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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · 6d

For more on this site and others in central Tanzania, check out our recent paper in African Archaeological Review 🏺

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SAPIENS Magazine @sapiens.org · 15d

From the archive. An evolutionary anthropologist argues that Paleolithic diets were much more varied than people think based on his research with the Hadza community, contemporary hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/pale...

Hunting Down the Facts About Paleo Diets

An evolutionary anthropologist argues that Paleolithic diets were more varied than people think based on research with the Hadza of Tanzania.

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · 22d

Fouilles archéologiques à l'abri sous roche d'Itramuka, mission de terrain 2025 à Singida
-Archaeological excavations at the Itramuka rock shelter, Singida field mission 2025

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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · 23d

The SHARP project has been quite active this summer, uncovering what appears to be ESA artifacts in central Tanzania. 🏺

Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Singida2025 research expedition into on human origins continues to discover more early Stone Age sites today
-L'expédition de recherche Singida2025 sur les origines de l'homme continue de découvrir d'autres sites de l'âge de pierre

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Singida2025 research expedition into on human origins continues to discover more early Stone Age sites today
-L'expédition de recherche Singida2025 sur les origines de l'homme continue de découvrir d'autres sites de l'âge de pierre

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Aug 20

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Nouvelle publication : La conservation communautaire du patrimoine est compacte dans la région de Singida
-New publication: Community heritage conservation is compact in the Singida region

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Singida region continues to make new discoveries every year, with fossil bones and tools dating back to the beginning of the Stone Age being found today... other new sites on the human origins of the Tanzanian Pleistocene are still to come....

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Aug 15

La région de Singida continue de faire de nouvelles découvertes chaque année, avec des ossements fossiles et des outils datant du début de l'âge de pierre trouvés aujourd'hui... d'autres nouveaux sites sur les origines humaines du Pléistocène tanzanien sont encore à venir....

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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · Aug 9

Late Pleistocene vegetation succession, climate change and hominin adaptation in Sandinggai site, central South China 🏺

Late Pleistocene vegetation succession, climate change and hominin adaptation in Sandinggai site, central South China - Journal of Geographical Sciences

The paleoenvironmental changes and adaptation strategies of hominins during the Late Pleistocene are crucial for understanding the evolution, dispersal, and behavioral shifts of early modern humans. D...

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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · Aug 9

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site 🏺

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site - Journal of Geographical Sciences

Situated in the semi-arid regions of North China, the Nihewan Basin documents the fluvio-lacustrine sequence and Pleistocene archaeological sites, offering an excellent opportunity to investigate huma...

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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · Aug 11

Don’t insult Australopithecines like that

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Aug 11

Anthropology

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Aug 13

Expéditions géophysiques et géochronologiques en cours dans la région de Singida, 2025
-Geophysical and geochronological expeditions underway in the Singida region

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Climate group @CEREGE, France @climatecerege.bsky.social · Jul 24

Have you heard of our @exoceanlab.bsky.social lab? It's a new facility for experimental oceanography -- We culture, measure, and dissolve carbonates there. Register to the account to get fresh updates from what we are doing there!

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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · Jul 24

I didn’t know Wenner Gren lost their funding from the Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation, in addition to the major cuts and restrictions to the Fulbright program, National Science Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities

Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is really sad news. Sapiens was a fantastic medium to share, promote and diversify anthropology and the platform where many people (like me) learnt and developed skills in science communication. Times are tough, but Sapiens’ niche is now left empty ☹️ wennergren.org/article/sapi...

SAPIENS to Cease Publication

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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thrilled to return to Tanzania's Usambara Mountains in 2026! With support from the NSF International Research Experiences for Students program, we're launching the next phase of U·M·A·P·P, the Ecological Resilience of Afromontane Forests project. Check out more on the project below 👇

U·M·A·P·P

Usambara Mountains Archaeology and Palaeoecology Project

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Massive congratulations!!!!

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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · Jul 13

How do you look back at a science a hundred years ago and grapple with the frauds and failures promoted above their grade, and the myopia of legendary researchers who criticized enduring discoveries while promoting eugenics. Well, that’s history isn’t it?

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Human origins science in 1925: the good, the bad, and the fake

As I look back at a sometimes-confusing picture of a science in its early days, I see some connections with today's landscape.

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Jul 8

Échantillonnage géoarchéologique sur le site de l'âge de pierre d'Isanga aujourd'hui, datation Be-10 des roches et échantillonnage des sédiments
-Geoarchaeological sampling at Isanga Stone Age site today, Be-10 dating rocks and sediments sampling

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Mak Itambu @makariusitambu.bsky.social · Jul 5

Études géoarchéologiques sur les sites de l'âge de pierre d'Isanga, région de Singida - Tanzanie

Geoarchaeological studies on the Stone Age sites of Isanga, Singida region - Tanzania

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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · Apr 26

Happy to share our paper on new archaeological discoveries in Singida Region of central Tanzania!

Led by @makariusitambu.bsky.social, we found 31 new sites with lithics, ceramics, metallurgical remains, as well as human and other animal bones.

It is Open Access so please share and enjoy!

Renewed Archaeological Research in Singida Region, Central Tanzania - African Archaeological Review

Archaeological research in central Tanzania, chiefly in the Singida Region, has only been sporadically conducted, with the focus of such investigations being mostly on rock art and Later Stone Age (LS...

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Eslem Ben Arous (She/Her) @eslembenarous.bsky.social · Feb 26

So HAPPY to see our new Nature paper out !!! Check it out !!!

Eleanor Scerri @elliescerri.bsky.social · Feb 26

In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species.

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

Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago - Nature

The identification of tools dated to the time of Homo sapiens associated with microfloral evidence of wet tropical forests indicates that West African forests were occupied by humans much earlier...

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