If one wants to learn about Earth’s history and the various living things that were alive in the past, one need only look within the sediments and rocks that cover our planet’s surface for their remains.
Excavations (and accidental discoveries) have yielded much information and data on prehistoric life. New discoveries are being made every day, and who knows what exciting finds will be discovered in the future?
The COST action titled is serving the role of promoting a facet of these data, namely discoveries and information dealing with our close relatives and ancestors the Neandertals, and the environmental, biological and cultural context they lived in.
As part of this COST action, three training schools were organised in September and October 2023, namely:
- “Paleogenomics: From sampling and data collection to multidisciplinary analyses” organised by the ;
- “Advancing into a community of practice in Palaeolithic Archaeology: Sharing best practices and discussing problems in multidisciplinary studies” organised by the and
- “An introduction to geometric morphometric methods for the study of human remains” organised by the .
Johann Galdies, employed by the Department of Geosciences and current management committee member for Malta in this action, participated in these three training schools.
