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Press release

Press release from the University of Kiel from 14th May 2025: Humid climate period in South Africa 6000 years ago goes hand in hand with cultural changes.

Ecker et al. (2025)

Ecker, M., Sato, H., Kelley, D, 2025. Rekonstruktion des Amazonas-Ökosystems zu letzten Eiszeit. Archäologie in Deutschland 3(2025), 14-17. See the journal.

From July 1-4, the members of the Kagalagadi Human Origin Project will meet in Kiel for an international workshop and transfer of knowledge. The event begins on July 1with a talk by Dr. Michaela Ecker on the topic of perspectives on human evolution in the southern Kalahari Desert. The talk will take place at 5.00Continue reading “KHO Workshop”

Ecker et al. (2025)

Ecker, M., Rhodes, S., Andersen, N., Horwitz, L.K., Chazan, M., Makarewicz, C.A., 2025. A holocene n-alkane stable isotope record from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa and its implications for the later stone age record. Sci Rep 15, 14667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99054-0 Read here the press release of the University of Kiel for this paper.

Talk at the Kiel Conference 2025

Find us at the Kiel Conference from 24-29. March 2025 with a poster presentation and a talk. Rowena Winterhalder, Inèz Faul and colleagues present their poster: “Lithics and landscapes: Archaeological material and geomorphological forms at Maralaleng Pan, southern Kalahari basin”. This contribution aims to identify where artefacts are located in relation to different geomorphological features inside the pans and whether thisContinue reading “Talk at the Kiel Conference 2025”