Emily Coco
@emilycoco.bsky.social
Postdoc at ICArEHB | PhD from NYU | Computational archaeologist interested in stone tool recycling, hominin mobility, and Paleolithic Central Asia | she/her
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The first article from my PhD results is now published — and it’s Open Access!
We show how handaxe grip and use evolved over time at La Noira (France).
doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#usewear #prehistory #handaxe #paleolithic #acheulean
We show how handaxe grip and use evolved over time at La Noira (France).
doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#usewear #prehistory #handaxe #paleolithic #acheulean
Use-Wear Analysis Shows Changing Handaxe Grip and Use Across Time at la Noira (France) - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Handaxes — sub-oval bifacially flaked stone tools — were produced for over a million years across Africa, Europe, and Asia during the Lower Palaeolithic. Their relatively uniform shape across varied e...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The first article from my PhD results is now published — and it’s Open Access!
We show how handaxe grip and use evolved over time at La Noira (France).
doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#usewear #prehistory #handaxe #paleolithic #acheulean
We show how handaxe grip and use evolved over time at La Noira (France).
doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#usewear #prehistory #handaxe #paleolithic #acheulean
Reposted by Emily Coco
📢 New publication: "Agent-based simulations reveal the possibility of multiple rapid northern routes for the second Neanderthal dispersal from Western to Eastern Eurasia" by Coco, E. & Iovita, R., in PLOS ONE 20(6), e0325693 (2025).
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Agent-based simulations reveal the possibility of multiple rapid northern routes for the second Neanderthal dispersal from Western to Eastern Eurasia
Genetic and archaeological evidence imply a second major movement of Neanderthals from Western to Central and Eastern Eurasia sometime in the Late Pleistocene. The genetic data suggest a date of 120−8...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📢 New publication: "Agent-based simulations reveal the possibility of multiple rapid northern routes for the second Neanderthal dispersal from Western to Eastern Eurasia" by Coco, E. & Iovita, R., in PLOS ONE 20(6), e0325693 (2025).
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
New paper out with Radu Iovita in PLOS One modeling potential routes of dispersal for Neanderthals moving from the Caucasus Mountains to the Altai Mountains after MIS 6
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
June 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New paper out with Radu Iovita in PLOS One modeling potential routes of dispersal for Neanderthals moving from the Caucasus Mountains to the Altai Mountains after MIS 6
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
A very exciting first post here: the final paper from my dissertation as finally be published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences! We characterized the processes of lithic artifact weathering at the Semizbugu site complex in Central Kazakhstan. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/d8NvQ
Characteristics of lithic artifact weathering at the Semizbugu surface site complex in semi-arid Central Kazakhstan
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February 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A very exciting first post here: the final paper from my dissertation as finally be published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences! We characterized the processes of lithic artifact weathering at the Semizbugu site complex in Central Kazakhstan. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/d8NvQ