Our joint workshop on "Big Data and Human Evolution" between ROCEEH and @boneslab.bsky.social, organized by Giulia Marciani in Ravenna, is in full swing! Great talks, good company and Sangiovese🍷
🚨New paper alert!🧪 We explore the #Aurignacian at Grotta della Cala (southern Italy), providing robust evidence of human settlement shortly after the #CampanianIgnimbrite eruption (ca. 40 ka). 1/5 🌋
@tommyhigham.bsky.social @lucdoyon.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social & the University of Siena
Newly identified taxa from originally unidentified fragmented bones. (a) CLC0043 Canid from spit 14, (b) CLC536 Canid from spit 30, (c) CLC372 Ursid from Spit 27, (d) CLC400 Ursid from spit 28, (e) CLC534 Ursid from spit 30, (f) CLC476 Rhino from spit 24, (g) CLC503 Rhino from spit 25.
Biomolecular approaches to Pleistocene bones
New insights from the application of ZooMS to Late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Annette Oertle, Stefano Benazzi @boneslab.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social @katerinad.bsky.social et al
I was literally about to submit the edited draft of my new book on prehistory, "Lost Worlds," but now I need to rework the Çatalhöyük section! What a great problem to have, incredibly exciting new research, check it out!
Neanderthal had a “crush” on fats. Macronutrient estimation in Middle Paleolithic (Late Mousterian) hunter-gatherers of southern Italy
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
Two PhD positions open! Deadline end of June! Apply now!
🚨 Two PhD Positions Available!
Join the ERC Last Neanderthal Project at BonesLab – University of Bologna (Ravenna) 🧬🧠
Apply now and become part of an international team exploring the final chapters of Neanderthal history.
www.unibo.it/en/study/phd...
Two #PhD opportunities in Ravenna, Italy 🇮🇹, in #HumanEvolution within the #ERC project "Last Neanderthals"!
🧪 #science 🏺 #BioAnth #BioArch #Archaeology #Neanderthal #SciComm
A great opportunity, with a great team and a great lab 🏺🧪
Dr Stefano Benazzi's Bones Lab @boneslab.bsky.social
Two PhD positions open!
Deadline end of June!
Apply now!
bsky.app/profile/bone...
Two PhD positions open! Deadline end of June! Apply now!
🚨 Two PhD Positions Available!
Join the ERC Last Neanderthal Project at BonesLab – University of Bologna (Ravenna) 🧬🧠
Apply now and become part of an international team exploring the final chapters of Neanderthal history.
www.unibo.it/en/study/phd...
🧬Welcome to the new Palaeoproteomics Lab at the University of Bologna – Department of Cultural Heritage (Ravenna), where we study ancient proteins preserved in archaeological remains such as bones and teeth.
Lithic materials from the Epigravettian occupation (SUs 2, 3, 5, 7) of Grotta della Lea: total backed points (1–2-3–4-12–23); backed bladelets (5–6); shouldered blades (7–8-10); tangled bladelet (9); fragmented backed pieces (11–19); long end scraper (13); unretouched blades (14–15); truncated blade (16); partial backed blade (17); burin (18); marginal backed bladelet (20); elongated side scraper (21); denticulated scraper on blade (22); point (24).
Grotta della Lea, a new Early Epigravettian site in southern Italy (Uluzzo Bay) 🏺🧪
Giulia Marciani, Stefano Benazzi @boneslab.bsky.social , et al
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Shouldered backed bladelets and points on high-quality chert. Radiocarbon dating between 21,821–18,281 cal. BP
🌍 Join us in the ERC Last Neanderthals!
We're hiring:
1️⃣ PhD: Digital approaches for the study of Paleolithic human remains 🖥️
2️⃣ PhD: Taxonomic discrimination of Late Pleistocene bone fragments through paleoproteomics 🦴
We have a 4-year PhD-student opening in our lab, deadline on Wednesday noon.
For anyone interested in computational genomics of ancient human, pathogen, or canid genomes. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
If you are curious, send in an application!
Our latest research presents Grotta della Lea, a newly investigated Palaeolithic site in Uluzzo Bay. Check its Early Epigravettian lithics, faunal remains, and AMS dates!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My #review of Giulia Marciani's monograph on the Late Mousterian of Oscurusciuto (Southern Italy) is on Lithic Technology. I totally recommend it!
link to the review shorturl.at/Jotx9
link to the book shorturl.at/wCmcH
#archaeology#palaeolithic @barpublishing.bsky.social@tandfresearch.bsky.social
On Monday we launched the first PaleolITica meeting, to foster exchange between young researchers in Italian #Palaeolithic lithic technology. It was very productive, thank you to all the participants! shorturl.at/6J9ba @boneslab.bsky.social #archaeology #FlintFriday #FindsFriday🏺
www.unibo.it/en/study/phd...
