Meir Orbach

I hope fallow deer aging is legit contribution..

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Our results based on both abundance and age profiles, indicate a lack of selectivity in fallow deer hunting. We suggest that Paleolithic hunters exhibited a preference for open biomes—demonstrating a patch preference rather than a prey preference.

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tooth wear stages with crown height measurements.
This integrated method allows for a more accurate and replicable division between prime and old adult cohorts.
We believe additional data would significantly enhance this, and we encourage you to publish more.

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Existing methods for distinguishing prime-aged fallow deer from old individuals are inconsistent and ambiguous. This boundary is crucial for interpreting hunting selectivity. We refined the aging approach by combining Bowen et al.’s (2016) fallow deer-specific

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Fallow deer are the 2nd most common prey in Middle Paleolithic sites in the southern Levant. It was long assumed they were deliberately hunted—especially prime-aged individuals, a marker of advanced human hunting skills.
But were they?

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📢 New paper out in Journal of Archaeological Science!
We present a regional analysis of fallow deer in Middle Paleolithic Levant and propose a methodological refinement for aging that has major implications for understanding human hunting behavior.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

There is a job opening (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2 years, 100%) in my new VW project on the macro-evolution of Pleistocene technological ecosystems in Europe: ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunitie...

Deadline 25.05.2025

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It is like a cervid-bovid hybrid. So cool!

📢Job alert!

W3 (Full) Professorship in Human Ecology at the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of Tübingen.

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Congratulations Marion!

Come and join us at #Nottingham! New ArchSci labs and a fabulous heritage science network across the university gives access to all sorts of lovely kit for materials science. If you’re collaborative with exciting research ideas, get in touch!

📣 The next season is on its way! This September we are going back to Tajikistan to excavate the Middle and Upper Paleolithic layers at Soii Havzak rockshelter!
We are looking for volunteers!
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Very sad news.

Will be happy to be added thanks!

Great idea! I will be happy to join too.
Thanks!

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