In line with our article published yesterday about the "fat factories" of the Neanderthals, we would like to recommend this podcast to you. www.anthropology.net/p/a-hot-meal... #paleomonrepos #leizarchaeology #leiza #neanderthals #neumark-nord #archaeology #paleolithic #paleolithic #anthropology

New paper in #ScienceAdvances led by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social on #Neanderthal adaptation 125ka years ago at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Our study shows large-scale grease rendering thousands of years earlier than previously thought: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦣🧪🏺

#Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago. Groundbreaking discovery by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social and the LDA in Saxony reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals: idw-online.de/de/news854632 #archaeology #paleolithic #prehistory

Just out! Our first publication on the use-wear analysis of quartzite tools from the MSA sequence at Rhafas Cave, Morocco! @icarehb.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) will continue on May 28th, at 13.30. Marie Hélène Moncel (CNRS, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Paris) will talk about the earliest Acheulean in Western Europe. Zoom registration possible! #paleomonrepos #archaeology #palaeolithic #paleolithic

🔥New paper in ScienceAdvances about redating of the Schöningen spear horizon🔥 World’s oldest wooden hunting weapons 100,000 years younger than previously claimed. @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social Read now 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #paleomonrepos #palaeolithic #archaeology

Woher kommt der Applaus? Neue Folge von #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post, diesmal mit Olaf Jöris vom Monrepos - Archäologisches Forschungszentrum und Museum des @leizarchaeology.bsky.social. pod.fo/e/2d2930 #Archaeologie #Kultur #Kunst #LeibnizMuseen

A new paper has been published on the study of use wear on Palaeolithic stone tools, in which our @tracer-leiza.bsky.social y.social is involved. Read now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #paleomonrepos #leizarchaeology #paleolithic #palaeolithic #stonetools #traceology #usewearanalysis

Curious about early humans and how they evolved? Ep. 1 of "Wer wir sind und warum das nicht klappte..." explores #Neanderthals 125,000 years ago with Prof. Dr. Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/3DoL... @paleomonrepos.bsky.social #archaeology #podcast

Our next DiPA is on Wednesday, April 2nd at 10.30AM. Dr. Corey Johnson (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris) give a talk titled "Investigating evolutionary trends in blank cutting edge efficiency". Zoom registration is possible. #paleomonrepos #leiza #stonetools #palaeolithic #research

The discovery of the oldest known facial bones from a hominin from Western Europe, approximately 1.4–1.1 million years old, is reported in @nature.com. 🏺 #Archaeology

We are pleased to announce our upcoming lecture. On March 14th at 18.00h Dr Detlef Jantzen (Landesamt für Kultur- und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) will talk about the latest research on the oldest #battlefield in Europe in the #Tollense Valley. #paleomonrepos #bronzezeit #bronzeage #leiza

Next DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) on March 18th at 10.30h. Prof. Dr. Henny Piezonka (Freie Universität Berlin) will give a talk about „Learning from the experts: Ethnoarchaeological insights on multispecies lifeways and mobile settlement among North Asian hunter-reindeer herders”.

Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) continues on February 13th at 10.30h. Dr. Marcel Bradtmöller (University of Rostock) will give a #talk on the #Mesolithic in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Zoom registration is possible. #paleomonrepos #leiza #DiPA #Archaeology #research

The bone, antler and ivory artefacts from the #Magdalenian sites of Gönnersdorf and Andernach-Martinsberg (Germany) are being re-examined by use wear analysis. This provides new insights into manufacturing techniques, usage, repairs and reuse. #paleomonrepos #palaeolithic #archaeology #research

Excited to share our first message here! 📢 Announcing our 2nd Seminar on Seminar Traceology II: Introduction to Theory & Methods in Archaeological Research. Join us in the lab in April 🔬 Find more info here: seafile.rlp.net/f/3800b10cc4... @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social

Unser neues Museumsprogramm ist da! Von Februar bis einschließlich April beschäftigen wir uns schwerpunktmäßig mit dem Thema "Gewalt" und der Frage, ob wir Menschen wirklich von Natur aus aggressiv und gewalttätig sind. Hier einige Highlights. #paleomonrepos #leiza #museum #veranstaltungen #gewalt

Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) continues on January 28th at 10.30h and 13.30h with 2 speakers: Prof. Dr. Wulf Schiefenhövel (MPl for Biological Intelligence) and Dr. Marian Vanhaeren (CNRS, PACEA Lab) Zoom registration is possible. #paleomonrepos #leiza #DiPA #Archaeology #talk

We’re excited to be here on #Bluesky! 🎉 Follow us for the latest discoveries from 3 million years of human history. Explore what’s happening behind the scenes — and in front of them too! #LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology

Ethiopian Highlands study examines stone tool decision-making process in early human history phys.org/news/2025-01...

Welcome to your past! We are MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human behavioural Evolution, part of the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA). #paleomonrepos #LEIZA #museum #archaeology #palaeolithic #humanbehaviour #research #paleolithic #mesolithic #altsteinzeit