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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 1d

En 1600 un Européen consommait à peine 87 grammes de sucre par an
En 1800, 9 kilos
Et aujourd'hui jusqu'à 40 🍩

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France Culture @franceculture.fr · 3d

En quelques clics, un vêtement apparaît à votre porte. Mais à quel prix pour ceux qui le fabriquent et pour la planète ? Explorez en cinq reportages les coulisses d’une industrie qui ne dort jamais.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/shL

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · 9d

Had such a great time at the excursion of #ESHE2025 visiting the Grotte à la peinture and the Musée de Préhistoire de Nemours. Thank you to the organizers!

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Aurelie Hintermann @aurhin.bsky.social · 21d

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust

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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · Aug 27

1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature

The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...

www.nature.com

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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Aug 23

#Behaviour2025 – Join us tomorrow for Weaving the MacaqueNet 3.0 & connect with our international community of macaque researchers! 🐒

The workshop is free & open to all, even if you didn’t sign up yet.

📍 We'll be at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, not the main conference venue!

Macaela Skelton @macaelaskelton.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉 Just days to go until our MacaqueNet Workshop in Kolkata!

🗓️ Sun 24 Aug | 13:00–16:00 IST
✨ Open to all (online & in-person)
📋 Members-only Board Meeting (16:00–17:00)
🍽️ Optional Dinner

View the schedule & signup now via our website: macaquenet.github.io/symposia/

#MacaqueNet #Behaviour2025

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La Science, CQFD @sciencecqfd.bsky.social · Aug 22

[RDV 16h !] Des flûtes en os de vautour qui remontent à + de 35.000 ans jusqu’aux innovations d’aujourd’hui en passant par les lyres de l’époque gauloise, chaque époque a marqué l’histoire de la musique. Comment retracer cette évolution ? avec Laurent Davin et Julian Cuvilliez

Archéologie musicale, c'est le luth final

Des flûtes en ivoire de mammouth ou en os de vautour qui remontent à plus de 35.000 ans jusqu’aux innovations d’aujourd’hui en passant par les psaltérions et les lyres de l’époque gauloise, chaque époque a marqué l’histoire de la musique. Comment retracer cette évolution ?

l.franceculture.fr

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Attending #ESEB2025 has been an amazing experience!

If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!

Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social

👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

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France Culture @franceculture.fr · Aug 20

Léger, pratique, durable : le plastique devait révolutionner notre quotidien.
Il l’a fait.
Mais aujourd’hui, cette invention est devenue une inondation.
Chaque année, des millions de tonnes s’ajoutent. En 2050, ce sera peut-être un milliard.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/7oA

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · Aug 20

I think carrer del Perill is *objectively* the most beautifully decorated of the competition this year... No? 😊
#eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · Aug 17

On my way to join my very first ESEB conference in Barcelona! 🤩 Come to poster session 3 on Thursday, P110! I'll be happy to exchange about DNA/RNA extractions from bone samples and DNA methylation analyses 🧬
#eseb2025
@eseb.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social

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UK Biobank @ukbiobank.bsky.social · Aug 6

✅ Published in @natureportfolio.nature.com today, the paper describing the initial whole-genome sequencing analysis of 500,000 UK Biobank participants.

Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Whole-genome sequencing of 490,640 UK Biobank participants - Nature

A study reports whole-genome sequences for 490,640 participants from the UK Biobank and combines these data with phenotypic data to provide new insights into the relationship between human variation a...

www.nature.com

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Tim Vernimmen @timvernimmen.bsky.social · Jun 18

My latest story is based on papers in @science.org and @cp-cell.bsky.social revealing Homo longi aka 'Dragon Man' was a Denisovan - or is it the other way around? Featuring @benceviola.bsky.social, @fridowelker.bsky.social and @chrisbstringer.bsky.social. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

This is the first ever confirmed skull of a Denisovan

Finally, we can put a face on a Denisovan.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · Jun 13

A very short summary of "Data Visualization against fascism":

Fascism conceals truths, disregards evidence-based decision-making, and jeopardizes the education of the next generation. Standing up against means: MONITOR, EXPOSE, and EDUCATE. As scientists we are ready for this!

