Wow! 🤯

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.

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The #HEIRS Group Synthesis Project 2026 call is now open! We invite #HumanEvolution scientists worldwide to apply for collaborative groups of 10–15 researchers, including at least one #ICArEHB member. Deadline: 18 June 2026. #ResearchSynthesis #OpenScience heirs.icarehb.com

ICArCHEB in Portugal has put out a call for proposals for HEIRS (the Hub for Human Evolution Research Synthesis). HEIRS supports collaborative research projects designed to produce syntheses of important issues in the field. A wonderful opportunity - link below heirs.icarehb.com/calls-traini...

Turns out that archaeology is as much about the future as the past. So proud to be part of the @icarehb.bsky.social team. An exciting moment for research and heritage in Portugal and Europe, and just the beginning! @jmcascalheira.bsky.social #Teaming4Excellence #europeancommission #Archaeology

ICArEHB@icarehb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚀 Historic achievement for ICArEHB! We’ve secured €31.5M to launch UAlgTec Heritage, a pioneering European centre for innovation in archaeological heritage. Proud of our team and excited for what comes next! #ICArEHB #UAlgTecHeritage #HeritageTech #UAlg #Portugal

Next Wednesday, #ICArEHB welcomes Louise Leakey for a free public seminar on the Turkana Basin, at 16:30 in the Teresa Gamito Auditorium, Gambelas Campus, University of Algarve, Faro. The seminar is free and open to the public. #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution #TurkanaBasin

ICArEHB@icarehb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#ICArEHB welcomes Louise Leakey on 22 April for a seminar on the #TurkanaBasin and the #OriginsOfHumanity, sharing major discoveries that have transformed our understanding of #HumanEvolution. Free and open to the public.

Sedimentary ancient DNA is seriously shaking up how we study the past, and I'm very happy to be quoted in this Nature feature😅. Cool piece on sedaDNA, what it can do and where things get messy (literally, in the dirt) @erc.europa.eu @matrixerc.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social

ERC-StG MATRIX@matrixerc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The latest issue of Nature features a deep dive into sedimentary ancient DNA, with insights from our Matrix ERC-StG PI, @veraaldeias.bsky.social highlighting some of the big challenges shaping the field right now.

30 years of MSCA 🎉 and what a journey for research across Europe and beyond🌍! As supervisor of 3, I've had a front-row seat to researchers pushing the boundaries of knowledge in human prehistory. Here's to the next 30 years of curiosity-driven science🔬 #MSCA30 #ICArEHB #EUResearch #Archaeology

ICArEHB@icarehb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉 ICArEHB is joining the party! 30 years of MSCA. 150,000+ researchers. 7 projects that changed how we understand humanity. #MSCA30 #ICArEHB #UAlg #EUResearch #Archaeology

Enjoyed our @icarehb.bsky.social seminar yesterday diving into the exciting work we have been developing @matrixerc.bsky.social on DNA taphonomy! A real proud PI moment seeing this come together and push our understanding of DNA in sediments & soils forward. #DNATaphonomy #aDNA #TeamScience

ERC-StG MATRIX@matrixerc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

UNRAVELING THE BEHAVIOUR OF DNA IN SOILS: A MINERAL AND GEOCHEMICAL FRAMEWORK FOR DNA TAPHONOMY. Our team member Hussein Kanbar just gave a insightful talk at @icarehb.bsky.social Internal Seminars At ERC Matrix StG, Hussein's work builds bridges between archaeology, geochemistry, and genetics.

Proud of spending this year’s Women in Science Day in the heat of the Afar with these amazing Women ! Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 💙💪 #WomenInScience #EveryVoiceInScience #11February @icarehb.bsky.social

MatrixERC StG works across archaeological sites from all over Europe, following the microscopic traces of late Neandertals and the first modern humans. We study intact sediment samples, checking whether the archaeological layers are truly preserved and looking for ancient DNA, proteins, and lipids.

We worked hard in 2025, will be super busy in 2026 and you will hear all about it. For now, we are ready for a break and wish you all the best of holidays! #MatrixERC #ICArEHB #Neanderthal #Paleolithic #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #AncientDNA #Biomolecules #SedimentDNA #Geoarchaeology

Starting soon, join us for this months LEXA seminar on the amazing site of White Sands !

Tomos Proffitt@tomosproffitt.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join us on Nov 4 (14:00 GMT) for the next @icarehb.bsky.social LEXA Seminar! Prof Matthew Bennett explores early human transport tech from White Sands. Were travois-like devices used 22,000 years ago? Free & online: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us on Nov 4 (14:00 GMT) for the next @icarehb.bsky.social LEXA Seminar! Prof Matthew Bennett explores early human transport tech from White Sands. Were travois-like devices used 22,000 years ago? Free & online: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Meet the team behind the ERC Matrix Project! We introduce Carli Peters, researcher and biomolecular archaeologist at icarehb.bsky.social Carli studies ancient human–animal interactions using palaeoproteomics and ZooMS to extract and identify ancient proteins from bone fragments.

