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Helen Hampton
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PhD student, University of York, UK: researching Neanderthal adaptation to cold climates; MSc Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology, UCL; Events Assistant, Lithics Studies Society.
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Helen Hampton @helenshampton.bsky.social · Oct 23
Thank you to the Kiernan Experimental Archaeology Award, sponsored by EXARC member John Kiernan, for the micro-grant of 500 euros to fund my experimental archaeology project testing Neanderthal technology!
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Project Coordinator – University of Cambridge, UK
ERC-funded STEPS project in #HumanEvolution Research

Deadline: 2 Jan 2026
🔗 Details: higherjobz.com/project-coor...

#UKJobs #AcademicJobs #PartTimeJobs #ResearchOpportunities #ERCFunded
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Project Coordinator – Human Evolution Research Cambridge | HigherJobz
Join the University of Cambridge as a Project Coordinator in Human Evolution Research. Part-time, fixed-term, apply by 2 Jan 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Hi! You can now watch me and archaeologist Professor Nicky Milner doing our Stone Age & Star Carr double act at York University last week

And you can get signed copies of my Stone Age book, cowritten with @brennawalks.bsky.social, from the ace @foxlanebooks.bsky.social

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The Stone Age Runs Wild at Star Carr: An evening with Greg Jenner and Nicky Milner
YouTube video by York Ideas
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November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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TODAY!

Really looking forward to this later. It's all free, link in post, and I'm talking about three fabulous, related, torcs at 3pm.

#Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Gold
lpfgsocmedia.bsky.social lpfgsocmedia.bsky.social @lpfgsocmedia.bsky.social · 7d
Do join us at our free online symposium tomorrow from 10am!

You can join using the following MS Teams link: l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...

Some do have issues joining so please open the Teams browser or app and go to Calendar, Join meeting with ID and put in

ID: 364 396 620 178 1
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November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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We are looking for 8 people to help us with the final testing phase of the online version of our CIfA Approved training course Making the Most of Lidar. In return for a 50% discount on the normal course price of £200
www.pushingthesensors.com/mmol-online-...
MMOL Online – Early view – pushing the sensors
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November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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🚨 Registrations closing soon!
Join our guided, hands-on workshop on #systematic #synthesis in #archaeology & #humanevolution.
🗓️ Jan 12, 19, 26 & Feb 2
⏰ 09:00–13:00 WET | Online
Apply by Nov 27 👉 heirs.icarehb.com
#HEIRS
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Applications are now open to join our 2026 Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is taught by experts from UCL and designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa
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Picture of 6 postgrad students sat at a table in a lab studying bones. Text says: The UCL Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic (PaPa) MSc programme is an established, pioneering course in human origins delivered by a world-leading university. It will bring you a deep and expert understanding of the scientific record of human evolution which powerfully combines opportunities for the study of palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and wider scientific approaches to the early human story. Coordinated by UCL’s Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology departments and drawing on expertise from across the University and other institutions, it will provide you with training in the specialisms of your choice, while also ensuring you are introduced to the wider scope of approaches to the study of human evolution.  Having run now for over 15 years, we have PaPa alumni actively leading a new generation of human origins research across the world. Our programme is a proven springboard to PhD programmes, careers in academia, archaeological science, specialist archaeological fieldwork, science media and much more.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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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
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November 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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🏺 🧪 Research and publications like this really matter, since even when one theory is not supported by later evidence, it opens up interesting new perspectives and scenarios for #humanevolution.
annemiekemilks.bsky.social Annemieke Milks @annemiekemilks.bsky.social · 18d
Rather, in terms of metrics and morphology, it matches best to impact from a hammerstone, likely used to access the liquid within-bone nutrients such as marrow and bone grease.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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⚠️Just a quick reminder, there are a few days left to apply for these two positions in #palaeoproteomics.
fridowelker.bsky.social Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Oct 27
I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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New research on wild chimpanzees shows juvenile innovation is not play but a cultural engine. Young chimps invent tools, refine adult techniques, and introduce novelty. What if childhood experimentation drove early human cultural evolution too? #Primatology #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanOrigins
primatology.net Primatology.net @primatology.net · 26d
Young chimpanzees invent tools, modify adult techniques, and explore in ways that spark cultural change. New research suggests childhood curiosity may have fueled innovation long before Homo sapiens shaped history. #Anthropology #Primates #Evolution #Science www.primatology.net/p/the-little...
The Little Inventors of the Forest
Young chimpanzees build tools, break rules, and may hold clues to how culture first evolved
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October 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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👣 What can ancient #footprints tell us about #movement, #behaviour, and #technology in #prehistory?
Join us for the next #LEXA seminar, exploring traces and early #transport innovations.

