From #Ferrara2025 to… #Faro2030! 🎉 We’re excited that #ICArEHB – Univ. Algarve will host the 12th International Conference on the #Mesolithic in Europe. For the 1st time, #MESO comes to Portugal 🇵🇹 Algarve awaits! ☀️

🔥 Next #LEXA Seminar! Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times. 🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online 🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢 Registration open for the ICArEHB #Workshop on Systematic Synthesis in #Archaeology & #HumanEvolution. Learn to conduct #SystematicReviews & #ResearchSynthesis and develop collaborative projects. 🗓 12, 19, 26 Jan & 2 Feb 2026 | Online 👉 More info: heirs.icarehb.com/calls-traini...

🎙️ ICArEHB researcher Cláudia Costa, leading author of a study on #Neolithic subsistence in Iberia, joined the radio programme Antena 2 Ciência. Listen to the #podcast here 👉 www.rtp.pt/play/p783/e8... #ICArEHB #Research #Archaeology

The ERC Project MATRIX has officially joined Bluesky! Follow us at @matrixerc.bsky.social for updates, insights, and news about our research. #MATRIX #ERCResearch #Archaeology #ICArEHB #Research

📺 The new #Muge Shell Middens Interpretation Centre was featured on #RTP! Showcasing 8,000 years of #Mesolithic history and combines a scientific lab with public outreach. #ICArEHB #Archaeology youtu.be/9PYvZeY5u-Q

🌍A group of #ICArEHB #researchers are at #MESO25 in Ferrara, Italy (15–19 Sept) discussing the latest in #MesolithicArchaeology, from #MaterialCulture to cutting-edge methods. ✨ #Archaeology #Conference #Fieldwork #Heritage

🎊⭐ Célia Gonçalves, researcher at #ICArEHB, has secured €49,800 #Funding to protect #ArchaeologicalHeritage from climate change! Part of the #Science4Policy2025 initiative by PLANAPP. Congratulations Célia!! 🥳 #Research

The Muge Shell Middens Interpretation Centre has opened! 🎉 Showcasing 8,000 years of history, it stems from over a decade of excavations at Cabeço da Amoreira, carried out by ICArEHB and coordinated by Célia Gonçalves. 🌍✨

📢 "Material matters: raw material influences stone tool performance in capuchin monkeys" by O’Malley, T.D.R., Reeves, J.S., Slania, N.E., Falótico, T., Proffitt, T., de la Torre, I., & Luncz, L.V., in Animal Behaviour (2025, Vol. 227, Article 123254). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Following up on the recent publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution about early human occupations at Fordwich Pit and Old Park (Canterbury, UK), the authors share further reflections on what these discoveries reveal about persistence during glacial stages. 👉 preview.shorthand.com/xU89QS8jAV5o...

📢 Hominin glacial-stage occupation 712,000 to 424,000 years ago at Fordwich Pit, Old Park (Canterbury, UK) by Key, A., (...) & Proffitt, T. in Nature Ecology & Evolution. 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

📢 Assessing Neanderthal occupation duration: Faunal evidence from sub-unit IIIb of Teixoneres Cave (Barcelona, Spain) by Lubrano, V., Rufà, A., Blasco, R., Rivals, F., & Rosell, J. in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

📢 Don't forget today at 14:00 the next #LEXA seminar with Dr Andrea Zupancich (IPHES-CERCA) on groundstone artefacts and the deep relationship between humans and plants in #Prehistory. 🔗 Join us here: zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology #ICArEHB

⏰ Reminder! 🌍 Call for synthesis projects still open! HEIRS and @FRB-CESAB invite interdisciplinary proposals at the crossroads of human evolution and biodiversity. 🗓️ Deadline: 8 September 2025 #HumanEvolution #Biodiversity #HEIRS #FRBCESAB #ResearchSynthesis

🎧 #Podcast: #ICArEHB’s @godefroyy.bsky.social on archaeology, #HumanEvolution & the #HEIRS project. Listen: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4mVR... Radio www.radio.pt/podcast/lets...

