Nelson J. Almeida
@njasosayweall.bsky.social
Prehistorian | zooarchaeology & taphonomy addict | Professor - University of Évora | Researcher CHAIA-IN2PAST & Uniarq.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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The Gran Dolina cave in the Atapuerca mountains of Spain is yielding more examples of cannibalism by H. antecessor, including the newly announced cut marks on a cervical vertebra of a toddler. 🧪🏺
Ancient human relative cannibalized toddlers, 850,000-year-old neck bone reveals
Cut marks on a child's cervical vertebra found at Atapuerca in Spain suggests Homo antecessor was indiscriminate about cannibalism victims.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Gran Dolina cave in the Atapuerca mountains of Spain is yielding more examples of cannibalism by H. antecessor, including the newly announced cut marks on a cervical vertebra of a toddler. 🧪🏺
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Évora vai receber o quarto TAGi de 5 a 7 de fevreiro de 2026. Mais detalhes estarão disponíveis em breve.
July 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Évora vai receber o quarto TAGi de 5 a 7 de fevreiro de 2026. Mais detalhes estarão disponíveis em breve.
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28 days later published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social !
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March 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
28 days later published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social !
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You can find it here: peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
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Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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3/3 This is our ⭐️98th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2025 ! #OpenScience #openaccess
February 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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2/3 Recommended by @njasosayweall.bsky.social based on reviews by Joao Marreiros, Lars Larsson and Juan Gibja. All editorial work accessible here for full transparency: doi.org/10.24072/pci...
How many lives can a polished axe have? A biographical approach ...
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February 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
2/3 Recommended by @njasosayweall.bsky.social based on reviews by Joao Marreiros, Lars Larsson and Juan Gibja. All editorial work accessible here for full transparency: doi.org/10.24072/pci...
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1/3 New recommendation: Tomasso, Cnuts (@palaeoprop.bsky.social), Geerts, Vanmontfort & @veerlerots.bsky.social (2025). From polishing to burning: deciphering a Middle Neolithic hoard from Beringen Brouwershuis (Belgium) through functional analysis. doi.org/10.31219/osf... 🧪🏺 @traceolab.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
1/3 New recommendation: Tomasso, Cnuts (@palaeoprop.bsky.social), Geerts, Vanmontfort & @veerlerots.bsky.social (2025). From polishing to burning: deciphering a Middle Neolithic hoard from Beringen Brouwershuis (Belgium) through functional analysis. doi.org/10.31219/osf... 🧪🏺 @traceolab.bsky.social
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Our paper has reached 10k access in just 10 days!!! rdcu.be/eaePJ
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our paper has reached 10k access in just 10 days!!! rdcu.be/eaePJ
When artistic photography meets archaeology!
February 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
When artistic photography meets archaeology!
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Well, alright, Neanderthals (or some groups of Neanderthals) could make and 'interpret' cave art. This makes it all the more pertinent to ask why they, on the whole, didn't engage in this activity.
"Neanderthal cave art? A proposal from cognitive archaeology"
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Neanderthal cave art? A proposal from cognitive archaeology
Despite the evidence supporting Neanderthal’s symbolic capacity, cave art remains mainly ascribed to modern humans in the Cantabrian Region (Spain), a…
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January 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Well, alright, Neanderthals (or some groups of Neanderthals) could make and 'interpret' cave art. This makes it all the more pertinent to ask why they, on the whole, didn't engage in this activity.