It was definitely a pleasure for Sahra Talamo to take part at the highly rich and diverse Communication Festival with her talk "Il memorabile orologio della preistoria. Le ultime ricerche scientifiche sull'interazione fra noi e i Neandertaliani". Click the link on the title to watch the video.
Once aging, thanks a lot to Danco Singer, Regione Liguria, Comune di Camogli and Festival della Comunicazione that made this possible!
Our DYNASTY member Tsenka Tsanova took part to Session 10-2 "Current research on the Upper Paleolithic of Eurasia", presenting the DYNASTY Projeect through her talk "Refined chronologies and technical behaviors of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Central-Eastern Europe: the DYNASTY project".
Check out all the talks and presentations of the Conference, as well as our DYNASTY Project, by clicking the links.
AN INCREDIBLE PAPER OUT ON FRONTIERS!
Don't miss your chance to read a stunning article about bone and charcoal remains from the crucial Middle Paleolithic site of Cova Simanya. Click the title to find out what radiocarbon dating, together with the study of stone tools and faunal assemblage, revealed or read the abstract below ⤵️
Abstract
This study presents an exceptional collection of 54 Late Pleistocene human remains that correspond to at least three Neanderthal individuals from Simanya Gran, the main gallery of Cova Simanya, located in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. The collection comprised 53 unpublished remains that were unearthed during the 1970s and an additional tooth discovered during 2021 excavations. The specimens represent an adult with a small stature, a periadolescent aged approximately 11.5 years, and an immature individual aged approximately 7.7 years, thus offering a more complete demographic perspective. The collection encompasses diverse anatomical parts including upper and lower dentition, mandible, vertebrae, and limb bones from both the upper and lower extremities. Attempts to extract aDNA were unsuccessful. Renewed archaeological investigations at Cova Simanya have facilitated the reevaluation of the original stratigraphic context of these remains, leading to the discovery of the additional tooth, aligning with the periadolescent individual. This assemblage is currently the most extensive Neanderthal collection from the northeastern Mediterranean Iberia, offering invaluable insights into the morphology and evolutionary trajectory of Late Pleistocene hominins. Hence, Simanya Neanderthals will enhance our understanding of Neanderthal demographics and evolution, paving the way for an in-depth examination of the morphological diversity and evolutionary context of Iberian Neanderthals.