In the media
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High media coverage of innovative research presenting a new method for recovering ancient human DNA 11 May 2023
Since the publication of the article in the interdisciplinary journal Nature, over 200 news outlets have showcased the pioneering research.
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Leiden research on Neanderthals featured in the Wall Street Journal article 17 April 2023
In the article “Neanderthals and Us: We’re More Alike Than Once Thought”, we are reminded that many negative traits, from unintelligent to unsophistic...
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Archaeologist and numismatist Jonathan Ouellet interviewed on a podcast 13 April 2023
PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet is a guest on the latest episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. As a researcher specializing in the numismati...
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Life in a port city: Roderick Geerts writes a blog post about the ancient port of Berenike 06 April 2023
Roderick Geerts, a PhD candidate of the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden, takes us on a short journey through the rich history of the Red Sea port of ...
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Students once again explore archaeology Oss 31 March 2023
Students of the Leiden University Faculty of Archaeology once again explore the archaeology of Oss between April and May of 2023. New areas along the ...
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum 27 March 2023
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Archaeologist Marie Soressi joins the discussion about the early use of bow-and-arrow technology in Europe 27 February 2023
Nature News reported on the use of bow-and-arrow for hunting based on the research made on small points found in a 54,000-year-old cave site in southe...
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Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna interviewed on a podcast 25 February 2023
PhD candidate Maia Casna was a guest on the new episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. In it, Maia discusses her research on urbanisation an...
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Martijn Manders and the media fascination with “Klein Hollandia“ 06 February 2023
Recently, we have witnessed an increased interest of the public and media in the hidden world of underwater archaeology sparked by the identification ...
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Evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants takes news outlets by storm 03 February 2023
Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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Professor Bleda Düring interviewed for podcast Tides of History 13 January 2023
The Tides of History is a history podcast that takes listeners into the past while trying to identify how it echoes today. The current season centers ...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023
The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Two Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year 05 January 2023
Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year. According to the Leidsch Dagblad newspaper, the...
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Are the brains of males different from those of females? Psychologists produce a podcast on brain research and mental health 20 December 2022
Women are more often diagnosed with depression, whereas ADHD is much more frequently detected in men. And there are other more striking differences. W...
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Archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina interviewed for podcast Hortus Amsterdam 29 August 2022
The Hortus Talks is a podcast series as well as a botanical college tour, recorded in the greenhouse in the middle of the Hortus Amsterdam. The theme ...