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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What makes a disaster? 🌍 A sneak peek into an insightful conversation between two archaeologists and a geologist on what the past can teach us about the future. ICArEHB Dialogues: Human Resilience and Disasters is coming soon. #ICArEHBDialogues #HumanResilience #Disasters #Archaeology #Geology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎙️ #ICArEHB's João Cascalheira took the stage at #FnacTalks in Faro to talk AI & Archaeology — exploring how #ArtificialIntelligence is transforming the way we study the past. Thank you to everyone who joined us! #Archaeology #AIandArchaeology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🦴 Workshop in Geometric Morphometrics in Archaeology ICArEHB, Faro | 2–4 Nov 2026 | Free | 25 places Three hands-on days with Markus Bastir, Paul O'Higgins and Cornel M. Pop. Apply by 21 Oct 👉 www.icarehb.com/icarhub/tifa/geom-morph

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

⏰ Don't forget! This Saturday, 26 Sept, #ICArEHB's João Cascalheira talks AI & Archaeology at #FnacTalks in Faro. 🏛️🤖 🕖 19h00 | FNAC Faro | Free entry #Archaeology #ArtificialIntelligence

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Following Minister Fernando Alexandre's visit to #UAlg, a dedicated meeting with #ICArEHB was organised. Director João Cascalheira presented UAlgTec Heritage (UTH) — set to be born from Europe's first Teaming for Excellence in Archaeology. #Archaeology #TeamingForExcellence #UAlgTecHeritage #UTH

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What surprises people most when they learn about fossils? 🦴 Full video on our YouTube 👇 youtu.be/7AN3HBuJ-l8?... #fossils #prehistory #ICArEHB

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📺 #ICArEHB's Jeff Rose on RTP — using forensic-inspired methods to trace 100,000 years of human adaptation from stone artefacts in the Arabian Peninsula desert. 🏜️🪨 🎥 Watch the full report 👇 #Archaeology #HumanEvolution

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New evidence of #MiddleStoneAge occupation near the Third Cataract of the Nile, northern #Sudan. Khaleel, Barbieri, Sánchez-Dehesa, Haws, Carvalho & Bicho co-author this open access study in Quaternary Science Reviews. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... #Archaeology #Africa #Prehistory

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🌍 Meet the speakers for Dialogues: Human Resilience and Disasters! 🔬 Alvise Barbieri, geoarchaeologist @GeoarchFaro 📚 Felix Riede, prehistorian @aarhusuniint.bsky.social 🏔️ Pedro Costa, geologist @ucoimbra.bsky.social How did past humans survive quakes, eruptions & tsunamis? Release date soon

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📺 #ICArEHB on RTP! Cameras visited the #Muge shell middens, where an excavation campaign is uncovering life from 8,000 years ago. 🎥 Watch the full report 👇 #Archaeology #Mesolithic

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🤖🔍 #ICArEHB researcher João Cascalheira speaks on #ArtificialIntelligence and #Archaeology at #FnacTalks Faro / João Cascalheira fala sobre #IA e #Arqueologia na #FnacTalks Faro — free entry / entrada livre! 📍 FNAC Faro · 🗓 26 Sept · 19h00

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🎉 The LEXA Seminar Series is back! After a hugely successful first season, we're delighted to announce the return of Advances in Experimental Archaeology for a new season. 🔗 icarehb.com/lexa #LEXA #ExperimentalArchaeology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🔥 Can freeze–thaw cycles erase traces of ancient #fire? #ICArEHB researchers Murphree, Devevey & Aldeias explore #combustion residue preservation in a new open access study in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #Geoarchaeology #Archaeology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🪨 Same stone tools for 25,000 years — by choice? #ICArEHB researchers argue that #lithic simplicity at Txina-Txina, #Mozambique, was an adaptive strategy, not stagnation. New open access #preprint. 🔗 doi.org/10.21203/rs.... #StoneAge #Archaeology #Africa

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Everyone else: "See you at the beach!" 🏖️ The ICArEHB team: "See you in the field." ⛏️ Same sun, very different tan lines! Our researchers are out uncovering traces of human history this summer! ☀️#ICArEHB #Archaeology Illustration created with AI.

