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Marie-Hélène Moncel is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in France. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences, with a significant concentration on subfields such as Anthropology, Paleontology, Archeology, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeological and Geological Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Among frequent co-authors are Jean-Jacques Bahain, Marta Arzarello, Pierre Voinchet, Camille Daujeard, and Bruce Hardy.

The scientist has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Early Levallois core technology between Marine Isotope Stage 12 and 9 in Western Europe, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • 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

Publications also include participation in multi-author works such as "Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications," published in 2020 in Scientific Reports, and "Towards an understanding of hominin marrow extraction strategies: a proposal for a percussion mark terminology," published in 2020 in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.

Marie-Hélène Moncel has contributed to book publications as well, including a 2023 publication titled Human behavior, cognition, and environmental interactions for the lower paleolithic with Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Neanderthal use of fish, mammals, birds, starchy plants and wood 125-250,000 years ago.

    Bruce L. Hardy;Marie-Hélène Moncel

  • 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

  • Middle Palaeolithic raw material gathering territories and human mobility in the southern Massif Central, France: first results from a petro-archaeological study on flint

    Paul Fernandes;Jean-Paul Raynal;Marie-Hélène Moncel

  • 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

  • Impossible Neanderthals? Making string, throwing projectiles and catching small game during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (Abri du Maras, France)

    Bruce L. Hardy;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Camille Daujeard;Paul Fernandes

  • The Emergence of Neanderthal Technical Behavior: New Evidence from Orgnac 3 (Level 1, MIS 8), Southeastern France

    Marie-Hélène Moncel;Anne-Marie Moigne;Youssef Sam;Jean Combier

  • Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications

    Bruce Hardy;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Céline Kerfant;Matthieu Lebon

  • On Neanderthal subsistence strategies and land use: A regional focus on the Rhone Valley area in southeastern France

    Camille Daujeard;Marie-Hélène Moncel

  • The archaic stone tool industry from Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3, (Orce, Spain): Evidence of the earliest hominin presence in southern Europe

    Isidro Toro Moyano;Deborah Barsky;Dominique Cauche;Vincenzo Celiberti

  • Towards the Middle Palaeolithic in Western Europe: the case of Orgnac 3 (southeastern France).

    Marie-Hélène Moncel;Anne-Marie Moigne;Jean Combier

  • 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

  • Pre-Neandertal behaviour during isotopic stage 9 and the beginning of stage 8. New data concerning fauna and lithics in the different occupation levels of orgnac 3 (Ardèche, South-East France): occupation types

    Marie-Hélène Moncel;Anne-Marie Moigne;Jean Combier

  • Hominin occupations at the Dmanisi site, Georgia, Southern Caucasus: raw materials and technical behaviours of Europe's first hominins.

    Ana Mgeladze;David Lordkipanidze;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Jackie Despriee

  • High resolution analysis of uranium and thorium concentration as well as U-series isotope distributions in a Neanderthal tooth from Payre (Ardèche, France) using laser ablation ICP-MS

    Rainer Grün;Maxime Aubert;Renaud Joannes-Boyau;Marie-Hélène Moncel

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

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

  • Middle Paleolithic bone retouchers in Southeastern France: Variability and functionality

    Camille Daujeard;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Ivana Fiore;Antonio Tagliacozzo

  • The Early Acheulian of north-western Europe

    Marie-Helene Moncel;Nick Ashton;Agnes Lamotte;Alain Tuffreau

  • Wintertime stress, nursing, and lead exposure in Neanderthal children

    Tanya M. Smith;Christine Austin;Daniel R. Green;Daniel R. Green;Renaud Joannes-Boyau

  • Bone retouchers from Lower Palaeolithic sites: Terra Amata, Orgnac 3, Cagny-l'Epinette and Cueva del Angel

    Anne-Marie Moigne;Patricia Valensi;Patrick Auguste;José García-Solano

  • Seasonality and intra-site variation of Neanderthal occupations in the Middle Palaeolithic locality of Payre (Ardèche, France) using dental wear analyses

    Florent Rivals;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Marylène Patou-Mathis

  • Early Levallois core technology between Marine Isotope Stage 12 and 9 in Western Europe.

    Marie-Hélène Moncel;Nick Ashton;Marta Arzarello;Federica Fontana

  • Oldest human expansions in Eurasia: Favouring and limiting factors

    Marie-Hélène Moncel

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
Christophe Falguères
Christophe Falguères Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Florent Rivals
Florent Rivals Rovira i Virgili University
David Lordkipanidze
David Lordkipanidze Georgian National Museum
Sébastien Nomade
Sébastien Nomade Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Pierre Antoine
Pierre Antoine Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Rainer Grün
Rainer Grün Australian National University
Hervé Bocherens
Hervé Bocherens University of Tübingen
Hélène Valladas
Hélène Valladas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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