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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · 20d

Paula’s postdoctoral fellowship within the #ERCStG ExOsTech project aims to establish more precisely whether the previously documented potential tools and new unpublished finds were indeed used as tools by Homo heidelbergensis and, if so, for what purpose.

Dr Paula Mateo-Lomba and Luc Doyon from the ERC Starting Grant ExOsTech project assessing bone tools found at Schöningen, Germany, with confocal microscopy. The MahrSurf CM mobile used in this project presents key advantages including its transportability and the ability to record surface micro topography at a very high resolution.

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · 20d

For the last weeks, @paulovaml.bsky.social and I were at the Paläon Museum to study the bone tools from Schöningen. This fantastic collection is crucial for the #ERCStG ExOsTech to understand the origin of bone tools in Europe. @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social

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CSIC @csic.es · Mar 12

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Atapuerca reescribe la historia del primer poblamiento europeo

🦴Un estudio del @iphes-cerca.bsky.social, en el que participan dos institutos del #CSIC, atribuye un fragmento facial hallado en #Atapuerca a la especie ‘Homo affinis erectus’

👉http://tiny.cc/vg2d001

🎥 Antonio Rodríguez (#IAM_CSIC)👇

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Mar 7

The end of a fruitful week in Halle (Saale, Germany) with colleagues from the Landesmuseum, studying ornaments for my THREADS project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social and bone tools with L. Doyon for his ERC ExOsTech research. Exciting insights @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Mar 5

Ancient humans were systematically producing bone tools as early as 1.5 million years ago, according to a study in Nature. Bone tools discovered in Tanzania pre-date previous evidence of systematic bone tool production by more than a million years. https://go.nature.com/3XpB20D 🏺 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows tools made on long bone diaphysis of very large mammals.

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Fundacion Atapuerca @fatapuerca.bsky.social · Mar 5

Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

congrats!!

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · Mar 5

#PressRelease🗞️ Twenty-seven standardised bone tools dating back more than 1.5 million years were recently discovered in Tanzania. This discovery challenges our understanding of early hominin technological evolution.

👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/sta...

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · Feb 18

Registrations "Digital Archaeology" Summer School! June 30 – July 5, 2025 @univbordeaux.bsky.social
hands-on introduction to Photogrammetry 3D modeling Geometric morphometrics Surface roughness quantification Epigraphic data & AI tools. limited seats—don’t miss this opportunity! shorturl.at/vjwM7

Ecole d'été/Summer school

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Mar 5

During the transition between the Oldowan and Acheulean, systematic bone selection, modification and use at Oldupai indicate planning depth and knowledge transfer among early hominins. #ERC_AdG BICAEHFID #ERC_StG ExOsTech

Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Mar 5

The discovery of a 1.5 million year old bone tool assemblage suggests that this technology was neither rare, nor episodic nor expedient.

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Mar 5

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fresh out of the oven… New discovery from the Olduvai Gorge Archaeology Project led by I. de la Torre and J. Njau in collaboration with Maasai people and local collaborators in Tanzania. @csic.es @pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago - Nature

Bone tools shaped by knapping found within Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania precede any other evidence of systematic bone tool production by more than 1 million years.

www.nature.com

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Mar 4

Photo credit @marcel-weiss.bsky.social

Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Mar 4

This week, we are in Halle (Saale) at the @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social to study bone tools and ornaments with Jörg, Arev, @marcel-weiss.bsky.social, @solangerigaud.bsky.social, @cedric-beauval.bsky.social… #ERC_StG ExOsTech @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Feb 26

#ERC_StG

Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Feb 26

@pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Feb 26

This week, we are in Brussels at the IRSNB to collect data for Kelly-Ann Desjardins’ master thesis. She compares retouchers on human and animal bones to establish whether the human ones were used in a symbolic way! ERC StG ExOsTech @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social @cedric-beauval.bsky.social

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · Feb 6

Notre chère collègue à la une !

Université de Bordeaux @univbordeaux.bsky.social · Feb 5

Dominique Armand est archéozoologue, spécialiste reconnue des ours, et gestionnaire de collections. Elle a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie professionnelle à l’université de Bordeaux : retour sur une carrière foisonnante !
www.u-bordeaux.fr/un... @pacea.bsky.social

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · Feb 14

Excited for today's 'Surface' team meeting! Discussion on our work on high-res methods for studying modifications on bone/stone artifacts. Plus, we welcome our new postdoc, P. Mateo Lomba (ERC ExOsTech @lucdoyon.bsky.social ) to the team! @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Jan 9

Nice interview @hrougier.bsky.social !!!

Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jan 8

CSUN Prof’s Research Offers Glimpse of Life for Early Europeans More Than 40,000 Years Ago scvnews.com/csun-profs-r...

CSUN Prof’s Research Offers Glimpse of Life for Early Europeans More Than 40,000 Years Ago

Carefully sorting through the detritus — mostly animal bones — of an archaeological excavation that took place in Germany in the 1930s, California State University, Northridge anthropologist Hélène Ro...

scvnews.com

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Jan 9

Oh how much I like that reply…

elDiario.es @eldiario.es · Jan 8

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Dec 10

With some recommended guidelines to further improve this field of research while ensuring its replicability… go explore the GitHub where all the code and data are shared github.com/LACourtenay/...

GitHub - LACourtenay/Reevaluating_Computer_Vision_Taphonomic_Equifinality

Contribute to LACourtenay/Reevaluating_Computer_Vision_Taphonomic_Equifinality development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Dec 10

Fresh out of the oven… a critical evaluation of DLCV methods to infer the agents responsible for bone surface modifications with Courtenay, Vanderesse, Souron and myself. @pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social #ERCStG ExOsTech journal.caa-international.org/articles/10....

Deep Learning-Based Computer Vision Is Not Yet the Answer to Taphonomic Equifinality in Bone Surface Modifications | Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology

The Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology (JCAA) is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal, featuring papers in all the disciplines related to digital archaeology, including but no...

journal.caa-international.org

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Dec 4

Looking for a postdoc in use-wear analysis of Pleistocene expedient osseous tools? Check out this offer from the #ERCStG ExOsTech project at #universitébordeaux euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/296676

Post-doctoral researcher on Western European Expedient Osseous Technology

The Unité Mixte de Recherche 5199 PACEA of the CNRS, Univ.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social · Nov 17

Can you sign me up please?

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