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The role of hunting and gathering in rapid population growth will be reconsidered with support from European Research Council
As part of a European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant project, archaeologist Mari Tõrv from the University of Tartu will study how hunter-gatherers across the Northern hemisphere achieved significant population growth and social complexity long before agriculture and cattle farming became the dominating way of life. Tõrv’s research team will contribute to the project with material analysis from the Baltic region.
Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo delivered academic lecture at the ceremony of the 106th anniversary of Estonia’s national university
On 1 December, the ceremony of the 106th anniversary of Estonia’s national university took place at the University of Tartu assembly hall. As part of the ceremony, the University of Tartu Honorary Doctor Professor Svante Pääbo delivered a lecture “About Neandertals, and how they live on in many of us”.
University of Tartu nominated 38 researchers for national research awards
On 21 November, the University of Tartu senate decided to make nominations for the national research awards of the Republic of Estonia.
Associate Professor Kerttu Rozenvalde awarded with Baltic Women in Science fellowship
The Academies of Sciences of the Baltic states and the National Commissions for UNESCO have chosen researchers to receive the Baltic Women in Science fellowships. One of them is Kerttu Rozenvalde.
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