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26 November 2025

A new archaeological project aims to shed light on how Neolithic rubbish could help understand how Europe’s first farmers adapted to a more settled way of life.

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6 November 2025

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Professor Oliver Craig and colleagues a €10 million Synergy Grant to study hunter-gatherer population dynamics during the Holocene, the current geological period that spans the last 12,000 years.

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22 October 2025

The University of York is pleased to announce a new partnership with Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, creating a new and unprecedented opportunity for high-achieving and well-rounded US students to progress directly into the University of York's renowned postgraduate programs in Archaeology and Environment and Geography, where they can gain the skills and experience they need to tackle present global challenges.

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14 October 2025

Early Career Researchers from across Europe Trained in Artificial Intelligence.

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18 September 2025

A new research project is set to transform how we think about ageing - both in the past and today.

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16 September 2025

It is often seen as the scourge of modern society, littering our highways, byways and beaches. But now a new study argues that modern plastics are also a valuable archive documenting activities and behaviours at a crucial time in our human history.

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12 September 2025

Study has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men.

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29 July 2025

A study has shown that the East West Rail project in Cambridgeshire poses a risk to the longstanding relationship between the community and the local environment.