Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥
@dussel.bsky.social
Does Pleistocene Archaeology @ Leiden University https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/gerrit-dusseldorp#tab-1
Cricket | Natural history
Cricket | Natural history
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🖐️ Handmotieven in een grot op Sulawesi mogelijk de oudste grotkunst ooit gevonden 🌍
De datering is 'absoluut spectaculair', vertelt @dussel.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) in @trouw.nl, maar wie de kunst maakte blijft zeer onzeker.
@dearcheoloog.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social
De datering is 'absoluut spectaculair', vertelt @dussel.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) in @trouw.nl, maar wie de kunst maakte blijft zeer onzeker.
@dearcheoloog.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social
Handmotieven in Indonesische grot zijn oudste grotkunst ooit gevonden
Lange tijd werd gedacht dat Europese rotskunst de oudste ter wereld was. Maar uit Indonesië komt de ene na de andere spectaculaire ontdekking.
www.trouw.nl
January 25, 2026 at 9:58 AM
🖐️ Handmotieven in een grot op Sulawesi mogelijk de oudste grotkunst ooit gevonden 🌍
De datering is 'absoluut spectaculair', vertelt @dussel.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) in @trouw.nl, maar wie de kunst maakte blijft zeer onzeker.
@dearcheoloog.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social
De datering is 'absoluut spectaculair', vertelt @dussel.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) in @trouw.nl, maar wie de kunst maakte blijft zeer onzeker.
@dearcheoloog.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social
@avrotros.bsky.social asked me what the use of commercial DNA testing for Neanderthal ancestry is? Does it tell you anything about the state of your health?
Functionally, knowing your percentage seems meaningless.
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/test...
Functionally, knowing your percentage seems meaningless.
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/test...
Testen hoeveel Neanderthaler-DNA je bezit? ‘Heeft echt geen meerwaarde’
Hoeveel Neanderthaler-DNA bezit ik? Met een simpele DNA-zelftest kun je een antwoord krijgen op deze vraag. Maar hoe representatief zijn deze percentages? En...
radar.avrotros.nl
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
@avrotros.bsky.social asked me what the use of commercial DNA testing for Neanderthal ancestry is? Does it tell you anything about the state of your health?
Functionally, knowing your percentage seems meaningless.
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/test...
Functionally, knowing your percentage seems meaningless.
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/test...
Amazing new ages for human handprints in Sulawesi at 70,000 years-old. 🏺
I was asked to provide context for Dutch newspapers. I radmire the work, but think it calls for a serious evaluation of the possibility of other humans than Homo sapiens making some of the art.
www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/h...
I was asked to provide context for Dutch newspapers. I radmire the work, but think it calls for a serious evaluation of the possibility of other humans than Homo sapiens making some of the art.
www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/h...
Handmotieven in Indonesische grot zijn oudste grotkunst ooit gevonden
Lange tijd werd gedacht dat Europese rotskunst de oudste ter wereld was. Maar uit Indonesië komt de ene na de andere spectaculaire ontdekking.
www.trouw.nl
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Amazing new ages for human handprints in Sulawesi at 70,000 years-old. 🏺
I was asked to provide context for Dutch newspapers. I radmire the work, but think it calls for a serious evaluation of the possibility of other humans than Homo sapiens making some of the art.
www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/h...
I was asked to provide context for Dutch newspapers. I radmire the work, but think it calls for a serious evaluation of the possibility of other humans than Homo sapiens making some of the art.
www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/h...
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A group of current and past EAA members and action groups are calling for a (first) Counter Conference open online meeting for all of you to join to get information, voice your concerns and discuss next steps (date TBA).
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
A group of current and past EAA members and action groups are calling for a (first) Counter Conference open online meeting for all of you to join to get information, voice your concerns and discuss next steps (date TBA).
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Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
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Told you so...
January 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Told you so...
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The Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the National Museum, Bloemfontein (South Africa) is inviting applications for the James Brink Field School in Pleistocene Archaeology and Palaeontology. For more info see image below :)🦣⛏️
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
The Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the National Museum, Bloemfontein (South Africa) is inviting applications for the James Brink Field School in Pleistocene Archaeology and Palaeontology. For more info see image below :)🦣⛏️
Fossilised ideas from 2024
In 2023/4 I wrote a book review. Due to mission creep it expanded into a review article changing understanding of the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic over the last 20 years.
