ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New ROCEEH publication: Sommer, Haidle, Bolus, Bruch, Hertler, Kanaeva, Malina, Hochschild, Conard & Kandel (2026). Testing the limits of archaeological datasets: Neanderthal behavior during the MIS 6–MIS 5e glacial cycle indicates cultural flexibility. QEH 4(4), 100117. doi.org/10.1016/j.qe... 🧵1 132
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The roadDB workshop at #CAA2026 is in full swing! 052
Reposted by ROCEEH Research CenterJesper Borre Pedersen @jesperborre.bsky.social · 24/03/2026News on Neanderthal population history! 🧬 We combined archaeology (from @roceeh.bsky.social ROAD) + ancient DNA, to uncover a genetic turnover ~65 ka linked to a SW France refugium. Together, aDNA & archaeology reveal a richer, nuanced past than either could alone. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgArchaeogenetic insights into the demographic history of Late Neanderthals | PNASThe demographic history of Neanderthals is only partially understood. In Europe, some degree of genetic continuity has been shown from 120 thousand... 022
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 15/02/2026The latest ROCEEH Newsletter is available! 🇦🇪 @unesco.org World Heritage site Faya Paleolandscape 📱🎲 Visual Communication Design meets Neanderthals 👩💻 The R package 'roadDB' 🕸️ ROCEEH Symposium “Diversifying networks. How culture infuses the environment” www.researchgate.net/publication/... 001
Reposted by ROCEEH Research CenterPACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Today we’re glad to welcome Andrew Kandel from @roceeh.bsky.social who will introduce us to the ROAD database! @unituebingen.bsky.social 042
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 06/11/2025📢Last call: Submit your presentations to the ROCEEH (co-)hosted sessions at @caaint.bsky.social by November 9th! S25: How to do ROAD: An Essential Tool for Conducting Multidisciplinary Studies Related to Human Evolution 🪨💀🦣🌼 S39: Palaeo-GIS 🌍📌 🔗https://2026.caaconference.org/conference-sessions/2026.caaconference.orgConference Sessions – CAA 2026 033
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Our joint workshop on "Big Data and Human Evolution" between ROCEEH and @boneslab.bsky.social, organized by Giulia Marciani in Ravenna, is in full swing! Great talks, good company and Sangiovese🍷 064
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 20/10/2025From October 8–10, 2025, ROCEEH hosted the international symposium “Diversifying Networks – How Culture Infuses the Environment” — three days of rich, interdisciplinary dialogue exploring the deep links between culture and environment. Book of Abstracts: www.roceeh.uni-tuebingen.de/diversifying... 020
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The deadline for abstracts for CAA 2026 in Vienna is approaching — only 10 days left! Showcase your research using the ROAD database in Session S25 "How to do ROAD", or highlight your spatial archaeological studies in Session S39 "Paleo-GIS". More info: 2026.caaconference.org/conference-s...2026.caaconference.orgConference Sessions – CAA 2026 011
Reposted by ROCEEH Research CenterChristian Sommer @sommergeo.bsky.social · 23/09/2025CFP for CAA 2026 Vienna is open (deadline Oct 26)! We're back with Session 39: Palaeo-GIS — for GIS in Palaeolithic & prehistoric contexts. Reflective, context-aware papers especially welcome. 🔗 Session info: 2026.caaconference.org/conference-s...2026.caaconference.orgConference Sessions – CAA 2026 021
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Submit an abstract to the dedicated session on use cases of the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD) at CAA 2025 in Vienna! S25: How to do ROAD: An Essential Tool for Conducting Multidisciplinary Studies Related to Human Evolution Deadline: October 26th 2025 2026.caaconference.org/conference-s... 045
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 22/07/2025We congratulate the Faya Paleolandscape on its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List! (whc.unesco.org/en/list/1735/). Since its early years, ROCEEH has supported research in Jebel Faya and neighboring sites financially and with personnel. 📷Sharjah Archaeology Authority 195
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025New article with ROCEEH's Andrew Kandel and based on the ROAD database! 🎉 030
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 16/06/2025ROCEEH Newsletter #25 is out! tinyurl.com/298mya2t 🪨 The Jojosi Dongas’ hidden history of early humans and landscapes 👣 Lateurope: Why Western Europe was settled by hominins later than other regions of Eurasia 🏛️ South-Africa‘s Sibhudu Cave named a UNESCO World Heritage Site 🏹 Becoming a bow hunter 000
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025ROCEEH's Jan-Olaf Reschke, Christine Hertler and Christian Sommer @sommergeo.bsky.social spotted at #CAA2025 in Athens! Hear our talks in Session 14: "Advances in modelling past human ecosystems", held in Room A5 on Thursday, May 8th, 13:45–16:05. 062
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Update: Deadline is March 14th, not February 28th as falsely stated in previous post. 000
ROCEEH Research Center @roceeh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025💼Open position in the ROCEEH Project! Join the team as Data Curator for Paleolithic Archaeology and help expand the ROAD database! 🔍Details: www.hadw-bw.de/aktuelles/au... 📅Deadline: 28.02.2025 055
Reposted by ROCEEH Research CenterChristian Sommer @sommergeo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025⏩Fast forward: You can easily create animated maps in R using data from the ROAD database @roceeh.bsky.social. This example shows the appearance (🔴) and deposition (⚫) of ~6000 dated assemblages with stone artifacts between 2,780,000 and 10,000 years BP. 💻 github.com/sommergeo/ro... 162