United Kingdom, Jan. 21 -- Project Id: 79564
Description: Grant agreement ID: 812309
Status
Ongoing project
Start date
1 June 2019
End date
30 November 2020
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
Overall budget:
€ 136 238
EU contribution
€ 136 238
Objective
The ERC-funded project 'PalaeoChron' is exploring the dispersal and chronology of early anatomically modern humans outwards from Africa and into Eurasia between 60-40,000 years ago. The study of this key period, during which Neanderthals and other archaic humans disappeared to extinction, relies on the power of radiocarbon dating for the chronological framework underpinning it. There is a huge onus on reliable dating, but this is extremely challenging due to the overwhelm...