019

‘Coprolites’ from the Must Farm archaeological excavation in East Anglia show the prehistoric inhabitants were infected by parasitic worms that can be spread by eating raw fish, frogs and shellfish.

Honorary degree for Emeritus Disney Professor

2 August 2019

Graeme Barker CBE awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Leicester.

Evidence for different climatic adaptation strategies in human and non-human primates

30 July 2019

New study suggests that the ability to adapt behaviourally, rather than biologically, was likely key to our evolutionary success and to how we came to be the last surviving human species.

Lecturer in Comparative Human Biology announced

12 July 2019

Dr Rihlat Said Mohamed announced as new lecturer in the Department of Archaeology.

Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Genetics and Bioinformatics announced

8 July 2019

Dr Guy Jacobs announced as new lecturer in the Department of Archaeology.

Cambridge Archaeology Events at the 2019 Festival of Ideas

Ancient faeces reveal how ‘marsh diet’ left Bronze Age Fen folk infected with parasites

Honorary degree for Emeritus Disney Professor

Evidence for different climatic adaptation strategies in human and non-human primates

Lecturer in Comparative Human Biology announced

Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Genetics and Bioinformatics announced

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