Publication took so long that I completely forgot about it.
poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
In 2023/4 I wrote a book review. Due to mission creep it expanded into a review article changing understanding of the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic over the last 20 years.
Publication took so long that I completely forgot about it.
poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
PEETERS ONLINE JOURNALS
poj.peeters-leuven.be
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Fossilised ideas from 2024
In 2023/4 I wrote a book review. Due to mission creep it expanded into a review article changing understanding of the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic over the last 20 years.
Publication took so long that I completely forgot about it.
poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
In 2023/4 I wrote a book review. Due to mission creep it expanded into a review article changing understanding of the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic over the last 20 years.
Publication took so long that I completely forgot about it.
poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
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Grote zorgen om kwaliteit water Ringvaart en daarmee ook Amsterdamse Bos. "Dit water is zo zwaar vervuild dat het daar zelfs de ruime advieswaarden voor veilig zwemwater overschrijdt."
Zorgen onderzoeksjournalist Vermond nemen toe na PFAS-memo waterschap Rijnland: 'Zware vervuiling Ringvaart' | 1Amstelveen
De zorgen van onderzoeksjournalist Bas Vermond over PFAS-vervuiling in en rond het Amsterdamse Bos zijn toegenomen na inzage in een interne memo van het
1amstelveen.nl
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Grote zorgen om kwaliteit water Ringvaart en daarmee ook Amsterdamse Bos. "Dit water is zo zwaar vervuild dat het daar zelfs de ruime advieswaarden voor veilig zwemwater overschrijdt."
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
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🏺🦣🧪
V nice work: poison-tipped projectile weapons in early H. sapiens S. Africa 60 Ka.
Thoughts:
- tiny lithics framed as *adapted* for poisoning makes me think of Néronian micro-points in France, 54 ka
- focus here is hunting, but potentially useful against humans
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
V nice work: poison-tipped projectile weapons in early H. sapiens S. Africa 60 Ka.
Thoughts:
- tiny lithics framed as *adapted* for poisoning makes me think of Néronian micro-points in France, 54 ka
- focus here is hunting, but potentially useful against humans
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Direct evidence for poison use on microlithic arrowheads in Southern Africa at 60,000 years ago
Earliest proof of plant poisons on arrows reveals complex Pleistocene hunting in southern Africa.
www.science.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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V nice work: poison-tipped projectile weapons in early H. sapiens S. Africa 60 Ka.
Thoughts:
- tiny lithics framed as *adapted* for poisoning makes me think of Néronian micro-points in France, 54 ka
- focus here is hunting, but potentially useful against humans
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
V nice work: poison-tipped projectile weapons in early H. sapiens S. Africa 60 Ka.
Thoughts:
- tiny lithics framed as *adapted* for poisoning makes me think of Néronian micro-points in France, 54 ka
- focus here is hunting, but potentially useful against humans
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It seems the actions of EAA are designed to have a UISPP-WAC type split. I wonder by when we will have an EAC?
Reading tip for EAA board 🏺: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi...
Academic freedom is not "anything goes".
1/3
Reading tip for EAA board 🏺: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi...
Academic freedom is not "anything goes".
1/3
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
It seems the actions of EAA are designed to have a UISPP-WAC type split. I wonder by when we will have an EAC?
Reading tip for EAA board 🏺: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi...
Academic freedom is not "anything goes".
1/3
Reading tip for EAA board 🏺: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi...
Academic freedom is not "anything goes".
1/3
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🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy
January 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy
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Venezuela has oil.
Greenland has rare Earth minerals.
Luckily Iceland has only volcanoes, glaciers, and very average cricketers.
Greenland has rare Earth minerals.
Luckily Iceland has only volcanoes, glaciers, and very average cricketers.
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Venezuela has oil.
Greenland has rare Earth minerals.
Luckily Iceland has only volcanoes, glaciers, and very average cricketers.
Greenland has rare Earth minerals.
Luckily Iceland has only volcanoes, glaciers, and very average cricketers.
New Year's Eve here in Holland has the same soundtrack as people in Kiev or Gaza are subjected to the entire year. Luckily it's only fireworks, not ordnance.
Makes me realise how lucky we are to have electricity, running water, heating, etc. And how much I hate fireworks.
