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1. Forensics: Advances in scene of crime DNA evidence

   Team explores how tiny traces could help crack criminal cases

2. Is this the world's oldest oven?

   Archaeologists have unearthed baked bread and food remains from 70,000 years ago in Shanidar Cave in Iraq and published the study of early culinary skills in the journal Antiquity.

3. The Secrets of the Neanderthals

   Scientists from LJMU and Cambridge help piece together human remains and the story of the Neanderthal cave dwellers of Shanidar

4. Fussy eater or genetics? Pint of Science talk May 20

   Psychologist and researcher Dr Rachel Hagan tells us about taste, genetics and the future of food

5. Why algae is a forensic biologists best friend

   Dr Kirstie Scott explains how diatoms provide evidence in BBC cold case

6. First evidence of distinct human species living cheek by jowl

   LJMU with scientists from US and Kenya find Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei lived in same place at same time

7. Drinking too little puts body under extra stress

   Study published today by LJMU physiologists find drinking less than 1.5 litres a day increases stress responses by 50%

8. Prehistoric predators kept large animals in check and shaped ecosystem

   Our prehistoric ancestors may have had large carnivores – giant lions, saber-tooth cats, bears and hyenas up to twice the size of their modern relatives – to thank for an abundance and diversity of plants and wildlife.

9. Hilbre Island: a creative laboratory for art, science and sustainability

   A new partnership between Liverpool John Moores University and the Centre for Art, Science & Sustainability (CASS) plans to build upon existing research activity on Hilbre Island and encourage exciting new collaborations across a range of disciplines.

10. The Conversation: Most humans haven’t evolved to cope with the cold, yet we dominate northern climates – here’s why

    Evolutionary biologists Dr Laura Buck and Dr Kyoko Yamaguchi write in The Conversation on how human species (hominins) have coped with cold climates over the millennia.