How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives
Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart
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Reach new heights: 6 signs you are ready for postgraduate study
Are you ready for postgraduate study? Read more to find out...
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Prehistoric people started to spread domesticated bananas across the world 6,000 years ago
One of the most widely grown, traded and eaten of all the crops, bananas were once a prized exotic novelty, but are now a staple in many country’s supermarkets – Prof Chris Hunt and Dr Rathnasiri Premathilake investigate
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My International Tourism Management placement year in North Carolina
Blog from Campbell Macintosh-Watson, BA (hons) International Tourism Management student on his placement year in North Carolina, USA.
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Decorated snail shell in a cave in Iraq could be evidence of Paleolithic bling
A tiny artefact with complex incisions tells us about prehistoric ornamentation, writes Professor Chris Hunt
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My archaeological summer placement in Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
Bethany Royle, BSc (Hons) Forensic Anthropology student tell us about her summer placement in Cyprus.
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Clearing blog 2023
Don’t think university is for you? Think again! LJMU’s caring community is here to support you to achieve your best.
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Mollie's Clearing blog
We sit down with Mollie who applied to LJMU on Results Day to find out what applying through Clearing is like.
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My experience working with orangutans
MRes English student, Lindsay Wilkinson shares her insights into the orangutan volunteer project in Indonesian Borneo.
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A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it’s driven by humans
Chimpanzees now face the daunting task of surviving in a habitat increasingly infested and assaulted by humans. And as their populations decline, so does their behavioural variation. In short, humans are causing chimpanzee cultural collapse.