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AHRC development grant Awarded to Archaeology's Dr Jeff Oliver and co-investigators at Aberdeen
Community Heritage Development Award will enable Aberdeen researchers in Archaeology, Anthropology, Education, History, and the Library and Historic Collections to work with community collaborators to bring new insights to the historical archaeology of 19th century Aberdeenshire.
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Ancient tooth decay DNA reveals effects of changing diets
DNA from tartar preserved on the teeth of ancient skeletons has revealed the consequences of changes in human diet and health from the Stone Age to modern day.
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Search for the first 'man's best friend'
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen hope to find out when and where dogs first became man's best friend by examining DNA and bones from ancient remains of wolves and dogs.
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Aberdeen's Prof. Neil Price invited to join the Laboratory for Past Disaster Science (LaPaDiS)
Professor Neil Price has recently been invited to become a Research Associate at the Laboratory for Past Disaster Science (LaPaDiS) at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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New Magazine focusing on Scotland profiles work of Archaeology Lecturer Caroline Wickham-Jones
The research of Aberdeen University lecturer Caroline Wickham-Jones has been profiled in brand new magazine: Schottland, a German-language publication focusing on all things Scottish. Caroline's life as an archaeologist and work on past sea-level change around the Orkney archipelago forms part of a well-illustrated piece on Orkney which is the...
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First-Year Aberdeen PhD student Barbora Wouters Awarded Prize for Masters Dissertation
Last Saturday, first-year Aberdeen PhD student Barbora Wouters was awarded the Nenquin prize for her Masters dissertation, 'A micromorphological study of the dark earth of Antwerp (burchtsite)'. The Jacques A. E. Nenquin Prize is a biennial award for the best Masters dissertation in archaeology produced at the University of Gent...
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EU funding awarded to two Geography & Environment projects
Two Geography and Environment-led projects have been awarded funding from the EU INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) programme, and will commence their investigations into Arctic palaeoclimate and glacier dynamics in summer 2013.
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Cryosphere and Climate Change researchers secure Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant
Dr. Brice Rea and Dr. Matteo Spagnolo from Geography and Environment's Cryosphere and Climate Change group have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant funded for 3 years (£120k)
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Strongest evidence yet for life on Mars lies underground
Minerals found underground on Mars make for the strongest evidence yet that the red planet may have supported life, according to research published today in Nature Geoscience led by the Natural History Museum in London with the University of Aberdeen.
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Academic excellence rewarded with University of Aberdeen Merit Scholarship
Students from North America who take up studies at the University of Aberdeen will have the opportunity to benefit from a scholarship programme which offers a fee discount for the final year of most undergraduate degree courses.