BonesLab

Bones Lab contributed to the identification of Homo individuals who lived 730,000 years ago. rainews.it/tgr/emiliaroma…

Sara Bernardini presented the research carried out by Bones Lab at PNRR CHANGES conference "Mappe e scenari per il futuro del patrimonio culturale"

Groundbreaking fossils from Morocco's Thomas Quarry, dated ~773,000 years ago, reveal an early African population basal to Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans A project with participation of Stefano Benazzi Details in Nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Earliest known instance of pyrite ca. 400 kya at Barnham (UK), in layers with strong evidence of fire use, in an area with no naturally occurring pyrite nodules, together strongly suggest these pre-Neandertal peoples were making fire! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Here are some facts and figures from the 2025 Consolidator Grant call: 🔶 €728 million in funding 🔶 349 mid-career researchers from Europe and beyond 🔶 44 different nationalities All of them pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Congratulations!

P-RI Research publication alert! We are extremely proud to share that M. Lombard, C.M. Schlebusch & M. Jakobsson have co-authored a paper recently published in Nature. You can access it via the link below: nature.com/articles/s4158… @go2uj @UjHumanities

The Dipartimento di Beni Culturali at the University of Bologna (UNIBO) and @Univates have signed a cooperation agreement to advance archaeological and environmental research, with a particular focus on the prehistory of Brazil. univates.br/noticia/37193-…

Who shapes the MSCA Doctoral Networks? Meet Sohail Luka, Policy Officer at the @EU_Commission, as he shares insights on science policy, career advice & the MSCA’s role in shaping research careers. 🌍 🔗 Read more in our newsletter: mariecuriealumni.eu/newsletters/44… #MCAANewsletter

My comments on ‘A weakly structured stem for human origins in Africa’

The Around the World webinar series is back with a new topic: the @ERC_Research Starting Grant! 📝 Join us this Friday for an insightful session organised by @MCAA_CommWG to learn how to craft a winning proposal. 🔗 Register to attend: mariecuriealumni-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #ERC

Neanderthals built 2 oval structures from purposely broken stalagmites deep in Bruniquel Cave France, about 176,000 years ago. The reasons are still unknown... nature.com/articles/natur…

What happened during the very first microseconds after the Big Bang? 💥 Andrii Neronov, Franco Vazza, Chiara Caprini and Axel Brandenburg will try to discover what happened during those first crucial instants of the Universe’s evolution. 👉 erc.europa.eu/news-events/ne… #ERCSyG

📣 Meet the new ERC Synergy Grant awardees! Sixty-six research teams have been selected for funding, bringing together 239 scientists. Congratulations to all! ➡️ erc.europa.eu/news-events/ne… 🇪🇺 #EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCSyG

New paper co-authored by #ICArEHB researcher Carli Peters in Frontiers in Mammal Science reviews and analyses the ongoing debate on late #Quaternary #megafauna extinctions, one of prehistory’s most discussed ecological events doi.org/10.3389/fmamm.… #Archaeology #Palaeontology

We are hiring! 4 #postdoc 1/2 positions for 4-years @UniWarszawski within @INASIA_ERC (@ERC_Research founded) to study Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition in Central Asia using - lithic technology - zooarchaeology - paleoecology - GIS & spatial analyses inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hiring-…

I offer also a #PhD position for 3.5-years at @UniWarszawski within @INASIA_ERC (@ERC_Research founded) to study raw material procurement during Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition in Central Asia.

#NowHiring! 📣 Für unsere Verwaltung suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine/n Werkstudent/in bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/407…

#ICTSNews Feliz de anunciar que organizaremos el Congreso de la Sociedad Europea para el estudio de la evolución humana @ESHE_society en #Burgos en 2026. Happy to announce that we will organize the @ESHE_society congress in #Burgos 2026. @CENIEH #Burgos2031