The archaeologist David Clarke died in 1976 aged 38. To mark the 50th anniversary of his death we are holding a one day meeting - ‘Analytical Archaeologist: the living legacies of David Clarke in contemporary scientific archaeology’ in Cambridge on 10th October. Details and registration below

Analytical Archaeologist: The living legacies of David Clarke

A one-day meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of David Clarke to be held at the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge

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Final reminder: Application Deadline 1st July www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Final reminder: Application Deadline 1st July www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

New proteomics study from Palesa Madupe & colleagues suggests Homo naledi fossils are all female! For over a decade, H. naledi has been making waves in palaeoanthropology. This new data adds a fascinating layer to the mystery, but what questions does it raise? 🧵(1/4) 🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markers

The morphological homogeneity of the middle Pleistocene hominin Homo naledi is reflected in its dental proteome, with no evidence supporting confident identification of male individuals, and the detec...

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We’re hiring a Research Assistant🚨 Interested in human evolution and African prehistory? We’re looking for someone with excellent organisational skills who will be based in Cambridge, with fieldwork opportunities in Kenya🇰🇪 Deadline: 01.07.2026 🔗 Apply online:
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If you enjoyed reading the blog last week about the ENTANGLED project’s fieldwork in Mozambique, you’ll enjoy reading this new blog from the Ng’ipalajem team about their fieldwork in Kenya @palaeotrails.bsky.social Read their blog here: www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/muddlin... 📸 Sarah Paris

New paper by @sarah-paris.bsky.social 🚨 "The transformation of ochre from a loose pigment used widely in early burials to rare pellet deposits in later interments mirrors broader processes of cultural change, technological development and ideological realignment in Southeast Asia."

Ochre use in burial practices in Thailand, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Ochre use in burial practices in Thailand, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age

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New paper by Dr Jesse Martin challenges the name! 🚨 "We find that the morphology preserved by StW 573 (Little Foot) does not support assigning that specimen to Australopithecus prometheus" 🦴 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus

Objectives To test the hypothesis that the StW 573 (Little Foot) fossil specimen should be attributed taxonomically to Australopithecus prometheus. Materials and Methods We adopt the methods of cl...

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Congratulations 🥂 to @jjrowan.bsky.social for receiving the #PhilipLeverhulmePrize from @leverhulme.ac.uk 🥳🤩!! So special to have such an amazing #CamBioAnth team in @cam-archaeology.bsky.social - brilliant, interesting, fun and nice. The best colleagues 😍 www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP

Thrilled to share that our lovely PI, @martamlahr.bsky.social is now officially Professor Marta Mirazón Lahr FBA. Formally admitted at a ceremony at the British Academy yesterday! Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and remarkable milestone — here’s to many more!! 🎉

We are hiring a Project Co-ordinator! 🚨 Are you extremely organised with great interpersonal skills? Able to multitask efficiently? Interested in African prehistory? Keen to work with an enthusiastic team? We want to hear from you! Closing date: 17 October, 2025

Like you, I've read so many nice things about Jane Goodall's amazing life and legacy today, but this video of the realease of the chimp called Wounda is beyond words ♥️ If only we could find the will to stop destroying the extraordinary natural world around us... youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...

Wounda's Journey - Jane Goodall Witnesses Release of Chimpanzee Into New Island Sanctuary Site

YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA

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It's a wrap! #ESHE2025 3 days filled with stimulating discussions in the form of 35 podiums, 33 Pecha Kuchas, 169 posters. Congratulations to the winners of the student prize - Harmony Hill & Gabriele Russo! Massive thank you to the organisers for making it all happen. See you in Burgos next year!

It's a wrap! #ESHE2025 3 days filled with stimulating discussions in the form of 35 podiums, 33 Pecha Kuchas, 169 posters. Congratulations to the winners of the student prize - Harmony Hill & Gabriele Russo! Massive thank you to the organisers for making it all happen. See you in Burgos next year!

Session 9 Podium #ESHE2025 @stephanepeyregne.bsky.social on a new Denisovan genome, J. Kubat uncovers sexing and phylogeny of M. palaeojavanicus, E. Veatch reconsiders fire use and behaviour in H. floresiensis, H. Berghuis on the first subsea H. erectus site in Sundaland

Podium Day 3 #ESHE2025 H. Farrell, R. Sorrentino, C. Ruff, A. Toccacceli, R. Clarke, A. Robles on the architecture of human foot, gait in Dmanisi, dexterous rock climbing in chimps, craniofacial diversity in great apes and so much more!

Poster Session 2 #ESHE2025 83 wonderful posters. 169 in total. Palaeotrails’ Jesse Martin & @martamlahr.bsky.social on detecting microevolutionary trends in fossil hominin populations.

Podium talks Day 2 #ESHE2025 @jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!

#ESHE2025 posting on Pecha Kuchas is hard 😅😅😅!

First round of podium presentations at #ESHE2025 Olivia Rivero, Alba Mesa, April Nowell, @aurelienmounier.bsky.social, Chris Hunt explore everything from cognitive complexity, aDNA in cave art to the lives of teens in the #Palaeolithic and the amazing discoveries at #Shanidar! Stay tuned!

#ESHE2025 Introduction by @mariesoressi.bsky.social – 14 years of ESHE! 340 participants in Paris 😊! Welcome by MNHN, hosting: info on major cyber-attack in July, and how challenging it was to organise the meeting (thank you Paris team!!), thanking a number of supporting & funding institutions.

Celebrating our wonderful PI @martamlahr.bsky.social for such an incredible achievement 🎉🍾🥂

Rob Foley@robfoley.bsky.social · last yr.

Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾

Justus Erus Edung was only 25 years old when he discovered Kenyanthropus platyops in a team led by Prof. Meave Leakey in 1999. This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution. #fossils #turkana #humanevolution

Had such a fun time learning about species identification, phylogeny and palaeoecology with @deadbovids.bsky.social 🤩🤩

Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D.@deadbovids.bsky.social · last yr.

38 trays, 722 specimens, and 31 species of elephant, rhino, hippo, rodent, pig, monkey, horse, buffalo, and antelope teeth and horns later, I can finally wrap up the first project I'm working on this summer in Kenya with @palaeotrails.bsky.social and the Ng'ipalajem project!

Episode 2: Faunal identification with @deadbovids.bsky.social Other than identification, tooth wear pattern can give us exciting insights into faunal diet and palaeoecology.

The joy of sorting LSA lithics from Turkana under the guidance of @robfoley.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram for more www.instagram.com/palaeotrails...

Breaking the barriers! Important new paper by Daniel Green and others discovering 18 million years of proteins of East African mammals! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift - Nature

The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...

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What does the Ng'ipalajem team do? Ng’ipalajem, meaning Ancestors in Turkana, is an ERC-funded project. Led by @martamlahr.bsky.social, the project investigates how the emergence of Homo sapiens is deeply intertwined with Africa’s long-term environmental and ecological history. #humanevolution

📢 We’re HIRING! Are you experienced in 3D imaging and geometric morphometric analysis? Do you have strong organisational and communication skills? We want to hear from you! Apply below www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51730/ Join our passionate research team exploring Pleistocene African prehistory! 🦴

🚨 Who made the Oldowan? - New paper from Eleanor Williams www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Who made the Oldowan? Reviewing African hominin fossils and archaeological sites from 3.5 million years ago

The question of which African hominin taxon/taxa was responsible for producing Oldowan stone tools has persisted for nearly a century. Homo habilis, P…

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