🚨Call for Submissions for the Daniel Weetaluktuk Award! 🚨 More Info can be found here: canadianarchaeology.com/.../daniel-wee…

Working with the Tanzanian police after vital research equipment was stolen, including 2 vehicles, mobile clean room, solar panels, and more We're determined to get justice and get back to our work #OldupaiGorge #FieldworkChallenges #YouWontBelieveWhoAreTheThieves

Two new labs in Tanzania are set to enhance research and collaboration at local, regional, and international levels 🌍🇹🇿 These facilities will bring tangible benefits supporting the local scientific community, improving research capabilities, and fostering new partnerships 🔬

📢 This afternoon, Pamela Akuku (Pamakuku 🇰🇪) defended her PhD Thesis “A Taphonomic and Taxonomic analysis of Pleistocene Fauna from Oldupai Beds I-IV” directed by palmira saladie and Prof. Julio Mercader Florín Congrats to the new doctor!! 🥳 🎓

A transformative initiative to foster capacity building in Paleosciences! Eastern African Network for PaleoBioGeoChem (PaleoBGC): 🔬 Nairobi: Raman (May 5-6) 📊 Addis Ababa: XRF (May 12-13) 🔍 Dodoma: Thin-sectioning (May 20-21) U Calgary USask SSSC University of Manitoba UAM Autónoma Madrid

New paper reveals Homo erectus thrived in steppe-deserts 1 million years ago—reshaping views on early adaptability, generalist strategies, and dispersal to arid zones amid mid-Pleistocene climate change #OldupaiGorge 🇹🇿 Nature Portfolio Communications Earth & Environment nature.com/articles/s4324…

Our new paper in Nature communication is out today. Please have a look nature.com/articles/s4324…

And here it is!!! 🚨Paper alert Homo erectus adapted to arid climate 1 My ago!!! 👇👇👇 nature.com/articles/s4324… MIAS - Madrid Institute for Advanced Study Filosofía y Letras | UAM

1/ Paper alert! Thanks to Prof. Julio Mercader Florín and the entire international, interdisciplinary team for some amazing new work in Oldupai Gorge, #Tanzania New paper in Nature's Communications Earth & Environment

Employing an interdisciplinary approach, our research group is starting the year with Nature Portfolio paper that brings new perspectives on Homo erectus adaptability in extreme conditions during the mid-Pleistocene. #OldupaiGorge Communications Earth & Environment nature.com/articles/s4324…

Our latest study in Nature Communications reveals that #HomoErectus wasn't confined to comfy forests & grasslands. 🌳 These hominins were surprisingly adaptable, thriving even in harsh, hyperarid environments! 🏜️ #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #Adaptation nature.com/articles/s4324…

Thrilled to share that I have defended my PhD. I am thankful to my Supervisor Prof. Julio Mercader Florín, Examination Committee, SSHRC, U Calgary The Leakey Foundation National Museum of Tanzania colleagues, friends, and family for their support during this journey. I am looking forward to the future.

Big thanks to The University of Dodoma & U Calgary 🇹🇿🇨🇦 for backing our project and permit to uncover early human life at the cradle of humankind 🙏 #OldupaiGorge Stay tuned for discoveries ahead! #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution

1/3 New recommendation: A. Galland, I. Clemente-Conte, J.-R. Boisserie, A. Delagnes (2025) How depositional environments impact the microwear preservation of quartz artifacts: insights from the Oldowan of the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia). doi.org/10.31233/osf.i…. #Archaeology

New paper! MPI-GEA Jena UBUinvestiga Engaji Nanyori (Oldupai Gorge) offers rare insight into Acheulean technology during the Middle Pleistocene Transition (1.1–0.9 Ma). Stable flake production, minimal LCTs, and striking pan-African uniformity. Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.100…