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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Wrapping up the year by highlighting the 2025 publications! 📌 Understanding the Origin of Superficial Bone Changes in the Qafzeh 9 Skull Micro-CT clarified the origin of frontal bone changes on this well-known fossil and helped discuss variability. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Understanding the Origin of Superficial Bone Changes in Qafzeh 9 Skull (Middle Paleolithic, Southwestern Asia): Contribution of Three‐Dimensional Imaging

Micro-CT slices of the Qafzeh 9 frontal bone showing the surface grooves, and the underlying structures (A: osteo-condensation; B vascular and/or nervous canals).

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

For #fossilfriday let's play a game, guess the fossil!

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Just found out I didn’t get another grant I applied for. Disappointed, but still motivated to keep pushing forward. If anyone knows of opportunities (grants, contracts, collaborations, preferably in Portugal/Spain), I’d be very grateful for any leads. #Funding #Research

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Roberto Sáez @robertosaezm.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

#FossilFriday Qafzeh 9 skull. Right side of the frontal bone with notable bone changes above the orbital region. From Coutinho-Nogueira, Coqueugniot & Tillier (2025)

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

How did Europe’s last hunter-gatherer-fisher communities bury their dead? New excavations at the #Mesolithic site of Cabeço da Amoreira (Portugal) uncover 3 non-adult burials, shedding light on funerary practices, childhood, and life 8,000 years ago. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Analysis of child burials at Cabeço da Amoreira highlights diverse Mesolithic funerary practices and offers new perspectives on social and cultural dynamics during the hunter-gatherer to farmer transition. doi.org/g92zmr

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Child burials of last hunter-gatherers offer insights into Mesolithic funerary behaviors

In a recent study by Dany Coutinho-Nogueira and his colleagues, the remains of three non-adults from Cabeço da Amoreira were analyzed.

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

For #FossilFriday: Meet CAM 2023-7, a Mesolithic child buried ~8,000 years ago in Portugal. Their burial is one of the most elaborate ever found in the Muge shell mounds. What made it so special? 🐚🧵 #Mesolithic #Funerary #Paleoanthropology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Dorothy Garrod (1892-1968) who led excavations at Tabun, Skhul and in Gibraltar was Cambridge's first female professor. Born #OTD in 1892.

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I’m happy to share my latest article, just published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology 💀 "Understanding the Origin of Superficial Bone Changes in Qafzeh 9 Skull: Contribution of Three-Dimensional Imaging" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Understanding the Origin of Superficial Bone Changes in Qafzeh 9 Skull (Middle Paleolithic, Southwestern Asia): Contribution of Three‐Dimensional Imaging

Micro-CT slices of the Qafzeh 9 frontal bone showing the surface grooves, and the underlying structures (A: osteo-condensation; B vascular and/or nervous canals).

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Last week, I contributed to two new publications! 📚 Check out the second paper: "Imaging diagnosis of probable osteomyelitis in a 9-month-old infant from prehistoric Brazil: A brief history of healthcare in ancient times" 👉 doi.org/10.24215/185... #Paleopathology #Archaeology

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Diagnóstico por imágenes de probable osteomielitis en un infante de 9 meses del Brasil prehistórico: una breve historia sobre cuidados de salud antiguos | Revista Argentina de Antropología B...

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🦴 Did you know that the Qafzeh fossils display a lot of pathologies? Trauma, bone tumors, growth-related disorders, infectious diseases, oral pathologies, and more! #FossilFriday Check out the details here: journals.openedition.org/paleorient/8... 👇 #Paleoanthropology

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Aspects of Health Status in Pre-Sedentism Populations of Southweste...

The Qafzeh site in Lower Galilee yielded an important collection of human remains (Vandermeersch 1966, 1969a, 1981, 1995; Vallois and Vandermeersch 1972; Tillier 1999; 2014a; Courtaud and Tillier 2...

