Palaeo: Centre for Human Palaeoecology & Evolutionary Origins

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Palaeo: The Centre for Palaeoecology Archaeology, Evolution and Human Origins

Palaeo: An interdisciplinary centre at the University of York

Palaeo: Anatomy, Bioarchaeology, Molecular Archaeology and Field Techniques in one place

Palaeo: MSc in Bioarchaeology, Early Prehistory, Mesolithic Studies, Zooarchaeology, Human Evolution (2012/13)

Palaeo: Researching diet, landscape, ecology, health, disease and the evolution of the human mind

Palaeo:  BioArCh, Anatomical and Human Sciences & Human Palaeoecology

Palaeo: A centre of excellence in the biomolecular analysis of human bone - MSc in Bioarchaeology

PALAEO is an interdisciplinary research centre in human evolution and palaeoecology that brings together York’s world-leading expertise in evolutionary anatomy, ancient DNA, biodiversity, psychology, palaeoenvironmental studies, prehistory and geochronology. The exceptional breadth of PALAEO allows the centre to take a fully-integrated, cross-disciplinary approach to major research questions in human evolution and its environmental setting. PALAEO is open to all York researchers in this exciting field, and to their collaborators elsewhere. 

News

UKAS Conference Prizes

Posted on Thursday 25 April 2013

Congratulations to John Stewart (Archaeology PhD student) and Joanna Simpson (Chemistry PhD student) who attended the UKAS conference in Cardiff!


Pottery reveals Ice Age hunter-gatherers' taste for fish

Posted on Wednesday 17 April 2013

Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to the findings of a pioneering new study led by the University of York which reports the earliest direct evidence for the use of ceramic vessels.


British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship Awarded

Posted on Tuesday 9 April 2013

Dr Amanda Rees (Department of Sociology) has been awarded a British Academy mid-career fellowship (running from Oct 2013 to Sept 2014) to investigate the following project: Excavating Deep History: historiography, methodology and narratives of human nature


Events

Thu
19
Sep

ESHE 3rd Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria

The 3rd annual ESHE meeting will be hosted by Professor Gerhard Weber from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Vienna.


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