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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · 11d

This week we attended #ESHE2025 in Paris 🇨🇵, where we presented results from the Modder and Riet rivers, Baden-Baden 2, and Florisbad. Great to see colleagues and learn about their research!

@archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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

#ESEHE2025
Mailys Richard ‘A revised chronology for the Middle Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of Florisbad, South Africa’
Prev fossil hom (eSapiens): OSL & ESR- 279-228 ka
NEW OSL, TT-OSL & pIRIR290: range of dates – most likely MIS6
But only if prov of cran in Unit M

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's crunch time for our PhD student Inèz 😅 #academia #WomenInStem #PhDlife

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jul 29

Check out a new article by project member Dr @benoitlonget.bsky.social about the MSA lithic assemblage of Rhafas Cave, Morocco, which is part of his PhD research 👇

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Lithic analysis of the north African Middle Stone age from the Rhafas cave sequence

Rhafas Cave provides one of the rare dated sequences from MIS 5 in northern Morocco, showcasing a wide variety of lithic industries. Initially discove…

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jul 25

This week we attended #SAfA2025 in Faro 🇵🇹 to present results from Baden-Baden 2 and the Modder River. It was great to meet colleagues who conduct exciting research in Africa!

See you at ESHE in Paris!

@erc.europa.eu @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jul 17

We will present in sessions 26 (Wednesday 23) and 17 (Friday 25). See you there!

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · Jul 7

New paper from our project 📢
Inèz Faul et al. "Dune, outcrop, and pan sediments from the southern Kalahari Basin: A geoarchaeological case study from the Kgalagadi district, Botswana" in Southern African Field Archaeology. #openaccess #Geoarchaeology 🦣🇧🇼
Link 👇
doi.org/10.36615/saf...

Southern African Field Archaeology

Research from the southern Kalahari Basin (previously considered to be of limited Pleistocene archaeological significance) has provided evidence of human occupation. Surveys and excavations conducted ...

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jul 13

Many thanks to our colleagues at the National Museum Bloemfontein, in particular Dr Will Archer, the University of the Free State, and to our funder the @erc.europa.eu 🙏

@archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jul 13

And it's a wrap! After 7 weeks of fieldwork filled with discoveries and new encounters, the team has returned to Bordeaux.

See you soon at SAfA 2025 in Portugal!

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jul 8

📣 Find out all about funding opportunities, grant budgets, competition schedules, and eligibility rules for ERC research funding in the coming year. The 2026 ERC Work Programme has been adopted!

👉 europa.eu/!qhVTkt

New to the ERC? Watch our webinar Thursday 10th July @ 15:00 CEST europa.eu/!3rGdWB

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jul 4

While part of the team works at the Riet River, Dr Benoit Longet conducts the survey of the Vet River to find new archaeological sites. 🔍

@archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jun 30

Sample collection continues on the Riet River terraces! ⛏️

@archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jun 19

This week the team started the collection of samples to establish the chronology of the Riet River terraces.
@archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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Emanuele Cancellieri @emanucanc.bsky.social · Jun 8

Proudly introduce BREATHE, a project investigating late Quaternary human behavior in the Sahara. Funded by #HorizonEurope - ERA Postdoctoral Fellowships, BREATHE is based at the University of Algarve’s fabulous #ICArEHB and partnered with #Sapienza University of Rome.

BREATHE

BREATHE aims to contribute a new understanding of cultural and behavioral traits of North African early modern humans through the archaeological record of the central and northern Sahara The project'...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jun 2

Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC?

From the next application rounds, expect changes to the:

• proposal structure
• evaluation process
• extra funding you can request
• eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027)

More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv

Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes

With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · Jun 6

This week the team started excavations at a new Acheulean/Fauresmith locality in the Free State together with Dr Darya Presnyakova and Dr Will Archer

@archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · May 30

📢New publication on the archaeological survey of the Modder River dongas led by Dr Felipe Cuartero, published in Southern African Field Archaeology. Available in open access👇

doi.org/10.36615/saf...

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Southern African Field Archaeology

The semi-arid grasslands of the Free State Province of South Africa have produced the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens in the subcontinent, together with an extensive Pleistocene pala...

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · May 27

Only 5 weeks to go until we welcome our team and collaborators to Kiel @uni-kiel.de for our project workshop! Part of the workshop will be a public talk "A perspective on human evolution from the southern Kalahari" by @isotopesrule.bsky.social that can be followed online (see poster for details).

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PEOPLE_ERC_StG @people-erc-stg.bsky.social · May 29

The team is back at Florisbad for the 2025 season! @archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy

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Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · Apr 26

It's finally published! My first #biomarker paper combining sediment n-alkane isotopes closely with cultural changes at #WonderwerkCave 🇿🇦 Fantastic work with @ogratsara.bsky.social from @icarehb.bsky.social as well as co-authors from @uni-kiel.de, @uoft.bsky.social & more. Link: rdcu.be/ejq7j

A holocene n-alkane stable isotope record from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa and its implications for the later stone age record

Scientific Reports - A holocene n-alkane stable isotope record from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa and its implications for the later stone age record

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Radical Anthropology @radicalanthro.bsky.social · Apr 18

This site has the oldest haematite pigment in the world, from Fauresmith levels probably half a million years old.

Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Apr 18

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Charcoal insights on the vegetation, climate and subsistence patterns at Wonderwerk Cave

Wonderwerk Cave is one of the most important archaeological sites in central southern Africa as it preserves multiple indicators of past environments,…

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Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · Apr 15

Poster collected and it looks great! All ready for the #HugoObermaier meeting next week at @icarehb.bsky.social 🇵🇹. I am excited to present the first biomarker record at a hominin fossil site in #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦, great collaborative work with the @people-erc-stg.bsky.social team.

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