Spectacular Neanderthal find reopens debate about earliest 'burials'
The discovery of a virtually complete Neanderthal skeleton in Northern Iraq is set to reopen the debate about whether our closest ancient human relatives buried their dead.
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LJMU to develop sustainable mining practice in the Philippines
LJMU have secured prestigious funding to develop novel approaches to sustainable mining in the Philippines.
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Largest dinosaurs walked more like hippos than elephants
Analysis of footprints evidences unique Sauropod 'roll'
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Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas
There are similar concentrations of microplastic pollution on the seabed in Antarctica as in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, scientists have found.
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Anthropologists play down links between modern humans and Denisovans
An anthropologist at Liverpool John Moores University and other researchers have played down links between modern Asian physiology and a recently discovered early human species, Denisova hominins.
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Cave bears may have been adapting to survive the ice age
Recent research published in Quaternary Science Reviews on the long extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) has found their attempt to adapt to the growing harshness of the last ice age before their extinction.
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Thermal ‘fingerprinting’ to help conserve rare animals in Madagascar
SCIENTIFIC methods developed at Liverpool John Moores University and Chester Zoo to count animals from the air are being adopted in the wilds of Madagascar.
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REF 2021: World-leading research across LJMU
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has more than doubled the amount of research that is judged to be world-leading or internationally-excellent by a national audit of UK universities.
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"We're just doing the job we love!"
Winners and commended from this year's Teaching & Learning Excellence Awards
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'Black children often alienated in early years education'
Education professional Diane Garrison starts conversation about depth of school 'othering'