Arev P. Sümer
@arevsumer.bsky.social
PhD researcher at MPI-EVA, interested in population genetics, archaeology, Neandertals and Early Modern Humans
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Arev P. Sümer
@arevsumer.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture - Nature
Nature - Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture
www.nature.com
I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
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SciLifeLab has opened a call for #postdoc fellows in Data-Driven Life Science. We would be happy to host such fellows!
Get in touch if you are interested in applying with a project on the evolution of humans and domestic animals using ancient and/or modern DNA 🧪🏺
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
Get in touch if you are interested in applying with a project on the evolution of humans and domestic animals using ancient and/or modern DNA 🧪🏺
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
DDLS Research School Postdoc call 2026
Call for Academic and Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data-Driven Life Science 2026 Generic Description of the DDLS Postdoc Program The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Drive...
www.scilifelab.se
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
SciLifeLab has opened a call for #postdoc fellows in Data-Driven Life Science. We would be happy to host such fellows!
Get in touch if you are interested in applying with a project on the evolution of humans and domestic animals using ancient and/or modern DNA 🧪🏺
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
Get in touch if you are interested in applying with a project on the evolution of humans and domestic animals using ancient and/or modern DNA 🧪🏺
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
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Fascinating
CARTA: The Genetic History of Europe with Johannes Krause
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Fascinating
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Fully funded PhD studentship here with @katerinad.bsky.social on palaeoproteomics. Apply below!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-Stud...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-Stud...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 10, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Fully funded PhD studentship here with @katerinad.bsky.social on palaeoproteomics. Apply below!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-Stud...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-Stud...
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Working with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈
@aarc-community.bsky.social
@aarc-community.bsky.social
SMBE2026 Symposium L03 | Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Working with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈
@aarc-community.bsky.social
@aarc-community.bsky.social
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🦴🔬 773,000-year-old #fossils from Morocco illuminate the shared ancestry of H. sapiens, Neandertals & Denisovans. Study @nature.com by an intl. team led by J.-J. Hublin, incl. @matthewskinnerphd.bsky.social & P. Gunz @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yxz4kcff & www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Early hominins from Morocco reveal an African lineage near the root of Homo sapiens
Study pinpoints 773,000-year-old fossils with high-resolution magnetostratigraphic dating, illuminating the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens, Neandertals, and Denisovans
tinyurl.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
🦴🔬 773,000-year-old #fossils from Morocco illuminate the shared ancestry of H. sapiens, Neandertals & Denisovans. Study @nature.com by an intl. team led by J.-J. Hublin, incl. @matthewskinnerphd.bsky.social & P. Gunz @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yxz4kcff & www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Come work with us! 🧬 We're hiring a part-time Biomolecular Lab Tech @cam-archaeology.bsky.social .Join our team in the Henry Wellcome Building working on DNA & proteins.
Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole...
#ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM
Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole...
#ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM
Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician (Part Time)
The Department of Archaeology seeks to appoint a part-time, permanent Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician. The post holder will be based in the Department's laboratories, which are spread
www.cam.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Come work with us! 🧬 We're hiring a part-time Biomolecular Lab Tech @cam-archaeology.bsky.social .Join our team in the Henry Wellcome Building working on DNA & proteins.
Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole...
#ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM
Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole...
#ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM
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Oh, look! A paper about the coolest piece of software I've ever built!
demografr: A toolkit for simulation-based inference in population genetics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.18.694482v1
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Oh, look! A paper about the coolest piece of software I've ever built!
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Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
It is a pleasure to work with Stephane! Great position in Paris 👇
📢 We're hiring a postdoc (33 months) in human evolutionary genomics / paleogenomics / statistical genetics, Paris 🇫🇷
Project on selection on disease-associated variants, integrating ancient genomes, GWAS, and Ancestral Rec. Graphs.
Start May 2026 (flexible).
Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Project on selection on disease-associated variants, integrating ancient genomes, GWAS, and Ancestral Rec. Graphs.
