Category: MGfU #33

A Hand-axe from Lake Schmiechen, District Alb-Donau

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, S. Wolf or a member of the editorial board.


Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard


Editor

Sibylle Wolf


Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York)
François Bon (Toulouse)
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz)
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming)
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen)
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg)
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen)
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence)
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden)
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen)
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen)
Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow)
Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg)
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 33
This short essay describes the single find of a hand-axe from the Swabian Jura, which had been discovered through ornithological studies already about 1960.
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Methods and Perspectives on the Study of Hominin Adult Life History

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard


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Sibylle Wolf


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Shara Bailey (New York)
François Bon (Toulouse)
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz)
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming)
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen)
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg)
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen)
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence)
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden)
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen)
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen)
Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow)
Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg)
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 33
Paola Cerrito Department of Evolutionary Anthropology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland paola.cerrito@iea.uzh.ch Abstract Human life history is distinct from that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. In some regards it has slowed down (e.g., increased longevity, later age…
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Annual Report from the Chair of the GfU 2024

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard


Editor

Sibylle Wolf


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Shara Bailey (New York)
François Bon (Toulouse)
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz)
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming)
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen)
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg)
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen)
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence)
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden)
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen)
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen)
Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow)
Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg)
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 33
Liebe GfU Mitglieder,
unser Vereinsjahr seit der letzten Mitgliederversammlung am 08.07.2023 war reich an Aktionen und Veranstaltungen. Nach unserer Mitgliederversammlung fand im selben Monat am 27.07. eine Tagesexkursion ins Altmühltal statt. Diese führte unser Partnerverein Eiszeitkunst im Lonetal e.V. durch und GfU Mitglieder schlossen sich gerne an. Prof. Thorsten Uthmeier von der Universität Erlangen führte fachkundig an den Fundstellen.
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Laudation: Dr. Paola Cerrito, Twenty-sixth Recipient of the Tübingen Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard


Editor

Sibylle Wolf


Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York)
François Bon (Toulouse)
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz)
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming)
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen)
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg)
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen)
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence)
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden)
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen)
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen)
Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow)
Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg)
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 33
Ladies and gentlemen, Dean Stehle, representatives of Romina EiszeitQuell, dear colleagues, students, and friends of the Institute, dear Dr. Cerrito,
It is a great honour and pleasure for me to introduce the 26th laureate of the Tübingen Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology. Covering more than a quarter of a century now, the prize-winning works record the development of our field in a fascinating way.
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Foreword

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, S. Wolf or a member of the editorial board.


Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard


Editor

Sibylle Wolf


Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York)
François Bon (Toulouse)
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz)
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming)
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen)
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg)
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen)
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence)
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden)
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen)
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen)
Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow)
Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg)
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 33
Verehrte Mitglieder und Leserschaft, wir freuen uns, Ihnen die MGfU 2024 präsentieren zu können, die in eingespielter Weise mit dem Kerns Verlag Tübingen publiziert werden. Das Heft 2024 beginnt mit der Laudatio auf die Preisträgerin des von Romina Mineralbrunnen GmbH…
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