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

⚒️ Where did #Chalcolithic Leceia get its #copper? #ICArEHB researcher João Luís Cardoso co-authors this open access study on metal supply networks in third millennium BC #Portugal. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #Archaeology #Archaeometallurgy

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

On 21 July we welcomed Adela Cebeiro (NYU) for a seminar on capuchin tool use and its implications for #HumanEvolution 🐒🔎 Thank you for sharing your insight! #ICArEHB #Paleoanthropology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🪨 Decoding #Acheulean percussive technology — #ICArEHB researchers Eduardo Paixão, João Marreiros & Erella Hovers co-author this open access study on #UseWear traces in stone tools. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s419... #LithicTechnology #Archaeology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🦴 When did our lineage diverge from chimpanzees? #ICArEHB researchers João d'Oliveira Coelho, René Bobe & Susana Carvalho co-author this open access study in Primates revisiting the #PanHomo split. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s103... #HumanEvolution #Evolution

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🪨 New #Palaeolithic findspots at Jurf ed-Darawish, southern #Jordan — implications for movement between the Levant and Arabia. #ICArEHB researcher Osama Samawi co-authors this open access #preprint. 🔗 doi.org/10.21203/rs.... #Archaeology #Prehistory

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🙌 ~300 visitors, 1km of prehistory, and a day full of flint-knapping, cave painting & Palaeolithic cooking 🔥 Our Prehistory Discovery Day at Gambelas Campus was one to remember. Already planning the next one 🌲 📷 Matt Gush / ICArEHB #ICArEHB #Archaeology #SciComm

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🪨 The #Palaeolithic of Jordan — state of the art. #ICArEHB PhD Candidate Osama Samawi co-authors this open access #preprint from the #ICHAJ16 workshop in Athens. 🔗 osf.io/preprints/so... #Archaeology #Jordan #MiddleEast

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🪨 How did #LaterStoneAge communities in the #SaveRiverValley organize lithic production and use? #ICArEHB researchers Samawi and Rose co-author this open access study in African Archaeological Review with the Dispersals team. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s104... #Mozambique #Archaeology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Valentina Lubrano on successfully defending her #PhD thesis, “Assessing the applicability of temporal indicators in Neanderthal occupations: methodological approaches and evidence from Teixoneres Cave”! #ICArEHB proudly celebrates this achievement! #Archaeology #PhDDefense

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📢 Applying to the #HEIRS Group Synthesis Project call? Don't miss our Q&A sessions! 📅 Tue 9th – 16:00 & Fri 12th – 13:00 We'll cover balanced scopes, ambition & proposal writing tips linktr.ee/icarehb #HumanEvolution #ResearchSynthesis #CollaborativeScience #OpenScience

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

In late April, we had the pleasure of welcoming Bruno Martínez Haya from @UPO_es for a brilliant seminar on #Paleoproteomics and the search for markers of domestic fauna in the #ArchaeologicalRecord. Thank you for the insight and inspiration! #ICArEHB #BioArchaeology #ArchaeologicalScience

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🌍 ICArEHB Dialogues 2026: New Theme Announcement 🌍 How have humans survived disasters — and what can the past teach us about #resilience today? This year’s #Dialogues explores Human Resilience and Disasters with experts from #archaeology and beyond. 🗓️ Coming this Boreal Summer. Stay tuned!

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🌿 Poentes Olisiponenses | 13th Conference will take place on 27 May at 6:00 pm at Fundação Cidade de Lisboa, with “Prehistoric Lisbon: from the origins to the 9th century BC” by João Luís Cardoso, #ICArEHB researcher. #Archaeology #Prehistory #Lisbon

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🌿 On 27 June, Célia Gonçalves will present “The History of the Shell Middens of Muge” at Festival Entre Quintas. #UAlg #Archaeology #Muge #ICArEHB 📌https://www.festivalentrequintas.com/

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The Minister for Culture, Youth and Sport visited #UAlg today and heard #ICArEHB Director João Cascalheira present #UAlgTecHeritage. UTH will create a pioneering European #centre for #innovation in #archaeological #heritage bringing together #research #technology #collaboration

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

✨Thinking about a career beyond academia?✨ 📢 Join us for #AltAc Paths on 11 May 16:00 GMT 🎤 Sarah-Louise Decrausaz – research strategy & funding 🎤 Alice Novello – project management & outreach 💬 Career stories + live Q&A 🔗 Join via Zoom | zoom.us/j/9429649076...

