University of Tübingen

The Rectorate of the University of Tübingen will be strengthened by a new fourth Vice-Rector as the First General Representative of the Rector and in the area of ​​Sustainable Development: The Senate elected Professor Samuel Wagner to the…

Tübingen in August with the university's International Summer Course is also the right time and place to learn German in 2024 - for international students, graduates, and young academics from all over the world. Participants in the…

Physical activity has a positive effect on health. A study from Baden-Württemberg has now shown that exercise also improves mental illnesses such as depression, sleep disorders and anxiety disorders. Researchers led by the University of…

The Baden-Württemberg-wide Citizens' Council "Artificial Intelligence and Freedom" of the University of Tübingen will give 40 randomly selected citizens from four municipalities and cities in the state the opportunity to actively…

Cave lions lived in what is now Italy around 660,000 to 610,000 years ago. This is proven by a metatarsal bone from the Notarchirico site near Venosa in the Basilicata region, which was discovered during a re-examination of earlier finds.…

An international research team led by Professor Hervé Bocherens from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen has investigated the causes of the extinction of the woolly…

After the inhospitable conditions of the last ice age in Central Europe between 27,000 and 19,000 years ago, the Swabian Alb in what is now southern Germany was repopulated around 3,000 years earlier than previously thought. The old…

With the Master's in "Palaeolithic Archaeology", the University of Tübingen is offering the first degree program in which a degree can be obtained at three universities at once. The two-year program takes place alternately at the University…

The game of chess found its way from the Orient to Europe over 1,000 years ago. Chess pieces from the early days of the game are very rare. During archaeological excavations at a forgotten castle in southern Germany, an excellently…

Humans began to skin cave bears 320,000 years ago, and with the appearance of Homo sapiens in Europe 45,000 years ago, hunting pressure on the animal intensified until Ursus spelaeus finally became extinct 24,000 years ago. With a shoulder…