Olduvai Gorge: SDS

We would like to congratulate @OG_SDS project member @SiobhanJ_Clarke for successfully passing her Candidacy exam! Her thesis focuses on dental calculus from Mid Holocene Spain. We would also like to thank @jmorales12 @MariaSotoQ @archeoMarinaLR and @iphes for their contribution.

We would like to publicize our recently published paper "A novel route for identifying starch diagenetic products in the archaeological record" published in PLOS ONE. Enjoy! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Today we will be showcasing the Cross Cultural Development Workshop from the Human Origins in Action Conference. youtube.com/watch?v=1rtG4b… Enjoy!

Earlier this morning, I had the opportunity to present on Acheulean raw material sourcing at Oldupai Gorge @13iskm…what a wonderful conference, thank you to all the organizers and colleagues who made this possible! @OG_SDS

Today we have Dr. Haiping Huang's Human Origins in Action Presentation: Application of molecular markers to reconstruct fire history at archaeological sites. youtube.com/watch?v=wU2iB8… Enjoy!

Today we have Pamela Akuku's @pamakuku Human Origins in Action Presentation: Animal bones the keepers of History. youtube.com/watch?v=2TOjIb… Enjoy!

Today we have the Vice-Provost (Indigenous engagement) Dr. Michael Hart's Human Origins in Action Presentation: The relevance of Indigenous research and content in modern science. Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=_UwCtp…

This week we will be showing Dr. Briana Pobiner's @BrianaPobiner Human Origins in Action talk: The Smithsonian’s Approach to Public Engagement on Human Origins. youtube.com/watch?v=ZBjHT3… enjoy!

Today's Human Origins in Action presentation is Dr. Peter Dunfield's Presentation: Biodegradation of starch by microbial communities in Tanzanian soil. Enjoy. youtube.com/watch?v=vr3Szb…

Today we will be releasing the Transdisciplinary Research workshop from the Human Origins in Action Conference. Please enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=OrjeJs…

This week's Human Origins in Action video is Dr. Stephen Hubbard's @the_subtender presentation: Seeking the next big discovery: A retrospective look into finding evidence of the oldest hominins at Oldupai youtube.com/watch?v=Ur1cQA…

This week's Human Origins in Action video is Dr. María Martinón-Torres's presentation From Africa to Eurasia. Human evolution through the Olduvai lens. youtube.com/watch?v=kPjFiL… Enjoy!

Today's Human Origins in Action video is Dr. Shi-Xia Yang's presentation. Beyond Olduvai: The Paleolithic Archaeology of Fen-Wei Rift in China. youtube.com/watch?v=TJy7VT…

For the next 11 weeks we will be posting 1 video every Friday from the Human Origins in Action conference, followed by the remainder of the presentations. Today’s video is Palmira Saladié & Andreu Ollé's Atapuerca site tour.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb9BIn…

Check out our recent paper published in collaboration with @Archaeo_UDSM titled "Phytolith Palaeoenvironments at Mumba Rock Shelter" frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Our project is committed to upholding the goals of the UofC’s Global Engagement Plan @UCalgary. We enhance the diverse Institute for research and education we strive to become. Please meet A. Cueva-Temprana ,P. Akuku , A. Mohammed , W. Zhao S. Magohe , and A. Mwambwiga.

Please welcome Dr. Seyed Hossein Hosseini as our newest post doctoral fellow who will be involved in bio-geo-archaeology research with both S.D.S and PRG here at the University of Calgary. @UofC_Science @UCalgaryArts

The Human Origins in Action conference was a great success!! Here is what some of the participants had to say!

Interested in the Origins of the Anthropocene? Then check out this paper that S.D.S Principal Investigator Dr. Mercader @olduvaigorgeSDS was co-author on. advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/19/e…

Principal Investigator of the S.D.S Project Julio Mercader @olduvaigorgeSDS has recently been coauthored on the paper "Earliest known human burial in Africa" Truly exciting stuff. Check it out here. nature.com/articles/s4158…