🗓️ 4 Nov | 🕑 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online via #Zoom
🔗 icarehb.com/lexa
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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New purchase from my local Oxfam 📖 It is very far outside my period of study, but I'm fascinated by prehistory, and how our modern viewpoint shapes studies of the ancient past. Should be an insightful read!
Photo of me holding "Lady Sapiens: Breaking Stereotypes About Prehistoric Women" by Thomas Cirotteau, Jennifer Kerner, and Éric Pincas
November 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Here is the abstract for another session speaker. If this tickles your fancy come along either in person or online to further your lithic knowledge!!!!!
Voluntary Action Leicester (VAL) 7th and 8th November
Grab your tickets here www.tickettailor.com/events/lithi...
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Here is the abstract for another speaker. If this tickles your fancy come along either in person or online to further your lithic knowledge!!!!!
Voluntary Action Leicester (VAL) 7th and 8th November
Grab your tickets here www.tickettailor.com/events/lithi...
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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We have an exciting line-up of speakers already confirmed for our Ancient Genomes meeting in November. If you want to be one of the speakers or present a poster, submit your abstract by 31 July!

genetics.org.uk/events/ancie...
July 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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antiquity.ac.uk
📕 #BookReview

How did prehistoric people settle islands? Did the first humans have the cognitive and behavioural traits to develop seafaring?
Explore John F. Cherry & Thomas P. Leppard's 'Human dispersal, human evolution, and the sea' in Antiquity:

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
Cover of the book reviewed, depicting the surface of the sea, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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To ease you into the weekend, here's a lovely film by Guy Schofield, one of two winners of this year's President’s Award.

The film is about an interactive mural commissioned by York Museums Trust for the exhibition Star Carr: Life After The Ice.

Enjoy! 😊

#Archaeology 🏺

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Star Carr : After The Ice
YouTube video by Guy Schofield
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October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
helenshampton.bsky.social
Thank you to the Kiernan Experimental Archaeology Award, sponsored by EXARC member John Kiernan, for the micro-grant of 500 euros to fund my experimental archaeology project testing Neanderthal technology!
October 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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There’s still time to sign up for this week’s talk from Dr Natasha Reynolds, Université de Bordeaux!

Sign up here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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NEW EPISODE: Who are our ancestors and why does it matter?

Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about ancient DNA.

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSAncientD...
Episode graphic titled “Why Does Ancient DNA Matter?” featuring several speakers and a large question mark background.
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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And here's Day 2 of the Lithic Studies Society 2025 conference - attend in person or online! Details and tickets here: tinyurl.com/2025Lithic
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Check out the amazing Day 1 programme of the Lithic Studies Society 2025 conference! Details and tickets here: tinyurl.com/2025Lithic
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The 61st Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens today! 📸

Through 100 awe-inspiring photographs, the exhibition celebrates the variety of life on Earth and spotlights the threats facing species around the world.

The exhibition is supported by Lead Corporate Sponsor, Nuveen.
A group of Arctic white wolves walking through the snow. They have white fur and blend in their surroundings. By Amit Eshel. A close-up of a red deer bellowing, its head tilting towards the sky. It has light brown fur and large, dark brown antlers. By Jamie Smart. Four slime moulds on a fallen tree. The moulds are circular and light blue, with their tops slouching slightly. By Kutub Uddin. A potter wasp flying, holding large green worm. The insect is red, with large wings and large dark eyes. By Bidyut Kalita.
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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bgs.ac.uk
BGS' GeoIndex viewer has been given a major upgrade and is available as a beta release.

It includes core geological data layers, such as 625K- and 50K-scale digital geological mapping and borehole datasets, to allow for focused user testing.

Visit the app: geoindex.bgs.ac.uk?_ga=2.224738...
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM