Dr. Roman Garba
@romangarba.bsky.social
Scientific archaeology | Cosmogenic nuclides | Arabian archaeology | Absolute dating methods | Geochronology | Czech Academy of Sciences | Early hominin dispersal
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Dr. Roman Garba
@romangarba.bsky.social
· May 14
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.
Don't miss our talk, where Vitalii Usyk and I reveal more details about the unique archaeological site of Korolevo, including some unpublished material about the record of hominin occupation there from 1.4 million years ago to 20,000 years ago! Thank you, @heasvienna.bsky.social for inviting us!
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A grand place for Lucy to make her European debut.
📍 Národní muzeum
📍 Národní muzeum
September 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A grand place for Lucy to make her European debut.
📍 Národní muzeum
📍 Národní muzeum
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Great talk @armandofalcucci.bsky.social! Impressive depth of data analysis, and I really appreciated the open science approach. Finally, robust evidence that the Ahmarian and Protoaurignacian aren’t directly linked
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
#ESHE2025
Armando Falcucci ‘Convergent technological trajectories in early modern humans across the Mediterranean’
Ahmarian (AH) ancestral to Protoaurignacian (PA)?
Test: quant anal of AH fr Ksar Akil & Al-Ansab 1 & PA: NO evidence of PA ancestry or E-W diffusion signal
Chatelperronian source 😳?
Armando Falcucci ‘Convergent technological trajectories in early modern humans across the Mediterranean’
Ahmarian (AH) ancestral to Protoaurignacian (PA)?
Test: quant anal of AH fr Ksar Akil & Al-Ansab 1 & PA: NO evidence of PA ancestry or E-W diffusion signal
Chatelperronian source 😳?
September 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Great talk @armandofalcucci.bsky.social! Impressive depth of data analysis, and I really appreciated the open science approach. Finally, robust evidence that the Ahmarian and Protoaurignacian aren’t directly linked
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
#Paleolithic #lithics 🏺🦣🧪
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July 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Dr. Roman Garba
Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾
July 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾
Now nice to see talk with data from the namesake Garba site 🥰
#ESHE2025
Sol Sanchez-Dehesa Galan ‘Decoding Acheulean skill’
Focus on diff btn Acheulean x Oldowan – Acheulean reduced to +/- of h/xs – ignoring many innovations!
Garba (Ethiopia, 0.6 Ma) pilot & exp study: breaking-down the LCTs reduction seq
Kinematics & cognitive demands of diff techniques 🤩!!
Sol Sanchez-Dehesa Galan ‘Decoding Acheulean skill’
Focus on diff btn Acheulean x Oldowan – Acheulean reduced to +/- of h/xs – ignoring many innovations!
Garba (Ethiopia, 0.6 Ma) pilot & exp study: breaking-down the LCTs reduction seq
Kinematics & cognitive demands of diff techniques 🤩!!
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Now nice to see talk with data from the namesake Garba site 🥰
Reposted by Dr. Roman Garba
#ESHE2025
Marc Dickinson ‘Advancing enamel amino acid dating’
Using AA in dental enamel for dating
Does glue affect potential? NO 😊
Can ESR powder by re-used? YES 😊
‘lab-on-a-chip’ (minimise sample size) and no need of lab for pre-processing! 😊
Marc Dickinson ‘Advancing enamel amino acid dating’
Using AA in dental enamel for dating
Does glue affect potential? NO 😊
Can ESR powder by re-used? YES 😊
‘lab-on-a-chip’ (minimise sample size) and no need of lab for pre-processing! 😊
September 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#ESHE2025
Marc Dickinson ‘Advancing enamel amino acid dating’
Using AA in dental enamel for dating
Does glue affect potential? NO 😊
Can ESR powder by re-used? YES 😊
‘lab-on-a-chip’ (minimise sample size) and no need of lab for pre-processing! 😊
Marc Dickinson ‘Advancing enamel amino acid dating’
Using AA in dental enamel for dating
Does glue affect potential? NO 😊
Can ESR powder by re-used? YES 😊
‘lab-on-a-chip’ (minimise sample size) and no need of lab for pre-processing! 😊
Reposted by Dr. Roman Garba
#ESHE2025
Harold Berghuis ‘Madura Strait, the first subsea Homo erectus site in Sundaland (Indonesia)’
Underwater fossils 🌟!
Subsidence in Sundaland: key to biogeography. Submerged river valley-MIS6, w rich fossil record! hunting bovids?
H erectus: frontal & parietal frags– aff Java late erectus
😍
Harold Berghuis ‘Madura Strait, the first subsea Homo erectus site in Sundaland (Indonesia)’
Underwater fossils 🌟!
Subsidence in Sundaland: key to biogeography. Submerged river valley-MIS6, w rich fossil record! hunting bovids?
H erectus: frontal & parietal frags– aff Java late erectus
😍
September 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#ESHE2025
Harold Berghuis ‘Madura Strait, the first subsea Homo erectus site in Sundaland (Indonesia)’
Underwater fossils 🌟!
Subsidence in Sundaland: key to biogeography. Submerged river valley-MIS6, w rich fossil record! hunting bovids?
