193 search results for “early hominin” in the Staff website
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New technique makes it easier to determine how our ancestors used fire
The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ancestors used fire. Existing archaeological studies will need to be revised. Reidsma’s study was published in Nature Scientific Reports on 2 November.
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Hominin diversity in Eastern Asia
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exploitation testifies to prey choice diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominins
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…
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Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago
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…
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Amanda Henry appointed Full Professor in Evolution of Hominin Diets
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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Thijs van Kolfschotent.van.kolfschoten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272640
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Femke Reidsma to Harvard with Rubicon Grant for research on early fire use
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 WittemanFaculty of Humanities
n.c.g.witteman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271636
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Jacques van der VlietFaculty of Humanities
j.van.der.vliet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272221
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Ivo van Wijki.m.van.wijk@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mette Langbroekm.b.langbroek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jacobine Melisj.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Frans Theuwsf.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
n.n.w.akkerman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272065
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Rik SchalbroeckFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
r.schalbroeck@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
j.l.blusse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
r.p.fagel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272730
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Jos Bazelmansj.g.a.bazelmans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Joanne MouthaanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
j.mouthaan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276781
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
m.e.h.n.mout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Project mapping Early-Medieval connections launches in Leiden
Having received a European Research Centre grant in 2025 the Connected Communities in Early Medieval Europe (COCO) project kicked off with a three-day long programme last month. From the 28th to the 30th of April the National Museum of Antiquities and the Faculty of Archaeology hosted the meetings bringing…
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272765
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
m.keblusek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272360
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Leonie VreekeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
l.j.vreeke@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries
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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Lionel LaborieFaculty of Humanities
l.p.f.laborie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273546
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Weishuo Liw.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant
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…
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Investigating the Europe-wide connections of early medieval commoners with an ERC Synergy Grant
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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Jesse SarneelFaculty of Humanities
j.t.sarneel@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Femke Lippokf.e.lippok@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jorrit KelderFaculty of Humanities
j.m.kelder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272693
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Andrew Sorensena.c.sorensen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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KNAW Early Career Awards for two Leiden researchers
Young Leiden researchers Alisa van de Haar and Marleen Kunneman have received a KNAW Early Career Award. The prize, awarded annually for outstanding achievements, consists of 15,000 euros and a unique work of art.
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274116
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611
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High diversity in lifeways among early Caribbean inhabitants
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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Wei Chuw.chu@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Millet isotopes reveal advanced agriculture in early imperial China
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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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
r.k.pitt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jip Barreveldj.barreveld@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272740
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
j.f.j.duindam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272759
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272666
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276416
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
l.b.lauret@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272772
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Leiden archaeologists discover an early form of money from Prehistoric Central Europe
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January.
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Leiden archaeologists in international media on early form of money in the Bronze Age
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January. The discovery led to a surge of media reports.