Project data

Funding Entity: European Commission

Call: ERC-2023-SyG

Coordinator: Università di Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum” (Italy)

UNISI Principal Investigator: Prof. Francesco Berna

Department: Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (DSFTA)

Start date: 1 June 2024

End date: 31 May 2030

 

Description

Investigating the extinction of the Neanderthals

The Neanderthals vanished 40 000 years ago after surviving for 350 000 years across a territory stretching from the Iberian Peninsula to southern Siberia. Their extinction remains poorly understood, partly due to limited data availability. Gathering more extensive archaeological evidence from core regions within the Neanderthals’ range is crucial, especially where interactions with other human species were significant. The ERC-funded LAST NEANDERTHALS project aims to investigate the decline of Neanderthals between 60 000 and 40 000 years ago. The project will collect new data from understudied areas in Asia and Europe to comprehend population dynamics and the extinction of Neanderthals. This research promises insights into the fate of all archaic human groups.

 

Source: CORDIS

 

Project website: https://www.erc-lastneanderthals.eu/siena/

 

 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under GA No: 101118565