Lander Lorca-Francisco
@fourcornersworld.bsky.social
Biologist specialising in archaeogenetics, Ancient Near East enjoyer
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📍 Universität Tübingen
⬅️ Universitat de Barcelona
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📍 Universität Tübingen
⬅️ Universitat de Barcelona
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
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Hace 45-70 ka neandertales de El Castillo usaban materia prima local para talla lítica, pero también de largas distancias (+100 km).
Neanderthal mobility over very long distances: The case of El Castillo cave (northern Spain) and the ‘Vasconian’ Mousterian
Neanderthal mobility over very long distances: The case of El Castillo cave (northern Spain) and the ‘Vasconian’ Mousterian
Neanderthal mobility over very long distances: The case of El Castillo cave (northern Spain) and the ‘Vasconian’ Mousterian
This study explores the mobility and raw material circulation of Neanderthals at the El Castillo cave, located in the northern part of the Iberian Pen…
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hace 45-70 ka neandertales de El Castillo usaban materia prima local para talla lítica, pero también de largas distancias (+100 km).
Neanderthal mobility over very long distances: The case of El Castillo cave (northern Spain) and the ‘Vasconian’ Mousterian
Neanderthal mobility over very long distances: The case of El Castillo cave (northern Spain) and the ‘Vasconian’ Mousterian
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🚲 Tübingen - Rottenburg - Tübingen
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚲 Tübingen - Rottenburg - Tübingen
It's not a good day until you've had a look at a new species of fungus
We’ve found a new species of fungus! 🍄
Rugososporomyces from the Windyfield Chert, a Scottish fossil site that preserves an ancient wetland ecosystem in extraordinary detail!
Find out all about this 400-million-year-old fungus 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Rugososporomyces from the Windyfield Chert, a Scottish fossil site that preserves an ancient wetland ecosystem in extraordinary detail!
Find out all about this 400-million-year-old fungus 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Ancient fossil reveals how plants and fungi first developed on land | Natural History Museum
A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's not a good day until you've had a look at a new species of fungus
When you think the next can't be any worse and it's the most catastrophically horrible thing a human can say
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When you think the next can't be any worse and it's the most catastrophically horrible thing a human can say
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Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
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Me and the boys on a night out in 3000 BC 🍻
In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Me and the boys on a night out in 3000 BC 🍻
In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
In ancient Sumer, it was common to drink beer from a communal vessel using long straws. Similar straws and vessels have been found as far away as the Caucasus, indicating the practice was popular!
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
I love living in the future
A hearty Denisovan stew ripe with stories of mixing and more mixing, even with a third more ‘archaic’ hominid.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan
Denisovans, an extinct sister group of Neandertals who lived in Eastern Eurasia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene, are known only from a handful of skeletal remains and limited genetic data, incl...
www.biorxiv.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I love living in the future
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A 126,000-year-old butt-drag just made fossil history.
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
The 126,000-Year-Old Butt-Drag That Rewrote What Counts as a Fossil
How a small animal’s odd habit turned into one of the most unexpected stories ever preserved in stone Some discoveries make headlines because they’re dramatic: new...
climateages.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A 126,000-year-old butt-drag just made fossil history.
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.
Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/dcGWTR4
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The War on Science
YouTube video by Shaun
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Say what you want about pseudoarchaeology, but it's just silly
Why would you prefer a more entertaining, but laughably false narrative over the detailed richness and nuanced messiness of the real evidence for our shared human past?
Why would you prefer a more entertaining, but laughably false narrative over the detailed richness and nuanced messiness of the real evidence for our shared human past?
September 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Say what you want about pseudoarchaeology, but it's just silly
Why would you prefer a more entertaining, but laughably false narrative over the detailed richness and nuanced messiness of the real evidence for our shared human past?
Why would you prefer a more entertaining, but laughably false narrative over the detailed richness and nuanced messiness of the real evidence for our shared human past?
Getting accepted | Finding housing
August 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Getting accepted | Finding housing
I have just experienced a school classmate from my cohort having a child... for the first time
August 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I have just experienced a school classmate from my cohort having a child... for the first time
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"de-extinction feels like a distraction from the unfinished business of protecting life in the present"
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Incredibly disappointing that two extremely wealthy creatives, George Martin and Peter Jackson, have chosen to invest in this rather than fund immediately impactful conservation efforts
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Incredibly disappointing that two extremely wealthy creatives, George Martin and Peter Jackson, have chosen to invest in this rather than fund immediately impactful conservation efforts
July 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"de-extinction feels like a distraction from the unfinished business of protecting life in the present"
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Incredibly disappointing that two extremely wealthy creatives, George Martin and Peter Jackson, have chosen to invest in this rather than fund immediately impactful conservation efforts
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Incredibly disappointing that two extremely wealthy creatives, George Martin and Peter Jackson, have chosen to invest in this rather than fund immediately impactful conservation efforts
It's true, #PrehistoricPlanet Ice Age is coming to #AppleTV for November 2025. These images show how good our animals are, but... believe me, this barely scratches the surface!! It has been a massive thrill and privilege to help bring this series together... you're in for an incredible treat.
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Vanessa Villalba-Mouco and I wrote a little preview piece for Cell on the new mtDNA and proteomics results from the Harbin skull. It is free for 50 days at this link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Unmasking the Denisovans
The Harbin cranium, linked to Denisovans via mitochondrial DNA, broadens their known range and provides the first insights into Denisovan morphology. …
www.sciencedirect.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Vanessa Villalba-Mouco and I wrote a little preview piece for Cell on the new mtDNA and proteomics results from the Harbin skull. It is free for 50 days at this link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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NEW: The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children
The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
www.wired.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
NEW: The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
Solstice moonrise
June 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Solstice moonrise
Sexiest figure i've seen in any paper yet
Glad to see this paper finally out! An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids - Nature Ecology & Evolution
An analysis of annelid genomes reveals massive reshuffling of chromosomes in the ancestral lineage leading to clitellates, a clade composed of non-marine annelids, with potential implications for the ...
www.nature.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sexiest figure i've seen in any paper yet
You can kill the man but never the idea
June 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
You can kill the man but never the idea
"God, I forgot the name of that very famous archaeological culture of Proto-Indo-European speakers from the Pontic-Caspian steppe"
The ever-reliable and very scholarly Isabel Pantoja:
The ever-reliable and very scholarly Isabel Pantoja:
June 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"God, I forgot the name of that very famous archaeological culture of Proto-Indo-European speakers from the Pontic-Caspian steppe"
The ever-reliable and very scholarly Isabel Pantoja:
The ever-reliable and very scholarly Isabel Pantoja: