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05.08.2026

Student Perspectives: Helen Hoffmann

What is it like to work for the HESCOR project? Helen explains the various tasks she has worked on and shares some of her favourite moments at HESCOR.
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11.03.2026

How Did Humans Spread Across Ice Age Europe? The „Our Way Model“ Explains

How might the first anatomically modern humans have migrated across Europe? Dr. Isabell Schmidt explores this question using the “Our Way Model” and results from our recent Nature Communications paper.
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01.10.2025

When it gets cold

What happens to humans when the world suddenly turns cold? An international team led by HESCOR members Isabell Schmidt and Andreas Maier investigated how Palaeolithic humans reacted to the cold Younger Dryas climate event about 12,000 years ago in Europe!
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CONTACT
Universität zu Köln
Weyertal 125
50931 Köln
Germany
Dr. Isabell Schmidt
Coordination
Phone: +49 221 470-3385
isabell.schmidt@uni-koeln.de
Mo.-Fr.: 9–15 Uhr
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University of cologne