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Einladung & Programm zum Workshop It’s in Our Bones

Workshop ‘Biological and Forensic Anthropology: It`s in Our Bones’ from 26 to 28 June 2024

15. May 2024

#Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #Paleopathology #Workshop After 11 years, Prof. Robert W. Mann, PhD (University of Hawaii) is once again holding a workshop in Berlin from 26 to 28 June 2024. We can again expect exciting topics, Read more…

Anthropology as a new discipline at the Olympic Games

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Anthropology as a new discipline at the Olympic Games

14. December 2023

#Anthropology #bioarchaeology@dai_weltweit# ZWA_DAI #Bioarchaeology #NaturalSciences_DAI @dai_weltweit This summer in Olympia, Greece, we were able to examine skeletons that were excavated around 1999 on the site of the former sports cities of the Olympic Games. Among many Read more…

Cluster 3 “Body and Death” – Conference October in Athens

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Cluster 3 “Body and Death” – Conference October in Athens

14. April 2023

#Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #KörperUndTod @dai_weltweit The DAI research cluster “Body and Death” will hold its annual conference at the DAI Athens this year. We meet from the 17th to the 19th. October 2023 on the topic Read more…

First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt

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First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt

14. April 2023

#Anthropology #Bioarchaeology First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt. Our paper on the severed hands of 12 individuals from Tell el-Dabha is published (press release). You will find it here.

50th annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathological Association

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50th annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathological Association

14. April 2023

#Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #Paleopathology #Conference @Paleopatholog10 The 50th Annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association will take place on April 17th to 19th in Reno, Nevada.Take part in the hybrid symposia and the many podium Read more…

DAARD (Digital Atlas of Ancient Rare Diseases) now online!

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DAARD (Digital Atlas of Ancient Rare Diseases) now online!

13. April 2023

#Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #AncientRareDiseases #RareDiseases The DAARD is available online! Around 91 archaeological cases from so far 18 rare diseases affecting the skeleton can be viewed worldwide with all available osteological and archaeological data. Anyone can Read more…

Cluster conference “Body and Death: Concepts” in Berlin

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Cluster conference “Body and Death: Concepts” in Berlin

14. September 2022

#Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #Archaeology#KörperUndTod The DAI research cluster “Body and Death” was founded in 2021 with the aims of promotingexchange between the various archaeological and anthropological disciplines concerned with the human body and establishing the body as Read more…

Groundcheck Auswärtiges Amt 02.06.2022

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Groundcheck Auswärtiges Amt 02.06.2022

10. June 2022

#Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #Groundcheck #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis # With increasing speed and simultaneity, we are experiencing dramatic climate and social changes. Science and politics are challenged to defend these findings against denial and fake science, which makes Read more…

BACK(BONE) TO THE FUTURE. Conference discusses an open and engaged bioarchaeology to raise awareness on climate change and climate crisis.

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BACK(BONE) TO THE FUTURE. Conference discusses an open and engaged bioarchaeology to raise awareness on climate change and climate crisis.

23. December 2021

#BioarchClimateConference #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Bioarchaeology #NaturalSciences_DAI #Groundcheck @dai_weltweit On the 2nd and 3rd of December 2021, the Human Bioarchaeology Unit (Division of Natural Sciences, German Archaeological Institute) organised the free online conference “Back(Bone) to the Future Read more…