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The 10th World Archaeological Congress this month is made free for all the students on a virtual platform. Register and find out more: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/

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Just published: 2 new Erectus specimen fossils found , dredged from the sea bottom of Madura Strait, Java: MS1 and MS2, first submerged Sundaland hominid site. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Today #Leiden university lecture presents a new #Sundaland underwater #hominin site (Madura strait, Java, Indonesia): www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

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First palaeontology archaeological discovery of the submerged Sundaland, from the dredged sand used in the Madura Strait artificial island project (Java island, Indonesia), where archaeologists discovered fossils. Soon to be published. The location is near a Pleistocene submerged lake and river.

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This Friday (25/04, 14WIB) Anne-Marie Semah will talk about the Early Humans of Java at the UKSW university in Indonesia. Hybrid meet.google.com/dbs-sfhz-sqq

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Join us for the next @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology Seminar to learn about Neanderthal fire technology by Dr Carolina Mallol. Its online and free to all at 2pm on Tuesday the 6th of May. Register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

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Funny how actually genetically diverse chimps are compared to humans. All due to the Founder Effect and human bottlenecks going back to 800.000 years ago. (Hu et al, 2023)

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This new collection of Cambridge journal articles and book chapters on archaeology in Asia is free to access until 31 March 2025. In it, we highlight just a small sample of our academic journals, books and breadth of research related to Asian archaeology.. www.cambridge.org/core/browse-...

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Follow SEACAF for new and up-coming programs on academic freedom in Southeast Asia! www.facebook.com/615730750511...

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Over 100 early human fossils recovered from Willandra Lakes heritage site, Australia, will be reburied this coming week in a controversial decision contested by aboriginal leaders. A petition is put online to stop the burial and preserve them in a 'keeping place' : www.change.org/p/supporting...

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Ateneo de Manila researchers are pointing to the large evidence of Pleistocene sea navigation in Wallacea (Island SE Asia). For years archaeologists thought early migrations were only possible due to accidental island hopping during low sea levels. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #pleistocene #wallacea

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"results are consistent with other aspects of the H. floresiensis lower limb, such as long feet relative to the femur & a long forefoot relative to the hindfoot, that together suggest an australopith-like locomotor repertoire that included both obligate bipedalism & climbing." #paleoanthropology 🧪🏺

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A brand new volume from the Terra Australis series at ANU, on the West New Guinea (West Papua) human migrations and adaptations. Free to download: press.anu.edu.au/publications...

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Tomorrow Dr Rintaro Ono from the National Museum of Ethnology Japan will talk about the Western Wallacea human migration and adaptation. (09:00 WIB)

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In the aftermath of the controversial archaeological research on Gunung Padang and its infamous "pyramid" , tomorrow the Indonesian minister of culture will host a debate between two sides of the story. #gunungpadang

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Oliver Pryce from Paris CNRS will give a talk today on A Partial Prehistory of the Southwest Silk Road: Archaeometallurgical Networks Along the Sub-Himalayan Corridor: AKA The Origins of the Southeast Asian Bronze Age on the 10th February at 12:30 CET. www.heas.at/events/heas-...

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String-figures, a traditional practice across continents, which may have deep roots, and could be interpreted as an early form of mathematical thinking in human evolution. In Indonesia, Oceanian string figures are found in parts of Papua, such as Yapen. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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My highlights from the hominid fossils at the National Museum of Indonesia: a sea shell from Trinil (500,000 years old) with zigzag markings that appear to be a deliberate pattern made by Herectus. #homoerectus #hominid #java #sangiran

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Tanimbar Indonesia Repatriation A largely unnoticed human remains repatriation in Indonesia. 15 skulls collected during the Dutch colonial period and stored in Vrolik Museum. In November 2024, the skulls were returned to the Tanimbar community (Maluku province). #tanimbar #maluku #indonesia

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New Toalean secondary burial from Mallawa (Maros), Sulawesi from Liang Sumpang Karoro 1 cave. Previously in 2021 a female Toalean (7.5-7.3kyr calBP) was discovered with a genome linking her to Australo-Melanesians and Denisovan. doi.org/10.1016/j.ar...

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Fascinating excavation method, presented by #ShannonMcPherron ,taking an entire stratigraphic block, encased in plaster and aluminium, for lab analysis. Research on the use of fire by Neanderthals. #HEAS #MaxPlanckInstitute #Neanderthal

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Max Planck Institute Conference starting in one hour: can still register here www.gea.mpg.de/104309/confe... #humanorigins

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#BCThubs International Conference in Underwater Cultural Heritage #UCH Dec 4-6 Hybrid bcthubs.eu/conference/

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#Geo-Mythology talk! #ArchaeoLore, a multidisciplinary international research group monthly webinars. Next is 03.12.2024. Loredana Lancini – 'The big Giant is watching you: studying natural phenomena and landscape through oral tradition and mythology' docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The next @icarehb.bsky.social LEXA Seminar is on Tuesday the 3rd of Dec at 2pm. Join us to learn about experimental approaches to geoarchaeology by Dr Susan Mentzer and Prof Christopher Miller. It's online and free to join Register here www.icarehb.com/lexa/.

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