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Skhul Cave is one of the most significant Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant. But do you know how many human fossils were found there? 🤔 #FossilFriday fig. Skull of Skhul I (McCown and Keith, 1939)

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

ICArEHB is looking for PhD candidates! We are accepting applicants for the 2025 FCT PhD Fellowships Programme! Swipe through the images to explore potential project themes and supervisors. For more details, visit: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell... #FCTPhDFellowships #ICArEHB #ResearchOpportunity

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🔍 Qafzeh is one of the most famous Levantine sites, renowned for its Middle Paleolithic human remains. But did you know it also contains fossils associated with the Upper Paleolithic? Let’s uncover this lesser-known story! #FossilFriday 🧵👇 Figure: Qafzeh 1 skull

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Excited to share that my article "Inner ear modifications in Dar-es-Soltane II H5 (Morocco): A case of labyrinthitis ossificans," earned an Honorable Mention for Best Article by a Young Researcher from the Portuguese Association of Anthropologists! 📝 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Inner ear modifications in Dar-es-Soltane II H5 (Morocco): A case of labyrinthitis ossificans

This paper presents the inner ear modifications in Dar-es-Soltane II H5, an Aterian fossil possibly dated to 100 ka.The remains consist of a large por…

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Inner ear modifications in Dar-es-Soltane II H5 (Morocco): A case of labyrinthitis ossificans

This paper presents the inner ear modifications in Dar-es-Soltane II H5, an Aterian fossil possibly dated to 100 ka.The remains consist of a large por…

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Did you know that Misliya is one of the oldest Homo sapiens fossils found outside Africa, dating back around 177,000-194,000 years! 🌍🦷 #FossilFriday #HumanEvolution (Hershkovitz et al. 2018)

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Did you know about the Middle Paleolithic burial found in Egypt near Qena? 🦴 At Taramsa Hill, archaeologists uncovered the skeletal remains of a young child dating back 55,000 years! 🌍✨ #FossilFriday

Burial of Taramsa Hill (Vermeersch et al., 1998)

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

🚀 2024 has been a rollercoaster of successes, challenges, and a few disappointments. Through it all, it’s been a year of growth, resilience, and valuable lessons. Overall, it’s been a good year, and I’ll carry forward some great takeaways. Here’s a thread to sum it all up: 👇

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

💡 Did you know debates about the taxonomic attribution of Tabun C2 are still ongoing? 🦴 This mandible displays a fascinating mosaic of archaic and modern traits. Is it an early modern human, a Neanderthal, or something more complex? 🤔 #FossilFriday

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

And also the president of the Society, Katie A. Hemer #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Time for the conclusive remarks by Antony Colombo #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It’s already the last communication of the congress Maya B. Krause presents the results of her investigation on Childhood in the Wari Empire #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Abubacar Fofana León is currently talking about his research on medecine, enslavement, and the trade in enslaved « Mozambiques » #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Kristin De Lucia from Colgate University, presenting a communication about children’s burials and structural violence in Colonial Mexico #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Linda Vilumets from the University of Tartu is talking about her study on children from garrison hospital cemetery in Tallinn #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Alejandra C. Ordóñez from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria presents her research on the children from the first European settlement in the Canary Islands

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Juliana de Mello Moraes from the Regional University of Blumenau is talking about her work on the education and functions of children during the Portuguese colonization of South America #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Julia Estivals from the University of Bordeaux is on stage to talk about enamel hypomineralisations in children #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Isabelle Souquet, presents now on the funerary practices of Catholic and Protestant populations in 18th century in La Rochelle #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Back after the lunch break with a presentation of Elizabeth Peacock, Emma Maltin and Stina Tegnhed. They present their research on coffined foetal burials in Sweden #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Time for the keynote lecture of Joëlle Provasi from the École Pratique des Hautes Études. The influence of the maternal environment on foetal learning #SSCIP2024

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Coffee break at #SSCIP2024 perfect to discuss science, make new friends, and eat some local specialties like cannelés

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Now on stage Corinne Feuillatre, also from the University of Bradford is presenting on breastfeeding in past populations and modern obesity epidemic #SSCIP2024

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