Start May 2026 (flexible).
Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F)
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler
emploi.cnrs.fr
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
It is a pleasure to work with Stephane! Great position in Paris 👇
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#JobOffer
💼 Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F)
📆 May 1st 2026
📍 Institut Jacques Monod / Peyrégne Lab
🔗 Apply on the CNRS job portal before January 9th emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
💼 Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F)
📆 May 1st 2026
📍 Institut Jacques Monod / Peyrégne Lab
🔗 Apply on the CNRS job portal before January 9th emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#JobOffer
💼 Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F)
📆 May 1st 2026
📍 Institut Jacques Monod / Peyrégne Lab
🔗 Apply on the CNRS job portal before January 9th emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
💼 Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F)
📆 May 1st 2026
📍 Institut Jacques Monod / Peyrégne Lab
🔗 Apply on the CNRS job portal before January 9th emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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I am very excited to present this work to the (sed)aDNA community - and I am looking forward to some cool applications!
If you want to use quicksand, I recommend following supplementary section 8, which demonstrates several use-cases :)
see github.com/mpieva/quicksand for more details
If you want to use quicksand, I recommend following supplementary section 8, which demonstrates several use-cases :)
see github.com/mpieva/quicksand for more details
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am very excited to present this work to the (sed)aDNA community - and I am looking forward to some cool applications!
If you want to use quicksand, I recommend following supplementary section 8, which demonstrates several use-cases :)
see github.com/mpieva/quicksand for more details
If you want to use quicksand, I recommend following supplementary section 8, which demonstrates several use-cases :)
see github.com/mpieva/quicksand for more details
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Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
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I got wonderful news: I was granted a position of Max Planck independent group leader at the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics ⬇️ (@ae.mpg.de) in Frankfurt, which I'll join in early 2026. It's a huge honor: being trusted with academic freedom offered by MPG. My group will study the evolution of arts. 1/3
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I got wonderful news: I was granted a position of Max Planck independent group leader at the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics ⬇️ (@ae.mpg.de) in Frankfurt, which I'll join in early 2026. It's a huge honor: being trusted with academic freedom offered by MPG. My group will study the evolution of arts. 1/3
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#Vacancies: we are looking for not just one but three #postdoctoral researchers interested in bridging #genetics, #archaeology and #linguistics in exploring the #humanpast. shorturl.at/B3Qdd @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
shorturl.at
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Abstract submission & Award applications for SMBE 2026 are now open!
Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal.
📝 Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts
And symposium selection is now finalized!
👉 See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal.
📝 Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts
And symposium selection is now finalized!
👉 See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Abstract submission & Award applications for SMBE 2026 are now open!
Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal.
📝 Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts
And symposium selection is now finalized!
👉 See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal.
📝 Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts
And symposium selection is now finalized!
👉 See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
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Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out!
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years | PNAS
The multi-millennia-long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront
of archaeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing e...
www.pnas.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out!
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We are looking forward to welcoming #EmmaPomeroy to #HEASVienna next week as part of the #HEASSeminar series in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
HEAS Seminar Series - Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic, Emma Pomeroy from University of Cambridge will give a talk on Neanderthal life and death at Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan o...
www.heas.at
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming #EmmaPomeroy to #HEASVienna next week as part of the #HEASSeminar series in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
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Cool work from my colleagues @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social just dropped! Merlin Szymanski, @janetk.bsky.social et al. developed quicksand, a fast, accurate and beautifully designed Nextflow pipeline for taxonomic classification of mammalian mtDNA from ancient sediment DNA. doi.org/10.1093/molb...
quick analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA using quicksand
Abstract. Ancient DNA extracted from the sediments of archaeological sites (sedaDNA) can provide fine-grained information about the composition of past eco
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Cool work from my colleagues @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social just dropped! Merlin Szymanski, @janetk.bsky.social et al. developed quicksand, a fast, accurate and beautifully designed Nextflow pipeline for taxonomic classification of mammalian mtDNA from ancient sediment DNA. doi.org/10.1093/molb...
