| Recipient | Stacy Carolin |
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| Date | 01 June, 2023 |
| Amount | £7940.00 |
| Summary | The interplay between environmental change and key behavioural transitions in anatomically modern Homo sapiens is poorly resolved in North Africa. What effect did climate change have on the regional distribution of AMH and spread of cultural traditions? Were key behavioural developments triggered by increased climate variability? Such critical questions remain unanswered due in part to the striking lack of environmental records available beyond the Holocene in North Africa, one of the least studied regions in the world due to its challenging dry environment. Isotopic analysis of fossil rodent teeth, commonly collected alongside human artefacts, is a novel method for resolving palaeo-humidity in dry areas. In this project, I will: 1) develop and refine the non-destructive approach of laser ablation for museum-archived small rodent teeth isotopic analysis, and 2) apply the teeth climate proxy to analyse the human-environment relationship at three sites in Northern Morocco during the Middle Stone Age. |
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