🧪🏺🦣 Hugely exciting area for faunal & hominin ID using tiny fragments of bone within sediment sample blocks, allowing attribution to micro-layers: crucial to advance knowledge in Palaeolithc sites, especially those already excavated. Sites tested: Bacho Kiro Cave, La Ferrassie, and Quinçay

Vera Aldeias@veraaldeias.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📄 New paper 📣 of @matrixerc.bsky.social & @welkergroup.bsky.social! We show that microstratigraphic-scale #paleoproteomics works in intact sediments - opening new ways to explore ancient ecosystems & hominin behaviour 🌍🦴 @erc.europa.eu @icarehb.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

📄 New paper 📣 of @matrixerc.bsky.social & @welkergroup.bsky.social! We show that microstratigraphic-scale #paleoproteomics works in intact sediments - opening new ways to explore ancient ecosystems & hominin behaviour 🌍🦴 @erc.europa.eu @icarehb.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

New methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomics

Abstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat

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This is neat science!

Science Magazine@science.org · 10mo ago

After the Spanish conquest, horses transformed Native American tribes much earlier than historians thought. Learn more on #IndigenousPeoplesDay: https://scim.ag/3KGvYBs

👥 Meet the team behind the ERC Matrix Project! We introduce Hussein Kanbar, postdoc researcher and experimental geochemist at @icarehb.bsky.social Hussein explores how DNA moves, binds, and survives in soils and sediments. His work builds bridges between archaeology, geochemistry, and genetics.

Join us for another 🔥 #LEXA @icarehb.bsky.social experimental geoarchaeology talk with Dr. Chase Murphree

Tomos Proffitt@tomosproffitt.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Don’t miss the next @ICArEHB Experimental Archaeology Seminar. Dr William Chase Murphree will talk about his geoarchaeological experiments that shed light on fire use during glacial periods in the Upper Palaeolithic. Join us at 14:00 on 7th of October. zoom.us/meeting/regi...

👥 Meet the team behind the ERC Matrix Project! 🔬 Today: Vera Aldeias, PI of Matrix and a geoarchaeologist decoding past human behaviour through sediments. 🧬 Vera’s team uses ancient DNA & proteins in soils to trace modern humans’ arrival in Europe & Neanderthals’ disappearance.

The ERC Project MATRIX explores one of the big questions in our past: how Neanderthals disappeared as modern humans spread across Europe. Meet the team behind it and learn more about our research on sediments, ancient DNA, proteins, lipids & human evolution 👉 matrix.icarehb.com

Don’t miss our next ICArEHB Experimental Archaeology Seminar. We will welcome Dr William Chase Murphree to talk about new geoarchaeological experiments investigating Upper Palaeolithic fire use. 14:00 (GMT) on the 7th of October. Free for all, join here icarehb.com/lexa/

🎧 #Podcast: #ICArEHB’s @godefroyy.bsky.social on archaeology, #HumanEvolution & the #HEIRS project. Listen: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4mVR... Radio www.radio.pt/podcast/lets...

Join us on August 5th at 14:00 for another @icarehb.bsky.social LEXA seminar! This month, we're welcoming Dr. Alastair Key from the University of Cambridge to discuss experiments in Lower Palaeolithic technology. Register here: [https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/](www.icarehb.com/lexa/)

Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @icarehb.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358068 Feel free to share it around.

ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER

recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral assistant researcherresearcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology or related areas, under the research project “

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I had the chance of explaining a little more about HEIRS to Sara Cura in her podcast Let's Rock - Um Podcast da Idade da Pedra. Introduction is in Portuguese, my interview is in English (with a lot of pause for my slow brain). Please let me know your suggestions: open.spotify.com/episode/4mVR...

Evolução Humana e Ciência Integrativa: o HEIRS Hub, com Godefroy Devevey

Let's Rock - Um podcast da Idade da Pedra · Episode

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Fantastic piece by our wonderful @icarehb.bsky.social PhD student Osman Khaleel. Finding ways in difficult times. Osman is quite an inspiration to us all

ICArEHB@icarehb.bsky.social · last yr.

ICArEHB PhD student Osman Khaleel shares a powerful reflection on navigating the PhD journey amid prolonged conflict. Read it here ➡️ research-hive.com/2025/06/02/n... #PhDLife #ResilientResearch #ICArEHB #ResearchHive

🌍 New call for #synthesis projects! #HEIRS & #FRB_CESAB seek proposals on #humanevolution + #biodiversity 🌱 🔹 IdeaShare: interdisciplinary ideas 🔹 DataShare: data harmonisation 🗓️ Deadline: 8 Sept 2025 📩 Apply: www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/en/calls/cal...

Don't forget tomorrow's @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology seminar at 2pm (GMT). Dr Carolina Mallol will be discussing Neanderthal Fire Technology. Register for free here www.icarehb.com/lexa/ and join us online.

Our next LEXA seminar will be a hot one🔥! With the wonderful @caromallol.bsky.social. Join us at 2pm (Lisbon time!) on Tuesday the 6th of May. Register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/

Tomos Proffitt@tomosproffitt.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for the next @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology Seminar to learn about Neanderthal fire technology by Dr Carolina Mallol. Its online and free to all at 2pm on Tuesday the 6th of May. Register here: www.icarehb.com/lexa/