In the media
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Archaeologist Gerrit Dusseldorp in Discover Magazine on Neanderthal extinction 15 December 2021
Scientists have long assumed Neanderthals simply lost the evolutionary race against humans. But their disappearance may be a bit more complex. In Disc...
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Faculty excavation featured on Cypriot news channel 23 August 2021
The Chlorakas Palloures Excavation on Cyprus, run by Dr Bleda Düring, was featured on Cypriot national television. In the item Düring had the chance t...
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Colourful prehistoric ‘Chanel dress’ goes on show 13 August 2021
The reconstruction of a dress worn in the Netherlands nearly 3000 years ago has gone on display in Oss, and shows that, contrary to popular opinion, w...
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times 11 August 2021
Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and ...
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A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say 15 July 2021
The toe bone of a prehistoric deer carved with lines by Neanderthals 51,000 years ago is one of the oldest works of art ever found, according to a stu...
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Dr. Kuijpers in Science Magazine: 'This is a blow to the idea that elites were running the show' 30 June 2021
A new study sugggests that through informal networks, Mesopotamian merchants established a standardized system of weights that later spread across Eur...
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Dr. Henry in Nature: How Ancient People Fell in Love with Carbs 30 June 2021
In 2011, Dr. Amanda Henry published her findings from dental plaque picked from the teeth of Neanderthals who were buried in Iran and Belgium between ...
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Skeletal Evidence for Malaria in the Medieval Netherlands 30 June 2021
Until very recently malaria was an impactful disease in the Netherlands. While currently mainly regarded as a tropical disease, references to symptoms...
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Podcast Finally Friday with ancient-fire expert Femke Reidsma 02 June 2021
Pyrotechnology – the manipulation and control of fire – is one of the defining characteristics of humanity, and has impacted nearly every technology t...
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Karsten Lambers in Vice: 'Whoever built those geoglyphs was unaware of their relative size on a global scale' 02 June 2021
Geoglyphs decorate the ground near the town of Boha, India, and add up a total distance of about 30 miles. They were discovered by Carlo and Yohann Oe...
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Dr. Andrew Sorensen at University of the Netherlands: Lecture on Ancient Fire-Use 27 May 2021
When is the last time you made a fire? Not light a candle with a match, but an actual fire from scratch. Thousands of years ago, humans already made f...
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In the media: Prof. Dr. Joanita Vroom about the Van Steenis depot 27 May 2021
In a closed room in the Van Steenis building, hundreds of boxes are waiting under fluorescent lights for someone to come and see them. The jumble of h...
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Podcast 'Talk That Science' with Maikel Kuijpers as guest 25 May 2021
Talk That Science, a podcast with the aim of presenting science in a challenging, new and relevant way. They do this by combining music and science. T...
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Archaeologist Andy Sorensen in National Geographic Magazine about ancient fire use 10 February 2021
When and how commenced the use of fire by early humans? Armed with stones, peat moss, and fungi, archaeologist Andy Sorensen tries to answer that ques...
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Leiden archaeologists in international media on early form of money in the Bronze Age 28 January 2021
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catali...