H erectus: frontal & parietal frags– aff Java late erectus
😍
Harold Berghuis ‘Madura Strait, the first subsea Homo erectus site in Sundaland (Indonesia)’
Underwater fossils 🌟!
Subsidence in Sundaland: key to biogeography. Submerged river valley-MIS6, w rich fossil record! hunting bovids?
H erectus: frontal & parietal frags– aff Java late erectus
😍
Amazing Gabi! Bravo! 🎉
Thrilled to have won the Student Poster Prize at #ESHE2025! 🏆 Grateful for the opportunity to share my work on Lebanese fauna and for all the inspiring conversations throughout the conference!
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Amazing Gabi! Bravo! 🎉
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For #FindsFriday, here are some shell, stone and shark tooth beads and pendants from a Neolithic grave at Wadi Nafūn, Oman.
These materials indicate a symbolic connection to marine themes amongst the people buried here.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
These materials indicate a symbolic connection to marine themes amongst the people buried here.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
For #FindsFriday, here are some shell, stone and shark tooth beads and pendants from a Neolithic grave at Wadi Nafūn, Oman.
These materials indicate a symbolic connection to marine themes amongst the people buried here.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
These materials indicate a symbolic connection to marine themes amongst the people buried here.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Great fun at #ESHE2025 presenting on how handaxe shape can inform discussions of African demography in the Early and Middle Pleistocene! While we have very few fossils or genetic data for this period, handaxe shape may carry a signal that can help to constrain biogeographic models - more to come!
September 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Great fun at #ESHE2025 presenting on how handaxe shape can inform discussions of African demography in the Early and Middle Pleistocene! While we have very few fossils or genetic data for this period, handaxe shape may carry a signal that can help to constrain biogeographic models - more to come!
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This non #FlintFriday and #FieldworkFriday, I would like to share this mint-fresh Quartzite handaxe from SE India, likely dating back to Middle Pleistocene.
Yes, it hurts to see that broken tip! Still, one of my best find.
I am field-sick, can't wait to go back.
#Acheulean #India #HumanOrigins
Yes, it hurts to see that broken tip! Still, one of my best find.
I am field-sick, can't wait to go back.
#Acheulean #India #HumanOrigins
September 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This non #FlintFriday and #FieldworkFriday, I would like to share this mint-fresh Quartzite handaxe from SE India, likely dating back to Middle Pleistocene.
Yes, it hurts to see that broken tip! Still, one of my best find.
I am field-sick, can't wait to go back.
#Acheulean #India #HumanOrigins
Yes, it hurts to see that broken tip! Still, one of my best find.
I am field-sick, can't wait to go back.
#Acheulean #India #HumanOrigins
Congrats Gabriele!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting my poster on large carnivore 🐆 exploitation in Lebanon at #ESHE2025. Such a great venue for it, with so many interesting posters around! I also got the chance to chat with lots of amazing people! #Paleolithic #zooarcheology 🏺🦣🧪
And finally today, team members Gabriel Russo and Marya Soubra presented their latest work on sites in Lebanon at #ESHE2025 poster session! 🌍🐆🦴🐾 Congratulations to both! 🤗🤗
September 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Congrats Gabriele!
It is finally OUT! 🎉 My book "HINTERLAND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT NOMADS: Trilith Stone Structures of Southeastern Arabia" was published by @archaeopress.bsky.social Book is the first dedicated study of these enigmatic 2000-year-old ritual monuments.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
September 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is finally OUT! 🎉 My book "HINTERLAND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT NOMADS: Trilith Stone Structures of Southeastern Arabia" was published by @archaeopress.bsky.social Book is the first dedicated study of these enigmatic 2000-year-old ritual monuments.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
Very sad news today. Anthony E. Marks has passed away. He conducted pioneering prehistoric research in the Nile Valley, the southern Levant and Arabia, producing seminal works on the Palaeolithic. In 2023, aged 85, he still joined the @arduq.bsky.social excavations in Dhofar, Oman. Rest in peace.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Very sad news today. Anthony E. Marks has passed away. He conducted pioneering prehistoric research in the Nile Valley, the southern Levant and Arabia, producing seminal works on the Palaeolithic. In 2023, aged 85, he still joined the @arduq.bsky.social excavations in Dhofar, Oman. Rest in peace.
The 'bone midden' surprised with its age, megalithic features and the number of individuals. It is as impressive as the neighbouring rock art sites, triliths and shell midden. The Nafun cultural landscape comprises 214 archaeological sites! @arduq.bsky.social
New publication is out 🎉 from ARDUQ team! Nicknamed as "bone midden" in Nafun north of Duqm revealed incredible finds! Research is led by Betka Danielisova @czechacademy.bsky.social
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman
bit.ly
August 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The 'bone midden' surprised with its age, megalithic features and the number of individuals. It is as impressive as the neighbouring rock art sites, triliths and shell midden. The Nafun cultural landscape comprises 214 archaeological sites! @arduq.bsky.social
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Such fun & fantastic team 🤩🤩🤩
The joy of sorting LSA lithics from Turkana under the guidance of @robfoley.bsky.social
Follow us on Instagram for more www.instagram.com/palaeotrails...
