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‘Everything, everywhere, ever' - a new door opens on the history of humanity

The history of humanity, from our earliest ancestors to today's indigenous people spread across the globe, is being retold as a Cambridge University museum reopens following a £1.8m redevelopment.

There but not there: the meaning of absence

A lecture tomorrow by Professor Hung Wu is a rare opportunity to hear an eminent Chinese scholar talk about the ways in which the country's artists have responded to huge social and political change over the last 40 years.

Earlier relatives may have climbed out of family tree

Chimpanzee behaviour suggests tree-to-ground transition occurred before the emergence of ancient humans.

Egg Cetera #6: Hunting for the world's oldest decorated eggs

In the final report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, archaeologist Brian Stewart investigates a remarkable technological leap for early mankind - the use of ostrich eggshells as water carriers.

‘Extreme Sleepover #12' - an equestrian adventure on the Mongolian steppes

In the final report of the Extreme Sleepover series, undergraduate Robin Irvine explains how a fascination for the relationships between humans, horses and dogs took him to the Mongolian steppes.

Extreme Sleepover: the importance of being there

Tomorrow we launch a series of 12 articles by Cambridge researchers who tell us about the unfamiliar places where they've spent the night in the course of their work. Introducing the Extreme Sleepover series, distinguished anthropologist Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey reflects on how fieldwork not only enriches researchers' work but also touches their hearts and minds.

Living with the Inugguit

In 2010, researcher Stephen Leonard began a 12-month research project, documenting the disappearing oral traditions of the northernmost settled people on Earth. Now a short film about his experiences living with the Inugguit, whose way of life is threatened by climate change, is being released online.

Known and unknown: great travellers of the Pacific

Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire tells the story of the Pacific Islanders and their early interactions with Western travellers from the viewpoint of the Islanders themselves and sets the arrival of Westerners within a context of existing voyages within the region.

Forgotten archive shines new light on turbulent 1930s

Previously unseen photos of Adolf Hitler at the Nuremberg Rally of 1937 have been uncovered by a Cambridge PhD student in the archive of George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers.

No such thing as a free lunch?

The process of giving and receiving (and being in debt) is an inescapable part of human experience. From sub-prime lending and student loans to organ donations and gift-giving in ancient cultures, a conference at Cambridge this week will explore how debt is a central feature of the way in which societies think about and organise themselves.