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Raymond Corbey’s Leiden experience: Meet the ‘embedded philosopher’ 06 April 2020
Raymond Corbey holds a chair in both Philosophy of Science and Anthropology at the Faculty of Archaeology, to which he has been attached since 1993. T...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2020 12 March 2020
It is the fourth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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Les Cottés excavations reveals how Neandertals and Homo sapiens adapted to a changing climate 40,000 years ago 04 November 2019
The transition from Middle to Upper Paleolithic is a major biological and cultural threshold in the construction of our common humanity. Technological...
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Neanderthal glue from the North Sea 22 October 2019
A flint tool covered with a tar-like substance has turned out to be a top scientific find. Research by a Dutch team of scientists showed the find to b...
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Andrew Sorensen receives Veni for continuation of prehistoric fire-making research 16 July 2019
In 2018, Sorensen’s research into the fire-making habits of the Neanderthals reached the headlines all over the world. Now, a Veni grant will enable h...
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Using computer simulations to discover where Neanderthals lived 23 May 2019
Archaeologist Fulco Scherjon has used computer simulations to identify where and how Neanderthals lived in West Europe. What stood out was that they p...
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Andy Sorensen's Scientific Reports article in top 100 most read 21 May 2019
The research article ‘Neanderthal fire-making technology inferred from microwear analysis’ received 7,053 article views in 2018, placing it as one of ...
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Dr Andrew Sorensen wins Tübingen Prize for Older Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology 12 February 2019
Andrew Sorensen received the award for his work on the origins of fire-making, especially for his dissertation "Beyond Prometheus: Pursuing the origin...
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Student Igor Djakovic awarded Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship 18 October 2018
Igor recently started his research master's in Archaeology. Now he is awarded the prestigious Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship. The scholarship...
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Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestors 19 July 2018
Neanderthals were able to make fire on a large scale with the aid of pyrite and hand-axes. This means they could decide when and where they wanted fir...
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Neanderthals used refined hunting techniques 120,000 years ago 25 June 2018
Neanderthals used careful techniques to hunt their prey at close range. This is the conclusion of an international team of archaeologists, including r...
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Neandertal genome from Les Cottés site sequenced 27 March 2018
On March 21 2018, a study was published in Nature, co-authored by Professor M. Soressi from the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University, announcin...
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Archaeology in eighth position in QS World University Rankings 2018 01 March 2018
It is the third year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as it...
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Three new professors in Archaeology 31 January 2018
At the Faculty of Archaeology, three new professors are appointed with effect from February 1, 2018. They are Ann Brysbaert, Marie Soressi, and Joanit...
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Andy Sorensen wins Pecha Kucha presentation prize 05 October 2017
At the 7th annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) conference held here in Leiden September 21-23 Andy Sorensen...