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Dr Geoff M Smith
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#Palaeolithic #Zooarchaeology 🦴🦣 #ZooMS | University of Reading | COEXIST project: https://research.reading.ac.uk/coexist/ | #HumanEvolution and #rstats 🏺Associate Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology, UCL🧪. All views my own.
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Dec 1
I’ve created a starter pack for #zooarchaeology and #biomolecular archaeology for all periods. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/Nv8XE4r 🦣🧪🏺🦴🦷
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Gabriele Russo @gabrieleru1.bsky.social · 1d
Turns out #hippos 🦛 lived in Europe much more recently than we thought!
Fossil & genetic evidence from Germany shows they roamed 50,000–31,000 years ago, right in the middle of the last #iceage 🥶🌨️
Same species as today’s African hippos, thriving during warmer periods.
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Ancient DNA and dating evidence for the dispersal of hippos into central Europe during the last glacial
Arnold et al. present evidence that Late Pleistocene hippos from the Upper Rhine Graben show close genetic ties to modern African hippos. Although hippos have been thought to have gone extinct around ...
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · Aug 14
AT ICAZ AGPM (Copenhagen) @wagneranna.bsky.social will give a talk contrasting her current #ZooMS results from Germany and Romania, while @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social will present his #ZooMS results from the British Middle Pleistocene site of Victoria Cave. @icaz-news.bsky.social
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · Jul 29
Fascinating analysis on grease-rendering at a warm-temperate Neanderthal "fat factory" near German lakes. Animal parts from cervids, equids & bovids were transported from kill sites, and maybe cached, for processing. Lutz Kindler, Sabine G-W, @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social et al. 🏺#zooarchaeology 🦣 🦌
Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄️ @mu-peter.bsky.social · Jul 7
Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago 🏺🧪
Lutz Kindler, @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, et al
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Grease rendering “fat factory” predating the Upper Paleolithic,
is an important addition to our knowledge of Neanderthal adaptations
Examples of hammerstone-induced impact damage on long bones from NN2/2B.
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jul 4
Write up in CNN on our Neumark-Nord 2 work with a quote from me edition.cnn.com/2025/07/04/s...
Discovered: A Neanderthal ‘fat factory’ from 125,000 years ago | CNN
New research reveals the extraordinary lengths Stone Age humans went to in order to get fat on the menu.
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jul 3
Really good write up of our work at Neumark-Nord 2. Such a great project to work on during my time @paleomonrepos.bsky.social
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jul 3
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Neanderthals boiled bones in 'fat factories' to enrich their lean diet
Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jul 3
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Neanderthals boiled bones in 'fat factories' to enrich their lean diet
Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.
www.nature.com
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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · Jul 3
Cool! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
www.science.org
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Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw @idw-online.de · Jul 3
Nachweise für umfangreiche Fettgewinnung durch Neandertaler vor 125.000 Jahren am Fundplatz Neumark-Nord. #Archäologie in #SachsenAnhalt...
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Rekonstruktion des Seebeckens in Neumark Nord mit altsteinzeitlicher Großfauna. - Copyright Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
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Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle (Saale) @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social · Jul 3
Nachweise für umfangreiche Fettgewinnung durch Neandertaler vor 125.000 Jahren am Fundplatz Neumark-Nord. Ein internationales Forscherteam legt neue Untersuchungen an den im Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt verwahrten Funden vor.
Weitere Informationen: idwf.de/-DQszAA
Bild: Rekonstruktion des Seebeckens in Neumark Nord mit altsteinzeitlicher Großfauna. (c) LDA Sachsen-Anhalt, Karol Schauer.
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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · Jul 3
Neanderthals ran "fat factories" 125,000 years ago: Groundbreaking discovery in Germany reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthals...
The Neumark-Nord 2/2B site was excavated through year-round campaigns by a core team from 2004 to 2009, alongside an international field school that included more than 175 students in total. (photo/©: Wil Roebroeks)
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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 3
#Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago. Groundbreaking discovery by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social and the LDA in Saxony reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals:
idw-online.de/de/news854632

#archaeology #paleolithic #prehistory
Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jul 3
New paper in #ScienceAdvances led by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social on #Neanderthal adaptation 125ka years ago at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Our study shows large-scale grease rendering thousands of years earlier than previously thought: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦣🧪🏺
Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
www.science.org
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jul 2
Try this: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
www.science.org
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Kate Britton @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social · Jul 2
Spotting her first MALDI plate! Thanks to @archaeoprotein.bsky.social for offering this wonderful training opportunity to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social and helping us further develop our ZooMS capacity in Aberdeen @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social - and for running our first PALaEoScot samples with us!
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Jun 30
congratulations
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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · May 28
Lovely publication on #ZooMS, #radiocarbon, and #stableisotopes of Late Palaeolithic whale bone tools!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay - Nature Communications
Here the authors apply ZooMS, radiocarbon, and stable isotope analyses to whale bones from the Bay of Biscay. They find that humans were utilizing the remains of at least five species of whales from 2...
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Gabriele Russo @gabrieleru1.bsky.social · May 24
A nice update on the chronology of Denisova Cave! I wish more sites had this type of resolution 🥹⏳️🏺🦣🧪
Pleistocene chronology and history of hominins and fauna at Denisova Cave - Nature Communications
Here, the authors present mtDNA and chronological data for sediments from excavations in the South Chamber of Denisova Cave, from which they construct a timeline of hominin and faunal occupation that ...
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Palaeoanthropology CDF @palaeocdf.bsky.social · May 15
This interactive 1.5 hour webinar allows students and researchers from around the world to ask questions from our panel of #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology experts: @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Camilla Speller, @abigaildesmond.bsky.social, Emmanuel Discamps, @mcodlin.bsky.social and Naihui Wang.
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Palaeoanthropology CDF @palaeocdf.bsky.social · May 15
We are hosting a free online ‘Ask Us Anything’ event as part of the Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology workshop series. For more info and to submit questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📅 Date: June 30, 2025
🕒 Time: 15:00 CET
📍 Location: Online (link: univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/9775805212...)
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Welker Group @welkergroup.bsky.social · Apr 24
New publication! 🎉 Here you can read all about dog drool, bleach, and a probable Central Asian Neanderthal child:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Graphical abstract of the publication.
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Apr 23
2025 @nhsf.bsky.social 1st annual conference 10th July 2025
Call for Posters!

Deadline 30th April 2025.

Excellent opportunity for #palaeoproteomics, #ZooMS researchers. A diverse range of heritage science. Great for PhD students and ECRs.

www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/2...
Posters | National Heritage Science Forum
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Apr 18
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Apr 16
Hi Virginie. I am well and good to hear from you. How’s things with you? I’ve added you to the starter pack.
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Apr 11
Editorial on archaeological science
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Editorial | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Editorial - Volume 99 Issue 404
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