mattotcha, 1 month ago to Archaeology

Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/renovation-relic-man-finds-hominin-jawbone-in-parents-travertine-kitchen-tile/ #archaeology #paleoanthropology #hominin #fossil #travertine #InteriorDesign

mattotcha, 3 months ago to Archaeology

Redefining Human History: Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China
https://scitechdaily.com/redefining-human-history-scientists-uncover-advanced-1-1-million-year-old-tools-in-china/ #archaeology #china #hominin #EarlyPleistocene #ToolMaking #cores

RadicalAnthro, 7 months ago to random

Next Tuesday Nov 21, 6:30pm London time (GMT) we have our special autumn talk from Prof #ChrisStringer

'Human Evolution: some recent discoveries and their implications'

Chris is one of the world's leading experts on #hominin fossils and the author of the Recent #African Origin theory of modern humans.

He's speaking LIVE @UCLAnthropology
And on ZOOM

Register on Eventbrite to receive Zoom links (sent Mon/Tues)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-anthropology-talks-tickets-707087105567

#humanevolution #Homosapiens #palaeontology #genomics

Image is of the face of the Dali cranium from China, with raised curvy browridges.

Nonog, 7 months ago to dating

Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life
Dating of a child’s fossilized jaw and teeth suggest our relatives lived at altitude earlier than once thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/ homoerectus #altitude #hominin #dating #teeth #ethiopia #highlands

Nonog, 8 months ago to random

New path for early human migrations through a once-lush Arabia contradicts a single ‘out of Africa’ origin
In a study published today in Science Advances, we find the now inhospitable and hyper-arid zone of the southern Jordan Rift Valley was frequently lush and well-watered in the past.
https://theconversation.com/new-path-for-early-human-migrations-through-a-once-lush-arabia-contradicts-a-single-out-of-africa-origin-214719 #GreenAfrica #human #migration #OutOfAfrica #arabia #hominin

alexanderhay, 10 months ago to Anthropology

Cool #Postdoc #Job in #Palaeoproteomics at the #UniversityOfCopenhagen!

"You will join our research group... aimed at developing new analytical approaches to unravel the #Phyloproteomic relationships between... #Pleistocene #Hominin populations, including... our own species."

The role is for two years. Monthly salary is 4,870 EUR. Deadline for applications: 15 August 2023, 23.59pm CET

#FediHire #Jobs #Vacancy #Anthropology #Genetics #Science #Denmark #Copenhagen

https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=159695

itnewsbot, 1 year ago to science

Homo naledi were burying their dead at least 100,000 years before humans - Enlarge / Exploration team members Megan Berger and Rick Hunter navigat... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1944345 #risingstarcavesystem #cradleofhumankind #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #anthropology #archaeology #homonaledi #science #hominin