A story here from #trowelblazers on the #Palestinian woman #Yusra working with #archaeologist Dorothy #Garrod at Mount Carmel in the 1930s. She found the #Tabun1 female #Neanderthal

https://trowelblazers.com/2014/05/08/yusra-expert-excavator-of-mount-carmel/

In 1909, Archibald Garrod first attributed a disease to an inherited defect that affects the metabolism. #Poetry #Science #History #Genetics #Metabolism #Garrod (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1909b.html)
1909: Inborn errors of metabolism - The book of science

In 1909, Archibald Garrod first attributed a disease to an inherited defect that affects the metabolism.

Hello #archeodon & #cultevodon !!
Last post about the #Cambridge #Garrod #Seminar! Thursday 4pm UK time, Valentine Roux from the CNRS will guide us for our last walk into the exploration of the integration between Evolutionary Theories, Cultural Transmission and Archaeology!
Come in person or register online here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvde-vpzMqEt08wPbesoHF-HnSdu5yXAgn#/registration
Full Abstract: https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/events/garrod-research-seminars/thinking-evolutionary-laws-technological-trajectories-and
#technology #evolution #potery
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Garrod Seminar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

The Garrod Research Seminar Series is the Department of Archaeology’s principal seminar series of invited scholarly lectures. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. In Michaelmas Term 2023, the theme for the Garrod seminar series is ‘Cultural Evolution & Archaeology’.

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And here the weekly post about our #Garrod seminar series! I am super happy and happy to remind you Alex Mesoudi from #Exeter will give his talk '#Archaeology within a unified science of cultural evolution'
at the department of #Archaeology, #Cambridge .
Don't miss it:
🗓 Thursday, 4pm UK time
Full Abstract: https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/events/garrod-research-seminars/operationalising-archaeological-taxonomies-using-cultural
Online registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvde-vpzMqEt08wPbesoHF-HnSdu5yXAgn#/registration
#CulturalEvolution
Operationalising archaeological taxonomies using cultural evolutionary approaches – and why it matters | Department of Archaeology

Like it or not, classification is a key component of archaeological research. For most archaeologists working with artefacts, typology is unquestionably the means by which such classification is conducted. Typology, however, is critically flawed epistemologically, although it ironically often works in practice.

Don't forget to join us for the seminar 'Operationalising archaeological #taxonomies using cultural evolutionary approaches – and why it matters' 🌟 with Felix Riede from #Aarhus in our #Garrod Seminar Series at the department of #Archaeology, #Cambridge .
🗓 Thursday, 4pm UK time
Full Abstract: https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/events/garrod-research-seminars/operationalising-archaeological-taxonomies-using-cultural
Online registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvde-vpzMqEt08wPbesoHF-HnSdu5yXAgn#/registration
#CulturalEvolution
Operationalising archaeological taxonomies using cultural evolutionary approaches – and why it matters | Department of Archaeology

Like it or not, classification is a key component of archaeological research. For most archaeologists working with artefacts, typology is unquestionably the means by which such classification is conducted. Typology, however, is critically flawed epistemologically, although it ironically often works in practice.

I thought I did it earlier but appears I didnt, shame on me! So here it is:

I am super happy to share here the final schedule of the #Garrod seminar series that Alfredo Cortell and I are organising for the university of #Cambridge'm 's department of Archaeology. It will be all about #CulturalEvolution & #Archaeology, join us if you are interested in how human culture change !
All info: https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/events/garrod-research-seminars
Online registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvde-vpzMqEt08wPbesoHF-HnSdu5yXAgn

Garrod Research Seminars | Department of Archaeology

The Garrod Research Seminar Series is the Department of Archaeology’s principal seminar series of invited scholarly lectures. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Cultural Evolution & Archaeology In order to understand the past, archaeology has always been concerned with how culture arises, how it is defined and how it changes through time. Several theoretical and