Who was who and who did what, where and when?

Atti del Workshop
Who Was Who and Who Did What, Where and When? New fossils, new artefacts, new techniques, new datings, new questions
12-13 aprile 2019
Y. Coppens (editor)
Scripta Varia 145, Vatican City, 2019
E-Pub ahead of print
Opening
H.E. Msgr. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Prof. Joachim von Braun
Prof. Yves Coppens
1st session: The early Prehumans
Toumaï (7my, Chad), the Earliest known Member of the Human Family
Prof. Michel Brunet
Discussion
Who was Orrorin?
Prof. Brigitte Senut
Discussion
2nd session: The middle Prehumans and the earliest artefacts
The world’s first near-complete Australopithecus skeleton from the Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa
Prof. Ronald Clarke
Discussion
Middle Pliocene Hominid diversity: new fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille, Central Afar, Ethiopia
Dr Yohannes Hailé-Sélassié
Discussion
The significance of the Dikika cut marks; beyond the cuts!
Prof. Zeray Alemseged
Discussion
Becoming Humans: the legacy of tool making 3.3 million years ago
Prof. Sonia Harmand
Discussion
3rd session: The late Prehumans and the early Humans
Robust and gracile Homininae, two answers to a climatic change
Prof. Yves Coppens
Discussion
Patterns of Hominin species changes near Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary of South Africa: evidence from Kromdraai
Prof. José Braga
Discussion
Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba; assessing the impact of two new fossil Hominid species on our understanding of human origins
Prof. Lee Berger
Discussion
4th session: The early Humans out of Africa
Hominin activities in the sub-Himalayan oodplain during the late Pliocene
Dr Anne Dambricourt-Malassé
Discussion
Who and when were the first Hominins outside Africa
Prof. Robin Dennell
Discussion
Early Humans conquest of Southeast Asian Archipelagos, at the crossroads of nature and culture: mechanisms, adaptation, drives
Prof. François Semah
Discussion
First expansions outside Africa; what can we learn from Turkey and surroundings
Dr Amélie Vialet
Discussion
The earliest occupations in Europe. An overview of the archaeological data from 1my to 500ky
Dr Marie-Hélène Moncel
Discussion
5th session: The middle Humans
The origin of Homo sapiens
Prof. Jean-Jacques Hublin
Discussion
What the recently discovered fossils from the Levant tell us about Neandertal origin
Prof. Israël Hershkovitz
Discussion
Tam Pa Ling Cave and the quest of Human origins in Northeast Laos
Dr Fabrice Demeter
Discussion
6th session: The late Humans
The presence of Humans of the Extreme North of Siberia connected with the remains of animals during the Late Pleistocene
Prof. Alexei Tikhonov
Discussion
New ages for old paintings. U-TH dating reveals Neanderthal cave paintings
Prof. Dirk Hoffmann
Discussion and conclusions
Collegamenti
