DEMODRIVERS ERC_CoG
@demodrivers.bsky.social
ERC_CoG Drivers of Demographic Dynamics led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social at @icta-uab.bsky.social and Prehistoria_UAB. We work in the Bolivian Amazon
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New study by ICTA-UAB unearths sophisticated year-round corn-growing system in ancient Bolivian Amazon
The Casarabe culture built an innovative dual water management system of drainage canals and ponds.
Published in @mongabay.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
The Casarabe culture built an innovative dual water management system of drainage canals and ponds.
Published in @mongabay.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
Study unearths sophisticated year-round corn-growing system in ancient Bolivian Amazon
Between 600 and 1,500 years ago, Indigenous people of the seasonally flooded savannas in the Bolivian Amazon created an advanced farming system that allowed them to grow corn throughout the year, acco...
news.mongabay.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New study by ICTA-UAB unearths sophisticated year-round corn-growing system in ancient Bolivian Amazon
The Casarabe culture built an innovative dual water management system of drainage canals and ponds.
Published in @mongabay.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
The Casarabe culture built an innovative dual water management system of drainage canals and ponds.
Published in @mongabay.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
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This was #ECTE2025 !!!
Thanks to all participants for making this an amazing experience 😌
Thanks to Jelle Kraak for taking the photos (@kraakkiekjes)
Thanks to all participants for making this an amazing experience 😌
Thanks to Jelle Kraak for taking the photos (@kraakkiekjes)
February 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This was #ECTE2025 !!!
Thanks to all participants for making this an amazing experience 😌
Thanks to Jelle Kraak for taking the photos (@kraakkiekjes)
Thanks to all participants for making this an amazing experience 😌
Thanks to Jelle Kraak for taking the photos (@kraakkiekjes)
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In the middle of Bolivia’s worst fire season, I went with @umbamoxos.bsky.social to the scorched plains on edge of the Amazon, where archaeologists are drilling into the deep history of the mysterious forest islands.
For @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
For @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
In search of the ancient Amazonians who left only eerie forest islands
In Llanos de Moxos, an expanse of floodplains fringing the Bolivian rainforest, strange clumps of trees offer clues about a lost civilisation
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In the middle of Bolivia’s worst fire season, I went with @umbamoxos.bsky.social to the scorched plains on edge of the Amazon, where archaeologists are drilling into the deep history of the mysterious forest islands.
For @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
For @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
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🧪 Report of @thomas-graham.bsky.social about our 2024 field work just published in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/world/latin-... @demodrivers.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
In search of the ancient Amazonians who left only eerie forest islands
In Llanos de Moxos, an expanse of floodplains fringing the Bolivian rainforest, strange clumps of trees offer clues about a lost civilisation
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🧪 Report of @thomas-graham.bsky.social about our 2024 field work just published in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/world/latin-... @demodrivers.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
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Un sistema de riego supuso una revolución en la Amazonia precolombina.
Hallazgo del equipo del ICTA-UAB del grupo @demodrivers.bsky.social liderado por @umbamoxos.bsky.social .
lasexta.com/tecnologia-t...
Hallazgo del equipo del ICTA-UAB del grupo @demodrivers.bsky.social liderado por @umbamoxos.bsky.social .
lasexta.com/tecnologia-t...
Un sistema de riego supuso una revolución en la Amazonia precolombina
El desarrollo de este sofisticado sistema de ingeniería agrícola les permitió cultivar maíz durante todo el año, según un reciente descubrimiento realizado por un equipo internacional de investigadore...
lasexta.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Un sistema de riego supuso una revolución en la Amazonia precolombina.
Hallazgo del equipo del ICTA-UAB del grupo @demodrivers.bsky.social liderado por @umbamoxos.bsky.social .
lasexta.com/tecnologia-t...
Hallazgo del equipo del ICTA-UAB del grupo @demodrivers.bsky.social liderado por @umbamoxos.bsky.social .
lasexta.com/tecnologia-t...
