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Pierre Voinchet is affiliated with the French National Museum of Natural History in France and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences. Their work focuses primarily on topics related to Pleistocene-Era hominins and archaeology, geology and paleoclimatology research, and archaeology with a focus on ancient environmental studies.

Their research encompasses a range of subfields including paleontology, anthropology, atmospheric science, archeology, and earth-surface processes. They have actively published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions found in:

  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Quaternary International
  • L Anthropologie

Key topics covered in Pierre Voinchet's research include:

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

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Pierre Voinchet 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

Frequent co-authors that appear alongside Pierre Voinchet in scholarly publications include:

  • Jean-Jacques Bahain
  • Christophe Falguères
  • Marie-Hélène Moncel
  • Sébastien Nomade
  • Qingfeng Shao

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 40Ar/39Ar constraints on some French landmark Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene large mammalian paleofaunas: Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological implications

    S. Nomade;J.F. Pastre;H. Guillou;Michel Faure

  • 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 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

  • The earliest securely dated hominin fossil in Italy and evidence of Acheulian occupation during glacial MIS 16 at Notarchirico (Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)

    Alison Pereira;Sébastien Nomade;Pierre Voinchet;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

  • Late Quaternary record of the vegetation and catchment-related changes from Lake Paravani (Javakheti, South Caucasus)

    Erwan Messager;Soumaya Belmecheri;Ulrich Von Grafenstein;Sébastien Nomade

  • New radiometric dates on the lowest stratigraphical section (TD1 to TD6) of Gran Dolina site (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Davinia Moreno;Christophe Falguères;Alfredo Pérez-González;Pierre Voinchet

  • ESR chronology of the Somme River Terrace system and first human settlements in Northern France

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

  • Une occupation humaine au Pléistocène inférieur sur la bordure nord du Massif central

    Jackie Despriée;Robert Gageonnet;Pierre Voinchet;Jean-Jacques Bahain

  • The earliest evidence of hominid settlement in China: Combined electron spin resonance and uranium series (ESR/U-series) dating of mammalian fossil teeth from Longgupo cave

    Fei Han;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Chenglong Deng;Éric Boëda;Éric Boëda

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Jacques Bahain
Jean-Jacques Bahain Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christophe Falguères
Christophe Falguères Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marie-Hélène Moncel
Marie-Hélène Moncel National Museum of Natural History
Sébastien Nomade
Sébastien Nomade Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Pierre Antoine
Pierre Antoine Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mathieu Duval
Mathieu Duval National Research Center on Human Evolution
David Lordkipanidze
David Lordkipanidze Georgian National Museum
Hervé Guillou
Hervé Guillou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Norbert Mercier
Norbert Mercier University of Bordeaux
Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University

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