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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Ancient skeletal hand could reveal evolutionary secrets
A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research.
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LJMU staff notices 17 March 2022
When the weekly newsletter just isn't enough, discover more in this week's staff notices...
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Could you be the EDI rep for your faculty or Professional Services?
LJMU has created five Associate Dean positions across the faculties and one for Professional Services to support the university in driving forward the EDI agenda.
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Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming
New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.
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Teaching Staff - Call For Nominations to the Board of Governors
Nominations are sought to fill one vacancy on the Board of Governors for a Staff Governor (Teaching) for the period 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2023.
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LJMU to study 21st C risks to global shipping
Marine research experts at Liverpool John Moores University are to undertake a major study of the risks to global merchant shipping.
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Artificial Intelligence to give new access to 500-year-old manuscripts
Ground-breaking computational methods will be used by a team of researchers to advance the access of historical collections and study the history of Early Colonial Mexico.
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Passion for gender equity inspires international partnership to promote Women in Science
Women scientists at LJMU have won a grant to share our institutional learnings on gender equality with partner institutions in Brazil.
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Pandemics and public health: have we found our new normal? - Conan Leavey and Graeme Mitchell, Public Health Institute, LJMU
It was only a relatively short time ago - in March this year - that the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic. We know now that it is likely to be many, many months before the UK pronounces its outbreak over; and certainly years before it is over globally.