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!

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.

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

Posted on Tuesday 9 April 2013

Thanks to all who attended and the six speakers who made our 2013 Spring Palaeo Event such a success!

Posted on Tuesday 11 December 2012

Trust rather than lust is at the heart of the attention to detail and finely made form of handaxes from around 1.7 million years ago, according to Penny Spikins.

Posted on Wednesday 15 February 2012

The Department has a number of PhD fellowships

Posted on Monday 9 January 2012

€1.5 million grant to explore the adaptation of hunter-gatherers to climatic and environmental change between 10,000 and 8,000 BC

Posted on Wednesday 21 December 2011

Two papers appear in the top 10 biggest science stories from PNAS and the Guardian