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25ᵗʰ Radiocarbon Conference @radiocarbon25.bsky.social · 2d

The poll for selecting the host city of the Radiocarbon 26 in 2028 is closed.

The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes!

Congratulations to Tokyo team!

Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals.

Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.

detailed poll results for selecting Radiocarbon 26 Conference host. 58% Tokyo, 28% Cologne, 16% Ottawa, 1% other

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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · 7d

🚨SAVE THE DATE for two 14C conferences happening in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, next year:

4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July

Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷

Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!

@fransantanas.bsky.social

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Helen Fewlass @helenfewlass.bsky.social · Sep 5

Very excited to receive an ERC Starting Grant to study the earliest archaeological and biomolecular evidence of Homo sapiens in NW Europe

Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉

#HorizonEurope #ERCStG

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

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Lucy van Dorp @lucyvandorp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.

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).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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University Archaeology Day @uniarchday.bsky.social · Jul 28

Interested in studying archaeology at university? JOIN US in person or virtually on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy bsky.app/profile/brit... to find out more about what it's like to study archaeology at university! More info and booking links here: linktr.ee/University_A...

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Pooja Swali @poojaswali.bsky.social · May 22

Excited to announce our paper on ancient Borrelia genomes is finally out! 🦠💀We document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever, published today in @science.org‬ with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social #aDNA 🏺🧪🧬
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Mar 15

@whatkatiedigs.bsky.social has a funded PhD opportunity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

Using #ZooMS and #sedaDNA #ancientDNA, #radiocarbon dating and #geoarchaeology to find Scotland's lost Ice Age animals 🦣❄️

#PhDposition #archaeology #paleontology #biomolecular

Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen , listed on F...

findaphd.com

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Mar 27

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York

An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia @lorenabecval.bsky.social · Mar 21

It's Friday so happy news! Excited to share my new
@naturecomms.bsky.social paper, published today!

Thanks to the @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding this work! Grateful also to Linacre College (Oxford) and @bristolantharch.bsky.social for the support.

Click and check it out! 👇

rdcu.be/eeu3Y

Climate influence on the early human occupation of South America during the late Pleistocene

Nature Communications - Here, the author presents a Bayesian chronological model based in 1700 radiocarbon dates that traces human occupation South America in the late Pleistocene and describes the...

rdcu.be

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Alexandra Schuh @alexandraschuh.bsky.social · Mar 24

Very happy to share our new paper on human facial development and evolution out today in JHE 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵👇

Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees

Present-day humans have small and retracted midfaces, while Neanderthals possess large and forwardly projected midfaces. To understand the ontogenetic…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Adam van Casteren @adamvanc.bsky.social · Mar 25

Really happy to see this paper out, using field biomechanics we show that wild chimpanzees don't just randomly select plants materials for termite fishing tools – they use a little “folk physics” choosing materials with specific properties! Study in iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful.... 1/5

Engineering skills in the manufacture of tools by wild chimpanzees

Biological sciences; Zoology; Evolutionary biology

www.cell.com

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Matthew Skinner @matthewskinnerphd.bsky.social · Feb 13

The Tai Chimpanzee Project is making available microCT scans from their collections on human-fossil-record.org. All proceeds are used to support their mission of conservation and non-invasive research in Tai National Park (taichimpproject.org).

The Human Fossil Record: A Digital Resource for Research and Education

human-fossil-record.org

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Palesa @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social · Feb 7

Hi

We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!

some links;

the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...

our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...

and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jan 14

The University of Oslo is hiring an Associate Professor in Zoology for its Natural History Museum, starting January 2026. Candidates should have a strong research track in zoology and curatorial experience. De… https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/268410/associate-professor-in-zoology #job

Associate Professor in Zoology (268410) | University of Oslo

Job title: Associate Professor in Zoology (268410), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 23, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · Dec 12

I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)

Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture - Nature

Nature - Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture

www.nature.com

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Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social · Dec 12

I wrote a short piece for @geolsoc.bsky.social Geoscientist Magazine 🌋 🌍 ✏️

Learn how to draw audiences into your science through illustration > geoscientist.online/sections/une...

Draw them in - GEOSCIENTIST

They say a picture speaks louder than a thousand words, and it might… but what if it is speaking in a foreign language? When communicating geoscience through graphics, are we favouring our own needs t...

geoscientist.online

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · Dec 4

Are you an Early Career Research (PhD, postdoc, new group leader) working in Animal Ancient DNA? Want to present your work to the @aarc-community.bsky.social community? Express your interest in participating in our AaRC TikTalk Seminar series with the link below! #aDNA

AaRC TikTalk Seminars - Expression of Interest

Please let us know if you are interested in presenting at the AaRC TikTalks Seminars. The seminars are held on the last Friday of every month. Speakers are currently open to graduate students (PhDs an...

docs.google.com

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Letty Ingrey @lettyingrey.bsky.social · Nov 27

We are looking for two new Senior Geoarchaeologists to join out team at Archaeology South-East (UCL). This would be as part of a friendly team with scope to focus on your own specialisms. I’m happy to answer any questions about this if you’d like to know more.

www.bajr.org/Employment/U...

Senior Specialists (Geoarchaeology) (UCL Grade 6) with Archaeology South-East | BAJR Archaeology Jobs

Senior Specialists (Geoarchaeology) (UCL Grade 6) is only one of a host of jobs online at the British Archaeological Jobs Resource BAJR

www.bajr.org

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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · Dec 3

(1/11) I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded a European Research Council ‘Consolidator Grant’. The TerraForm project (‘The Rise and Fall of Maltese Terraced Landscapes’) will begin in the spring of 2025.

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Małgorzata Kot @malgorzatakot.bsky.social · Dec 3

I am thrilled to share the news that I was awarded #ERC_Consolidator Grant for studying the problem of Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Central Asia. Stay tuner for #INASIA project
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Consolidator Grants: ERC awards €678m in grants to back excellent research across Europe

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its 2024 Consolidator Grants to 328 researchers across Europe. These grants, totalling €678 million, aim to support outstanding scientists and scholars ...

erc.europa.eu

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NEaar lab @neaarlab.bsky.social · Nov 27

Funded #PhD opportunity to work with us on deep sea coral biomineralisation: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Webinar Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 11 am GMT: if you're interested, just sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Laurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · Dec 2

Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)

Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · Nov 28

🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣

I have made a new list about all things ICE AGE! Pin this to your feed if you love Quaternary Science, Ice Age beast, and the Stone Age.

It combines starter packs by me, @chslane.bsky.social & @bluerehn.bsky.social & is your one stop shop for the Pleisto Scene

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Jamie Wood @larusnz.bsky.social · Nov 19

We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA.
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA

For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Nov 22

I have created a #palaeoproteomics and #ZooMS starterpack - please DM if you want to be added to the list.

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