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1. ‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions

   MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.

2. Early humans were using stone tools three million years ago

   LJMU paleontologists part of international team to discover oldest prehistoric butchery site ever found

3. 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.

4. Get involved in menopause yoga, cafes and conversations

   The latest updates on LJMU's work to support staff through the menopause.

5. Updated Research Degrees Framework 2024/25

   Updates have been made to various regulations and policies that underpin the university’s Research Degrees Framework.

6. LJMU celebrates links with 'mother and child' charity

   Sreepur Community in Bangladesh celebrates 35 years of supporting single mothers and their children.

7. Human-altered ecosystems

   What can fossil bones tell us about the ecology and behaviour of extinct species? In two recent publications, Dr Carlo Meloro from the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology has worked with international teams to demonstrate how we can interpret palaeoecology (the ecology of fossil animals and plants) of extinct wild dogs by looking at their fore-limb and skull shape.

8. LJMU provides largest numbers of tutors in Merseyside

   LJMU students, paid £21 per hour to support local primary schools

9. Ice Age bone samples reveal DNA links between wolves and dogs

   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.

10. Being Human Festival: Making death more sustainable

    A LJMU project, out of the School of Art & Design, seeks to raise awareness of new sustainable forms of human burial