Prof. Julio Mercader Florín
@ProfMercader
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Professor of Archaeology, Experienced Researcher in African Matters and Human Origins, Author, Grant Writer, Advisor, Career Development
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Joined May 2017
New paper reveals Homo erectus thrived in steppe-deserts 1 million years ago—reshaping views on early adaptability, generalist strategies, and dispersal to arid zones amid mid-Pleistocene climate change #OldupaiGorge 🇹🇿 . @NaturePortfolio .@CommsEarth .
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Prototyping smart glasses for palaeosciences.in the East African Rift! .🦴🕶️. Shortly, .we will be piloting hands-free surveys with a.RealWear 520 #OldupaiGorge, .using stabilized videos and real-time uploads. Can we annotate palaeo finds on the move?
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15 days to go! .Proud to keep advancing research + training #OldupaiGorge . 🙏.@udomtheofficial + @UCalgary . Team's fired up,.Some already in-country,.others landing soon:.@shikoni_abel .@MariaSotoQ .@AloyceMg .@Hernando90R .AbdallahMohamed.@StephenMagohe .Ayoola Oladele
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Ancient starch research rests on a paradox: . A molecule known to degrade rapidly is assumed to survive for tens of thousands of years. Our data show active microbial metabolism in buried contexts. Time to dismantle the myth.
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Dear Steve, .What a superb job you did!!.Congratulations!.An honor to work with you.
PhD Candidacy exam passed today! I am officially a candidate! Lots of appreciations to my committee @the_subtender @ProfMercader @RiversToRocks and @Jen Galloway. Thanks to the @TheLeakeyFndtn @CanadianAcp @UdsmOfficial and @UCalgary for supporting my research!
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Collaborative Research and Shared Stewardship at Oldupai Gorge. A long-term partnership between researchers and the Maasai Advisory Council in the Oldupai Gorge region of Tanzania offers a model for collaboration in palaeoanthropological research.
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RT @museumsofkenya: History made!.Dr. Fredrick Manthi has officially been inducted into the US National Academy of Sciences at NAS headquar….
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Excited to see the University of Dodoma .leading research at Oldupai Gorge 🇹🇿.collaborating globally .to explore the origins of humanity .#UNESCO .#WorldHeritageSite. Cheers to a new chapter of discovery 🎉.@udomofficial #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology
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Big thanks to .@udomtheofficial & .@UCalgary .🇹🇿🇨🇦 .for backing our project and permit.to uncover early human life .at the cradle of humankind.🙏. #OldupaiGorge. Stay tuned for discoveries ahead! .#Paleoanthropology .#HumanEvolution
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RT @AloyceMg: Thrilled to share that I have defended my PhD. I am thankful to my Supervisor @ProfMercader, Examination Committee, SSHRC, @….
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Dear Raquel, .This is fantastic news! .I am so glad you got funded by @TheLeakeyFndtn .to work in the Afar. .
This is BIG NEWS from me, I’m so excited!🥳🥳.So grateful to the @TheLeakeyFndtn for making this possible. And a HUGE thank you to @LHlusko for all your advice and support!😊.
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RT @palevoprim: Raquel Hernando (@Hernando90R) will collaborate with @GildasMerceron to investigate the later Pleistocene dietary behavior….
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Do waiting times between occupations truly capture adaptive strategies, or are they artifacts of methodological and taphonomic biases?. A macroarchaeological view of mobility.by Brantingham et al.JAS_R.
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RT @HumanOriginsASU: Institute of Human Origins Research Scientist and @ASUBeingHuman Professor, Gary Schwartz runs an Advanced Visualizat….
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RT @petecout: After 3.5 years of fieldwork, lab analysis, and writing, it all comes together in 582 pages of the most up to date archaeolog….
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A transformative initiative.to foster capacity building in Paleosciences!. Eastern African Network for PaleoBioGeoChem (PaleoBGC):. 🔬 Nairobi: Raman (May 5-6).📊 Addis Ababa: XRF (May 12-13).🔍 Dodoma: Thin-sectioning (May 20-21). @UCalgary .@USaskSSSC .@umanitoba .@UAM_Madrid
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RT @MPI_EVA_Leipzig: Oldest modern human #genomes sequenced. These seven early #Europeans belonged to a small, isolated group that left no….
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Congratulations!.
Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : #ScienceResearch.
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