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268 search results for “early hominin” in the Student website

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  Wei Ping Young PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Hominin diversity in Eastern Asia Event - 22 January 2026

  Conference

• exploitation testifies to prey choice diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominins News - 24 November 2023

  Exploitation of smaller game is rarely documented before the latest phases of the Pleistocene, which is often taken to imply narrow diets for earlier hominins. In a study now published in Scientific Reports, a team of German and Dutch archaeologists present new data that contradict this view of Lower…

• Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago News - 20 July 2021

  Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much further. A study by archaeologists at Leiden University on the use of fire shows that 400,000 years ago knowledge and skills must already have been exchanged…

• 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…

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
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  Thijs van Kolfschoten Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

  t.van.kolfschoten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272640

• Literacy development for Deaf/Hard-of-hearing children in the early years Event - 10 June 2026

  Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People

• Femke Reidsma to Harvard with Rubicon Grant for research on early fire use News - 23 March 2026

  Researcher Femke Reidsma has been awarded a prestigious Rubicon grant. With this fellowship, she will spend two years conducting research at Harvard University, where she will join a leading paleoecology laboratory.

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  Nina Witteman Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.g.witteman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271636

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  Mat Immerzeel Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.immerzeel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

• Are you building an early-stage startup? Announcement - 21 April 2026

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  Jacques van der Vliet Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.van.der.vliet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272221

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  Ivo van Wijk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  i.m.van.wijk@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mette Langbroek PhD candidate/ Guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.b.langbroek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dusan Maczek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  d.maczek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Frans Theuws Researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

  f.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Raymond Fagel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.p.fagel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272730

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  Nadine Akkerman Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.n.w.akkerman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272065

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  Rik Schalbroeck Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.schalbroeck@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Leonard Blussé van Oud Alblas Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.l.blusse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Gerrit van Uitert Education and Research Staff Member

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.c.van.uitert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272117

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  Jacobine Melis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jos Bazelmans Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.g.a.bazelmans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Joanne Mouthaan Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.mouthaan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276781

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  Nicolette Mout Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.h.n.mout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Marika Keblusek Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.keblusek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272360

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  Leonie Vreeke Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.j.vreeke@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lionel Laborie Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.f.laborie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273546

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  Weishuo Li PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

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  Jacqueline Hylkema Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.j.hylkema@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries News - 29 November 2022

  Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ages alternated with warmer periods. In ‘De eerste mensen in de Lage Landen’ (‘The First Humans in the Low Countries’) Leiden archaeologists Yannick Raczynski-Henk…

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  Stijn Bussels Scientific Director LUCAS/Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272693

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  Jesse Sarneel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.t.sarneel@phil.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…

• Investigating the Europe-wide connections of early medieval commoners with an ERC Synergy Grant News - 6 November 2025

  A large research group involving Leiden University as corresponding Host Institution has been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on how Europe developed after the fall of the Roman Empire with special attention to the yet underexplored but undoubtedly important…

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  Jorrit Kelder NINO Visiting Research Fellow / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.kelder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Andrew Sorensen Postdoc/ Guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

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  Joanne Stolk University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.v.stolk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272906

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  Judith Pollmann Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272740

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  Felicia Rosu Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274116

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611

• Why early detection of bone disorders matters News - 9 September 2025

  As a professor, Natasha Appelman-Dijkstra understands better than anyone how important it is to recognise bone and mineral conditions at an early stage. She emphasises the importance of flexibility and collaboration for better care, groundbreaking research and strong education.

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  Wei Chu Researcher and assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

• Children develop prejudice at an early age News - 10 January 2022

  Children in the Netherlands develop prejudices based on ethnicity at an early age. Ymke de Bruijn (27) came to this conclusion in her dissertation ‘Child Interethnic Prejudice in the Netherlands: Social Learning from Parents and Picture Books’. For her PhD project she took a closer look at the behaviours…

• High diversity in lifeways among early Caribbean inhabitants News - 26 May 2025

  The first settlers of the Caribbean have long been regarded as bands of highly mobile groups who subsisted exclusively by hunting, gathering, and fishing. In recent years, however, there has been increasing evidence for the cultivation of domesticated plants by early groups and a lower degree of mobility…

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  Robert Pitt External PhD/ guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.k.pitt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mariyana Savova PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  m.v.savova@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Millet isotopes reveal advanced agriculture in early imperial China News - 20 May 2025

  A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By analyzing carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in millet crops, the research provides long-term isotopic evidence of farmland management practices in the Guanzhong Basin—the political…

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  Karwan Fatah-Black Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272666