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Amélie Beaudet @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social · 15d

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A fresh scenario for hominin brain evolution
📍 Thursday, Session 3 – 4 p.m.

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Amélie Beaudet @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social · 15d

✨ And to close it all out…I will tell you more about the project we are working on! Spoiler alert: it is about
Australopithecus, morphological disparity and hominin radiation 💀
📍 Saturday, Session 10 – 3.50 p.m.

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Amélie Beaudet @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social · 15d

We are getting ready for #ESHE2025 in Paris! 🎉
The #LHOSA #CoEvol #BrAIn team will share exciting new results on hominin evolution—talks & posters you do not want to miss.🧵👇 @palevoprim.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univpoitiers.bsky.social

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Aug 19

Interested in human evolution? Check out the virtual environment of the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa's 'Cradle of Humankind', allowing learners, educators and scientists to access this rich Australopithecus site without damaging its #archaeology 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Towards a virtual environment for the Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa: developing a georeferenced and optimised digital dataset | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Accessibility at the Sterkfontein Caves UNESCO World Heritage Site limits public and scientific engagement. The authors digitally visualised part of the cave using laser scans and photogrammetry, geospatially integrating the digital cave and fossil datasets. This enables broader access for learners, educators and scientists and enhances scientific outreach potential.

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Amélie Beaudet @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚀 Today is the day! The #LHOSA project funded by the @AgenceRecherche officially kicks off. Excited for the journey ahead! 👉http://palevoprim.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/language/en/2025/04/01/lhosa/ @palevoprim.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univpoitiers.bsky.social

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Mar 16

Ciao, Ralph!
MARCH 16, 2025 ~ EMILIANOBRUNER paleoneurology.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/c...

Ciao, Ralph!

Ralph has passed away, at his 90. Ralph Holloway: a full life. An example, a model, an inspiration. Commitment, passion, energy, dedication, perseverance. Much more than endocasts. Our first joint …

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Rocco Rotunno @roccoro.bsky.social · Mar 16

📣Don't miss our CAAG's last talk this term... Saharan prehistory and pastoralism with @martinadm.bsky.social . Tuesday 18th, 1pm, McDonald Inst. @cam-archaeology.bsky.social

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · Mar 14

#RIP #Anthropology #Paleoanthropology #SciComm #Stem In #Memorandum

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Rocco Rotunno @roccoro.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join us tomorrow for the 2nd talk of Cambridge African Archaeology Group Seminar series...with @edwindejager.bsky.social at @cam-archaeology.bsky.social

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Julia Aramendi @juliaramendi.bsky.social · Feb 14

ICArEHB is accepting expressions of interest for PhD topics, including a project led by @ricardomgodinho.bsky.social and me:
📌 "Augmenting palaeodemographic analysis: Geometric morphometrics and machine learning based sex estimation of mandibles"

Interested? 📩 [email protected] | [email protected]

ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · Jan 30

ICArEHB is looking for PhD candidates!
We are accepting applicants for the 2025 FCT PhD Fellowships Programme! Swipe through the images to explore potential project themes and supervisors.
For more details, visit: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#FCTPhDFellowships #ICArEHB #ResearchOpportunity

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Edwin de Jager @edwindejager.bsky.social · Feb 7

Hot off the press! 📢
Honoured to have contributed to this special issue with @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social and team celebrating the iconic #Taung child for this centenary event. Stay tuned for more! #Palaeoanthropology #FossilFriday

Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering @pickeringrobyn.bsky.social · Feb 7

To commemorate the #Taung centenary, a special issue of the SAJS came out today!

We present a collection of articles looking at aspects of the #history, #anatomy, #geology, #community and -#museum curation of the #Taung child in this post colonial era 🙌🏽

Link here 👇🏽👇🏽

sajs.co.za/index

sajs.co.za

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Feb 5

And also see a collection of 100 papers on palaeoanthropology in Africa selected from Nature, Nature Ecology and Evolution, and Nature Communications..

Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social · Feb 5

www.nature.com/collections/...

The Taung child: Celebrating 100 years

We celebrate the centenary of Nature’s announcement of the discovery of the Taung child, Australopithecus africanus, a discovery that confirmed Africa as ...

www.nature.com

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Human Evolution Research Institute at University of Cape Town @heriuct.bsky.social · Jan 28

This February is the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of the #Taung Child skull.

Join the #palaeoanthropology community in #SouthAfrica to commemorate at this free online webinar.

Happening Friday 7 Feb at 15.00 SAST / 08.00 EST

Register here: bit.ly/4hyV28M

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Julia Aramendi @juliaramendi.bsky.social · Jan 20

📢Less than two weeks to the SAfA deadline!
Submit your abstract to our session on Digital Pathways (#56) and join us in Faro for an open discussion on the use of digital technologies to advance our understanding of the past.
@edwindejager.bsky.social

safa2025.icarehb.com/poster-and-o...

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