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An overview of the latest research outputs from the global tropics. Please get in touch with us if you are interested in adding a summary of your latest research news to Pantropica.

Pre-Columbian Life in the Southwest Amazon
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Pre-Columbian Life in the Southwest Amazon

Posted on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 by Neil Duncan

Study shows that people have been actively shaping the SW Amazon for over 3,500 years

Indigenous Peoples Were Stewards of the Western Amazon
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Indigenous Peoples Were Stewards of the Western Amazon

Posted on June 14, 2021June 15, 2021 by Dolores Piperno

New Study Points to a History of Indigenous Sustainable Use of the Western Amazon Stretching Back 5,000 Years

Varied landscape response to Iberian invasion of the tropics
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Varied landscape response to Iberian invasion of the tropics

Posted on June 11, 2021June 14, 2021 by Rebecca Hamilton

New paper shows non-uniform landscape responses to the ‘Great Dying’ in the Americas and Asia-Pacific

Multidisciplinary research reveals prehistoric human management of a resilient tropical forest-mangrove landscape in Vietnam
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Multidisciplinary research reveals prehistoric human management of a resilient tropical forest-mangrove landscape in Vietnam

Posted on July 28, 2020July 29, 2020 by Rachael Holmes

Southeast Asia harbours the world’s most diverse and extensive mangroves, and northern Vietnam hosts a large proportion of the region’s mangrove plants. These habitats can…

From the First Farmers to the Spanish Empire: 4000 years of animal and plant introductions to the Philippine Archipelago
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From the First Farmers to the Spanish Empire: 4000 years of animal and plant introductions to the Philippine Archipelago

Posted on July 17, 2020January 19, 2021 by Noel Amano

The Philippine Archipelago is home to some of the world’s richest biodiversity, including some 20,000 plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world.…

Revisiting the Milpa Cycle and the Myth of Mayan Collapse in Anabel Ford’s “The Maya Forest”
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Revisiting the Milpa Cycle and the Myth of Mayan Collapse in Anabel Ford’s “The Maya Forest”

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 by Maximillian Findley

The Collapse of the Classic Maya, like the collapse of Rapa Nui’s society, has almost become a byword for environmental degradation. The theory, rapidly summarized,…

Genomic history and ecology of the geographic spread of rice
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Genomic history and ecology of the geographic spread of rice

Posted on June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 by Robert Patalano

Recent research published by Gutaker et al. in Nature Plants reconstructs the history of rice dispersal in Asia using whole-genome sequences of more than 1,400…

Discovery of Oldest Bow and Arrow Technology in Eurasia
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Discovery of Oldest Bow and Arrow Technology in Eurasia

Posted on June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 by Patrick Roberts

New archaeological research demonstrates earliest projectile technology in the tropical rainforests of Sri Lanka The origins of human innovation have traditionally been sought in the…

New Book: ‘Tropical Forests in Prehistory, History, and Modernity’
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New Book: ‘Tropical Forests in Prehistory, History, and Modernity’

Posted on June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 by Patrick Roberts

In popular discourse, tropical forests are synonymous with ‘nature’ and ‘wilderness’, battlegrounds between apparently pristine floral, faunal, and human communities, and the unrelenting industrial and…

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philriris Harris Matrix Reloaded @philriris ·
18 Aug

Global raster dataset on historical coastline positions and shelf sea extents since the Last Glacial Maximum 🤯 in 500-year timesteps

And, best of all, the most accurate data is in the tropics for once! 🙃

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geb.13573

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...and if you still want more after podcasting, why not catch up on the recordings from our #Pacific focused seminar series? Some great insights on crops, colonisation and cultivation from leading historians, archaeologists and botanists.

Watch here https://www.pantrop.com/?cat=152

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We have finally updated our webpage with all season 1 episodes from the 'Talkin Tropics' podcast. Thanks for the journey through tropical forests, coral reefs and savannas @MakariusItambu @pamakuku @Ckiahtipes @BlueRehn @mauritiantales
Listen here: https://www.pantrop.com/?cat=61

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rebjham Rebecca Hamilton @rebjham ·
18 Aug

Job alert for a palaeoecology postdoc working with a top notch team out of
@ANU_CHL and @cabahCoE
🌿🔍 https://twitter.com/J_StevensonANU/status/1560195213733548032

Janelle Stevenson @J_StevensonANU

Fun and exciting (well we think so) 2 year post-doc @ ANU. Applications closing 28th August.

https://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/546358/postdoctoral-research-fellow

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robertpatalano Robert Patalano @robertpatalano ·
16 Aug

So this is basically the position I've held for the last 3 years. If you are considering applying, I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about working at SHH, lab culture, living in Jena/Germany, expectations of the postdoc, etc. Remember the deadline is September, 16th. https://twitter.com/MPI_SHH/status/1552982914043879424

MPI-GEA Jena @MPI_SHH

📢 #NowHiring The isoTROPIC Research Group based in Jena, Germany is pleased to announce a new vacancy for a #postdoctoral researcher exploring human history in the tropics. Follow the link to learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/3vp4zcV

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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 850709)

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