Introduction to Systematic Synthesis in Archaeology & Anthropology More info at heirs.icarehb.com #archaeology#anthropology #humanevolution #systematicreview #openresearch

In the next #LEXA seminar, Dr Andrea Zupancich will explore #groundstone artefacts as powerful proxies for food practices, daily life, and cultural traditions in #prehistory. 📢Don't forget to re-register! #Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology #ICArEHB

🎙️ ICArEHB Researcher Vera Aldeias featured in CNN Innovation at Encontro Ciência in Lisbon, sharing research with a global audience. Watch here: vimeo.com/1101598301/2... #Archaeology #Outreach #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #ICArEHB

📢 Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of palaeoproteomics by Dekker, J.A.A., Peters, C., et al., in Peer Community Journal. 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.24072/pci...

Javier Sánchez Martínez from ICArEHB and #CEPAPUAB gave a public talk at Camarasa Visitor Center (Lleida, Spain) sharing recent Pyrenees findings with local residents & visitors. We’re proud to bring science closer to the community! #ScienceCommunication #Outreach #Pyrenees

📢 “The Non-Adult Burials of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (PT): Recent Discoveries and New Insights into Mesolithic Funerary Practices” by Coutinho-Nogueira, D., Godinho, R. M., André, L., Bicho, N., Cascalheira, J., Gonçalves, C., et al, in Child Past 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1758...

📢 The genomic history of Iberian horses since the last Ice Age by Lira Garrido, J., ... Cardoso, J. L. … Orlando, L., in Nature Communications. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Introduction to Systematic Synthesis in Archaeology & Anthropology More info at heirs.icarehb.com #archaeology #anthropology #humanevolution #systematicreview #openresearch

📢 Built-in smartphone LiDAR for archaeological and speleological research by Antón, D., Mayoral-Valsera, J., Simón-Vallejo, M. D., Parrilla-Giráldez, R., & Cortés-Sánchez, M., in J. Archaeol. Sci. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

📢Close to sunlight or deep underground? New data to reconstruct site formation processes at the Middle Paleolithic Escoural Cave (southern Portugal) by Alzate-Casallas, G., Gomes, A., Ferar, N. (...) Cascalheira, J., & Barbieri, A., in Quat. Sci. Rev. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109550

🗓️ REMINDER: LEXA Seminar Today! "Using sharp rocks to cut things: a decade of Lower Palaeolithic stone tool experiments and the prevalence of unanswered questions" 🔗 Re-register here: icarehb.com/lexa #LEXA #Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology #Palaeolithic #StoneTools #ICArEHB

📢 "Intensive resource exploitation in Late Neolithic Iberia: Bone marrow and subsistence changes at Branqueiras, central-coastal Portugal" by Costa, C., Martins, M. J. (...) & Carvalho, A. F., in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2025). 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105324

📢 New publication: "The role of lithic technology in shaping mobility and decision-making: The case of Ararat-1 Cave" by Nora, D., Frahm, E., et al., in Quaternary Science Reviews (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

Why skip protocols in literature reviews? Join our hands-on course for rigorous synthesis in archaeology & anthropology, 29–31 Oct 2025, Faro 🇵🇹 Register👇 heirs.icarehb.com/calls-traini... #archaeology #openscience #researchsynthesis #anthropology #HEIRS #ICArEHB

📢 New publication: "The dichotomy of human decision-making: An experimental assessment of stone tool efficiency" by Nora, D., Marreiros, J., Gneisinger, W., Pedergnana, A., & Pereira, T., in PLOS ONE (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

📢 New publication: "Experimental Protocol for Cooking Rabbits and its Archaeological Implications" by Real, C., Rufà, A., Carvalho, M., Pérez, L., Haws, J., & Sanchis, A., in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1007/s108...

📢 New publication: "Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use" by Howard-Spink, E., Matsuzawa, T., Carvalho, S., Hobaiter, C., Almeida-Warren, K., Gruber, T., & Biro, D., in eLife (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

📢 New publication: "Late Neanderthal subsistence and foraging mobility at Lapa do Picareiro: a zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of Level JJ" by Carvalho, M., Haws, J. A., & Jones, E. L., in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.3389/fear...

