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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you to all the families who make this possible, year after year. See you out in the field.

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 1d

Ehringsdorf child. Thoracic region in a block. Middle Pleistocene hominins. Germany #FossilFriday

Courtesy of Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie. Weimar

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 2d

The skeleton suggests deliberate burial, but the meaning of that deer bone remains open to interpretation.

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Funding The DEATHREVOL project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 949330). In collaboration with the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología – Ministerio de ...

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 2d

On its tiny pelvis appeared something even more striking: the maxilla of a red deer.

Was it a symbolic offering, placed as part of a funerary ritual? Or could it have ended up there by chance?

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 2d

The case of Amud 7 opens a fascinating debate.

This Neanderthal infant, buried around 60,000 years ago in Amud Cave (Israel), was found in anatomical connection.

#Burials

Photo: doi:10.1017/9781316106754.029

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 2d

Are these objects undeniable signs of funerary offerings?
Could they have arrived there by other means?
If we don’t consider them offerings, does the funerary interpretation fall apart?

We’re looking forward to hearing your thoughts. The debate is now open!

deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 2d

In a series of upcoming posts, we’d like to share some cases in which particular pieces were found in association with skeletons. We hope these examples will serve as a starting point for reflection.

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 2d

For that reason, one of the most coveted, and certainly most debated, pieces of evidence is the presence of objects found alongside skeletons, whether they be animal bones, pollen from certain plants, or unique material artifacts.

deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 2d

#Burials, as one of the most explored funerary manifestations in Paleolithic archaeology, offer a window into the symbolic, ritual, or religious behavior of ancestral populations.

Drawing: https://doi.org/10.4000/paleo.4848

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 8d

Isturitz. Mandible cutmarked. 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴. Upper Palaeolithic. Magdalenian. France #FossilFriday

Courtesy of Institut de Paléontologie Humaine (IPH), Paris.

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 15d

European Researchers' Night is coming and @deathrevol.bsky.social will be joining the activities organized by @cenieh.bsky.social

We will be waiting for you this evening!

https://www.cenieh.es/actualidad/eventos/xvi-noche-europea-de-los-investigadores-26-y-27-de-septiembre-2025

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 15d

La Malia rock shelter . Cut marked proximal phalanx of a wild goat. Early Upper Paleolithic. Tamajón, Guadalajara, Spain #FossilFriday

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 17d

The @deathrevol.bsky.social project will be present at the #ESHE2025 Meeting. Two of our researchers will present their work at tomorrow's poster session.
Good luck!

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 22d

La Malia rock shelter. Lower molar of a wild horse. Upper Paleolithic #FossilFriday

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you to those who visited us during the open days, to the curious visitors who came to the site and to the residents of Tamajón for their generosity in making us feel part of the community.

And thank you very much to the excavation team. Without them, none of this would be possible.

deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 24d

The 2025 Malia excavation (Tamajón, Guadalajara) has concluded. Each discovery brings us closer to understanding how early 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴 lived in the Iberian Peninsula.

Summary 👉 https://deathrevol.com/en/la-malia-2025/

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LA MALIA 2025 – Deathrevol

The 2025 excavation campaign at the Malia rock shelter in Tamajón, Guadalajara, has come to an end. Each new discovery brings us a step closer to understanding how the first Homo sapiens lived and adapted to life in the heart of the Iberian Peninsula. We would like to thank those who visited us dur...

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 29d

Photo: Madrid ScientificFilms/Javier Trueba

deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 29d

You can also watch Nohemi Sala’s conference about Benjamina on the YouTube channel of the Museum of Human Evolution.
This talk is linked to the exhibition “Broken Dreams | Benjamina’s premature death and conflict in Paleolithic societies”.

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · 29d

CR-14- Benjamina. Sima de los Huesos (Atapuerca). Middle Pleistocene hominins #FossilFriday

Come see the 'Sueños rotos' exhibition at the Human Evolution Museum (Burgos), featuring this skull, among others.

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Sep 11

See you today at 8:15 PM at the Human Evolution Museum!

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Sep 9

📅 This Thursday, September 11
🕗 At 8:15 PM
📍 Join us at the Human Evolution Museum
🎤 Don’t miss it!!

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Sep 6

📖 Subsistence strategies in the early upper Paleolithic of central Iberia: Evidence from Abrigo de la Malia,
Quaternary Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100297

https://youtube.com/shorts/Qm3WuA8xFxc?feature=share

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Abrigo de la Malia_Antonio Rodríguez

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Sep 5

La Malia rock shelter. Intermediate phalanx of a wild horse. Upper Paleolithic. Tamajón, Guadalajara, Spain. #FossilFriday

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Sep 4

Te esperamos mañana en el Centro Cultural de Tamajón con Nohemi Sala, Adrián Pablos Edgar Téllez y Jaime Lira.

¡Entrada libre hasta completar aforo!

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Sep 3

Subsistence strategies in the early upper Paleolithic of central Iberia: Evidence from Abrigo de la Malia,
Quaternary Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100297

https://youtube.com/shorts/dQJ768HPepM?feature=share

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Abrigo de la Malia_Edgar Tellez

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deathrevol.bsky.social @deathrevol.bsky.social · Aug 29

Kebara 2 - scapula. 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴. Mount Carmel (Israel) #FossilFriday

Courtesy of Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

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