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🌍🔬 #ICArEHB researchers will take part in an international seminar on 14 May at Plaza de la Concha, exploring Neanderthals, prehistoric pigments, archaeobiology, and non-invasive technologies shaping our understanding of human origins #HumanOrigins #Neanderthals #Archaeobiology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🌵 How did #HunterGatherers move through arid landscapes at the end of the #MiddlePalaeolithic? #ICArEHB researchers Eduardo Paixão and João Marreiros co-author this open access study in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s125... #Mobility

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Last Saturday, our Archaeology and Cultural Heritage students explored the landscape with #ICArEHB members, learning about survey, geomorphology, erosion, and climate vulnerability. A true open-air classroom at the doorstep of the campus. #UAlg #Archaeology #FieldTrip #Climate

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🧪 Lab-based microstratigraphic excavation for high-resolution archaeological sampling. #ICArEHB researchers Aldeias, Goldberg, McPherron, Li and Mallol co-author this #PaleolithicArchaeology study in J Paleo Arch using #Microstratigraphy. 🔗 10.1007/s41982-025-00253-y

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🧭 Neanderthal vs anatomically modern human occupation patterns, compared spatially. #ICArEHB researcher Lucía Cobo-Sánchez co-authors this open access study in Journal of Human Evolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... #Neanderthals #HumanEvolution

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🌍 Population dynamics in the Southern Caucasus: current progress and future steps. #ICArEHB researcher David Nora co-authors this open access review in Quaternary Science Reviews. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... #QuaternaryScience #Archaeology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🪨 The Nubian Spectrum at Tweefontein? #ICArEHB researchers Emily Hallinan and Osama Samawi, with M. Shaw and C. Shaw, show Nubian Levallois is one extreme of a broader prepared core reduction spectrum. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s419... #Levallois #MiddleStoneAge

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Today we welcomed Professor Bernard Wood for an inspiring seminar and a meeting with our #PhDStudents. We are deeply grateful for his outstanding lecture, his generosity, and for sharing his time and knowledge with the archaeologists of the future! #ICArEHB #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🌿✨ Discover Prehistory at UAlg! ✨🌿 On 30 May 2026, Gambelas Campus becomes an open-air adventure for families, children, and little explorers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🪨🔥 Free admission, but booking is required. www.icarehb.com/lexa/ #PrehistoryDiscoveryDay #ICArEHB #UAlg #Families #Children

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🌿✨ Descobre a Pré-História na @UAlg! ✨🌿 No dia 30 de maio de 2026, o campus de Gambelas recebe famílias, crianças e pequenos exploradores para uma aventura ao ar livre. Entrada gratuita, mas com reserva obrigatória. www.icarehb.com/lexa/ #DiaDaPréHistória #ICArEHB #UAlg #Famílias #Crianças

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The #HEIRS Group Synthesis Project 2026 call is now open! We invite #HumanEvolution scientists worldwide to apply for collaborative groups of 10–15 researchers, including at least one #ICArEHB member. Deadline: 18 June 2026. #ResearchSynthesis #OpenScience heirs.icarehb.com

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Tomorrow at 11:00, #ICArEHB hosts Bernard Wood at the Grand Auditorium, Gambelas Campus, University of Algarve, Faro. Free admission, no reservation required. #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🚀 Historic achievement for ICArEHB! We’ve secured €31.5M to launch UAlgTec Heritage, a pioneering European centre for innovation in archaeological heritage. Proud of our team and excited for what comes next! #ICArEHB #UAlgTecHeritage #HeritageTech #UAlg #Portugal

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Yesterday, #ICArEHB welcomed Louise Leakey for “Six Decades of Paleoanthropological Exploration in the #TurkanaBasin” at the University of Algarve, Faro. Full house, inspiring talk, and many thanks to Dr. Leakey and everyone who attended. #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#ICArEHB is currently hosting #HEETB – Human Ecology and Evolution in the Turkana Basin, Meeting 1, in Faro, Portugal. Part of #HEIRS, the meeting brings together researchers working on integrative approaches to #HumanEvolution and a new database based on #TurkanaBasin data. #ResearchSynthesis

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today, #ICArEHB welcomes Louise Leakey for a free public seminar on the Turkana Basin, taking place at 16:30 in the Teresa Gamito Auditorium, Building 1, Gambelas Campus, University of Algarve, Faro.

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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Next Wednesday, #ICArEHB welcomes Louise Leakey for a free public seminar on the Turkana Basin, at 16:30 in the Teresa Gamito Auditorium, Gambelas Campus, University of Algarve, Faro. The seminar is free and open to the public. #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution #TurkanaBasin

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