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What's that? 5 ancient doggy papers in 10 days is too many dogs?
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What's that? 5 ancient doggy papers in 10 days is too many dogs?
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Can I interest you in some cats?
Perhaps a complete retelling of cat domestication, dispersal, and replacement across Eurasia?
As you wish!
Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell Genomics
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Next paper published in the @hpgg-pivot.bsky.social special issue on popgen methods and software!
Coll Macià & Skov "Best practices and pitfalls in using hmmix for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences"
doi.org/10.47248/hpg...
Submission for contributions still open to 15 January!
Coll Macià & Skov "Best practices and pitfalls in using hmmix for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences"
doi.org/10.47248/hpg...
Submission for contributions still open to 15 January!
Best practices and pitfalls in using <monospace>hmmix</monospace> for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences
Best practices and pitfalls in using <monospace>hmmix</monospace> for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Next paper published in the @hpgg-pivot.bsky.social special issue on popgen methods and software!
Coll Macià & Skov "Best practices and pitfalls in using hmmix for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences"
doi.org/10.47248/hpg...
Submission for contributions still open to 15 January!
Coll Macià & Skov "Best practices and pitfalls in using hmmix for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences"
doi.org/10.47248/hpg...
Submission for contributions still open to 15 January!
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Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
1/7
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
1/7
Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
1/7
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
1/7
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For anyone interested in ancient diseases (either historical or prehistoric) here's an excellent, readable, comprehensive summary of where we are with ancient pathogen DNA.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Insights into infectious diseases through ancient pathogen genomics - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Kocher, Krause and Spyrou explore how ancient pathogen genomics is providing new perspectives on the history and evolution of infectious agents. They show how ancient DNA has revealed ...
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For anyone interested in ancient diseases (either historical or prehistoric) here's an excellent, readable, comprehensive summary of where we are with ancient pathogen DNA.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The 2026 EMBL symposium 'Reconstructing the human past using ancient and modern genomics' is live with a fantastic invited speaker lineup!
Abstract deadline 9 June. If work is ongoing, plan for Heidelberg in September😉.
Organised by Maanasa Raghavan, @matejahajdi.bsky.social, Choongwon Jeong & me.
Abstract deadline 9 June. If work is ongoing, plan for Heidelberg in September😉.
Organised by Maanasa Raghavan, @matejahajdi.bsky.social, Choongwon Jeong & me.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The 2026 EMBL symposium 'Reconstructing the human past using ancient and modern genomics' is live with a fantastic invited speaker lineup!
Abstract deadline 9 June. If work is ongoing, plan for Heidelberg in September😉.
Organised by Maanasa Raghavan, @matejahajdi.bsky.social, Choongwon Jeong & me.
Abstract deadline 9 June. If work is ongoing, plan for Heidelberg in September😉.
Organised by Maanasa Raghavan, @matejahajdi.bsky.social, Choongwon Jeong & me.
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A PhD project on historical genomics in the declining red squirrel in Britain is available in my group, through the @aries-dtp.bsky.social. Use historical genomes to track the effects of decline and genetic rescue in this charismatic species. aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
Historical genomics of the declining red squirrel in Britain | Aries
Dr Anders Bergström, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia Professor Cock van Oosterhout, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Dr Selina Brace…
aries-dtp.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A PhD project on historical genomics in the declining red squirrel in Britain is available in my group, through the @aries-dtp.bsky.social. Use historical genomes to track the effects of decline and genetic rescue in this charismatic species. aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
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Interested studying human evolution at @ucl.ac.uk with a dedicated MSc in palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, Ice Age fauna, isotopes, aDNA, ancient environments & more?
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interested studying human evolution at @ucl.ac.uk with a dedicated MSc in palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, Ice Age fauna, isotopes, aDNA, ancient environments & more?
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social #PaPa
🏺🦣🧪