Articles about 'Department of Archaeology'

The first study to analyse rates of full vs half siblings in a range of mammals provides new evidence for monogamous behaviour in humans compared to other animals.

Funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme will support promising mid-career scientists to pursue creative research ideas across a broad range of scientific fields.

Seven researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Synergy Grants from the European Research Council to lead five new collaborative projects that will tackle some of science’s toughest puzzles.

Britain’s industrial economy did not collapse when the Romans left and went on to enjoy a Viking-age industrial boom, a new study finds, undermining a stubborn ‘Dark Ages’ narrative.

Twelve academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social science

Cambridge researchers are working to undo a longstanding male bias in health research, to help drive more effective healthcare for all.

Over 500 KS2 and KS3 students from as far away as Warrington got the chance to experience studying at the University of Cambridge with a selection of lectures and workshops held as part of the Cambridge Festival. 

Meet the winner of the Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

Professor Cyprian Broodbank remembers Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, founding Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and former Master of Jesus College, who passed away at the weekend aged 87.  

People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research has found.