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120 search results for “cognitieve evolution” in the Student website

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  Marko Radojkovic Postdoc

  m.radojkovic@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274960

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  David Milhanas Henriques Norte PhD candidate

  d.milhanas.henriques.norte@biology.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Martin Rücklin Associate professor

  m.rucklin@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Archaeologists bring experts on human evolution together with Kiem grant News - 11 October 2024

  Leiden University's Kiem grants aim to help develop new interdisciplinary and interfaculty collaborations and encounters. In the first round, a Kiem grant was awarded to a group of researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the LUMC for the organisation of a symposium…

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  Bernardo Antunes Postdoc

  b.antunes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Leiden archaeologists mentioned in Top 13 Discoveries in Human Evolution during 2023 News - 21 December 2023

  In a recent article published on PLOS, Drs. Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History discuss the top 13 discoveries in human evolution in 2023.

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  Anagnostis Theodoropoulos PhD candidate

  a.theodoropoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274882

• Henry linked to Naturalis as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet News - 23 September 2024

  Starting September 2024, Amanda Henry has started a new role as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. She will use this position to draw closer ties between the Faculty of Archaeology and Naturalis, and explore means for public…

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  Jac Aarts Researcher/Guest

  j.m.m.j.g.aarts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Katerina Johnson Postdoc/guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.v.a.johnson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution News - 17 August 2022

  We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the evolution of our jaws, facial muscles and teeth.

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  Ben Wielstra Associate professor

  b.m.wielstra@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275135

• Amanda Henry appointed Full Professor in Evolution of Hominin Diets News - 17 September 2025

  As of 1 September, archaeologist Amanda Henry has been appointed Full Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, where she will hold the chair in Evolution in Hominin Diets. The appointment marks a new chapter in her academic journey, building on her longstanding research into ancient human diets and…

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  Tom Kouwenhoven Postdoc

  t.kouwenhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

• Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress News - 13 February 2023

  Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of stress, Sarah Schrader hopes to get a better understanding of the human stress experience. Her project application received an NWO XS grant.

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  Vincent Niochet PhD candidate

  v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Merijn de Bakker Education and research staff member

  m.a.g.de.bakker@biology.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Guillermo Guerrero PhD candidate

  g.guerrero@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerrit Dusseldorp Associate professor

  g.l.dusseldorp@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272428

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  Simon Portegies Zwart Professor

  spz@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278429

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  Cora Tabea Leder PhD candidate

  c.t.leder@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sebastian Fajardo Bernal Postdoc

  s.d.fajardo.bernal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marie Soressi Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology

  m.a.soressi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275355

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  Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski Assistant professor

  l.schada.von.borzyskowski@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274278

• What does ‘human’ really mean? When Philosophy and archaeology join forces News - 30 June 2025

  Archaeology is the only science that allows us to study the material traces left by most of human evolution. But what happens when we bring philosophy into the picture? A new series of papers demonstrates how philosophical reflection can enrich archaeological research - especially when grappling with…

• People used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago News - 23 December 2022

  Cut marks on the bones of bears show that people in North-West Europe used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago.

• Leiden archaeologists uncover earliest evidence of plant food processing News - 7 January 2025

  A new study carried out by Leiden archaeologists Hadar Ahituv and Amanda Henry, together with international colleagues, reports the identification and analysis of 650 starch grains preserved on basalt percussive tools (anvils and hammerstones) found at an early Middle Pleistocene site in Israel. These…

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  Amanda Henry Professor

  a.g.henry@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277844

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  Ilse Kamerling Laboratory Assistant

  i.m.kamerling@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272394

• Neanderthals ran ‘fat factories’ 125,000 years ago News - 2 July 2025

  Fat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our earliest ancestors in Africa already cracked open bones to extract the fatty marrow from bone cavities. But now a new study published in Science Advances demonstrates that our…

• Mediterranean hunter gatherers navigated long-distance sea journeys well before the first farmers News - 24 April 2025

  Small, remote islands were long thought to have been the last frontiers of pristine natural systems. Humans are not thought to have been able to reach or inhabit these environments prior to the dawn of agriculture, and the technological shift that accompanied this transition. A paper recently published…

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  Luis Avitia Domínguez PhD candidate

  l.a.avitia.dominguez@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Katharina Riebel Associate professor

  k.riebel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275149

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  Igor Djakovic PhD candidate

  i.d.djakovic@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexander Wilkinson PhD candidate

  a.e.wilkinson@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anastasia Nikulina Postdoc

  a.nikulina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Areti Leventi PhD candidate

  a.leventi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emma Devereux PhD candidate / Guest

  e.j.devereux@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant News - 12 March 2025

  Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…

• 70,000 year old secrets revealed: Umhlatuzana Rock shelter, | A talk by Gerrit Dusseldorp News - 26 February 2026

  On February 18th Dr Gerrit Dusseldorp gave a talk about the Umhlatuzana Rock shelter in Kloof (South Africa). This site has preserved some of the earliest traces of Modern Humans and helps us understand how people in deep prehistory lived, survived and adapted. The talk was streamed by Arise creative…

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  Andrew Sorensen Postdoc/ Guest

  a.c.sorensen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bjørn Peare Bartholdy PhD candidate / guest

  b.p.bartholdy@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277843

• Homo erectus from the seabed, new archaeological discoveries in Indonesia News - 16 May 2025

  Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how and where these early humans lived, says Leiden archaeologist Harold Berghuis.

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  Tullio Abruzzese PhD candidate

  t.abruzzese@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rachel Schats Associate professor

  r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271925

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  Wei Chu Researcher and assistant professor

  w.chu@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jason Laffoon Associate professor

  j.e.laffoon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272646

• Hominin diversity in Eastern Asia Event - 22 January 2026

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  Peter Klinkhamer Professor

  p.g.l.klinkhamer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Geert de Snoo Professor

  g.r.de.snoo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727