Professor of Archaeology, Experienced Researcher in African Matters and Human Origins, Author, Grant Writer, Advisor, Career Development
Joined May 2017
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Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
History made!
Dr. Fredrick Manthi has officially been inducted into the US National Academy of Sciences at NAS headquarters in Washington, DC.
This is one of the highest honors in the world of science, recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to human origins research.
Kenya and Africa stand proud.
Help us in congratulating Dr. Manthi on this incredible achievement!
@thenasciences
#NAS162
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Thrilled to share that I have defended my PhD. I am thankful to my Supervisor @ProfMercader, Examination Committee, SSHRC, @UCalgary @TheLeakeyFndtn @MuseumTanzania colleagues, friends, and family for their support during this journey. I am looking forward to the future.
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Raquel Hernando (@Hernando90R) will collaborate with @GildasMerceron to investigate the later Pleistocene dietary behavior of a cercopithecids fossil assemblages from Middle Awash, Afar Rift, Ethiopia. @palevoprim @UnivPoitiers @DR08_CNRS
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Institute of Human Origins Research Scientist and @ASUBeingHuman Professor, Gary Schwartz runs an Advanced Visualization Lab with state-of-the-art scanning technology including a micro-computed tomography scanner (micro-CT). 💀
@ASUTheCollege
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
After 3.5 years of fieldwork, lab analysis, and writing, it all comes together in 582 pages of the most up to date archaeological, linguistic, genetic, oral historical, and palaeoenv. data on the Bantu Expansion. I am so happy to have just submitted this book for publication!
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Oldest modern human #genomes sequenced. These seven early #Europeans belonged to a small, isolated group that left no present-day descendants. Study @Nature led by @arevsumer, Kay Prüfer, Johannes Krause @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. tinyurl.com/mryrjyrn & nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Excited to share our commitment to knowledge dissemination! Field trainees from UDOM, UDSM, SAUT, NCT,Tropical, and VETA Njiro learning environmental proxies. Thanks to @UCalgary,@ProfMercader for lab support, @MuseumTanzania for space,and @TheLeakeyFndtn for funding my research
@MuseumTanzania and @UCalgary partnered in 2023 to establish Tanzania's first phytolith analysis lab in Arusha
Led by @AloyceMg, currently the lab is connecting @udomofficial students with the National Museum through workshops, exploring the role of plants in human evolution
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Your visit is a great pleasure to UDOM and the Department of History and Archaeology, the dawn of our institution's involvement in paleosciences.
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
The second facility is set to open in 2025,
@udomofficial, in Tanzania's capital city
😍
With support from @UCalgary and leadership from @shikoni_abel, this thin sectioning lab will enhance petrographic research on lithics, ceramics, soils, bones, and rock classification / ID
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
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 🔬
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
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
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Colleague Dr. Karen Alley in the @RiddellFaculty visited our field site at Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania while on vacation - here's a link to an article she wrote about her experience @GSciencesUofM @umanitoba
news.umanitoba.ca/exploring-…
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Mr Mwambungu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, discussing regulations to conduct research on sites and movable heritage #OldupaiGorge
University of Dodoma
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Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Paper alert!!!!
The earliest European Acheulean: new insights into the large shaped tools from the late Early Pleistocene site of Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Spain)
frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Next talk in our series, presented by María Soto @MariaSotoQ, on "Stone Tool, Diet and Sociality: A Trandisciplinary Project in Oldupai Gorge" will be this Friday (28 April) at 16:00 Lisbon / 17:00 Spain time. Link on flyer!
Encounters with our past: Seminars in Prehistory and related disciplines (Third Edition)
presents
“Stone Tool, Diet and Sociality: A Transdisciplinary Project in Oldupai Gorge”
by
María Soto
28 April, 16:00 (Lisbon, GMT +1)
Zoom:
videoconfcolibri.zoom.us/j/9…
Prof. Julio Mercader Florín retweeted
Oldest hominins of Olduvai Gorge persisted across changing environments phys.org/news/2021-01-oldest… via @physorg_com