#TCTeAC

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François Druelle @fdruelle.bsky.social · Jun 12

Ce matin dans « Avec Sciences » sur @franceculture.fr avec @alexandradelbot.bsky.social on a parlé de notre dernière recherche sur la #bipédie des #babouin. A retrouver en replay sur cette page :

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

L'origine de la bipédie humaine à travers la démarche des babouins

Une nouvelle étude révèle que la bipédie occasionnelle des babouins présente des ressemblances avec la nôtre. Avec de légères modifications du bassin, leur locomotion pourrait être aussi énergétiqueme...

www.radiofrance.fr

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Alexandra Delbot @alexandradelbot.bsky.social · Jun 12

Une nouvelle étude révèle que la bipédie occasionnelle des babouins présente des ressemblances avec la nôtre. Avec de légères modifications du bassin, leur locomotion pourrait être aussi "efficace" que celle des humains. Un résultat qui éclaire l'origine de la bipédie humaine
Avec François Druelle 🚶

L'origine de la bipédie humaine à travers la démarche des babouins

Une nouvelle étude révèle que la bipédie occasionnelle des babouins présente des ressemblances avec la nôtre. Avec de légères modifications du bassin, leur locomotion pourrait être aussi énergétiqueme...

www.radiofrance.fr

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jun 3

Infant craniofacial diversity in Early Pleistocene Homo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Infant craniofacial diversity in Early Pleistocene Homo - Nature Communications

Craniofacial development and structure in early Pleistocene Homo is unclear due to a lack of well-preserved specimens. Here, the authors examine infant craniofacial fossils from eastern and southern A...

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · May 28

I would like to thank all the little hands that helped going through this gigantic amount of data, in particular Madison Hubbard and Najielie Burgos! 🔬🙏👏

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · May 28

Future studies on fossil hominins will tell if this is a unique human trait reflecting a developmental shift in our evolutionary history.

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · May 28

In all 3 populations studied, we show that the upper and mid-face are actively resorbed during early developmental stages, reflecting the need to maintain a non-projecting face. 👶

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · May 28

Together with Sarah Freidline's team, we finally published the bone modeling pattern of the entire human face 💀🎉
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...

Shaping the human face: Periosteal bone modeling across ontogeny

Facial morphology is a defining aspect of Homo sapiens that distinguishes our species from fossil ancestors and plays a central role in estimating age, sex, and ancestry in both past and present popu...

doi.org

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · May 15

Phalangeal cortical bone distribution reveals different dexterous and climbing behaviors in Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Phalangeal cortical bone distribution reveals different dexterous and climbing behaviors in Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi

Phalangeal bone structure provides evidence for variable locomotor strategies across South African fossil hominins.

www.science.org

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Alexandra Delbot @alexandradelbot.bsky.social · May 2

Loin de moi l'envie d'être mauvaise, mais... le CNRS "choose" déjà pas grand monde non ? Viendez donc take un contrat à durée determined, not very well rémunéré, dans des labos mis en compétition to lower the budget alloué à la recherche ?

Le CNRS tend la main aux chercheurs menacés par le retour de Trump

Le CNRS lance "Choose CNRS" pour accueillir des chercheurs menacés, notamment aux États-Unis. Objectif : offrir un refuge scientifique et renforcer l’attractivité de la France dans un contexte de recu...

www.sciencesetavenir.fr

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Laurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · May 1

Very excited to be part of two manuscripts which are now on biorxiv!
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15156
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Archaic humans such as Neanderthals and Denisovans are extinct but their DNA lives on in many humans today because our ancestors met and had children with them.

arxiv.org

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · Apr 23

We are looking forward to this online only talk with @helenfewlass.bsky.social as part of the #HEASSeminar series in #ArchaeologicalScience taking place on Monday the 28th April at 12:30 CEST.

Registration and more information on our website 🔗👇

www.heas.at/events/heas-...

HEAS Seminar Series - Archaeological Science - HEAS

As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Archaeological Science, Helen Fewlass from Bristol University, will give a talk on Predicting ancient protein preservation with Near InfraRed spectroscopy on the ...

www.heas.at

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