We explore what is to be human and the environments in which humans have existed for over 3 million years.

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Regent's Park College add Archaeology and Anthropology to their list of undergraduate subjects

29 June 2026

Prof Shadreck Chirikure to give the Keynote Lecture at ASAPA 2026 at the University of Mpumalanga in Mbombela

25 June 2026

Register now for EAMENA's British Academy & Arcadia 'Mapping World Archaeology' Conference on 7th - 9th December 2026 at Worcester College, Oxford

24 June 2026

Dr Rick Schulting

Professor Rick Schulting awarded major European Research Council Advanced Grant for 'Stocking the Past'

23 June 2026

Research Spotlight Films

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Videos in our labs

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Dr Rachel Wood & her team welcome you into our Radiocarbon labs & discuss some of their research projects & commercial work.

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Watch the journey of a sample through our Radiocarbon lab

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Watch as Dr Daneille McLean extracts microscopic ash particles (tephra) from sedimentary cores in our Tephrachronology labs.

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A short filming of one of our stable isotope lab practicals