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Vera Aldeias is one of the most cited scientists worldwide
According to the most recent update of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists list”, published by Stanford University (California, USA), 18 scientists from the Universidade do Algarve are among the most cited worldwide. ICArEHB researcher Vera Aldeias is one of them. More info: https://www.ualg.pt/18-cientistas-da-ualg-encontram-se-entre-os-mais-citados-nivel-mundial-0
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Earliest Acheulian paleolandscape reveals a 1.7 million-year-old megasite at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
New Article by Domínguez-Rodrigo, M., Uribelarrea, D., Diez-Martín, F., A, M., Gidna, A., Cobo-Sánchez, L., Martín-Perea, D. M., Organista, E., Barba, R., & Baquedano, E., in Quaternary Science Reviews. FLK West (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge) contains the oldest association of Acheulian stone tools and exploitation of fauna (including megafauna) by hominins in the Pleistocene. Recently, the FLK West paleolandscape…
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Late Acheulean occupations at Montagu Cave and the pattern of Middle Pleistocene behavioral change in Western Cape, southern Africa
New Article by Archer, W., Presnyakova, D., Aldeias, V., Colarossi, D., Hutten, L., Lauer, T., Porraz, G., Rossouw, L., & Shaw, M., in Journal of Human Evolution. Patterns of so-called modern human behavior are increasingly well documented in an abundance of Middle Stone Age archaeological sites across southern Africa. Contextualized archives directly preceding the southern…
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Did Early Pleistocene hominins control hammer strike angles when making stone tools?
New Article by Li, L., Reeves, J. S., Lin, S. C., Braun, D. R., & McPherron, S. P. , in Journal of Human Evolution. In the study of Early Pleistocene stone artifacts, researchers have made considerable progress in reconstructing the technical decisions of hominins by examining various aspects of lithic technology, such as reduction sequences, hammer…
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Research project on dairy consumption in the prehistoric South of the Iberian Peninsula
Deciphering the diet and consumption of dairy products in Recent Prehistoric communities in the South of the Iberian Peninsula – A collaboration between ICArEHB, FCT and Perdigões – Archaeological Complex ICArEHB PhD Student Adriana Leite is featured in this article, where she introduces her research project focused on prehistoric dairy consumption in the southern region…
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Primate Archaeology
Article by Almeida-Warren, K., & Pascual-Garrido, A., in Reference Module in Social Sciences. Primate archaeology is a novel field that combines the use of archaeological methods with animal behavior approaches to study non-human primates and their technology. At the intersection of primatology and archaeology, this burgeoning field is providing a new comparative perspective to the study…
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Txina-Txina and the Later Stone Age of the Massingir Region, Mozambique
New Article by Bicho, N., Cascalheira, J., Haws, J., Gomes, A., & Raja, M., in Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa. The open-air site of Txina-Txina is located in western Mozambique, near the border of South Africa, in the Limpopo National Park, in the Gaza Province. The site lies at −23.894 S, 31.912 E on…
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Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago
New Article by Barham, L., Duller, G. A. T., Candy, I., Scott, C., Cartwright, C. R., Peterson, J. R., Kabukcu, C., Chapot, M. S., Melia, F., Rots, V., George, N., Taipale, N., Gethin, P., & Nkombwe, P. , in Nature. Wood artefacts rarely survive from the Early Stone Age since they require exceptional conditions for preservation;…
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The Complex Taxonomy of ‘Nubian’ in Context
New Article by Hallinan, E., & Marks, A. E. in Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. The meaning of the word ‘Nubian’ in Middle Palaeolithic archaeology has changed markedly since its first published use in 1965 in the context of the Nubian rescue campaign in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Initially referring to two types of prepared point…
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Primate archaeology 3.0
New Article by Pascual‐Garrido, A., Carvalho, S., & Almeida‐Warren, K. in American Journal of Biological Anthropology. The new field of primate archaeology investigates the technological behavior and material record of nonhuman primates, providing valuable comparative data on our understanding of human technological evolution. Yet, paralleling hominin archaeology, the field is largely biased toward the analysis of…