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⛏️💧🌽Contradictory to previous theories, a pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce maize throughout the year, according to a new ICTA-UAB research led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social
Video 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdV-...
Video 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdV-...
Evidence of a Pre-Columbian Green Revolution in the Bolivian Amazon
YouTube video by ICTA-UAB
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
⛏️💧🌽Contradictory to previous theories, a pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce maize throughout the year, according to a new ICTA-UAB research led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social
Video 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdV-...
Video 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdV-...
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"The combination of...drainage canals and farm ponds—is unique to the MMR...it was a highly innovative agricultural strategy that enabled the Casarabe culture to substantially increase the cultivation period for maize, as well as providing easy access to fish, birds and game"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia - Nature
Remote sensing, field survey and microbotanical analyses show that the pre-Columbian Casarabe culture in the Bolivian Amazon invested heavily in landscape engineering, constructing a complex system of...
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"The combination of...drainage canals and farm ponds—is unique to the MMR...it was a highly innovative agricultural strategy that enabled the Casarabe culture to substantially increase the cultivation period for maize, as well as providing easy access to fish, birds and game"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Hey @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ercresearch.bsky.social Let's give 10M and a permanent position to anyone who wants to move his/her lab to Europe! 🧪
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Hey @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ercresearch.bsky.social Let's give 10M and a permanent position to anyone who wants to move his/her lab to Europe! 🧪
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This week on @naturepodcast.bsky.social:
🌑 Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of building blocks of life
🪸 How seaweed farms could capture carbon
🐒 Why chimps follow each other to the bathroom
🌾 How maize might have supported a civilization
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🌑 Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of building blocks of life
🪸 How seaweed farms could capture carbon
🐒 Why chimps follow each other to the bathroom
🌾 How maize might have supported a civilization
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life
Hear the latest science news from the Nature Podcast | 29 January 2025
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This week on @naturepodcast.bsky.social:
🌑 Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of building blocks of life
🪸 How seaweed farms could capture carbon
🐒 Why chimps follow each other to the bathroom
🌾 How maize might have supported a civilization
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🌑 Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of building blocks of life
🪸 How seaweed farms could capture carbon
🐒 Why chimps follow each other to the bathroom
🌾 How maize might have supported a civilization
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Could 🌽maize🌽 have supported a mysterious South American culture?
A new paper by @umbamoxos.bsky.social et al. found lots and lots of evidence of maize. He told me "wow, there is only maize" for @nature.com this week.
Listen to the full story at 16:31 here:
A new paper by @umbamoxos.bsky.social et al. found lots and lots of evidence of maize. He told me "wow, there is only maize" for @nature.com this week.
Listen to the full story at 16:31 here:
Asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life
Hear the latest science news from the Nature Podcast | 29 January 2025
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Could 🌽maize🌽 have supported a mysterious South American culture?
A new paper by @umbamoxos.bsky.social et al. found lots and lots of evidence of maize. He told me "wow, there is only maize" for @nature.com this week.
Listen to the full story at 16:31 here:
A new paper by @umbamoxos.bsky.social et al. found lots and lots of evidence of maize. He told me "wow, there is only maize" for @nature.com this week.
Listen to the full story at 16:31 here:
Great start of the year for ERC_CoG DEMODRIVERS !!
@icta-uab.bsky.social @uabbarcelona.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
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What a week. Some hardcore geomorphology just published in QSR www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Following our archaeological paper in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this QSR, we reconstructed the timing of 3 neotectonic events in the Bolivian Amazon. Enjoy and share 🧪
Following our archaeological paper in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this QSR, we reconstructed the timing of 3 neotectonic events in the Bolivian Amazon. Enjoy and share 🧪
Landscape evolution of the Bolivian Amazon controlled by uplift events dated 13,000, 10,000 and 6000 cal yr BP
The Llanos de Moxos in the Bolivian Amazon, the second largest South American wetland, hosts many endemic species and a rich archaeological record tha…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Great start of the year for ERC_CoG DEMODRIVERS !!
