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Christophe Falguères is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences. The main focus areas include Anthropology, Paleontology, and Archeology, alongside work in Atmospheric Science and Geophysics.

The subjects addressed in their research emphasize Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research. Additional topics covered by Christophe Falguères include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Archaeological and Geological Studies, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

The scientist has published extensively in several key academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Quaternary International
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • L Anthropologie
  • Journal of Human Evolution

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope and diversity of their work:

  • ESR dating applied to optically bleached quartz - A comparison with 40Ar/39Ar chronologies on Italian Middle Pleistocene sequences (2020, Quaternary International)
  • A multi-technique dating study of two Lower Palaeolithic sites from the Cher Valley (Middle Loire Catchment, France): Lunery-la Terre-des-Sablons and Brinay-la Noira (2020, Quaternary International)
  • Earliest African evidence of carcass processing and consumption in cave at 700 ka, Casablanca, Morocco (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • The first use of olives in Africa around 100,000 years ago (2022, Nature Plants)
  • Middle Pleistocene Homo behavior and culture at 140,000 to 120,000 years ago and interactions with Homo sapiens (2021, Science)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jean-Jacques Bahain, Olivier Tombret, Pierre Voinchet, Qingfeng Shao, and Sébastien Nomade.

Best Publications

  • Neandertal roots: Cranial and chronological evidence from Sima de los Huesos.

    J. L. Arsuaga;I. Martínez;L. J. Arnold;A. Aranburu

  • Earliest humans in Europe: the age of TD6 Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain.

    Christophe Falguères;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Yuji Yokoyama;Juan Luis Arsuaga

  • The oldest human fossil in Europe, from Orce (Spain).

    Isidro Toro-Moyano;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Jordi Agustí;Caroline Souday

  • ESR dating of quartz from quaternary sediments: First attempt

    Y. Yokoyama;C. Falgueres;J.P. Quaegebeur

  • Pleistocene fluvial terraces from northern France (Seine, Yonne, Somme): synthesis, and new results from interglacial deposits

    Pierre Antoine;Nicole Limondin Lozouet;Christine Chaussé;Jean-Pierre Lautridou

  • Radiometric dating of the type-site for Homo heidelbergensis at Mauer, Germany

    Günther A. Wagner;Matthias Krbetschek;Detlev Degering;Jean-Jacques Bahain

  • Bleaching of ESR signals by the sunlight: a laboratory experiment for establishing the ESR dating of sediments

    Shin Toyoda;Pierre Voinchet;Christophe Falguères;Jean Michel Dolo

  • Upper Pleistocene Homo sapiens from the Tabon cave (Palawan, The Philippines): description and dating of new discoveries

    Florent Détroit;Eusebio Dizon;Christophe Falguères;Sébastien Hameau

  • Geology and preliminary dating of the hominid-bearing sedimentary fill of the Sima de los Huesos Chamber, Cueva Mayor of the Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain☆

    J.L. Bischoff;J.A. Fitzpatrick;L. Leon;J.L. Arsuaga

  • On the limits of using combined U-series/ESR method to date fossil teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites of the Orce area (Guadix-Baza basin, Spain)

    Mathieu Duval;Christophe Falguères;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Rainer Grün

  • A new Lower Pleistocene archeological site in Europe (Vallparadís, Barcelona, Spain)

    Kenneth Martínez;Joan Garcia;Eudald Carbonell;Jordi Agustí

  • Paléoenvironnements pléistocènes et peuplements paléolithiques dans le bassin de la Somme (Nord de la France)

    Pierre Antoine;Nicole Limondin-Lozouet;Patrick Auguste;Agnès Lamotte

  • Datation par la méthode 40Ar / 39Ar de la couche de cendres volcaniques (couche VI) de Dmanissi (Géorgie) qui a livré des restes d'hominidés fossiles de 1,81 Ma

    Henry de Lumley;David Lordkipanidze;Gilbert Féraud;Tristan Garcia

  • Potential use of Ti-center in ESR dating of fluvial sediment

    H. Tissoux;C. Falguères;P. Voinchet;S. Toyoda

  • ESR dating of quartz extracted from quaternary and neogene sediments: method, potential and actual limits

    M Laurent;C Falguères;J.J Bahain;L Rousseau

  • Combined ESR/U-series chronology of Acheulian hominid-bearing layers at Trinchera Galería site, Atapuerca, Spain

    Christophe Falguères;Jean-Jacques Bahain;James L. Bischoff;Alfredo Pérez-González

  • ESR Dating of Quartz Extracted from Quaternary sediments application to Fluvial Terraces system of Northern France

    Pierre Voinchet;Jean Jacques Bahain;Christophe Falguères;Michel Laurent

  • Artificial optical bleaching of the Aluminium center in quartz implications to ESR dating of sediments

    P. Voinchet;C. Falguères;M. Laurent;S. Toyoda

  • ESR chronology of alluvial deposits and first human settlements of the Middle Loire Basin (Region Centre, France)

    P. Voinchet;J. Despriée;H. Tissoux;C. Falguères

  • ESR chronology of alluvial deposits in the Arlanzón valley (Atapuerca, Spain): Contemporaneity with Atapuerca Gran Dolina site

    Davinia Moreno;Davinia Moreno;Christophe Falguères;Alfredo Pérez-González;Mathieu Duval

  • New U-series dates at the Caune de l'Arago, France

    Christophe Falguères;Yuji Yokoyama;Guanjun Shen;James L. Bischoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Jacques Bahain
Jean-Jacques Bahain Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pierre Voinchet
Pierre Voinchet French National Museum of Natural History
Norbert Mercier
Norbert Mercier University of Bordeaux
Mathieu Duval
Mathieu Duval National Research Center on Human Evolution
Bassam Ghaleb
Bassam Ghaleb University of Quebec at Montreal
Sébastien Nomade
Sébastien Nomade Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Hélène Valladas
Hélène Valladas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pierre Antoine
Pierre Antoine Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marie-Hélène Moncel
Marie-Hélène Moncel National Museum of Natural History
Rainer Grün
Rainer Grün Australian National University

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