Makes me realise how lucky we are to have electricity, running water, heating, etc. And how much I hate fireworks.
a white van with the word ' ambulance ' on the side is parked in a dark parking lot
ALT: a white van with the word ' ambulance ' on the side is parked in a dark parking lot
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New Year's Eve here in Holland has the same soundtrack as people in Kiev or Gaza are subjected to the entire year. Luckily it's only fireworks, not ordnance.
Makes me realise how lucky we are to have electricity, running water, heating, etc. And how much I hate fireworks.
Makes me realise how lucky we are to have electricity, running water, heating, etc. And how much I hate fireworks.
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So why can't we do this with detecting?
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Many new UK drone users must take theory test for outdoor use
The Civil Aviation Authority reckons up to half a million people in the UK may be impacted by its new requirements.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
So why can't we do this with detecting?
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My thoughts on the APPAG detecting report and an update on donations...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
The APPAG Detecting Inquiry and an update on donations.
By Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Hello again folks. Hope you all had a nice break? A few things have happened since the last blog, so I thought I…
bigbookoftorcs.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My thoughts on the APPAG detecting report and an update on donations...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/12/29/t...
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Je kunt haar wel degelijk verwijten geen zelfspot te hebben en daarbovenop dat ze niet begrijpt wat zelfspot is.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Je kunt haar wel degelijk verwijten geen zelfspot te hebben en daarbovenop dat ze niet begrijpt wat zelfspot is.
Archaeology can determine what _actually_ happened on battlefields. But all the other archaeologies are more interesting.
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Archaeology can determine what _actually_ happened on battlefields. But all the other archaeologies are more interesting.
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Our @bes-cascade.bsky.social survey of ecologists asked which socio-political changes might be most effective in the biodiversity & climate crises
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our @bes-cascade.bsky.social survey of ecologists asked which socio-political changes might be most effective in the biodiversity & climate crises
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
Broad-scale transformative changes were most selected
Biodiversity or carbon credits, use of AI, & de-extinction were each selected in <1% of responses
After the British navy combatting scurvy with lime juice, it seems in WWII the British army went one better!
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
After the British navy combatting scurvy with lime juice, it seems in WWII the British army went one better!
To govern well is to anticipate. The Rijksmuseum establishing facilities and at the same time helping the Dutch get used to their new capital!
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Rijksmuseum krijgt dependance in Eindhoven
Chipmachinefabrikant ASML gaat flink investeren in het museum.
nos.nl
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
To govern well is to anticipate. The Rijksmuseum establishing facilities and at the same time helping the Dutch get used to their new capital!
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Eindhoven will inevitably become the Netherlands' capital city as Amsterdam is swallowed by the sea in the coming century.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
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All archaeologists should be aware of how our discipline is being used in Palestine right now 🏺
Israel preparing largest ever act of ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
All archaeologists should be aware of how our discipline is being used in Palestine right now 🏺
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𝗪𝗮𝘁 𝘇𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗸?
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
Verleden verteld | Onderzoek op de tempel - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Conservator Daniël Soliman en onderzoekers Aris Politopoulos en Walter Crist gaan het dak op van de Egyptische tempel in het museum.
www.rmo.nl
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
𝗪𝗮𝘁 𝘇𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗸?
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
Ism Daniel Soliman (RMO) troffen archeologen @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @waltros.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) een bordspel aan op het dak van de tempel @rmoudheden.bsky.social
🎙️In deze podcast vertellen ze over de ontdekking⤵️
@leidencity.bsky.social
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Neanderthalers deden aan kannibalisme. Door DNA-onderzoek weten we nu ook dat de slachtoffers vrouwen en kinderen konden zijn: 'Dit lijkt in ieder geval één geval van een vrij kille selectie van de makkelijkst buit te maken individuen', vertelt archeoloog @dussel.bsky.social
Neanderthalers aten vrouwen en kinderen
Neanderthalers deden aan kannibalisme. Dat werd in 2016 ontdekt door botten die werden gevonden in de grot van Goyet, in de buurt van het Belgische Namen. Door DNA-onderzoek weten we nu ook dat…
www.vpro.nl
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Neanderthalers deden aan kannibalisme. Door DNA-onderzoek weten we nu ook dat de slachtoffers vrouwen en kinderen konden zijn: 'Dit lijkt in ieder geval één geval van een vrij kille selectie van de makkelijkst buit te maken individuen', vertelt archeoloog @dussel.bsky.social