Category: News
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New study on the diet and mobility of Neolithic and Calcolithic faunas from Perdigões
A new study addressing the diet and mobility of domestic and wild fauna from the Neolithic-Chalcolithic at the Perdigões enclosure just came out in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. In this article the authors use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data to show that the animals subsisted on a selection of C3 terrestrial resources,…
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ICArEHB gets 500 thousand euros for two new projects on the Middle-Upper Paleolithic of Algarve and the Muge shellmiddens
In the context of the latest FCT call for R&D projects, ICArHEB has seen two applications funded, with an eligible investment of around 500 thousand euros. Both projects were funded within Algarve Operational Program. The project “Origins and Evolution of Human Cognition and the Impact of Coastal Ecology on the Iberian SW” will investigate the…
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Supraorbital morphology and social dynamics in human evolution – new paper out in NatureEcoEvo
A new article by Dr. Ricardo Godinho et al. has just been published in the prestigious journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. The article adds important data to the debate concerning the morphology of the browridge in Homo species, which, thus far, was thought to be significantly impacted by biting mechanics. Based on the virtual manipulation of…
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Hunter-gatherers and drastic climate change – new volume published in the Journal of Quaternary Science
Dr. João Cascalheira and Dr. Nuno Bicho are the editors of a new special issue of the Journal of Quaternary Science, entitled “The impact of drastic environmental changes in prehistoric hunter-gatherer adaptations”. The volume brings together 9 contributions addressing strategic changes in the organization of prehistoric hunter‐gatherers as a response to drastic climate and environmental…
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Lithic technology, use-wear and raw materials sourcing of Muge shellmiddens – new paper in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
A new paper by a group of ICArEHB researchers, headed by Dr. Eduardo Paixão, just came out in the Journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Using lithic materials from one of the largest Mesolithic shellmounds in Europe – Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge) – the paper addresses several aspects related to raw material sourcing, technological dynamics and…
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Arqueologia às 6 – podcast available [portuguese]
The podcast of the first talk of the 2018 edition of Arqueologia às 6 is now available [only in portuguese]. Our first guest was Dr. Cláudia Umbelino, professor of Anthropology at the University of Coimbra and ICArEHB associated researcher. Dr. Umbelino talk focused on several case studies from different chronologies, where the analysis of…
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Modern human masticatory system is more efficient at converting muscle forces
Dr. Ricardo Godinho, ICArEHB researcher, just published a new collaborative paper in Journal of Human Evolution on “The biting performance of Homo sapiens and Homo heidelbergensis”. The study compares crania of Homo heidelbergensis and H. sapiens with respect to mechanical advantages of masticatory muscles, force production efficiency, strains experienced by the cranium and modes…
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New paper out in Nature featuring ICArEHB researcher
A new study published in Nature, featuring ICArEHB’s researcher Dr. João Luís Cardoso, detected limited genetic affinity between Beaker-complex-associated individuals from Iberia and central Europe, and thus exclude migration as an important mechanism of spread between these two regions. The full version of this article can be found here.
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Dr. Alice Leplongeon talk on Cultural dynamics in Eastern Africa
On 19th March, Dr. Alice Leplongeon, Post-doctoral researcher at the french National Museum of Natural History is giving a talk on the Cultural dynamics in Eastern Africa during the Late Pleistocene. The talk will focus mostly on the sites of Goda Buticha (Ethiopia) and Enkapune Ya Muto (Kenya) where Dr. Leplongeon have been recently working.…
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New paper out in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Dr. Rita Dias, ICArEHB researcher, just published a new research paper in the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, entitled: “Mesolithic human occupation and seasonality: sclerochronology, δ18O isotope geochemistry, and diagenesis verification by Raman and LA-ICP-MS analysis of Argyrosomus regius (meagre) sagittae otoliths from layer 1 of Cabeço da Amoreira Mesolithic shell midden (Muge, Portugal)”. The…