Northern Palaeo and EvoAnth (NOPE) Network

Registration for #NOPE2022 is now open and is completely free! 🥳 We have some fantastic talks and sessions on a huge variety of #Palaeolithic and #EvoAnth topics! To register, please fill out this Google form (only takes a couple of mins): forms.gle/7CUjTdQzZrKw8z…

I'm delighted to be talking about George Morrow's early-mid 20th century prehistoric cartoons. @UoA_Archaeology @NOPE_network

We are happy to announce the schedule for the upcoming 3rd Experimental Archaeology Student Symposium 🔥 June 9th & 10th 2022! Registration will open in the next couple of weeks so keep your eyes peeled 👀 @exarc_net @LivAncWorlds

Alternative terms for ‘archaic’ and ‘modern’ humans. I’ve been thinking about this for some time and here are some suggestions from a paper in prep…

🎉 Congratulations to the prizewinners at #NOPE2022 last weekend: 👕 @phoebebakerrr won the best presentation prize for her talk on the adhesives in Neanderthal clothing! 🐎 @mollyrhardman won the best poster prize for her work on Magdalenian human-horse relationships.

Missed the #NOPE2022 keynote? Don't worry, you can now watch it on YouTube!

Our amazing keynote from #NOPE2022 by Professor Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65 is now up on YouTube! "The Relationship of Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens” youtube.com/watch?v=3gnSfO…

@MU_Peter @lucytimbrell96 @tarynlbell @izzy_wisher1 @ChrisStringer65 Thank you, Peter - we’re so glad you enjoyed it!

I had the absolute pleasure of presenting my dissertation research on the use of adhesives in Neanderthal clothing at the @NOPE_network #NOPE2022 conference and am so delighted to have been awarded the @AntiquityJ Best Presentation prize! Thank you so much to all the organisers!

The @AntiquityJ best poster prize went to @mollyrhardman for her poster on human-horse relationships in the Magdalenian Pyrénées-Atlantique! 👏 🎉

And a huge congratulations to our winners 🎉 @phoebebakerrr won the @AntiquityJ best presentation prize for her talk presenting exciting research about the use of adhesives in Neanderthal clothing!

That’s a wrap on #NOPE2022! Thank you again to all our wonderful speakers and session chairs - it’s been a fantastic conference with a huge range of talks, and really interesting discussions about all things #Palaeolithic!

Our final session (of the day and conference) is "Experimental archaeology: Novel approaches" chaired by Kiefer Duffy! Join us for some fantastic experimental talks, and the closing conference remarks afterwards (where we'll be announcing the best presentation/poster prizes!!)

Our third session of the day will be "Use-Wear Analysis: Methodology, Case Studies and New Approaches" chaired by @alicelaporta and Felipe Do Nascimento Rodrigues! We'll be starting in a couple of minutes!

The poster session is currently running over lunch on Zoom (until 1:30pm), but you can also see all of the posters on our website! sites.google.com/view/nope-conf…

Our next session (starting in a few mins) is Exploring New Avenues within Palaeolithic Visual Culture Studies chaired by @barbaraoosterw1 and Lisa-Elen Meyering! Join us for a session all about Palaeo art! 🎨

Starting now! Our first session of the day is Broadening Our View of Social Life in the Palaeolithic chaired by @tarynlbell from @UoYArchaeology!

@LeMoustier @GenochioLisa @PalaeoHub We missed you! We did record all talks however they won't be made publicly available as a lot of the research presented has not yet been published. If there are particular talks you're interested in , we can ask the speaker if they would be happy to share the recording with you?

@NOPE_network @GenochioLisa @PalaeoHub Really sad I couldn't make the conference, it has been sounding brilliant! Will talks be made available afterwards?

Our final #NOPE2022 session on Biological Anthropology and Palaeoanthropology is now underway!🦷 Chaired by Lisa Genochio @GenochioLisa from Hull Medical School/University of York @PalaeoHub

Some fantastic talks this afternoon - a huge thank you to all our speakers and @Carys_ph @GreatJormundur for chairing! Our final session of the day on Biological Anthropology and Palaeoanthropology chaired by @GenochioLisa will be starting at 16:20!

Great 3rd session @NOPE_network – discussion on religion and prosociality, complexity from the Zagros Palaeolithic, semiotics & symbolism – chaired by @Carys_ph & @GreatJormundur Emma Brooks, Samran Saibani, @SamanHeydari7 @neanderoll #NOPE2022 #prehistory #cognition