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Jean-Jacques Bahain is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences, with a significant focus on archaeology and paleontology. The scientist's work is characterized by its investigation into the Pleistocene era and related hominin and environmental studies.

The main fields of study for Jean-Jacques Bahain include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Social Sciences

Subfields contributing to their research portfolio comprise:

  • Anthropology
  • Paleontology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Archeology
  • Geophysics

Their scientific output focuses heavily on several recurring research topics including:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Jean-Jacques Bahain has published extensively, with recent notable papers encompassing diverse research questions related to early human occupation and dating methods. Selected recent publications include:

  • "The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy)" (2020), Scientific Reports
  • "La Noira Site (Centre, France) and the Technological Behaviours and Skills of the Earliest Acheulean in Western Europe Between 700 and 600 ka" (2020), Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
  • "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
  • "Tracking behavioral persistence and innovations during the Middle Pleistocene in Western Europe. Shift in occupations between 700 and 450 ka at la Noira site (Centre, France)" (2021), Journal of Human Evolution

The primary publication venues for Jean-Jacques Bahain's research include:

  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Quaternary International
  • Journal of Human Evolution

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Pierre Voinchet
  • Christophe Falguères
  • Olivier Tombret
  • Qingfeng Shao
  • Pierre Antoine

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy).

    Marie-Hélène Moncel;Carmen Santagata;Carmen Santagata;Alison Pereira;Alison Pereira;Sébastien Nomade

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

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

  • New parameters for the characterization of diagenetic alterations and heat-induced changes of fossil bone mineral using Fourier transform infrared spectrometry

    M. Lebon;I. Reiche;J.-J. Bahain;C. Chadefaux

  • New 40Ar/39Ar, stratigraphic and palaeoclimatic data on the Isernia La Pineta Lower Palaeolithic site, Molise, Italy

    M. Coltorti;G. Feraud;A. Marzoli;C. Peretto

  • Early Evidence of Acheulean Settlement in Northwestern Europe - La Noira Site, a 700 000 Year-Old Occupation in the Center of France

    Marie-Hélène Moncel;Jackie Despriée;Pierre Voinchet;Hélène Tissoux

  • 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

  • “Of Sheep and Men”: Earliest Direct Evidence of Caprine Domestication in Southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo, Namibia)

    David Pleurdeau;Emma Imalwa;Florent Détroit;Joséphine Lesur

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

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

  • Earliest known hominin activity in the Philippines by 709 thousand years ago

    T. Ingicco;G. D. van den Bergh;C. Jago-on;J. J. Bahain

  • 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

  • Lower and Middle Pleistocene human settlements recorded in fluvial deposits of the middle Loire River Basin, Centre Region, France

    Jackie Despriée;Pierre Voinchet;Hélène Tissoux;Jean-Jacques Bahain

  • Lower and middle Pleistocene human settlements in the Middle Loire River Basin, Centre Region, France

    Jackie Despriée;Pierre Voinchet;Hélène Tissoux;Marie-Hélène Moncel

Frequent Co-Authors

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

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