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New study challenges mechanism linking polygynous marriage to social ills

17 November 2025

What would it mean to apply 'harm reduction' strategies like those used with drug users to the forgotten victims of the war on drugs - drug producers?

14 October 2025

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Oxford ceremonies mark the award of a posthumous degree to pioneering Māori scholar, Mākereti Papakura almost 100 years after she began her studies

27 September 2025

Welcome to Dr Cyril Grueter

17 September 2025

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New publication by DPhil student Fiona Asokacitta explores how museums shape the collective memory of violence

12 September 2025

Early primates evolved in cold, seasonal climates, not warm tropical forests

06 August 2025

Past their prime? Tool use declines with age in wild chimpanzees

28 July 2025

New publication from DPhil student Princess Banda unpacks the theory and framework of 'obstetric racism'

27 June 2025

New research explores the impact of humanitarian aid cuts and delays

20 June 2025

Almost half of people in poverty feel lonely compared to only 15% of high earners, and it could be harming their health

23 May 2025

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Outlook India | 22 Jan 2026

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BBC | 27 May 2026

Scientists finally decode why most humans are right-handed

Article based on research published by Dr Thomas A. Püschel, Rachel M. Hurwitz at Oxford's School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, with Professor Chris Venditti at the University of Reading,

The Independent | 19 May 2026

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COMPAS Blog | 22 May 2026