A5060957276- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Geological formations and processes
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Radiation Effects and Dosimetry
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Marine animal studies overview
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
- Radioactive contamination and transfer
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
National Research Center on Human Evolution
2016-2025
Griffith University
2015-2024
La Trobe University
2023-2024
Institut de Paléontologie Humaine
2009-2023
Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique
2009-2022
Sharma Centre for Heritage Education India
2022
Universidade de Vigo
2019
Australian National University
2011-2016
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2009-2013
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2009
To date, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa are dated to around 90,000 120,000 years ago at Levantine sites Skhul and Qafzeh. A maxilla associated dentition recently discovered Misliya Cave, Israel, was 177,000 194,000 ago, suggesting that members Homo sapiens clade left earlier than previously thought. This finding changes our view on dispersal is consistent with recent genetic studies, which have posited possibility an 220,000 ago. The full-fledged Levallois...
New ages for flowstone, sediments and fossil bones from the Dinaledi Chamber are presented. We combined optically stimulated luminescence dating of with U-Th palaeomagnetic analyses flowstones to establish that all containing Homo naledi fossils can be allocated a single stratigraphic entity (sub-unit 3b), interpreted deposited between 236 ka 414 ka. This result has been confirmed independently by three H. teeth U-series electron spin resonance (US-ESR) dating. Two scenarios were tested...
East Africa has provided the earliest known evidence for Oldowan stone artifacts and hominin-induced tool cutmarks dated to ~2.6 million years (Ma) ago. The ~1.8-million-year-old from Ain Hanech (Algeria) were considered represent oldest archaeological materials in North Africa. Here we report older cutmarked bones excavated two nearby deposits at Boucherit estimated ~1.9 Ma ago, ~2.4 Hence, shows that ancestral hominins inhabited Mediterranean fringe northern much earlier than previously...
Here we report the discovery of a new late Lower Pleistocene site named Vallparadís (Barcelona, Spain) that produced rich archeological and paleontological sequence dated from upper boundary Jaramillo subchron to early Middle Pleistocene. This deposit contained main layer with numerous artifacts macromammalian assemblage, some which bore cut marks, could indicate hominins had access carcasses. Paleomagnetic analysis, electron spin resonance-uranium series (ESR-US), biostratigraphic...
The combined U-series/electron spin resonance (ESR) dating method was applied to nine teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites located in the Orce area (Guadix-Baza Basin, Southern Spain): Fuente Nueva-3 (FN-3) and Barranco León (BL). combination of biostratigraphy magnetostratigraphy places both between Olduvai Jaramillo subchrons (1.78–1.07 Ma). Our results highlight difficulty such old point out limits U-series/ESR based on US model. We identified several sources...
We describe a European Acheulean site characterised by an extensive accumulation of large cutting tools (LCT). This type Lower Paleolithic assemblage, with dense LCT accumulations, has only been found on the African continent and in Near East until now. The identification accumulations LCTs favours hypothesis origin for Southwest Europe. lithic tool-bearing deposits date back to 293-205 thousand years ago. Our chronological findings confirm temporal overlap between sites clear "African"...
Abstract Pleistocene hominin dispersals out of, and back into, Africa necessarily involved traversing the diverse often challenging environments of Southwest Asia 1–4 . Archaeological palaeontological records from Levantine woodland zone document major biological cultural shifts, such as alternating occupations by Homo sapiens Neanderthals. However, Late Quaternary cultural, environmental vast arid that constitutes most remain scarce, limiting regional-scale insights into changes in...
Abstract The largest ever primate and one of the southeast Asian megafauna, Gigantopithecus blacki 1 , persisted in China from about 2.0 million years until late middle Pleistocene when it became extinct 2–4 . Its demise is enigmatic considering that was few great apes to go last 2.6 years, whereas others, including orangutan, survived present 5 cause disappearance G. remains unresolved but could shed light on resilience fate megafauna this region 6 Here we applied three multidisciplinary...
The present study reports the results of first direct Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating Homo antecessor , oldest known hominin species identified in Western Europe. analysis a tooth (ATD6-92) from TD6 unit Atapuerca Gran Dolina (Spain) following "semi non-destructive" procedure provides final age estimate ranging 624 to 949 ka, which covers all possible uranium uptake scenarios. Last, additional magnetostratigraphic data collected within enables further constrain initial ESR chronology...