Seminarium CeNT (Śr., 13 Maja, 2026): Radiocarbon dating of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition: Challenges and recent results
06 05 2026
Kategoria: Aktualności CeNT, Aktualności naukowe, Seminaria CeNT, Strona główna
Centrum Nowych Technologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego zaprasza na seminarium:
prof. Tom Higham
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna
Tytuł: Radiocarbon dating of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition: Challenges and recent results
Data: Wed May 13th, 2026
Czas: 15:00 (Central European Time)
Prowadzący: prof. Małgorzata Kot
Seminarium odbędzie się w audytorium 00.142 w CeNT, Banacha 2c
Abstrakt:
Radiocarbon dating forms the backbone for much of the chronology of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic, marking the date when Neanderthals disappear from the world and only modern humans remain. Because radiocarbon reaches its limit at 50-55,000 years, small amounts of contamination can make a significant difference to accuracy, unless removed. I will present some of our latest results showing how this can be achieved, and the newest results from several key sites dating to this period.
Biogram:
Professor Tom Higham, an archaeologist and specialist in radiocarbon dating. He worked for many years as a professor of archaeology at the University of Oxford and is currently a professor of archaeology in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna. Professor Higham is also the author of a popular science book on human evolution, translated into Polish, entitled Not Just Homo sapiens: A New History of Human Origins.