Dany Coutinho Nogueira
@danycnogueira.bsky.social
PhD in biological Anthropology, interested in Human evolution, Paleopathology and Virtual Anthropology. European Research Area fellow at the Univ of Coimbra
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For #fossilfriday let's play a game, guess the fossil!
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For #fossilfriday let's play a game, guess the fossil!
The child was laid in a shallow depression, carefully prepared with:
• Shells (Scrobicularia plana) under the head 🐚
• Clay with plant impressions 🌿
• A thin layer of sand
It was a constructed structure.
• Shells (Scrobicularia plana) under the head 🐚
• Clay with plant impressions 🌿
• A thin layer of sand
It was a constructed structure.
August 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The child was laid in a shallow depression, carefully prepared with:
• Shells (Scrobicularia plana) under the head 🐚
• Clay with plant impressions 🌿
• A thin layer of sand
It was a constructed structure.
• Shells (Scrobicularia plana) under the head 🐚
• Clay with plant impressions 🌿
• A thin layer of sand
It was a constructed structure.
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....
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....
August 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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....
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....
Since 2019, 3 new non-adult burials were found:
• CAM 2019-5: ~9 yo, buried in a tightly flexed position
• CAM 2022-6: perinate, possibly stillborn
• CAM 2023-7: ~8 yo, buried with shells, ochre, and faunal remains
• CAM 2019-5: ~9 yo, buried in a tightly flexed position
• CAM 2022-6: perinate, possibly stillborn
• CAM 2023-7: ~8 yo, buried with shells, ochre, and faunal remains
August 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Since 2019, 3 new non-adult burials were found:
• CAM 2019-5: ~9 yo, buried in a tightly flexed position
• CAM 2022-6: perinate, possibly stillborn
• CAM 2023-7: ~8 yo, buried with shells, ochre, and faunal remains
• CAM 2019-5: ~9 yo, buried in a tightly flexed position
• CAM 2022-6: perinate, possibly stillborn
• CAM 2023-7: ~8 yo, buried with shells, ochre, and faunal remains
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....
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....
August 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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....
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....
The two parallel grooves are sulci frontalis—an anatomical variant. On its own, it offers limited insight. But when considered alongside other traits—like cranial and mandibular morphology or developmental pathologies—it becomes part of a bigger story.
April 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The two parallel grooves are sulci frontalis—an anatomical variant. On its own, it offers limited insight. But when considered alongside other traits—like cranial and mandibular morphology or developmental pathologies—it becomes part of a bigger story.
One interesting finding: the flattened area is linked to the disappearance of diploë and fusion of the frontal bone tables.
This pattern is consistently seen in non-adult individuals from recent modern samples and also in early anatomically modern humans.
This pattern is consistently seen in non-adult individuals from recent modern samples and also in early anatomically modern humans.
April 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One interesting finding: the flattened area is linked to the disappearance of diploë and fusion of the frontal bone tables.
This pattern is consistently seen in non-adult individuals from recent modern samples and also in early anatomically modern humans.
This pattern is consistently seen in non-adult individuals from recent modern samples and also in early anatomically modern humans.
We used micro-CT and 3D imaging to Qafzeh 9, an early anatomically modern human from the Middle Paleolithic Levant. These tools offer a detailed view of bone structure and changes that go far beyond what’s visible to the naked eye. 📸
April 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We used micro-CT and 3D imaging to Qafzeh 9, an early anatomically modern human from the Middle Paleolithic Levant. These tools offer a detailed view of bone structure and changes that go far beyond what’s visible to the naked eye. 📸
Why take the time to study small superficial bone changes? Because in paleoanthropology, understanding their origin—whether due to normal variation, growth, taphonomy, or pathology—is key to interpreting human variability and biological relationships🦴🔍
April 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Why take the time to study small superficial bone changes? Because in paleoanthropology, understanding their origin—whether due to normal variation, growth, taphonomy, or pathology—is key to interpreting human variability and biological relationships🦴🔍
Qafzeh 12 shows evidence of hydrocephalus (Tillier et al. 2001), while Qafzeh 9 displays pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption in teeth, indicating issues with tooth development (Coutinho Nogueira et al. 2019).
March 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Qafzeh 12 shows evidence of hydrocephalus (Tillier et al. 2001), while Qafzeh 9 displays pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption in teeth, indicating issues with tooth development (Coutinho Nogueira et al. 2019).
A benign bone tumor called Chondroblastoma was found on Qafzeh 10 (Dutour and Tillier 2018). Qafzeh 9 presents a non-ossifying fibroma, another type of benign bone tumor (Coutinho Nogueira et al 2019).
March 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A benign bone tumor called Chondroblastoma was found on Qafzeh 10 (Dutour and Tillier 2018). Qafzeh 9 presents a non-ossifying fibroma, another type of benign bone tumor (Coutinho Nogueira et al 2019).
Carious lesions are found on Qafzeh 3, 4, 7, and 9 (Trinkaus and Pinilla 2009, Tillier et al 2004, Coutinho Nogueira et al 2019). Several individuals also have tooth rotation, misalignments, or agenesis (missing teeth; Schuh et al 2017, Tillier et al. 1998). #OralPathologies
March 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Carious lesions are found on Qafzeh 3, 4, 7, and 9 (Trinkaus and Pinilla 2009, Tillier et al 2004, Coutinho Nogueira et al 2019). Several individuals also have tooth rotation, misalignments, or agenesis (missing teeth; Schuh et al 2017, Tillier et al. 1998). #OralPathologies
The Skhul individuals show a mix of modern and archaic traits, but they are all considered Homo sapiens.
fig. Skull of Skhul V (McCown & Keith, 1939)
fig. Skull of Skhul V (McCown & Keith, 1939)
February 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Skhul individuals show a mix of modern and archaic traits, but they are all considered Homo sapiens.
