João Cascalheira
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Interested in Paleolithic adaptations | Director @ICArEHB @UAlg | PI of @Finisterra_ERC | Blogging at https://world.hey.com/jmcascalheira | Views are my own
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ICArEHB
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· Jul 28
Frontiers | Late Neanderthal subsistence and foraging mobility at Lapa do Picareiro: a zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of Level JJ
Recent revisions of Neanderthal behavioral models call into question the notion of inflexible subsistence strategies. Here, we present new zooarchaeological ...
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ICArEHB
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· Jul 29
Experimental Protocol for Cooking Rabbits and its Archaeological Implications - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Small prey such as rabbits are present in Middle Paleolithic and are abundant in the diet of Upper Paleolithic human groups in southwestern Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula. Several archaeo...
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ICArEHB
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· Jul 29
The dichotomy of human decision-making: An experimental assessment of stone tool efficiency
The physical properties of distinct raw materials, such as hardness, homogeneity, and grain size, have been recurrently suggested as some of the key reasons for human decision-making, namely the selec...
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ICArEHB
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· Jul 31
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ICArEHB
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· Aug 11
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Tomos Proffitt
@tomosproffitt.bsky.social
· Jun 18
INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
International tender to recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral initial level researcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Palaeolithic Archaeology or related areas, under the research project “ERC ...
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ICArEHB
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· Jun 24
Quantifying Levallois: a 3D geometric morphometric approach to Nubian technology - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Levallois technology, a hallmark of Middle Palaeolithic stone tool manufacture, involves sophisticated core reduction strategies that have major implications for understanding human cognitive and tech...
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Reposted by João Cascalheira
ICArEHB
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· Jun 26
Reliable long-term individual variation in wild chimpanzee technological efficiency - Nature Human Behaviour
Wild chimps in Bossou, Guinea, use stone tools to crack nuts. They show individual variation in how efficient they are, and some individuals are consistently more efficient than others.
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ICArEHB
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· Jul 1
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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ICArEHB
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· Apr 1
New Insights on an Old Excavation: Re-visiting the Late Middle Palaeolithic Site of Far’ah II, North-western Negev, Israel - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Revisiting collections from old excavations with new research objectives and analytical tools brings them to life and integrates them into evolving models of human-landscape interactions. This paper e...
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ICArEHB
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· Apr 8
Large scale and regional demographic responses to climatic changes in Europe during the Final Palaeolithic
The European Final Palaeolithic witnessed marked changes in almost all societal domains. Despite a rich body of evidence, our knowledge of human palaeodemographic processes and regional population dyn...
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