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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias
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Research Fellow @eegcam.bsky.social & Emmanuel College, Cambridge University 🍃| Former Public Scholars Fellow at Sapiens | Book Review Editor @ishe-society.bsky.social 📚| Editor, Hunter Gatherer Research | 👩🏽‍💻 https://ceciliapad.github.io/web/
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · May 23
🚨NEW PAPER from the @eegcam.bsky.social!🚨I have never been as proud of something as of the work that finally we can share today: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - we show how a climatically driven Pan African meta population model explains our species genetic and morphological diversity 🧬💀
Pan-African metapopulation model explains Homo sapiens genetic and morphological evolution
Emerging evidence has challenged the traditional view of a single-region origin for Homo sapiens, suggesting instead that our species arose and diversified across multiple geographically distinct popu...
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Anahit Hovhannisyan @anahit19.bsky.social · 22h
Huge congratulations to Zhe and everyone involved! 😊
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Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · 1d
#newpreprint: "Climate Shaped the Global Population Structure of Leopards and their Extinction in Europe": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...! Leopards are charming big cats but there are many mysteries around them. Thread 🧵
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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 1d
African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology. New paper by Salome Strauch et al| Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology - Volume 7
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Enrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 5d
⚠️Paper Alert!⚠️
Excited to share this paper with @roccoro.bsky.social where we examined whether ceramic technology in Saharan Africa was the result of a single or multiple episodes of innovation & diffusion
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Bayesian analyses of radiocarbon dates suggest multiple origins of ceramic technology in Early Holocene Africa
Nature Communications - Several possible points of origin have been proposed for the spread of ceramic technology in Saharan Africa between 11–10,000 years ago. Here, the authors...
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 1d
#newpreprint out! Have a read of this thread explaining what we found, and massive congrats to Zhe Xue for leading this great project 🤗
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Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · 1d
#newpreprint: "Climate Shaped the Global Population Structure of Leopards and their Extinction in Europe": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...! Leopards are charming big cats but there are many mysteries around them. Thread 🧵
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 3d
If you are around @ucl.ac.uk later this month, I’ll be giving a talk on Spatial Population Dynamics and Human Evolution on the 28th 🤩

www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Evolutionary Anthropology seminars
Exploring the evolutionary roots of human behaviour, biology, and culture through interdisciplinary research and debate.
www.ucl.ac.uk
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HAAM-community @haam-community.bsky.social · 7d
🚨 The first HAAM elections are now open!

👥 Meet the candidates: haam-community.github.io/election2025/

🗳️ Cast your vote: forms.gle/6PKTRkqKn57J...

🔒 Voting closes 10 Oct, 23:59 CET!
⚠ HAAM Election 2025 ⚠ · HAAM Community
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 10d
www.newscientist.com/article/2497.... I think the best pop-sci explanation of the Yunxian study and its implications I’ve read so far, as often, by @michael-marshall.bsky.social
Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X
The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could completely change our understanding of humanity's evolution
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Michael Petraglia @mdpetraglia.bsky.social · 10d
Some of my initial comments on the most interesting Yunxian 2 study and its implications.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday."It sug...
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 11d
Thanks so much Marta for bringing the conference closer to those of us who couldn’t make it!
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 11d
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans
Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The ~1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is impo...
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 11d
Probably the Yunxian study?
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 12d
Would love to hear/read thoughts (beyond mainstream media) about the Yunxian paper out this week (esp in relation to the two recent papers on the paleoproteomics and mtDNA of Harbin). Exact dates aside, do we need to ask new questions about how members of these clades behaved/ were differentiated?
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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 13d
🎙️ 📻 New Heredity Podcast!

We talk with @caitismuheil.bsky.social and Jessica McNeill about their work showing the sensitivity of meiosis to temperature and what this might mean for populations in a warming world.
@ncstate.bsky.social
@gensocuk.bsky.social

Episode:
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 13d
I discuss the ~1 million year old Yunxian cranium.. youtu.be/YmtjPnuaUro?...
Chris Stringer discusses the 1 million year old Yunxian cranium
YouTube video by Chris Stringer
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 13d
Very important paper out today for
Homo sapiens origins 🤩
Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 13d
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans
Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The ~1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is impo...
www.science.org
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Colin D. Wren @cdwren.bsky.social · 16d
Nice story on Reich's research on ancient DNA "Claims of pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no." 🏺🧪 news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 16d
‼️📣Extremely proud to see this great collaborative work out!

Oldest Shell Ornament Workshop in Western Europe at Saint-Césaire: www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1...

#Prehistory #Archaeology #Chatelperronian #Shells #Beads #Homosapiens #Neandertal #Ornament

Details of discovery & implications ⏬ 🧵 1/20
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 17d
We are looking for someone to review this great book for @ishe-society.bsky.social 😊

Please DM me for details!
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 17d
Everything Evolves by Mark Vellend reveals how the science of evolution explains how everything came to be, from bacteria and blue whales to cell phones, cities, and artificial intelligence.

Out now. Read a free sample of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#AI #Biology
Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More than We Think, from Proteins to Politics by Mark Vellend. How the science of evolution explains how everything came to be, from bacteria and blue whales to cell phones, cities, and artificial intelligence
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 21d
Little update: We've already found a reviewer for this book, but we are still looking for someone to write a review of this other fantastic book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Same procedure - drop me a message for details 🤗

@princetonupress.bsky.social
Everything Evolves
How the science of evolution explains how everything came to be, from bacteria and blue whales to cell phones, cities, and artificial intelligence
press.princeton.edu
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The Human Biology Association @humbioassociation.bsky.social · 21d
New Sausage of Science episode! Dr. Luisa María Rivera is a critical biocultural anthropologist whose work examines how social inequality, trauma, and structural violence shape reproductive and maternal–infant health. Listen Here: soundcloud.com/sausageofsci...
SoS 249: Cup, Swab, or Pad? How Collection Shapes Menstrual Biomarkers
Dr. Luisa María Rivera is a critical biocultural anthropologist whose work examines how social inequality, trauma, and structural violence shape reproductive and maternal–infant health. She integrates
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 22d
At @ishe-society.bsky.social, we are looking for someone to review @mgurven.bsky.social new book, "Seven decades" for Human Ethology. It looks terribly interesting! DM/email for details (and to get a hard copy 😊)

@princetonupress.bsky.social

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Seven Decades
An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity—and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden
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Michael Gurven @mgurven.bsky.social · 22d
Released today!
SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER
Now available at your favorite bookseller.

Leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon if you can.

Please help spread the word!

#sevendecades @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Haneul Jang @haneuljang.bsky.social · 25d
💙New paper!💙

How is knowledge transmitted across generations in a foraging society?

With @danielredhead.bsky.social
we found: In BaYaka foragers, long-term skills pass in smaller, sparser networks, while short-term food info circulates broadly & reciprocally

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Transmission networks of long-term and short-term knowledge in a foraging society
Abstract. Cultural transmission across generations is key to cumulative cultural evolution. While several mechanisms—such as vertical, horizontal, and obli
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Musée de l’Homme @museedelhomme.fr · 22d
Au cours de la dernière décennie écoulée, de nombreuses questions ont traversé les scientifiques : pourquoi Néandertal a-t-il disparu ? Pourquoi n'a-t-on pas tous la même couleur de peau ? etc.

Retrouvez un condensé de ces réflexions :https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/dix-ans-de-questions-au-musee-de-l-homme
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Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · 23d
We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!
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