633 search results for “evolution and development” in the Student website
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Merijn de BakkerScience
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Fire in Human Evolution
Conference
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours
Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.
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Cathleen BroersmaScience
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Barbara GravendeelScience
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David Milhanas Henriques NorteScience
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Michael RichardsonScience
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Leiden archaeologists mentioned in Top 13 Discoveries in Human Evolution during 2023
In a recent article published on PLOS, Drs. Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History discuss the top 13 discoveries in human evolution in 2023.
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Cora LederFaculteit Archeologie
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Tessa VerhoefScience
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Carolien JacobsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ben WielstraScience
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Anagnostis TheodoropoulosScience
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Katerina JohnsonFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tracking the origin and evolution of molecules in space
How do molecules originate and evolve in space? And how does that ultimately determine the chemical composition of planets and their atmospheres? The Dutch Astrochemistry Network (DANIII) receives 1.6 million euros from NWO to find out. A large group of Leiden astronomers and chemists is contributing:…
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Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution
We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the evolution of our jaws, facial muscles and teeth.
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Dissertation: existence and development of the European security architecture
On Thursday 15 April, Sabine Mengelberg, associate professor at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA), will defend her thesis on changes in European security architecture. Permanent Change? The Paths of Change of the European Security Organizations is the title of…
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Jan Michiel OttoFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- student member for the Institute board of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
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student member for the Institute Board of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Organisation, Human resources
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Adriaan BednerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Erwin Muller appointed Vice-Rector of Organisational Development
Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed Erwin Muller as Vice Rector of Organisational Development. In this role, he will help further professionalise and improve the university’s organisation as per the Strategic Plan.
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Jac AartsFaculteit Archeologie
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Tom KouwenhovenScience
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Sustainability & Development MSc Policy in Practice | Leiden University
Research Internships in the field of Sustainability and Development focus on the challenges presented by the need to find ways in which consumption, usage, production, recycling and reusage can be brought in line with current societal needs. The Research Internships included in this category are being…
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Vincent NiochetFaculteit Archeologie
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Willem MeilinkScience
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Wil RoebroeksFaculteit Archeologie
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Aitor Burguet-CocaFaculteit Archeologie
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Thijs van KolfschotenFaculteit Archeologie
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When does resistance to toxins evolve in animals? Students publish major review
Does a snake die when it bites its lip? Why will a mongoose survive a scorpion’s sting, but we humans perish? These questions occupied the minds of toxin-enthusiasts and Master’s students Biology Jory van Thiel and Roel Wouters. They collected information from many sources and published their findings…
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Hoko HoriiFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress
Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of stress, Sarah Schrader hopes to get a better understanding of the human stress experience. Her project application received an NWO XS grant.
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 5th in QS World University Ranking
It is the eighth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University Rankings by Subject looks at criteria like academic reputation and citation ratios.
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Guillermo Guerrero EgidoScience
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Manon de VisserScience
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Arie VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
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Lennart Schada von BorzyskowskiScience
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Janine UbinkFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Simon Portegies ZwartScience
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Foraging skills may have made the essential difference in the evolution of our huge brain
Hunter-gatherers acquire their food through complex gender-specific foraging techniques for a relatively stable and diverse supply of energy. New research indicates that this specialisation by boys and girls starts at a very young age. Most likely, this enabled the human species to evolve much larger…
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Gerrit DusseldorpFaculteit Archeologie
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Workshop Develop an academic writing style
Study support, Study support
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Tropical bananaquits lose song quality in the city
I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds seem to be hindered by urban noise as well. Researcher Hans Slabbekoorn of Leiden University already showed that great tits in Leiden communicate differently…
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Leindert BoogaardScience
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Introduction Day Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
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