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Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago

12 Jan 2022

The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognised as representing our species, Homo sapiens, has long been uncertain. Now, dating of a...

Above and beyond: measuring volcanic emissions with drones

06 Dec 2019

Dr Emma Liu travels to some of the world's most active volcanoes to understand what makes them erupt. Her latest work is helping a Pacific community...

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?

12 May 2015

The asteroid that slammed into the ocean off Mexico 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang the Earth like a bell, triggering...

Luck and lava

06 Oct 2014

A team of researchers from Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences have recently returned from Iceland where, thanks to a bit of luck, they have...

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Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago

Above and beyond: measuring volcanic emissions with drones

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?

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Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago

Above and beyond: measuring volcanic emissions with drones

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?

Luck and lava

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