Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
About Me
Nira Alperson-Afil specializes in Prehistoric archaeology. Her main interests are the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic periods, technology and typology of stone tools, early use of fire, and the evolution of human behavior and cognition. Her current project explores early hominin presence at Be’eri Badlands, northern Negev.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 2001 → Oct 2008
Award Date: 1 Oct 2008
Master's Degree, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 1997 → Oct 2001
Award Date: 1 Oct 2001
Bachelor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 1994 → Oct 1997
Award Date: 1 Oct 1997
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Paleoenvironmental and behavioral insights into firewood selection by early Middle Pleistocene hominins
Allué, E., Goren-Inbar, N., Melamed, Y., Urban, B. & Alperson-Afil, N., 15 Jun 2026, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 382, 109973.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decoding Natufian mortuary practices through the taphonomy of an experimental burial
Alperson-Afil, N. & Rabinovich, R., 9 Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 43444.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Starch-rich plant foods 780,000 y ago: Evidence from Acheulian percussive stone tools
Ahituv, H., Henry, A. G., Melamed, Y., Goren-Inbar, N., Bakels, C., Shumilovskikh, L., Cabanes, D., Stone, J. R., Rowe, W. F. & Alperson-Afil, N., 21 Jan 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 3, e2418661121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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אין עשן בלי אש: על השימוש הקדום באש
Translated title of the contribution :Where There's Smoke There's Fire: On the Early Use of Fire Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Author Correction: Evidence for the cooking of fish 780,000 years ago at Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Israel (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2022), 6, 12, (2016-2028), 10.1038/s41559-022-01910-z)
Zohar, I., Alperson-Afil, N., Goren-Inbar, N., Prévost, M., Tütken, T., Sisma-Ventura, G., Hershkovitz, I. & Najorka, J., Jan 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 1, p. 175 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Open Access
Prizes
Activities
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11th German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium
Alperson-Afil, N. (Participation - Chair)
15 Nov 2019 → 17 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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The Formation of Archaeological Layers in Stone Age Wetland Sites: Understanding Complex Site Structures
Alperson-Afil, N. (Participation - Conference participant)
17 Oct 2019 → 18 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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Conference Invited Keynote
Alperson-Afil, N. (Keynote speaker)
1 May 2019 → 1 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Conference Invited
Alperson-Afil, N. (Invited speaker)
18 Nov 2018 → 21 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Conference Invited
Alperson-Afil, N. (Invited speaker)
19 Mar 2017 → 23 Mar 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Thesis
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Differential use of space by Mousterian Hominids: Evidence for Spatial Patterning at Amud Cave, Israel
Alperson-Afil, N. (Author), Hovers, E. (Supervisor), 2001Student thesis: Thesis