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Diet in the Early Bronze Age: a buccal microwear analysis from the plain of Barcelona (Spain) - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences This study aims to characterize the dietary habits of the Barcelona plain (Spain) population during the Early Bronze Age. An analysis of buccal microwear has been performed on 467 samples from 20 indi...

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Gluitz et al. (2023) Diet in the Early Bronze Age: a buccal microwear analysis from the plain of Barcelona (Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15 (157). OA
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Some of the final images.

Traditional semi-automatic microwear analysis remains a valid method for paleodietary reconstruction. Details of SEM image acquisition (UAB) for the study of the Chalcolithic population La Gardunya (Barcelona).

#microwear #palaeodiet #paleodieta #bioarcaheology

Example raincloud plot comparing a highly reproducible variable (left: FEM_M2; physiological length of femur) with a variable that shows differences between observers (right: TIB_M8a; Anteroposterior diameter at the nutrient foramen of the tibia) (mm) |Exemple de graphique en nuage de pluie comparant une variable fortement reproductible (à gauche : FEM_M2 ; longueur physiologique du fémur) à une variable présentant des différences entre les observateurs (à droite : TIB_M8a ; diamètre antéropostérieur au niveau du foramen nourricier du tibia) (mm)

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In this case, the individual is a Hunter-Gatherer, but we have also documented similar features in Theropithecus gelada, for example.

#csic #paleodiet #confocal #hominin #paleodiet

We will need to reconsider what we define as taphonomic alterations in (buccal) microwear. This is not the first time we have observed such pronounced grooves in samples from living individuals.

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We continue the analysis of buccal surfaces in the search for good microwear patterns. Although today’s samples have not been particularly fruitful, we continue to persevere.

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💀African Hunter-Gatherer
🚩Barcelona

#microwear #paleodiet

Fa uns dies que vàrem acabar el curs 'Què ens diuen els ossos: introducció a l’antropologia forense' i ja estem preparant-ne una versió per aprofunidr-nos més en el món de l'antropologia forense.

#arqn #arqueonet #arqueologia #antropologia #forense #osteologia

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The dentognathic material of the Neanderthals from Chagyrskaya (Altai, Russia): Morphology and paleobiology Located in the northernmost part of Central Asia, the western foothills of the Altai Mountains (Western Siberia) represent to date the easternmost kno…

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La Laura Martínez estudia la paleodieta dels hominins del Plio-Pleistocè a l’Àfrica. 🌍

Com podem saber què menjaven fa milions d’anys? Les dents en guarden la pista. 🦷✨

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poster with photos from Roca dels Bous, a Neanderthal site in Spain, indicating that 2026 excavations will run from 1st to 20th August

Keen on excavating some Neanderthal sites in Spain?
Well, today is your lucky day!
Call for participants at Roca dels Bous site just opened. Excavations on this unique Neanderthal site will run 1-20th August (both inclusive). For further information and details, contact me!

Homininos en Europa hace dos millones de años Al mismo tiempo que los Homo erectus comienzan a desarrollarse en África, con los ejemplares más antiguos conocidos datados en 2 Ma (millones de años), otros homininos realizaban marcas de corte en…

Homininos en Europa hace ¡dos millones de años!

Is the human chin a spandrel? Insights from an evolutionary analysis of ape craniomandibular form Humans are unique among primates in possessing a chin, yet it is currently unclear whether the form of the symphyseal region of the mandible where the chin is located is the product of direct selectio...

New paper by PI Dr. Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel and former BHEML postdoc Dr. Lauren Schroeder! The human chin is a unique; investigating why and how it formed helps us to better understand ourselves and our lineage!

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Seguim! Avui estimació del sexe i l'edat pel postcranial, alguns casos "curiosos", com els Amants de Hansalu o de Mòdena, així com el cas arqueoforense de Ricard III d'Anglaterra.

#forense #antropologia #bioarqueologia

El procés de borsa de professorat associat/sustitut de la @ub.edu no podria ser més amigable: a part del fet de rebre une email en què tens una setmana i escaig, el document amb les acreditacions sols pot pesar 2Mb. Impossible i molts mèrits hauran de quedar sense acreditar.

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🧵 Nova campanya arqueològica a les illes Mariannes!
La Dra. Natàlia Moragas Segura ( #ERAAUB ) participa com a codirectora de les excavacions al jaciment de Palasyo, un edifici clau de l’administració colonial espanyola.
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This is figure 2, which shows MLP-3000-1 partial left mandible.

A paper in Nature reports the discovery of fossilized remains of an extinct hominin called Paranthropus in north-eastern Ethiopia, dating to about 2.6 million years ago, which expands the number of hominin species known to have been in the region at that time. go.nature.com/4r37ceu 🏺 🧪

#FossilFriday Ever-growing teeth don't always mean a grass diet! New microwear analysis reveals pachyrukhines, curious rodent-like fossil mammals, were primarily fruit & seed eaters 🍴, overturning traditional assumptions. 10.0.3.248/j.palaeo.202...
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A very good buccal microtexture pattern from a hunter-gatherer.

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🚩 Barcelona

#microwear #microtexture #paleodiet
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🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':

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(PDF) 3D analysis of dental morphological variability in Papionini primates from the Plio-Pleistocene of Eastern and Southern Africa PDF | The Papionini lineage diverged from the rest of cercopithecoidea species approximately at 11.5 Ma during the Miocene.Papionini primates were... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...

🗞️Poster abstract

3D analysis of dental morphological variability in Papionini primates from the Plio-Pleistocene of Eastern and Southern Africa.

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🚩 ESHE Congress, Paris

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#paleobaboon #papionini #baboon

We've made our 3D scans of these Drimolen postcranial specimens available in the online archive at The Human Fossil Record. Hopefully access to these fossils contributes well to other studies of early hominin postcranial anatomy & variation. Meanwhile, fieldwork & analysis at Drimolen continue. 9/

Avui toca dentició i anàlisi d'un cas forense real!

Microtexture pattern of an African HG

💀African Hunter-gatherer
🔬Sensofar PluNeox

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🚩Barcelona

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Collecting dental moulds for microwear analysis from a Chalcolithic site.

#microwear #microtexture #calcolithic #catalunya #arqueologia #paleodiet #iaub

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