Annemieke Milks
@annemiekemilks.bsky.social
Palaeolithic archaeologist, experimental archaeology, Pleistocene childhoods and skills, wood technologies, and human evolution.
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Latest paper: Boxgrove is a key European site dating to 480,000 years ago. At GTP17, hominins knapped handaxes and then butchered an adult female horse. A fragment of the horse's scapula appeared to have evidence of impact from a wooden spear.....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I am very happy to see this published! Congratulations 🥳 to Okopi Ade, it was a pleasure to have you in our lab at @tracer-leiza.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social We all learned a lot
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I am very happy to see this published! Congratulations 🥳 to Okopi Ade, it was a pleasure to have you in our lab at @tracer-leiza.bsky.social @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social We all learned a lot
Last weekend I got out on my board for a wonderful session (just me and a few others out on the meanders). Today might be the last warm day before the temperature drops by quite a large margin so maybe I can fit one more in for 2025!
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Last weekend I got out on my board for a wonderful session (just me and a few others out on the meanders). Today might be the last warm day before the temperature drops by quite a large margin so maybe I can fit one more in for 2025!
Our wider research culture in archaeology is a shame, I hang on dearly to those collaborators that are decent, supportive (especially of early career researchers), share ideas, work well with others, and understand what 'constructive' feedback means. Every day I try to be that person for others.
I am sure that is the case. A wise senior colleague once said to me "Do you know why some archaeologists are so awful to each other?....Because the stakes are so low", I often think on that.
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our wider research culture in archaeology is a shame, I hang on dearly to those collaborators that are decent, supportive (especially of early career researchers), share ideas, work well with others, and understand what 'constructive' feedback means. Every day I try to be that person for others.
Two key points from our paper: 1. We found wooden spears to be 'effective' on large prey, whether thrust or thrown. Results were pretty similar between the two. 2. We still think the Boxgrove horse was hunted! Just, that based on the experiments, that particular piece of evidence doesn't hold!
Latest paper: Boxgrove is a key European site dating to 480,000 years ago. At GTP17, hominins knapped handaxes and then butchered an adult female horse. A fragment of the horse's scapula appeared to have evidence of impact from a wooden spear.....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Two key points from our paper: 1. We found wooden spears to be 'effective' on large prey, whether thrust or thrown. Results were pretty similar between the two. 2. We still think the Boxgrove horse was hunted! Just, that based on the experiments, that particular piece of evidence doesn't hold!
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Avoid jumping to conclusions about mechanisms behind large-scale genetic shifts in the past! This paper doesn’t prove that small scale migrations of Homo sapiens led to the gradual replacement of Neanderthal DNA but suggests this explanation is as good as any other.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A simple analytical model for Neanderthal disappearance due to genetic dilution by recurrent small-scale immigrations of modern humans - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A simple analytical model for Neanderthal disappearance due to genetic dilution by recurrent small-scale immigrations of modern humans
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Avoid jumping to conclusions about mechanisms behind large-scale genetic shifts in the past! This paper doesn’t prove that small scale migrations of Homo sapiens led to the gradual replacement of Neanderthal DNA but suggests this explanation is as good as any other.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Latest paper: Boxgrove is a key European site dating to 480,000 years ago. At GTP17, hominins knapped handaxes and then butchered an adult female horse. A fragment of the horse's scapula appeared to have evidence of impact from a wooden spear.....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Latest paper: Boxgrove is a key European site dating to 480,000 years ago. At GTP17, hominins knapped handaxes and then butchered an adult female horse. A fragment of the horse's scapula appeared to have evidence of impact from a wooden spear.....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Help maybe? I'm trying to finalise a grant budget and include some £££ for artistic reconstructions but I haven't had much luck getting estimated costs. I'd LOVE to pay real artists for this...but if I don't know how much to cost for I can't really budget for it.
September 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Help maybe? I'm trying to finalise a grant budget and include some £££ for artistic reconstructions but I haven't had much luck getting estimated costs. I'd LOVE to pay real artists for this...but if I don't know how much to cost for I can't really budget for it.
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@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Fees and Funding - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss.
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme - Research Ireland
The Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and manag...
www.researchireland.ie
September 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss.
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
Today I got to do something really fun that I've needed to do for a little while: Thanks to @kentwildlife.bsky.social I got to visit the original UK beaver release site to collect some beaver gnawed wood for my wood reference collection, and see this amazingly re-engineered landscape! 🦫🪵
September 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today I got to do something really fun that I've needed to do for a little while: Thanks to @kentwildlife.bsky.social I got to visit the original UK beaver release site to collect some beaver gnawed wood for my wood reference collection, and see this amazingly re-engineered landscape! 🦫🪵
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🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Wissenschaftliche/r Geschäftsführer/in (m/w/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)
uni-tuebingen.de
August 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
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🚨 Job alert!
The new Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for a scientific coordinator to start as soon as possible.
Please see link for full advertisement text and information.
Deadline for applications: September 15
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
The new Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for a scientific coordinator to start as soon as possible.
Please see link for full advertisement text and information.
Deadline for applications: September 15
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
August 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 Job alert!
The new Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for a scientific coordinator to start as soon as possible.
Please see link for full advertisement text and information.
Deadline for applications: September 15
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
The new Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for a scientific coordinator to start as soon as possible.
