I defended my PhD at @univie.ac.at at the end of March. But it was really nice to also have a formal ceremony, in between lab work at Vienna University for my new postdoc position at @unituebingen.bsky.social 🧪🎓🦴
Emily Pigott
@emilypigott.bsky.social
Archaeological Scientist Postdoc at @unituebingen.bsky.social Human Origins - Cluster of Excellence Recently finished my PhD at @univie.ac.at - Radiocarbon dating, Paleoproteomics, Stable Isotopes.
It‘s #EuropeanArchaeologyDay 🏺, and at the Cluster exciting things are happening! The first fieldwork projects of HUMAN ORIGINS are underway, and one of it is Yerevan-1. Armenia is a place of stunning landscapes, and potentially of new insights into the time Neanderthals disappeared. #paleosky
The team of Andrew Kandel and @emilypigott.bsky.social is working in cooperation with the Armenian National Academy of Science at the Middle Palaeolithic cave site. It was discovered in the 1960’s and shows promise of new insights into climate, environment and human‘s life 50-30,000 years ago.
PhD defended @univie.ac.at @vdsee-univie.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social 🎓 What a time the last three years has been at the Higham/Douka Lab under the supervision of @tommyhigham.bsky.social 🧪 I am eternally grateful for everyone who was part of my journey 🦴
🎓 PhD Defense Announcement Emily (@emilypigott.bsky.social) will defend her PhD on the 30th of March! You’re very welcome to join! Check out her Invitation below!👇 #PhD #Defense #AcademicLife @univie.ac.at
Thesis done and printed 🎓 at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology - @univie.ac.at 🦴🧪 The past 2 years and 10 months has flown by. I can not believe how much I have done when looking back at the publications/other work. Where did time fly ? I have no idea. Still in bewilderment 🍃
Very happy to hear today we are successful in gaining the HEAS Seed Grant at @heasvienna.bsky.social at the @univie.ac.at. Looking forward to progressing with this project and seeing the results 🦴
HEAS@heasvienna.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe are delighted to announce the funding of the following #HEASSeedGrants for the October 2025 round. The following projects by #HEASVienna members will be funded:
Had the pleasure of presenting at two seminar series at the @ox.ac.uk this week, within the @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social and @oxford-anthro.bsky.social. The talks were centred on my PhD research, using methods such as radiocarbon dating, ZooMS and Stable Isotopes on late Neanderthal sites etc.
We are in the paper #derstandard Based on our new publication - 'A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia' | PNAS @konstantinache.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social
New paper on a late Neanderthal, with contribution from the lab: dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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So proud to see our new paper out in PNAS spearheaded by @emilypigott.bsky.social She found a tiny 46,000 yr old Neanderthal bone at Starosele (Crimea). DNA work revealed long-distance connections across Eurasia, supported by stone tool evidence @heasvienna.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Very happy to share our new paper in PNAS, revealing a new late Neanderthal discovered through biomolecular techniques, revealing long-distance connections across Eurasia 🦴 @konstantinache.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia | PNAS
The Crimean Peninsula contains several important Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites, including Starosele, Kabazi II, and Siuren I. The region has b...
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We have a new #HEASBlog on our website. This week twenty one HEAS members went to the #NationalMuseumPrague to see #LucyandSelam. www.heas.at/activities/b...
HEAS Members Travel to See the Lucy Skeleton - In Europe for the First Time - HEAS
by Prof. Tom Higham, head of HEAS. The visit of the world-famous Lucy skeleton to Prague in October 2025 led to the idea of a HEAS fieldtrip to the Czech Republic. “Lucy” is the remarkably complet...
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A really nice trip visiting the Willendorf site and museums in the Wachau area
Philip R Nigst@philipnigst.bsky.social · 10mo agoWonderful HEAS Road Trip to Willendorf, Nussdorf and Traismauer! - We explored the prehistoric and Roman archaeology of the Traisen and Wachau valleys. @heasvienna.bsky.social @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social @dominikhartmann.bsky.social @uhaunivienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @palarchgroup.bsky.social
78,000-year-old footprints from Neanderthal man, child and toddler discovered on beach in Portugal 🏺🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... At Monte Clérigo, dated to 78 ± 5 ka, trackways of three individuals demonstrate how Neanderthals navigated dune landscapes.
ISBA conference in Torino 🦴 🧪@isbarchaeology.bsky.social and @isba11.bsky.social Presented a poster on our recent work, prominently based our paper which is coming out soon. A really nice time seeing so many talks in/around/completely out of my field of research.
Another fun year at the Pinilla Del Valle excavation (Valley of the Neanderthals), Spain. Such a nice team :D #PinilladelValle
Un nuevo yacimiento está siendo explorado en el Valle de los Neandertales de Pinilla del Valle cadenaser.com/cmadrid/2025...
Un nuevo yacimiento está siendo explorado en el Valle de los Neandertales de Pinilla del Valle
Un equipo de más de 100 arqueólogos y paleontólogos se encuentra trabajando bajo la dirección de Enrique Baquedano, director del Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológico regional que ha estado en Hoy por H...
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An amazing time excavating in Galería de las Estatuas, Atapuerca 🦴⛏️ Such an interesting and rich area of archaeological sites with so many nice people to work alongside @fatapuerca.bsky.social
This International Women's Day we are proud to celebrate the amazing international women who are members of #HEASVienna. Here is a selection of them working in the lab, field and office.
Hello, Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.
Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability in southern African Paranthropus
Paranthropus robustus is a morphologically well-documented Early Pleistocene hominin species from southern Africa with no genetic evidence reported so far. In this work, we describe the mass spectrome...
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Something beautiful to start the week! A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago. From a Mousterian level at Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm. Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺
