Una documental nueva sobre la vida en la Atacama
Una documental nuevo muy interesante sobre la vida en el desierto de Atacama a través de los milenioshttps://t.co/vp1KLyu6t3
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 27, 2019
International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck
International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck, 08–12 September 2019https://t.co/v75MS9p6dv pic.twitter.com/AFOqqOQT4H
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 25, 2019
Dr. Aldenderfer (UC Merced) to talk on high elevation adaptation
Dr. Mark Aldenderfer to give talk, "A Tale of Two Plateaus: Comparing Early Cultural and Genetic Adaptations on the Tibetan Plateau and the
Andean Altiplano"
UC Davis, Mon. Feb 4. pic.twitter.com/beXVoIBjuD— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 20, 2019
Dr. Moya HIA talk: Quechua-Aymara linguistic boundary
Dr. Cristina Moya to give HIA talk on Aymara-Quechua linguistic boundary this coming Tues. https://t.co/EX8FMyUkF6 pic.twitter.com/gK0iyyw8ib
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 19, 2019
2019 UC Davis Archaeology Field School is accepting applications
The 2019 UC Davis Archaeology Field School, Andes Mountains of Peru, is accepting applications.https://t.co/lamEFKXjRB
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 14, 2019
Sex determination of ancient human remains just got a lot easier and more reliable.
Sex determination of ancient human remains just got a lot easier and more reliable.https://t.co/PLTm32zpPd
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 14, 2019
Places, monuments, ancestors
Luis Flores, UC Davis PhD student, publishes Lugares, Monumentos, Ancestros (Places, Monuments, Ancestors). https://t.co/RolCgQPbz2 pic.twitter.com/jL3vwFPAw4
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 13, 2019
The FCL website is live
The Forager Complexity Lab website is live.https://t.co/3TjKzVoAue
— Forager Complexity Lab (@ForagerLab) January 10, 2019
Old News
08 November 2018 The genetic prehistory of the Andean highlands 7000 years BP though European contact published in Science Advances. See media coverage at
- Science Mag: How the people of the Andes evolved to live in high altitudes
- Smithsonian: This Week Has Offered a Slew of Insights on the Western Hemisphere’s First Humans
- New York Times: Crossing From Asia, the First Americans Rushed Into the Unknown
28 June 2017 Humans Permanently Occuppied the Andean Highlands at least 7 ka published in Royal Society Open Science. See the following news summaries:
- USA Today: Life above the clouds in the Andes, 7,000 years ago
- Europa Press: El ser humano se asentó en las tierras altas andinas hace 7.000 años
- HeritageDaily: Researchers document early, permanent human settlement in Andes
- UW News: UW Researchers Document Early, Permanent Human Settlement in Andes
18 May 2017 In the Billings Gazette, Archaeologists uncovering ancient peoples’ widespread use of mountains. Special thanks to the sypmosium organizers, especially Larry Todd and Bonnie Smith for the tremendously successful event.
12 April 2017 Join us on May 4 in Cody, WY for public talks at the Recent Advances at High Elevation Symposium hosted by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
06 Jan 2017 Permanent human occupation of the central Tibetan Plateau in the early Holocene published in Science. See coverage by Nature News (Hunters lived on Tibetan plateau thousands of years earlier than thought), Smithsonian Magazine (Footprints Found at Ancient Hot Springs Could Represent Earliest Settlement of Tibetan Plateau), and University of Wyoming News (Research Sheds New Light on High-Altitude Settlement in Tibet).
13 Nov 2016 Experiment.com campaign funded! Title: How do humans cooperate in large-scale game drives? Documenting wild vicuña drives in the Andes. Sincerest thanks to the contributors.
30 Aug 2016 European Neolithic Societies Showed Early Warning Signals of Population Collapse. published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. See coverage by Business Insider, (This is what it looks like when society collapses) and Phys.org (Statistical study offers evidence of warning signs before Neolithic community collapse).
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