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.
An international group of geneticists and archaeologists have analysed bones samples, some provided by LJMU, that reveal the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves.
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, an international research team, led by Uppsala University with co-author Linus Girdland-Flink of LJMU, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden.
The survival of the worlds rarest great ape the Tapanuli Orangutan is hanging in the balance, according to a team of scientists.
Jeremy Paxman Roscoe Review: How the First World War changed everything
Scousebrow or powerbrow? Pluck, pencil, thread or wax? Researchers at LJMU and the University of Liverpool want to hear about your relationship with your eyebrows at a special Brews & Brows event hosted by FACT.
Five graduates from Film Studies at Liverpool John Moores University key to backroom staff on BBC2's Unforgivable.
Local school children have visited University College London (UCL) as part of an LJMU widening access programme. Access All Areas is an initiative from LJMU’s Outreach team which arranged the first university exchange for year 11 pupils.
Nominations are now open for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Research and Knowledge Exchange 2025.
Paddy Byrne, Professor of Water Science, writes in The Conversation on the control of PFA 'forever chemicals' in our rivers