A new study on obsidian procurement at the Early Neolithic site of Chogha Golan in western Iran has just been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The article is now available online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some lithics from Khudji site, Tajikistan, excavated by V. Ranov. A. Donish Institute of History, archaeology and ethnography, Dushanbe Very happy to conduct this comparative study with our site of Soii Havzak, Part of Gerda Henkel research grant :)

www.nature.com/articles/d41... "We can almost look through the eyes of the Aurignacian people and see how they viewed the environment around them,” says Amy Clark, a palaeolithic archaeologist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts."

40,000-year-old bird carvings provide clues to how ice age humans flourished

Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

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Más tecnología ósea neandertal: 62 herramientas en Abri Suard (Francia), incluyendo retocadores y percutores blandos. Middle Paleolithic Bone Technology at the Abri Suard Site (Charente, France)

Middle Paleolithic Bone Technology at the Abri Suard Site (Charente, France) - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology

Bone tools provide key insights into the technological behaviors of Palaeolithic human groups, as they exemplify the closely integrated relationship between subsistence practices and technological…

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The Romans were among the first societies to extensively exploit fish resources, salting and fermenting them in large-scale plants. Ancient DNA sheds light on the environmental impact still felt to this day. 🏺 A #FestivalOfArchaeology thread on #NatureAndArchaeology 1/12 🧵

The call for abstracts for the 15th ICAZ Conference in Vancouver 2027 are now open until the 25th of August! There are 32 great sessions to choose from. Head to the website for more details - sway.cloud.microsoft/BFTVh4FAbfX6... #ICAZ #Zooarch #Vancouver2027

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Our preprint on modelling MIS 5 waterscapes in North Africa, led by the wonderful Solene Boisard @soleneboisard.bsky.social 😊 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Reconstructing Prehistoric Waterscapes and Human Mobility during MIS 5 in North Africa

The spatial organization of early Homo sapiens populations in North Africa during Marine Isotope Stage 5 (MIS 5) remains a key question for understanding past demographic and cultural dynamics. Climat...

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🧪 Fashion is at the heart of economic, social, and environmental issues, several countries are seeking to regulate ultra-fast fashion practices. Yet when did the first fashions emerge? shorturl.at/veUgl with F. d'Errico @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social

The Origins of Fashion

This paper reconceptualizes fashion as a deep-time system of bodily communication rather than a byproduct of modern consumer societies. We define fashion as a socially transmitted system of bodily di....

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Our latest research with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation is now available!

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What can the latest fossil discoveries tell us about our origins — and why are we the only human species left? Discussion on some of the greatest mysteries of human evolution The Biggest Mysteries of Human Evolution🏺🧪 with Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmN5...

✨Our paper on the Uluzzian of Klissoura Cave, Greece, is now published online #openaccess ✨, one of the important studies of the @erc.europa.eu Advanced Project FIRSTSTEPS and a Greek-Italian collaboration! Congratulations to Giulia Marciani, @serena-lombardo.bsky.social and team! 🎉👏 rdcu.be/ftlpN

A new PNAS study reports an intentionally incised flint flake bearing a cross‑hatched geometric pattern from Üçağızlı II Cave (Hatay, Türkiye), dated to ~59–77 ka. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New evidence of sharp-force trauma in Qafzeh-25 A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its implications for violence, health and funerary practices🏺🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... The taphonomic study conducted here confirms Qafzeh-25 was deliberately buried h/t @qafzeh.bsky.social

Dating to a period in human evolution about which we have little evidence, Israel cave spared from construction reveals pre-Neanderthal camp life. Rare Prehistoric Cave Dating Back Some 300,000 Years Uncovered near Fureidis, South of Haifa🏺🧪 www.iaa.org.il/en/page_news...

Ancient DNA can be preserved on materials from archaeological floor deposits such as bones, sediments and artifacts. A study in Nature Communications investigates whether Palaeolithic wall art can preserve human DNA for study. go.nature.com/44uyl0J 🏺🧬🧪

Snapshots of Qadim Cave excavations, northern Negev. Epipaleolithic and PPNA occupations as well as Early Islamic layers!

Kudos to y Giuseppe Briatico for leading our paper about environment and climate during the early Pleistocene at Melka Wakena and Gadeb, as part of his 2-year stint as a Lady Davis Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

La compassion, depuis longtemps déjà... Il y a 27 500 ans, nos ancêtres du Paléolithique pleuraient aussi leurs morts. Retour sur le cas de cet adolescent de 15 ans sauvagement attaqué par un ours en Italie. theconversation.com/the-oldest-e...

The oldest evidence of mourning rituals reveals Palaeolithic communities grieved like we do

Prehistoric humans were emotionally and socially sophisticated in how they handled death, and the archaelogical evidence at Arene Candide proves it.

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The wonderful 'Archaeological Fish Resource' is back online and available to use again! The digital reference collection hosts more than 90 species of Mediterranean and North Atlantic freshwater and marine fishes. Follow the link to explore. fishbone.nottingham.ac.uk #ICAZ #Zooarch

We’re excited to announce that the first 2026 issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! A big thank you to everyone who made this issue possible. 📖 Read it here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... #PaleoAnthropology #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #OpenAccess

Enjoying being in Dushanbe to study the beautiful lithics from the Middle Paleolithic site of Soii Havzak, Tajikistan @hcelab.bsky.social @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de #CentralAsia #Paleolithic #lithics

📢🔬New #PaperAlert! on the cover of @ScienceAdvances : Emergence of clay personal ornaments in Southwest Asia A butterfly clay bead from #Natufian Eynan-Mallaha, colored red with ochre and marked with the fingerprints of the child (≈10 y/o) who modeled it 12,000 years ago doi.org/10.1126/scia...

New 3D method maps Paleolithic engravings at submillimeter resolution To be or not to be an engraving: Testing photogrammetry and DEM for identifying or disproving fine prehistoric engravings 🏺🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A couple news outlets have covered this preeclampsia claim, but I talked to experts who are not convinced. 🧪🏺

Research group claims preeclampsia doomed the Neanderthals, but experts say it's just a 'thought experiment'

Preeclampsia, a complication of pregnancy that involves high blood pressure, could have led to a decline in Neanderthals' fertility, a new study suggests.

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📢Deadline Extended📢 Final week of abstract submissions for EAA2026 and Session 178 - Cave Sediments as Archives of Human-Environment Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Geoarchaeology & Micro-contextual Research! We look forward to seeing you all in Athens!

Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access: Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale). doi.org/10.11588/pro...

The artwork that illustrated our PNAS paper on the oldest wooden tools was made by Gleiver Prieto, who has also worked with me on illustrations for previous projects, including the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Marathousa 1. Gleiver's art really brings Pleistocene Megalopolis to life ✨ 🤩

Usually, stones and bones get all the attention, but wood was part of the toolkit too, and the evidence is growing! 🪵 A new paper by @annemiekemilks.bsky.social et al. reports the earliest handheld wooden tools (~430 ka) from Marathousa 1 (Greece)! @harvatilab.bsky.social 🦣🧪🏺

📢Call for Contributions! 📢 If you work on the (micro-) geoarchaeology of cave sediments, using micromorphological, chemical, or biomolecular approaches, this session #178 is for you! There is still time to apply (deadline: 5th of February)!

@humendylab.bsky.social & #TransCause Project invite you to our symposium on Middle Pleistocene behavioral variability with special focus on Dalarik-1 Cave (Armenia)! 📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 💻Also online (via zoom)! See you all there!