Today we celebrate the exceptional richness of our continent for African World Heritage Day! 🌍✨
Deg Zed
@degzed.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Phd student @ICArEHB and working in the National museum of Ethiopia. Interested in plant domestication in Ethiopia through plant genetics.
Check out our new publication on the challenges faced by African scholars, especially early-career researchers. *Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's Journey in Africa* Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa collaboration #EX NOVO Journal archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/…
Archaeopress Journals
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Just a few days left! 😃 The call for papers and posters closes on October 26th 📆 We’re excited to receive your contributions for Session 13: “If I Had a Hammer, I’d 3D-Scan It: Computational Approaches for the Analysis of Tool Artifacts.”
Our latest review explores the role of machine learning in use-wear analysis, highlighting its potential and providing recommendations for key challenges and limitations. journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.... @icarehb.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
Machine Learning Applications in Use-Wear Analysis: A Critical Review | Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology
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New from my PhD research: "The Genomics of T’ef and Finger Millet Domestication and Spread" now out in the Royal Society B. royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/AI2GM...
The genomics of t’ef and finger millet domestication and spread | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Northern Highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea (NHE) were a centre for food production in Africa, hosting one of the earliest agriculture-based complex societies on the continent. The NHE’s geographical connections with the Arabian Peninsula, and Nilotic ...
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Did climate or social dynamics shape early farming & state formation in Ethiopia’s amazing Pre-Aksumite & Aksumite cultures? Our review in African Archaeological Review explores this. Hope it’s helpful!#Icarehb link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Role of Environmental Changes in the Development of the Agricultural Economy During Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite Cultures - African Archaeological Review
The northern highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea (NHE) hosted the earliest agricultural and urban societies in sub-Saharan Africa: the Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite cultures. However, the role of environmen...
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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago - Communications Earth & Environment
Homo erectus adapted to hyper-arid climatic conditions one million years ago through the strategic use of rivers and ponds, and this facilitated geographic expansion within and beyond Africa, as shown...
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Groundbreaking research on Homo erectus www.nature.com/articles/s43... #OldupaiGorge BED III: Using sedimentology, geochemistry, Ar/Ar dating, biome simulations, fire history, paleobotany, fauna, and lithics, we reveal how hominins navigated extreme environments in northern Tanzania 1 Ma
Our latest study in @NatureComms reveals that #HomoErectus wasn't confined to comfy forests & grasslands. 🌳 These hominins were surprisingly adaptable, thriving even in harsh, hyperarid environments! 🏜️ #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #Adaptation www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago - Communications Earth & Environment
Homo erectus adapted to hyper-arid climatic conditions one million years ago through the strategic use of rivers and ponds, and this facilitated geographic expansion within and beyond Africa, as shown...
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