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Per Bolund @bolund.bsky.social · 9d

Det är akut läge för fisken i Östersjön. Utan kraftfulla politiska åtgärder kommer fisket att slås ut och havets ekosystem skadas, i värsta fall permanent. Vågar vi hoppas att regeringen kan sluta gynna industritrålarna och börja förvalta havet för framtiden?
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Handlingskraft eller ett fortsatt förfall – ni väljer

DEBATT. Östersjöns fiskpopulationer är i fritt fall. Tre av fyra sillbestånd ligger under fastställda bevarandenivåer, skarpsillen har pressats ner till en reko

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 26

Dogs are humanity's best friend—but how long has it been that way? 🐕

This Science study investigated ancient dog genomes, revealing a complicated genetic legacy that reflects a long, shared history with humans.

Learn more on #InternationalDogDay: https://scim.ag/41mQvR6

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 18

Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future

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Class of 2025: five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cuts

Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future.

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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our new paper is out! #stableisotopes #cavebears new data from Serbia and a wide reviews of late Pleistocene cave bear isotope data!

Dr. Jennifer Jones @jenniferbones.bsky.social · Jul 11

⭐New Open Access publication alert! ⭐

Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!

This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Mike Pitts @pittsmike.bsky.social · Jul 7

Interesting stuff from Rapa Nui. You can read the whole paper below, and my short take in the Spectator here (much of the argument feels realistic, though I'm not convinced it's - yet? - supported by the data)
www.spectator.co.uk/article/was-...

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · Jul 8

Research Fellow, Archaeological Sciences
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU880/r...

Research Fellow Archaeological Science (RICHeS Scientist) at Queen's University Belfast

An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow Archaeological Science (RICHeS Scientist) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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Linus Girdland Flink @flinklinus.bsky.social · Jul 4

Graduation time, congrats again @lucyjkoster.bsky.social! With @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social

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Liverpool John Moores University @ljmuofficial.bsky.social · Jul 2

LJMU and Francis Crick Institute Researchers have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from a man who lived around 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, the age of the first pyramids.

www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Researchers sequence first genome from Ancient Egypt

Egypt, anthropology, archaeology, history, Ancient Egypt, Biology, Genomics, Genome, Genes, Migration, Research, Nature

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 2

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian

https://go.nature.com/44bHYCh

First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Jul 2

Researchers from the Crick and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social have extracted and sequenced DNA from an individual who lived in Egypt around 4,500 years ago, making it the oldest genome from ancient Egypt sequenced to date.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-07...

Researchers sequence first genome from ancient Egypt

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived around 4,500 to 4,800...

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Jul 2

Forty years after Svante Pääbo kicked off this extraordinary field of science, today sees report of the first whole-genome sequence of an ancient Egyptian (from 2855–2570BCE). Exciting work from @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social, @flinklinus.bsky.social, & co at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, @crick.ac.uk.🧬🧪

Whole-genome ancestry of an Old Kingdom Egyptian - Nature

Whole-genome sequencing of an ancient male Egyptian revealed a mixture of North African Neolithic and eastern Fertile Crescent ancestry, suggesting human migration between Egypt and Mesopotamia by the...

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Jul 2

Who were the ancient Egyptians?

It is expressed in the extraordinary historical and archaeological record, but what about ancestry links to other ancient individuals?

Today we report the successful sequencing of the whole genome of an individual who lived in Egypt about ~4700 years ago.

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jun 26

50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation

A genomic study of 2,762 individuals from India offers important insights into the genomic diversity and evolutionary history of the subcontinent and highlights the extensive genetic variation, gene f...

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Linus Girdland Flink @flinklinus.bsky.social · Jun 24

What do you think Ross?

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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · Jun 18

"Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium" http://dlvr.it/TLR7X9

#ChineseAcademyofSciences Qiaomei Fu
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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · Jun 18

UCL Institute of Archaeology lab managers role, initially for 1 year. Deadline 1st July. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Anders Bergström @anders-bergstrom.bsky.social · Jun 13

A 4-year postdoc position in population genomics is available in my group at the University of East Anglia, to work on a project sequencing a thousand fox genomes across rural and urban environments in the UK.

vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/15...

Senior Research Associate in Population Genomics (RA2327) in University of East Anglia | UEA

View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate in Population Genomics (RA2327) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Biological Sciences Senior Research A...

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Linus Girdland Flink @flinklinus.bsky.social · May 27

Last day in Aberdeen! Wishing you all the best in your new postdoctoral job Lucy @lucyjkoster.bsky.social @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social

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Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social · May 4

Hello! We are Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation (ARFA for short). You can learn more about us at our website here: archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com

Watch this space for blog posts, events, and commentary on the co-option and misuse of heritage in the near future.

Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation

Countering the far-right co-option of archaeology and heritage

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · May 1

UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:

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Open Letter to CBA, CIfA, FAME, and UAUK, in relation the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Interim Guidance

If you are in any way involved in UK Archaeology (in its broadest sense), and you would like to sign this open letter then please fill in GOOGLE FORM LINK. Responses will be manually inputted. The for...

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · May 2

[NEW VIDEO] Archaeology is under siege from popular anti-intellectual influencers. I document threats and harassment and provide actionable strategies for promoting public educational content

Watch, like, comment, and share to boost visibility 🧪🏺 #AncientBlueSky

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