207 search results for “early hominin” in the Student website
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Hominin diversity in Eastern Asia
Conference
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Wei Ping YoungFaculty of Archaeology
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exploitation testifies to prey choice diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominins
Exploitation of smaller game is rarely documented before the latest phases of the Pleistocene, which is often taken to imply narrow diets for earlier hominins. In a study now published in Scientific Reports, a team of German and Dutch archaeologists present new data that contradict this view of Lower…
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Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago
Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much further. A study by archaeologists at Leiden University on the use of fire shows that 400,000 years ago knowledge and skills must already have been exchanged…
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Amanda Henry appointed Full Professor in Evolution of Hominin Diets
As of 1 September, archaeologist Amanda Henry has been appointed Full Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, where she will hold the chair in Evolution in Hominin Diets. The appointment marks a new chapter in her academic journey, building on her longstanding research into ancient human diets and…
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Thijs van KolfschotenFaculty of Archaeology
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mat ImmerzeelFaculty of Humanities
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Nina WittemanFaculty of Humanities
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Leonie VreekeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jacques van der VlietFaculty of Humanities
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Ivo van WijkFaculty of Archaeology
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Mette LangbroekFaculty of Archaeology
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Dusan MaczekFaculty of Archaeology
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Frans TheuwsFaculty of Archaeology
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Rik SchalbroeckSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van UitertFaculty of Humanities
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
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Jos BazelmansFaculty of Archaeology
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Joanne MouthaanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nicolette Mout -
Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries
Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ages alternated with warmer periods. In ‘De eerste mensen in de Lage Landen’ (‘The First Humans in the Low Countries’) Leiden archaeologists Yannick Raczynski-Henk…
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Jip BarreveldFaculty of Archaeology
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Indira HuliselanFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Weishuo LiFaculty of Archaeology
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Investigating the Europe-wide connections of early medieval commoners with an ERC Synergy Grant
A large research group involving Leiden University as corresponding Host Institution has been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on how Europe developed after the fall of the Roman Empire with special attention to the yet underexplored but undoubtedly important…
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant
Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Esther van den Bos
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Jesse SarneelFaculty of Humanities
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Femke LippokFaculty of Archaeology
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High diversity in lifeways among early Caribbean inhabitants
The first settlers of the Caribbean have long been regarded as bands of highly mobile groups who subsisted exclusively by hunting, gathering, and fishing. In recent years, however, there has been increasing evidence for the cultivation of domesticated plants by early groups and a lower degree of mobility…
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Andrew SorensenFaculty of Archaeology
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Millet isotopes reveal advanced agriculture in early imperial China
A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By analyzing carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in millet crops, the research provides long-term isotopic evidence of farmland management practices in the Guanzhong Basin—the political…
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Wei ChuFaculty of Archaeology
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden archaeologists discover an early form of money from Prehistoric Central Europe
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January.
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Leiden archaeologists in international media on early form of money in the Bronze Age
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January. The discovery led to a surge of media reports.
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Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture
In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, challenges the long-held belief that early humans had minimal impact on their environment before the rise of farming.
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
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Lionel LaborieFaculty of Humanities
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities