# Palaeo: Centre for Human Palaeoecology & Evolutionary Origins

**Source**: https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/
**Parent**: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/

- [Palaeo home](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/)
- [About Palaeo](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/about/)
- [Research themes](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/research-themes/)
- [Postgraduate study](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/postgraduate/)
- [Members](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/members/)
- [Projects and services](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/services/)
- [Outreach](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/outreach/)
- [News and events](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/news-events/)
- [Contact us](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/contact/)

# Palaeo: Centre for Human Palaeoecology & Evolutionary Origins

Palaeo: The Centre for Palaeoecology Archaeology, Evolution and Human Origins\

Palaeo: An interdisciplinary centre at the University of York\

Palaeo: Anatomy, Bioarchaeology, Molecular Archaeology and Field Techniques in one place\

Palaeo: MSc in Bioarchaeology, Early Prehistory and Human Origins, Mesolithic Studies, Zooarchaeology, Human Evolution (2012/13) \

Palaeo: Researching diet, landscape, ecology, health, disease and the evolution of the human mind\

Palaeo:  BioArCh, Anatomical and Human Sciences & Human Palaeoecology\

Palaeo: A centre of excellence in the biomolecular analysis of human bone - MSc in Bioarchaeology\

PALAEO is an interdisciplinary research
centre in human evolution and palaeoecology that brings together York’s
world-leading expertise in evolutionary anatomy, ancient DNA, biodiversity, psychology, palaeoenvironmental studies,
prehistory and geochronology. The exceptional breadth of PALAEO allows the
centre to take a fully-integrated, cross-disciplinary approach to major
research questions in human evolution and its environmental setting. PALAEO is
open to all York researchers in this exciting field, and to their collaborators
elsewhere.

## [News](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/news-events/news/)

[### Conference programme

Posted on Thursday 17 January 2019

The programme for the Unravelling Human Origins conference, to be held 15-17 February 2019, has been released.](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/news-events/news/2017/uho-prog/)

[### Unravelling Human Origins conference

Posted on Wednesday 5 December 2018

The Unravelling Human Origins conference will be taking place at the University of York, 15th-16th February 2019.](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/news-events/news/2017/human-origins/)

[### Palaeo at the 2017 Festival of Ideas

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2017

Things and Stories: Perspectives from Philosophy, Archaeology and Poetry](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/news-events/news/2017/things-spikins/)

> ## Postgraduate study
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> - [Read more about postgraduate study with Palaeo](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/postgraduate/)
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> ## Research themes
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> - [Research expertise in Palaeo](https://www.york.ac.uk/palaeo/research-themes/)
>   \