Happy to be in Dryanovo, Bulgaria, for a fascinating IUP workshop organized by Tsenka Tsanova and her team. And honoured to be among 40 years history of collaborations involving @univbordeaux.bsky.social reunited here with colleagues from ~15 Eurasian countries…

Paula’s postdoctoral fellowship within the #ERCStG ExOsTech project aims to establish more precisely whether the previously documented potential tools and new unpublished finds were indeed used as tools by Homo heidelbergensis and, if so, for what purpose.

This week, we are in Halle (Saale) at the @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social to study bone tools and ornaments with Jörg, Arev, @marcel-weiss.bsky.social, @solangerigaud.bsky.social, @cedric-beauval.bsky.social… #ERC_StG ExOsTech @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

This week, we are in Brussels at the IRSNB to collect data for Kelly-Ann Desjardins’ master thesis. She compares retouchers on human and animal bones to establish whether the human ones were used in a symbolic way! ERC StG ExOsTech @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social @cedric-beauval.bsky.social