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Sparks of innovation: reflections on the Creative Entrepreneur in Residence Programme

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8 May 202512 May 2025

Back in early 2022, we welcomed Tim Powell to Reading as our Creative Entrepreneur in Residence. In this role, Tim would work with colleagues across the Heritage & Creativity research...Read More >

A study of early woodworking shows the sophistication of Neanderthal technologies

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10 July 20249 July 2024

Around 300,000 years ago, early humans were busy around a lakeshore in what is now a disused lignite mine in the town of Schöningen, Germany. The climate was cooling, and...Read More >

Rewilding: lessons from the medieval Baltic crusades

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14 May 202024 April 2023

The Forest of Białowieża, which straddles the border of Poland and Belarus, is unique in Europe: it is incredibly ancient. Woodland has been continuously present there for some 12,000 years….Read More >

Inspiring future scientists with fossil pollen time machines

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10 December 201723 February 2023

Oli Wilson, a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences, is exploring Brazil’s unique and endangered Araucaria forests – how they were…Read More >

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