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Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago
Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.
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Jing Chen
https://le.ac.uk/people/jing-chen
The academic profile of Dr Jing Chen, Lecturer in Statistical Genetics at University of Leicester
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Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/home-planet
The next generation of climate change superheroes discovered the importance of our home in space at the launch of a new National Space Centre gallery to coincide with Earth Day 2022 on Friday.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/psychology-vision-sciences/research/health-and-wellbeing/alarm/people
Project team Eva Krockow, University of Leicester, Principal Investigator Dr Eva Krockow is Associate Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology of Vision Sciences with expertise in mixed-methods research in health-related decision making.
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Leicester ranked 4th best city in the UK for starting a business
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-business-ranking
St Martin's Square Leicester St Martin's Square Leicester|New research reveals that Leicester is one of the leading UK cities for launching successful start-ups.
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Raymond Dalgleish
https://le.ac.uk/people/raymond-dalgleish
The academic profile of Professor Raymond Dalgleish, Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at University of Leicester
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Christopher Talbot
https://le.ac.uk/people/christopher-talbot
The academic profile of Professor Christopher Talbot, Professor of Radiotherapy Genetics at University of Leicester
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New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gibbons-twycross-genetic-endangered
A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon populations from extinction
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Leicester City Football Club Scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/leicester-city-football-club-scholarship
To honour the founding spirit of our university, we are awarding 100 Centenary Scholarships of £1,000 to undergraduate students beginning their studies in September 2018.
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April Fools No we are not changing our name
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/april-fools-no-we-are-not-changing-our-name
Today’s brilliant April Fool story in the Independent has generated a lot of discussion on social media, with many people citing it as their favourite jape of the day and others apparently duped. This leading South African news website seems to have accepted the story as genuine.