Social sciences

Well-fed penguins live longer, but age faster - similar to modern humans

Life Sciences - Social Sciences

The consequences of a sedentary lifestyle are difficult to investigate in human studies. For this reason, an international research team involving the University of Hamburg has now investigated them in king penguins. The result: an abundant food supply in protected living conditions promotes rapid growth, but ultimately leads to accelerated ageing.

Campus - Social Sciences - Mar 10

Bonn and Brazil: Networking Academic Communities

Campus - Social Sciences

Brazil Day at the University of Bonn is all'about promoting partnership, dialogue and inter-continental academic collaboration.

Life and death in Central Europe in the late Bronze Age

History & Archeology - Social Sciences

A new interdisciplinary study published in Nature Communications provides the first detailed insights from a biomolecular and archaeological perspective into the lives of people in Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age (ca. BC), also known as the Urnfield Period.

Maori ancestor goes home

Social Sciences - History & Archeology

The ancestral panel is called ,,Pou of Hinematioro" and embodies the living presence of the ruler Hinematioro.

Weaponizing Kinship

Social Sciences

Researchers examine the long-term demographic consequences of the Colombian armed conflict for those who survived the violence.

New approaches to environmental peace in Colombia

Social Sciences - Innovation

New project 'Iakumama 2050' at the Center for Development Research at Uni Bonn combines digital technology with Indigenous knowledge.

Survey: Majority of Germans support increased defence capability

Social Sciences

In light of Russia's war in Ukraine, a majority of the German population supports strengthening national defence capability, including higher defence spending.


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