🪨What have 10 years of stone tool experiments taught us — and what’s still unknown? Join Dr Alastair Key for the next #LEXA seminar! 📅 5 Aug | 🕑 14:00 WEST | 🌍 Online 🔗 www.icarehb.com/lexa 📢 New Zoom account: all must re-register! #Archaeology #ICArEHB

Day 2 of #SAfA2025 is starting at the University of Algarve in #Faro, PT The opening session was held this morning and registration desks remain open throughout the event Panels and discussions on #AfricanistArchaeology continue today. #ICArEHB #CrossroadsThroughTime #Archaeology

#SAfA2025 kicks off today in #Faro, #Portugal! Hosted by #ICArEHB, we’re ready to welcome the global #AfricanistArchaeology community for a week of connection and knowledge-sharing at the #CrossroadsThroughTime.

📢 New publication: "Early Middle Palaeolithic Occupations Dated to MIS 7 at the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, Southeast France)" by Moncel, M.-H., Vaissié, E., Marin, J., Fernandes, P., Abrunhosa, A., et al., in Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1007/s419...

📢 New publication: "The behavioural ecology of hominin locomotion: what can we learn from landscapes of fear and primate terrestriality?" by Hammond, P., Bobe, R. & Carvalho, S., in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.3389/fevo...

📚 Book Launch: New Ways of Communicating Archaeology in a Digital World 📅 17 July, 6 PM | 📍 Museu Municipal de Faro Talk with Sofia Fonseca & Sara Cura (ICArEHB, UAlg) 🎫 Free | RSVP by 14 July: [email protected] #Archaeology #ScienceCommunication

🌞 On July 7, ICArEHB joined UAlg's #CampusDeFérias to host a hands-on archaeology event for kids aged 6–14! Mini excavations, real finds, and lots of fun. Big thanks to Cláudia Costa & Nolan Ferrar for leading the adventure! 👏 #ArchaeologyForKids #UAlg

Postdoc in Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB! Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...

📢 New publication: "Agent-based simulations reveal the possibility of multiple rapid northern routes for the second Neanderthal dispersal from Western to Eastern Eurasia" by Coco, E. & Iovita, R., in PLOS ONE 20(6), e0325693 (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

🧠What do ancient pots reveal about the minds of early humans? Join Dr Vanessa Forte for a #LEXA seminar on pottery, cognition & experimental archaeology! 📅 1 July | 🕑 14:00 WEST | 🌍 Online 🔗 www.icarehb.com/lexa #Archaeology #Neuroscience #ICArEHB

📢 New publication: "Reliable long-term individual variation in wild chimpanzee technological efficiency" by Berdugo, S., Cohen, E., Davis, A. J., Matsuzawa, T. & Carvalho, S., in Nature Human Behaviour 9(3), 472–480 (2024). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🔍 Postdoc in Palaeolithic Archaeology Join the #ERC Starting Grant #WRAP – Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments project at ICArEHB! We're exploring human prehistory through fieldwork, machine learning, and interdisciplinary research. 🔗 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...

📢 New publication: "Quantifying Levallois: a 3D geometric morphometric approach to Nubian technology" by Hallinan, E. & Cascalheira, J., in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 17, 88 (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1007/s125...

📢 New publication: "Collagen peptide markers for three extinct Australian megafauna species" by Peters, C., Oertle, A., Gillespie, R., Boivin, N., & Douka, K., in Frontiers in Mammal Science 4 (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.3389/fmam...

📢 New publication: "Deciphering the diet of the Iberian lynx: Insights from taphonomic analysis of Pleistocene coprolites" by @annarb.bsky.social, (ICArEHB, UAlg), Sanz, M., & Daura, J., in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 675 (2025). 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

📢 New publication: "Machine Learning Applications in Use-Wear Analysis: A Critical Review" by Eleftheriadou, A., McPherron, S. P., & Marreiros, J., in Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 8(1), 2025. 🔗 More info: doi.org/10.5334/jcaa...