fig. Skull of Skhul V (McCown & Keith, 1939)
fig. Skull of Skhul V (McCown & Keith, 1939)
They found:
- 10 partial skeletons (3 non-adults, 7 adults) + 16 isolated bones
Preservation varies, but Individuals IV & V are the most complete (McCown & Keith, 1939) while Skhul X is badly preserved. 💀✨
fig. Skull of Skhul IX (McCown & Keith, 1939)
- 10 partial skeletons (3 non-adults, 7 adults) + 16 isolated bones
Preservation varies, but Individuals IV & V are the most complete (McCown & Keith, 1939) while Skhul X is badly preserved. 💀✨
fig. Skull of Skhul IX (McCown & Keith, 1939)
February 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
They found:
- 10 partial skeletons (3 non-adults, 7 adults) + 16 isolated bones
Preservation varies, but Individuals IV & V are the most complete (McCown & Keith, 1939) while Skhul X is badly preserved. 💀✨
fig. Skull of Skhul IX (McCown & Keith, 1939)
- 10 partial skeletons (3 non-adults, 7 adults) + 16 isolated bones
Preservation varies, but Individuals IV & V are the most complete (McCown & Keith, 1939) while Skhul X is badly preserved. 💀✨
fig. Skull of Skhul IX (McCown & Keith, 1939)
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)
fig. Skull of Skhul I (McCown and Keith, 1939)
February 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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)
fig. Skull of Skhul I (McCown and Keith, 1939)
Morphologically, Homo 1 and Homo 2 share similarities with European Upper Paleolithic individuals, but they’re more robust than the Natufians from the Levant.
Figure: Qafzeh 2 skull (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
Figure: Qafzeh 2 skull (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
January 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Morphologically, Homo 1 and Homo 2 share similarities with European Upper Paleolithic individuals, but they’re more robust than the Natufians from the Levant.
Figure: Qafzeh 2 skull (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
Figure: Qafzeh 2 skull (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
Two Upper Paleolithic fossils from Qafzeh, Homo 1 and Homo 2, were discovered in the early 1930s by René Neuville and Moshé Stekelis.
Figure: Qafzeh 2 mandible (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
Figure: Qafzeh 2 mandible (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
January 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Two Upper Paleolithic fossils from Qafzeh, Homo 1 and Homo 2, were discovered in the early 1930s by René Neuville and Moshé Stekelis.
Figure: Qafzeh 2 mandible (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
Figure: Qafzeh 2 mandible (Vandermeersch et al., 2013)
🔍 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
Figure: Qafzeh 1 skull
January 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔍 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
Figure: Qafzeh 1 skull
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)
December 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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)
🧑💻 2024 marked the first year of the Virtual Anthropology Laboratory at CIAS that I co-direct with John Willman, a great step forward in my research journey! Also, I’m now working in a new office. ✨
December 8, 2024 at 2:50 PM
🧑💻 2024 marked the first year of the Virtual Anthropology Laboratory at CIAS that I co-direct with John Willman, a great step forward in my research journey! Also, I’m now working in a new office. ✨
🎤 2024 wasn’t just about academic events—I also participated in outreach activities for the general public! Sharing the excitement of research and inspiring curiosity about the past is always a rewarding experience. Grateful for these moments of outreach! 🌟 #PublicEngagement
December 8, 2024 at 2:49 PM
🎤 2024 wasn’t just about academic events—I also participated in outreach activities for the general public! Sharing the excitement of research and inspiring curiosity about the past is always a rewarding experience. Grateful for these moments of outreach! 🌟 #PublicEngagement
🎓 Another highlight of the year: I taught biomedical students in Porto and had the honor of being part of 7 Master’s juries! Also, for the first time, I’m supervising 3 Master’s students—pleased to help them grow as researchers! 🙌 #AcademicMentorship #Teaching
December 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
🎓 Another highlight of the year: I taught biomedical students in Porto and had the honor of being part of 7 Master’s juries! Also, for the first time, I’m supervising 3 Master’s students—pleased to help them grow as researchers! 🙌 #AcademicMentorship #Teaching
⛏️ Summer 2024 was spent in the field! I had the privilege of excavating at Muge, unearthing more pieces of Mesolithic history. There's nothing like being in the field to fuel the passion for research! 🌞 #Archaeology #Fieldwork #Mesolithic
December 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
⛏️ Summer 2024 was spent in the field! I had the privilege of excavating at Muge, unearthing more pieces of Mesolithic history. There's nothing like being in the field to fuel the passion for research! 🌞 #Archaeology #Fieldwork #Mesolithic
🎤 2024 was packed with congresses—7 presentations and posters sharing my research and building networks! I presented mainly on Mesolithic Muge, but also on fossils from Qafzeh and growth-related variations.
December 8, 2024 at 2:45 PM
🎤 2024 was packed with congresses—7 presentations and posters sharing my research and building networks! I presented mainly on Mesolithic Muge, but also on fossils from Qafzeh and growth-related variations.
2024 started with an amazing experience! In February, I began my ERA fellowship secondment at the @icarehb.bsky.social
in the beautiful Algarve. It was a great time of learning, collaboration—and enjoying the beach too! 🌊☀️ #ResearchLife
in the beautiful Algarve. It was a great time of learning, collaboration—and enjoying the beach too! 🌊☀️ #ResearchLife
December 8, 2024 at 2:44 PM
2024 started with an amazing experience! In February, I began my ERA fellowship secondment at the @icarehb.bsky.social
in the beautiful Algarve. It was a great time of learning, collaboration—and enjoying the beach too! 🌊☀️ #ResearchLife
in the beautiful Algarve. It was a great time of learning, collaboration—and enjoying the beach too! 🌊☀️ #ResearchLife