Please see link for full advertisement text and information.
Deadline for applications: September 15
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
And Palaeolithic archaeology, which remains hugely behind too. 'This is not about political correctness or ticking boxes....Diverse teams deliver better science: they ask different questions, challenge old assumptions, and produce richer, more nuanced insights.'
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
We need a feminist palaeoanthropology that finally listens to all of us — HERI - Human Evolution Research Institute
Palaeoanthropology asks profound questions: Who are we? What makes us human? Too often, answering these answers has been done by a privileged few. HERi Co-director Prof Rebecca Ackermann calls for tha...
www.heriuct.co.za
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And Palaeolithic archaeology, which remains hugely behind too. 'This is not about political correctness or ticking boxes....Diverse teams deliver better science: they ask different questions, challenge old assumptions, and produce richer, more nuanced insights.'
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
If I could move I'd be all over this...! What a great position.
3. Experimental archaeology
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100%)
uni-tuebingen.de
August 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If I could move I'd be all over this...! What a great position.
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I am extremely honored that our Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' was selected for funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft!! This is incredible news and I look forward to exciting times ahead setting up this new Cluster!
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I am extremely honored that our Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' was selected for funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft!! This is incredible news and I look forward to exciting times ahead setting up this new Cluster!
I'm stepping down after 5 years as a co-chair, so please do vote for the new co-chair to join co-chairs Silje Evjenth Bentsen and Andrej Maczkowski!
Attention all EAA members of the PaM Community! Please check your emails for instructions on how to vote in the election for a new PaM Community co-chair. We have two fantastic candidates running, Danica Mihailović and Daniel Groß. You can read their statements here: www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Membersh...
PaM election 2025
www.e-a-a.org
August 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I'm stepping down after 5 years as a co-chair, so please do vote for the new co-chair to join co-chairs Silje Evjenth Bentsen and Andrej Maczkowski!
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in a way aren't we all looking for more sink cheese where we found it yesterday
August 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
in a way aren't we all looking for more sink cheese where we found it yesterday
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Just 1 week left to apply! 🙏 Pls share with anyone you think might be interested. If there are any Q's, get in touch!
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
July 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just 1 week left to apply! 🙏 Pls share with anyone you think might be interested. If there are any Q's, get in touch!
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
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Dig. Discover. Document. Repeat.
What a year it's been! From the field to the lab, every artifact tells a story. Here are some highlights from our archaeological adventures so far.
ArchaeologyLife #ArchaeologyMatters #SharmaHeritage #SCHE
What a year it's been! From the field to the lab, every artifact tells a story. Here are some highlights from our archaeological adventures so far.
ArchaeologyLife #ArchaeologyMatters #SharmaHeritage #SCHE
July 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Dig. Discover. Document. Repeat.
What a year it's been! From the field to the lab, every artifact tells a story. Here are some highlights from our archaeological adventures so far.
ArchaeologyLife #ArchaeologyMatters #SharmaHeritage #SCHE
What a year it's been! From the field to the lab, every artifact tells a story. Here are some highlights from our archaeological adventures so far.
ArchaeologyLife #ArchaeologyMatters #SharmaHeritage #SCHE
Reminder - today is the last day to send us statements to join the PaM community as a co-chair. The position will go to a vote soon. Thank you!
PaM Community News! Dr Annemieke Milks will be stepping down after 5 years of acting as a co-chair for the PaM community! We are searching for a new co-chair to join Dr Andrej Maczkowski and Dr Silje Evjenth Bentsen. Thread with more info:
July 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reminder - today is the last day to send us statements to join the PaM community as a co-chair. The position will go to a vote soon. Thank you!
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I've loved being co-chair of this amazing community, but it's time to pass on the baton. Please do spread the news, this is a brilliant opportunity and one through which I met many fantastic researchers and colleagues.
PaM Community News! Dr Annemieke Milks will be stepping down after 5 years of acting as a co-chair for the PaM community! We are searching for a new co-chair to join Dr Andrej Maczkowski and Dr Silje Evjenth Bentsen. Thread with more info:
June 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I've loved being co-chair of this amazing community, but it's time to pass on the baton. Please do spread the news, this is a brilliant opportunity and one through which I met many fantastic researchers and colleagues.
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Spent the day with master flint knapper, John Lord, to 3D scan handaxes. Some were made by him, but this one was collected from a quarry spoil heap at Lynford and dates to 65,000 years ago! Fresh as the day it was made!
June 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Spent the day with master flint knapper, John Lord, to 3D scan handaxes. Some were made by him, but this one was collected from a quarry spoil heap at Lynford and dates to 65,000 years ago! Fresh as the day it was made!
I've loved being co-chair of this amazing community, but it's time to pass on the baton. Please do spread the news, this is a brilliant opportunity and one through which I met many fantastic researchers and colleagues.
PaM Community News! Dr Annemieke Milks will be stepping down after 5 years of acting as a co-chair for the PaM community! We are searching for a new co-chair to join Dr Andrej Maczkowski and Dr Silje Evjenth Bentsen. Thread with more info:
June 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I've loved being co-chair of this amazing community, but it's time to pass on the baton. Please do spread the news, this is a brilliant opportunity and one through which I met many fantastic researchers and colleagues.