Study 'solves mystery' of shifts in physical appearance of ancient Egyptians
The shift from hunter-gatherer to farmer likely explains evolutionary jumps in appearance amongst many ancient peoples.
The shift from hunter-gatherer to farmer likely explains evolutionary jumps in appearance amongst many ancient peoples.
A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research.
The HR team at Liverpool Business School are Project Evaluators for DaDaFest. Our role as project evaluators is to conduct a systematic assessment of the ongoing work at DaDaFest over three years. This role is a critical part of DaDaFest Paul Hamlyn award.
Discover the intertwined history of our species. A new free gallery officially opened at the World Museum Liverpool on 6th September 2019. The opening was marked by a family event: Human Evolution Festival, but the gallery is now open to the public and an activity trail will be available soon. Where do we come from? What makes us human? These fundamental mysteries have shaped the study of human origins for centuries. Trace our species’ evolution from the first upright primate through to modern humans.
A FEMALE skeleton found in Mexico has strengthened the theory that humans originally reached the American continent from different points of origin.
New fossils are the missing link that settles a decades old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans
Simulation predicts history of violence in certain individuals
From Guantanamo to Xinjiang, from India to Europe, governments globally appear increasingly willing to detain citizens and migrants on suspicion rather than evidence.
An international group of geneticists and archaeologists have analysed bones samples, some provided by LJMU, that reveal the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves.
A LJMU project, out of the School of Art & Design, seeks to raise awareness of new sustainable forms of human burial