🌍 Join us in the ERC Last Neanderthals!
We're hiring:
1️⃣ PhD: Digital approaches for the study of Paleolithic human remains 🖥️
2️⃣ PhD: Taxonomic discrimination of Late Pleistocene bone fragments through paleoproteomics 🦴
Time to learn some more about the West African MSA! They were not only in rainforests 150,000 years ago, they were also in mangrove forests!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Retouched tools from the Châtelperronian of Les Cottés (US6) and Quinçay (En). (1, 2, 11, 12) Wide-fronted end-scrapers produced on ‘laminar rejuvenation flakes’ and wide blades. (3–9, 14, 15) Châtelperronian backed points. (10) Neo-crested blade. (13) Convergent side-scraper. Note the variation in size of the pieces 41982_2024_202_Fig13_HTML.webp Retouched tools from the Uluzzian layer rsa’’ of Castelcivita. (1) Endscraper on flake. (2) Sidescraper with an adjustment of the distal end. (3) Sidescrapers realised on the ventral side of a big flake. (4) Pointed tool realised by adjusting the distal end of an already pointed fragment
The Uluzzian and Châtelperronian:
No Technological Affinity in a Shared Chronological Framework 🏺🧪
Giulia Marciani @boneslab.bsky.social @mariesoressi.bsky.social et al
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The distinctiveness highlights the technological behaviours in western Europe 45–40 ka
Displacement heatmaps showing calcaneal shape differences between age groups means. Green represents the younger age group in each comparison, while magenta represents the older age group in each comparison. Colors mapped to the older age group in each comparison depict vertices that extend beyond (magenta) the mesh (which represents the younger age group in each comparison). The distance is calculated by superimposing the meshes of the two age groups for each comparison. For instance, the magenta color of the calcaneal body in the first comparison (0–1 year vs. 1.1–3 years) means that the 1.1–3 years group extends beyond the calcaneal body of the 0–1 year group. After the onset of independent walking, there is a proximodistal elongation of the calcaneal body and a slight increase in the medial projection of the sustentaculum tali. The cuboid facet angle starts to change in its lateral part. With the achievement of more mature locomotor kinematics, between 3 and 6 years of age, the posterior talar facet changes in orientation and lateral-medial elongation. The calcaneal body and the sustentaculum tali continue to lengthen, which increases in size and morphology. After six years of age, mostly all remaining changes are concentrated on the metaphyseal area, that is, calcaneal tuberosity, and lateral part of the cuboid facet. The posterior talar facet continues to develop, and the anterior talar facet undergoes major developmental changes as the sustentaculum tali develops.
The Ontogeny of the Human Calcaneus:
Insights From Morphological and Trabecular Changes During Postnatal Growth🏺🧪
Carla Figus, Stefano Benazzi @boneslab.bsky.social et al
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Calcaneal plasticity may display mechanical influences and provide precious information
Our new study investigates developmental changes in the human calcaneus linked to the acquisition of mature bipedal locomotion 🦴👣
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Being a woman in science is not just something to celebrate today, but a journey of resilience and determination in a field historically shaped by men. Cheers from the women of Bones Lab!
🌊 Our team just completed an archaeological survey of the most significant sambaqui on Florianópolis Island, kickstarting a new project at one of these sites.
The research is supported by a collaboration including BonesLab (Italy), Unochapecó, CEOM, UFPEL, LEIA/UFSC (Brazil), and CONICET (Argentina)
BonesLab is also in the UAE with the Italian Archaeological Mission in Umm al-Quwain on Siniya Island
@tetinicolosi @iamuq_uae @uaq_tad
Just arrived and ready to excavate one of the most promising Paleolithic rock shelter in northern Oman! Excited for what discoveries lie ahead!
The third excavation campaign at the Bronze Age necropolis of Halban, Oman (IAMHAL project) has just come to an end. Another year of thrilling discoveries and an incredible team!
PaleoAnthropology Journal has made it to Bluesky! We are a fully externally peer-reviewed, Open Access, online-only journal. We have no publication fees, and are accessible free of charge to all. Find our website above to read our current issue, or if you are interested in submitting to our journal