@icta-uab.bsky.social @uabbarcelona.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
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@icta-uab.bsky.social @uabbarcelona.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
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Ohh if you want to see some more about that maize paper the team have made a fun video where you can see the sites where the Casarabe lived!
We made a short video www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdV-... to provide some insights about our recent @nature.com paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... Enjoy and share ! 🧪
Evidence of a Pre-Columbian Green Revolution in the Bolivian Amazon
YouTube video by ICTA-UAB
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ohh if you want to see some more about that maize paper the team have made a fun video where you can see the sites where the Casarabe lived!
We made a short video www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdV-... to provide some insights about our recent @nature.com paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... Enjoy and share ! 🧪
Evidence of a Pre-Columbian Green Revolution in the Bolivian Amazon
YouTube video by ICTA-UAB
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We made a short video www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdV-... to provide some insights about our recent @nature.com paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... Enjoy and share ! 🧪
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You thrilled at the Guns of Navarone.
You swooned at the Bridges of Madison County.
now, marvel at the Cornfields of Casarabe!
You swooned at the Bridges of Madison County.
now, marvel at the Cornfields of Casarabe!
Nature research paper: Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia
https://go.nature.com/3Ed9LYt
https://go.nature.com/3Ed9LYt
Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia - Nature
Remote sensing, field survey and microbotanical analyses show that the pre-Columbian Casarabe culture in the Bolivian Amazon invested heavily in landscape engineering, constructing a complex system of drainage canals and newly documented savannah farm ponds.
go.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
You thrilled at the Guns of Navarone.
You swooned at the Bridges of Madison County.
now, marvel at the Cornfields of Casarabe!
You swooned at the Bridges of Madison County.
now, marvel at the Cornfields of Casarabe!
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🆕🔝Discovery of a unique drainage and irrigation system that gave way to the 'Neolithic Revolution' in the Amazon.
New ICTA_UAB research led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social Umberto Lombardo
phys.org/news/2025-01....
New ICTA_UAB research led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social Umberto Lombardo
phys.org/news/2025-01....
Discovery of a unique drainage and irrigation system that gave way to the 'Neolithic Revolution' in the Amazon
A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce maize throughout the year, according to a discovery by a team of researcher...
phys.org
January 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🆕🔝Discovery of a unique drainage and irrigation system that gave way to the 'Neolithic Revolution' in the Amazon.
New ICTA_UAB research led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social Umberto Lombardo
phys.org/news/2025-01....
New ICTA_UAB research led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social Umberto Lombardo
phys.org/news/2025-01....
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Pre-Columbian Amazonians farmed fields of maize: Lombardo, et al. Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia - Nature
Remote sensing, field survey and microbotanical analyses show that the pre-Columbian Casarabe culture in the Bolivian Amazon invested heavily in landscape engineering, constructing a complex system of...
doi.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Amazonians farmed fields of maize: Lombardo, et al. Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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If, like me, you've been wondering what all the fuss is with this new AI model DeepSeek R1, I spoke to my colleague Nisha Gaind all about it for @nature.com's podcast where she laid it all out (at 25:52) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life
Hear the latest science news from the Nature Podcast | 29 January 2025
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If, like me, you've been wondering what all the fuss is with this new AI model DeepSeek R1, I spoke to my colleague Nisha Gaind all about it for @nature.com's podcast where she laid it all out (at 25:52) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
📢Paper Alert📢 First DEMODRIVERS paper out in Nature !! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia - Nature
Remote sensing, field survey and microbotanical analyses show that the pre-Columbian Casarabe culture in the Bolivian Amazon invested heavily in landscape engineering, constructing a complex system of...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Paper Alert📢 First DEMODRIVERS paper out in Nature !! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