Follow us on Instagram for more www.instagram.com/palaeotrails...
July 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Such fun & fantastic team 🤩🤩🤩
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What does the Ng'ipalajem team do?
Ng’ipalajem, meaning Ancestors in Turkana, is an ERC-funded project.
Led by @martamlahr.bsky.social, the project investigates how the emergence of Homo sapiens is deeply intertwined with Africa’s long-term environmental and ecological history.
#humanevolution
Ng’ipalajem, meaning Ancestors in Turkana, is an ERC-funded project.
Led by @martamlahr.bsky.social, the project investigates how the emergence of Homo sapiens is deeply intertwined with Africa’s long-term environmental and ecological history.
#humanevolution
July 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What does the Ng'ipalajem team do?
Ng’ipalajem, meaning Ancestors in Turkana, is an ERC-funded project.
Led by @martamlahr.bsky.social, the project investigates how the emergence of Homo sapiens is deeply intertwined with Africa’s long-term environmental and ecological history.
#humanevolution
Ng’ipalajem, meaning Ancestors in Turkana, is an ERC-funded project.
Led by @martamlahr.bsky.social, the project investigates how the emergence of Homo sapiens is deeply intertwined with Africa’s long-term environmental and ecological history.
#humanevolution
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From the blog: The #Denisovans got a face! - Turns out, it’s #DragonMan's ...
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The Denisovans got a face! – Turns out, it’s Dragon Man’s
Despite causing so much excitement, the Denisovans have been rather elusive until now. The few dozen small fossil remains have not really provided us with a clear picture of how these Middle Palaeo…
trowelandpen.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From the blog: The #Denisovans got a face! - Turns out, it’s #DragonMan's ...
🏺 trowelandpen.com/2025/06/20/t...
🏺 trowelandpen.com/2025/06/20/t...
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ERC_INASIA is the first high-mountain archaeological project in Uzbekistan. For the very first time, our research team will reach unstudied caves in order to collect data for multiproxy analyses.
#HorizonEU #EUResearch #ERC
#HorizonEU #EUResearch #ERC
June 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
ERC_INASIA is the first high-mountain archaeological project in Uzbekistan. For the very first time, our research team will reach unstudied caves in order to collect data for multiproxy analyses.
#HorizonEU #EUResearch #ERC
#HorizonEU #EUResearch #ERC
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Yippieh! 2nd try for field-work in Greece starts today🥳 (1st was cancelled due to general strike). With @romangarba.bsky.social and Stephanie Neuhuber. Let's see if we can find some nice samples for cosmogenic nuclide analysis by #AMS for VERA @univie.ac.at
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yippieh! 2nd try for field-work in Greece starts today🥳 (1st was cancelled due to general strike). With @romangarba.bsky.social and Stephanie Neuhuber. Let's see if we can find some nice samples for cosmogenic nuclide analysis by #AMS for VERA @univie.ac.at
Cool stuff, an appetizer 😉, from Duqm as part of Australian LARiO @latrobeuni.bsky.social expedition in Oman in collaboration with @arduq.bsky.social
#FlintFriday The first evidence for Levallois lithic technology in the Huqf area of south-eastern Arabia 🏺
This extends the record of hominin activity into central Oman during the Middle Palaeolithic, expanding our knowledge of early human dispersal.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
This extends the record of hominin activity into central Oman during the Middle Palaeolithic, expanding our knowledge of early human dispersal.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
May 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Cool stuff, an appetizer 😉, from Duqm as part of Australian LARiO @latrobeuni.bsky.social expedition in Oman in collaboration with @arduq.bsky.social
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Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
Don't miss our talk, where Vitalii Usyk and I reveal more details about the unique archaeological site of Korolevo, including some unpublished material about the record of hominin occupation there from 1.4 million years ago to 20,000 years ago! Thank you, @heasvienna.bsky.social for inviting us!
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.
May 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Don't miss our talk, where Vitalii Usyk and I reveal more details about the unique archaeological site of Korolevo, including some unpublished material about the record of hominin occupation there from 1.4 million years ago to 20,000 years ago! Thank you, @heasvienna.bsky.social for inviting us!
Reposted by Dr. Roman Garba
@tommyhigham.bsky.social from #HEASVienna introducing @romangarba.bsky.social and #VitalyUsik for the #HEASSeminar taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at
May 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
@tommyhigham.bsky.social from #HEASVienna introducing @romangarba.bsky.social and #VitalyUsik for the #HEASSeminar taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at
Just took an international train from Annaba in #Algeria to Tunis in #Tunisia (reopened Aug 2024). Breathtaking scenery in early May, very green and full of flowers! One of the great train journeys in the world, not to be missed! @seatsixtyone.bsky.social #iloverailwaytrips
May 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just took an international train from Annaba in #Algeria to Tunis in #Tunisia (reopened Aug 2024). Breathtaking scenery in early May, very green and full of flowers! One of the great train journeys in the world, not to be missed! @seatsixtyone.bsky.social #iloverailwaytrips