Parameterising the Human System
The 3rd HESCOR Workshop will commence on November 25th at the University of Cologne, focusing on technical perspectives in human-system processes, parameterization, and modeling approaches. The sessions on the first day, featuring expert keynote presentations and discussions, are open to the public. To attend, please register by November 11th by emailing Dr. Isabell Schmidt.
Toward "Animal Prehistory"
Shumon Hussain discusses a new field of research in the making and its key challenges, especially the historical changeability of animal behaviour.
Our Way to Europe - a new Model
The research paper by Yaping Shao et al. provides a detailed reconstruction of the dispersal process of the first anatomically modern humans into Europe, combining large climate and archaeological datasets.
Learning from Human Data
Our workshop brings together experts working with data at the interface of the humanities and the environmental sciences, seeking new approaches to bridge disciplinary barriers. It will be held in July 2024 at the University of Cologne.
Blog-writing workshop
To empower and promote outreach competencies among the HESCOR team, WP5 invited Dr. Mathew Stiller-Reeve for a two-day seminar on how to write texts that can cross disciplinary, institutional and educational barriers.
Advisory Board complete
Our HESCOR Advisory Board is now complete and may provide advice and support to the project and its members.
Animals adapted to human environments
Shumon Hussain explores how animals developed novel behaviours when living in human-shaped environments (palaeo-synanthropy), in turn influencing the evolution of human societies in the deep past.
Early warning signals
The Sahara changed from a humid green to today’s hyperarid environment about 5.500 years ago. A new study with Verena Förster and Frank Schäbitz shows that there were possible early warning signals.
Because facts are not enough
Kate Rigby and Roman Bartosch explore how we can share the planet with other creatures - and why humans are the only hope and the biggest obstacle to climate protection.
Introducing the project to colleagues
The HESCOR-Project was presented to colleagues working on Pleistocene archaeology at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Hugo-Obermaier Society in Weimar in April 2024.
The weather is pure chaos
Meteorologists Nikki Vercauteren and Susanne Crewell use data and algorithms to understand what is happening in the Earth's atmosphere. This is complicated, for the past and future.
The human side of biodiversity
By looking at archaeological evidence from the deep past, Shumon Hussain and Chris Baumann argue that humans increase the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems, with positive effects on biodiversity.
Hescor is funded
The state government announced that HESCOR has succeded in the new funding round for innovative research of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.