Currently writing the report for my @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de "Surviving the Crisis Years" grant, centred around our excavations of a LBA-EIA fortress in the Caucasus. It's amazing what we've accomplished in two years--so proud of my team! Photo: @shmills.bsky.social excavating the fortress gate.

Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration https://go.nature.com/424grQM

Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past

Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration.

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Perhaps the oldest known representation of a bird, carved in mammoth ivory, from Hohle Fels cave, Germany. Aurignacian, about 40,000 years old.

Examples of cranial trauma from Bronze Age Charterhouse Warren, south-west England. At least 37 men, women and children were killed and butchered, their disarticulated remains thrown into a 15m-deep natural shaft. Were they also consumed? #TombTuesday 🆓 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.180

New #ProjectARKK paper out today ✨️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Mega-fortresses in the South Caucasus: new data from southern Georgia | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Mega-fortresses in the South Caucasus: new data from southern Georgia

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Tabira Gate, Aššur, in Iraq at sunrise yesterday morning..

🚨We are HIRING! 🧪 Please repost! Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Priority areas: ‘Responding to anthropogenic change’ ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Colorful beads were very popular in the early #medieval period, particularly during the 6th and 7th century. This necklace was found in the grave of a woman in Donaueschingen-Neudingen. It consists of more than 50 beads made of amber and glass. Dating ca 525-550 AD. 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

We're hiring! Pls RT 🚨 Two Geoarchaeologists needed to join our @uclarchaeology.bsky.social team. 🔸Work for @uclofficial.bsky.social a leading uni 🔸Industry leading pay & conditions. 🔸Diverse projects 🔸Great support Take the next step in your Geoarch career with us Details: shorturl.at/aYDPB 🦣🧪🏺

📢 We are #hiring a #ResearchAssistant/ #Bioinformatician to join the @bbglab.bsky.social at #IRBBarcelona, led by Dr. @nlbigas.bsky.social! Apply by 10 January ➡️ shorturl.at/B0NZI #IRBJobs #Jobs 🧪

Archaeological sites under threat in the Middle East 🏺 www.newarab.com/features/for...

The forgotten cities of the Middle East ravaged by war

The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect to their cultural heritage

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Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...

Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History at University of Oxford

Recruiting now: Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Our Vienna research hub on Human Evolution & Archaeological Science offers not only a network platform for more 50 PI's, but also great opportunities for supporting pilot studies of its members 🩷 @heasvienna.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social

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My lab at OSU is hiring a postdoc in skeletal morphology to start fall 25. Salary is at NIH base pay. Deadline to apply is March 2 2025. osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Post Doctoral Scholar

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Great to see the impact the #BABAO #saleofhumanremainstaskforce is having. Shout out to Dr Lauren McIntyre @noddinggoth.bsky.social for laying the issues out so clearly in the interview www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...

MP calls for government to ban human remains sales: A deep dive

An MP has called on the government to ban the sale of human remains. Here's what happened and why it matters.

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Great to see BABAO making an impact and maybe some progress on the sale of human remains in the UK. www.patrickpester.com/post/mp-call...

MP calls for government to ban human remains sales: A deep dive

An MP has called on the government to ban the sale of human remains. Here's what happened and why it matters.

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A 🧵 about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age... 🧪🏺⚒️

Archaeologists find first evidence of familial embalming in Europe archaeologymag.com/2024/11/firs... #archaeology #anthropology

Archaeologists find first evidence of familial embalming in Europe

New discoveries at Château des Milandes in France have revealed embalming practices in early modern Europe,

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Enters the "Pantagoniostato Craniosteoforo with Assidiatetero" (1949-50), from the brilliant mind of Italian Anthropologist Sergio Sergi! 💀💀💀 #science #anthropology #bones #skull

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Today we use 3D scans and software to register landmarks in three dimensions on bones. In the 1960s and 1970s, anthropologists invented devices to do this by suspending the bones in space and marking height and XY coordinates on a table below.

We are making progress! #saleofhumanremainstaskforce #BABAO www.bbc.com/news/article...

MP calls for ban on sales of human remains

Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy said she has been told of human remains frequently auctioned "disguised as modified items or replicas".

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The commodification of human remains perpetuates a dark legacy of colonialism, exploitation and dehumanisation. We need to see decisive action to end such practices and respectfully repatriate stolen remains to their rightful resting places.

MP calls for ban on sales of human remains

Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy said she has been told of human remains frequently auctioned

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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

📢Are you an early career researcher, interested in how science is communicated, reported, & the evolution of the scientific ecosystem? Applications are open for the Royal Society Publishing Early Career Researcher Advisory Panel. Find out more: ow.ly/MaTk50U71W3 #ECRs

Royal Society Publishing Early Career Researcher Advisory Panel | Royal Society

Are you interested in shaping the future of scientific communication? Apply to join our new ECR Advisory Panel.

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TT Asst. Professor position in Applied-Biological #Anthropology at San Jose State Univ --> jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/54... #AcademicBluesky #Academicjobs

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor, Applied-Biological Anthropology

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Postdoc opportunity at Aauhus U. with @loopdlupien.bsky.social. If you’re interested in isotopes, biomarkers, paleoclimate, and human evolution, check it out!

Postdoc in Biomarker Isotope Geochemistry - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University

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There is still time to apply for a funded PhD at UCL but funding deadlines are approaching fast. I am keen to supervise students on Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoecology, ZooMS, stable isotopes, radiocarbon dating projects. Get in touch soon! www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

How to Apply and Funding Opportunities

Details of the application process and funding opportunities.

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Human remains looted during colonialism are being sold and auctioned online, sometimes disguised or incorporated into modified items. During today's #PMQs I urged the government to take action to ban these depraved sales 👇🏾 youtu.be/xYDO-fppxcM

End the Depraved Sale of Human Remains (20th November 2024)

YouTube video by Bell Ribeiro-Addy

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A tiny enamelled skeleton stands ready with dart and hourglass on a background of hair in this gold mourning slide - this could have been worn on a ribbon. The skeleton is flanked by the initials of the deceased in gold thread. 17th cent. From Holburne Museum #skystorians #mementomori

Great to see the abhorrent practice of selling human remains discussed at PMQ's today. With thanks to @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social for raising it #SaleofHumanRemainsTaskforce www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

MPs hear of 'troubling' cases of human remains being sold on Instagram

London MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said it was ‘abhorrent’ for human remains to be sold on social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, eBay, Etsy and Gumtree

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If you are a Black UK postgraduate student looking for PhD funding, or know of someone who is, please be aware of the Uni of Glasgow's James McCune Smith scheme. It's open to any subject but obviously I want to flag up Classics/Ancient History to potential applicants! www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...