From the archive. An evolutionary anthropologist argues that Paleolithic diets were much more varied than people think based on his research with the Hadza community, contemporary hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/pale...

Fouilles archéologiques à l'abri sous roche d'Itramuka, mission de terrain 2025 à Singida -Archaeological excavations at the Itramuka rock shelter, Singida field mission 2025

The SHARP project has been quite active this summer, uncovering what appears to be ESA artifacts in central Tanzania. 🏺

The Singida2025 research expedition into on human origins continues to discover more early Stone Age sites today -L'expédition de recherche Singida2025 sur les origines de l'homme continue de découvrir d'autres sites de l'âge de pierre

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Nouvelle publication : La conservation communautaire du patrimoine est compacte dans la région de Singida -New publication: Community heritage conservation is compact in the Singida region

La région de Singida continue de faire de nouvelles découvertes chaque année, avec des ossements fossiles et des outils datant du début de l'âge de pierre trouvés aujourd'hui... d'autres nouveaux sites sur les origines humaines du Pléistocène tanzanien sont encore à venir....

Late Pleistocene vegetation succession, climate change and hominin adaptation in Sandinggai site, central South China 🏺

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site 🏺

Don’t insult Australopithecines like that

Expéditions géophysiques et géochronologiques en cours dans la région de Singida, 2025 -Geophysical and geochronological expeditions underway in the Singida region

Have you heard of our @exoceanlab.bsky.social lab? It's a new facility for experimental oceanography -- We culture, measure, and dissolve carbonates there. Register to the account to get fresh updates from what we are doing there!

I didn’t know Wenner Gren lost their funding from the Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation, in addition to the major cuts and restrictions to the Fulbright program, National Science Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities

Thrilled to return to Tanzania's Usambara Mountains in 2026! With support from the NSF International Research Experiences for Students program, we're launching the next phase of U·M·A·P·P, the Ecological Resilience of Afromontane Forests project. Check out more on the project below 👇

How do you look back at a science a hundred years ago and grapple with the frauds and failures promoted above their grade, and the myopia of legendary researchers who criticized enduring discoveries while promoting eugenics. Well, that’s history isn’t it? open.substack.com/pub/johnhawk...

Échantillonnage géoarchéologique sur le site de l'âge de pierre d'Isanga aujourd'hui, datation Be-10 des roches et échantillonnage des sédiments -Geoarchaeological sampling at Isanga Stone Age site today, Be-10 dating rocks and sediments sampling

Études géoarchéologiques sur les sites de l'âge de pierre d'Isanga, région de Singida - Tanzanie Geoarchaeological studies on the Stone Age sites of Isanga, Singida region - Tanzania

Happy to share our paper on new archaeological discoveries in Singida Region of central Tanzania! Led by @makariusitambu.bsky.social, we found 31 new sites with lithics, ceramics, metallurgical remains, as well as human and other animal bones. It is Open Access so please share and enjoy!

So HAPPY to see our new Nature paper out !!! Check it out !!!

Cool to see our work covered in the New York Times! Although we don't definitively say in our paper that this was a rainforest (as we don't have a rainfall proxy), the pollen, phytolith, and plant wax data all suggest wet adapted species and the site's location is in the rainforest biome today.

Although not selected as finalists for the 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition (there were some amazing submissions), I am proud of the StoryMap we put together for our project in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Check it out 👇

Archaeological surveys in Singida region, Tanzania

Community engagement in conservation and safeguarding Singida region heritage patrimonies, scientists got engagement by the truly traditional landowners and the custodians of the Singida landscapes..

Amazing community engagement event organized by the Singida Heritage and Archaeological Research Project (SHARP) and PI @makariusitambu.bsky.social to promote conservation and safeguarding heritage. Not sure I’ve seen such a large community event centered around archaeology before! 🏺

More outrage over Stonehenge being sprayed with some washable orange powder…

China does there archaeological site museums really well 🏺. 1/3 Sanxingdui National Archaeological Park:

Check out this article in AGU’s Eos about our work using Great Wall building material to reconstruct past climate in northwestern China 👇🏼 eos.org/articles/loo...

Archaeologist Dr. Makarius Itambu secures prestigious MOPGA 2023 Visiting Fellowship. 🏺🧪