Gabriele Russo

Gabriele Russo is a Ph.D. candidate in Zooarchaeology at the University of Tübingen under the ERC project REVIVE, focusing on Late Pleistocene Lebanese faunal material. His work bridges traditional zooarchaeological methods with isotopic analysis, paleoproteomics, and geometric morphometrics to study human cognition evolution and subsistence strategies during Paleolithic transitional periods.

• Education: B.A. in Archaeology (2017, La Sapienza University of Rome), M.Sc. in Archaeological Sciences (2021, University of Tübingen)

Research Interests center on Neanderthal behavioral complexity, symbolic expression, and ecological adaptation. His fieldwork spans 17 campaigns across Italy, Germany, and South Africa, with specific contributions to

• lithic spear technology
• cave lion exploitation
• giant deer dietary flexibility
• engraved bone symbolism

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Publication Trends reveal expertise in Paleolithic human-animal interactions, including Neanderthal lion hunting, symbolic behavior analysis, and dietary reconstruction using wear patterns. His work engages with large-scale projects like SignBase, mapping geometric signs across continents.

Labs & Projects include the University of Tübingen's Palaeoanthropology group, Niedersächsische Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (Lower Saxony heritage office), and collaborative SignBase/SFB 1070 initiatives.