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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 11d

#ESHE2025
Sarah Pederzani ‘ Tracing cold-climate adaptations in early Homo sapiens in Europe …Bacho Kiro, Bulgaria’
How did humans disperse to all climate zones?
🔥! mysterious bone sand 😳?
Exciting results from plant/animal LIPID BIOMARKERS- evidence of animal bone fat extraction !

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 12d

#ESHE2025
Giulia Gallo ‘ Estimating fire duration through bioapatite crystallite growth in Middle Palaeolithic contexts’
Bioapatite crystals: XRD/point of calcination.
Nice experiment!
Roc de Marsa (~90Ka) & Le Moustier (~55Ka): 10-20 hrs fire duration, at Le Moustier assoc w burning megafauna

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European Society for the Study of Human Evolution @eshesociety.bsky.social · 12d

Second day of #ESHE2025 meetings in Paris today! Our stream for members is again online. You can also find updates under our hashtag and at particularly active commenters here like @martamlahr.bsky.social ! /MW

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · 18d

Le Moustier 2025 field season is over! Super proud of our team and the ongoing research 🦴

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Palaeoanthropology CDF @palaeocdf.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢 The recording of the Integrating #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology "Ask Us Anything" forum held on 30 June 2025 is now available on YouTube: youtu.be/loAgeUuK08g?...

📄 We also created a summary document that can be downloaded on the IZAZ website: izaz2024.sciencesconf.org

IZAZ 'Ask Us Anything' Online Forum June 2025

YouTube video by Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology (IZAZ)

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TRACES labo d’archéologie @umr5608traces.bsky.social · Jun 30

Le 04/07 C. Dancette soutiendra sa thèse "Les néandertaliens face aux bouleversements climatiques du MIS 4 : entre choix cynégétiques et contraintes environnementales"

Rdv à 14h Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Maison de la recherche, salle D29

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Les néandertaliens face aux bouleversements climatiques du MIS 4 : entre choix cynégétiques et contraintes environnementales - TRACES : UMR 5608

traces.univ-tlse2.fr

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Palaeoanthropology CDF @palaeocdf.bsky.social · May 15

We are hosting a free online ‘Ask Us Anything’ event as part of the Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology workshop series. For more info and to submit questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📅 Date: June 30, 2025
🕒 Time: 15:00 CET
📍 Location: Online (link: univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/9775805212...)

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · May 2

chilling news, even if we knew it was coming.

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · May 2

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

www.nature.com

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TraceoLab @traceolab.bsky.social · Apr 8

We’re deeply concerned about the disappearance of our colleague Pierre Noiret. Please share and help us spread the word.
For more information please check: www.police.be/avis-de-rech...

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · Mar 13

In the is project we simulate the thermal exposure of bone under a high heat combustion feature (at -2,-6, and -10 cm) and describe the visual and spectroscopic alterations at different depths ! @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social @veraaldeias.bsky.social

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · Mar 13

So happy to share that our study on the thermal alteration of buried bone is available today! @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social @veraaldeias.bsky.social

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Revisiting the thermal alteration of buried bone

The impacts of heat exposure directly on bone material are widely acknowledged, yet a comprehensive understanding regarding the degree of thermal alte…

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · Feb 24

Congratulations Scott Williams and @codyprang.bsky.social et al. on new publication considering hominoid locomotor evolution with Miocene ape lumbar vertebrae! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A three-dimensional geometric morphometric study of Miocene ape lumbar vertebrae, with implications for hominoid locomotor evolution

Miocene apes represent snapshots in time of key transitions in hominoid evolution. While all extant apes are adapted to orthograde posture and suspens…

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Alessandra Livraghi @alelivraghi.bsky.social · Dec 29

PAPER ALERT! 🦣🏺🧪
Last study about #seasonality and #extent of #neanderthals occupation by means of #cementochronology and #dentalwearanalysis is out!
New data on #mousterian layers of #FumaneCave

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From teeth to seasons: Integrated analysis on ungulate game applied to two late Neanderthals’ contexts in the Italian Alps

Human-environment interactions and spatio-temporal organization of the activities are of prime importance to decipher Paleolithic way of life. To addr…

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Dec 29

Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes retractionwatch.com/2024/12/27/e...

Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes

All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with th…

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · Dec 6

We hope this paper can foster discussions on respectful and transparent ways to engage with animal materials- for standardization, reproducibility, and to best honor the non renewable resources in our projects which can only be sourced from living creatures. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Animal resources in experimental archaeology: A reflection on standards and ethics

Experimental, actualistic, and replicative studies are foundational for facilitating interpretations of faunal remains. However, these studies are oft…

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Giulia Gallo @giuliagallo.bsky.social · Dec 6

Today our paper is available - a reflection on ethics and standards when using animal materials in experimental archaeology!

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Animal resources in experimental archaeology: A reflection on standards and ethics

Experimental, actualistic, and replicative studies are foundational for facilitating interpretations of faunal remains. However, these studies are oft…

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Nov 21

Final discussion at #IZAZ2024 focusing on community integration in #ZooMS research. Critical conversations about making archaeological science more inclusive and accessible! @CollegedeFrance

Discussion session on Community Integration at IZAZ 2024. Two organizers, Giulia Gallo (in gray blazer) and Annelise Binois (in patterned blue shirt), sit at the panel desk with microphones.

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