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Michaela Ecker

@isotopesrule.bsky.social

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Past Environments & Human Evolution. Emmy Noether Research Group Leader of "Kgalagadi Human Origins" Project (@khoproject.bsky.social) at @uni-kiel.de. She/her. Views my own.

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Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello new followers! I am a researcher based at Kiel University, Germany, interested in stable isotopes, palaeoecology, Palaeolithic archaeology & arid environments. PI of @khoproject.bsky.social (follow us!), leading fieldwork in the Kalahari. Very excited to see so many making the move from X 😃

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Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · 1d

Unterschrieben! Petition: chng.it/zB5YZzVphb

Jennifer S. Henke @jenniferhenke.bsky.social · 1d

Bitte teilt den offenen Brief so oft & streut ihn so weit wie möglich, um die Reichweite & somit den Druck zu erhöhen – ganz herzlichen Dank von allen aktven Mitgliedern des Netzwerks #PDprekär! #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #Bildungsministerkonferenz
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Jennifer S. Henke @jenniferhenke.bsky.social · 1d

In nur wenigen Std. haben wir die 200 geknackt! ✊ @ #Bildungsministerkonferenz: "Wir drängen darauf,dass jetzt gehandelt wird,bevor das Wiss.system unseres Landes trotz aller Exzellenzinitiativen kollabiert.Wir können als PDs so nicht weitermachen&brauchen Ihre Unterstützung*jetzt*!" #PDprekär

Screenshot Kampagnenseite mit Überschrift des Offenen Briefs und der Zahl 204.

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Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · 2d

A thorougly enjoyable experience meeting many impressive people, with great hosts and good conversations. I am leaving with a little bit more hope into the future of our democracy (2/2). #ZukunftDurchWandel

Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · 2d

I am honoured to have been invited to attend the #TDE25 celebrations in #Saarbrücken as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Bürgerdelegation representing @uni-kiel.de, @clusterroots.bsky.social and @khoproject.bsky.social. ... (1/2)

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Cluster of Excellence ROOTS @clusterroots.bsky.social · 5d

Michaela Ecker leitet die #EmmyNoether-Gruppe @khoproject.bsky.social an der @uni-kiel.de. Sie erforscht die Auswirkungen extremer Klimaveränderungen im Mittel- und Spätpleistozän auf die menschliche Evolution in der südlichen Kalahari. Mehr zur Forschung 👇
🏺 #TagDerDeutschenEinheit

Kgalagadi Human Origins

Über das Projekt Die Emmy Noether-Gruppe “Kgalagadi Human Origins” startete im Juni 2021. Das auf sechs Jahre angelegte Projekt erforscht die Auswirkungen der extremen Klimaveränderungen im Mittel-…

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 8d

Inèz will stay with us for another 6 month in Kiel and she has several papers in review, so watch this space! #WomenInStem #PhDlife #Postdoclife #academia

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Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to my first ever PhD student for submitting her dissertation today! #ProudSupervisor

Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 8d

Conratulations to Inèz Faul for submitting her PhD thesis to @uni-kiel.de today 🥳 🎓 We are proud of you! Inèz studied the formation processes and past environment at pans in the #Kgalagadi #Botswana with geoarchaeological methods - and is our first PhD student to submitt!

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A/Prof. Glenn Wilson @drggwilson.bsky.social · 8d

Happy 59th #Boipuso to my friends and colleagues in #Botswana! Hope it’s a fun day!

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 11d

#ESHE2025
Marc Dickinson ‘Advancing enamel amino acid dating’
Using AA in dental enamel for dating
Does glue affect potential? NO 😊
Can ESR powder by re-used? YES 😊
‘lab-on-a-chip’ (minimise sample size) and no need of lab for pre-processing! 😊

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 11d

#ESEHE2025
Mailys Richard ‘A revised chronology for the Middle Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of Florisbad, South Africa’
Prev fossil hom (eSapiens): OSL & ESR- 279-228 ka
NEW OSL, TT-OSL & pIRIR290: range of dates – most likely MIS6
But only if prov of cran in Unit M

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Lucy Timbrell @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social · 15d

We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎

There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.

You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 18d

We had two great days with the years standard 5,6 and 7 of Maleshe and Khisa village this week. We tried to explain our research in interactive stations in small groups - even a song was created! #ScienceCommunication #fieldwork #nextGeneration #archaeology

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 20d

The last days we spend a lot of time with these quartzite bedrock outcrops - recording every detail 📷 📐✍️✏️ 🪨 to understand their use as raw material source during the Stone Age #fieldwork #kgalagadi. Inspired by a paper from Matt Lotter et al. 2024 in Southern African Field Archaeology

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 23d

PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 23d

Our geoarchaeology team led by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social has been very busy the last few days making holes, sampling and refilling them all in a day each time 💪🪏#WomenInStem #girlpower #fieldwork #kglagadi

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 27d

Our team currently in the field in 🇧🇼 is having a great time #Kgalagadi #archaeology #fieldwork #WomenInSTEM @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @isotopesrule.bsky.social

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · Sep 7

Can you spot our two geoarchaeologists @geoarchamelie.bsky.social and Hannah at Tswai pan today? #Fieldwork #Botswana #Kgalagadi #SundayWork

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sunrise in Tsabong for our first day of #fieldwork 2025 #Kgalagadi #Kalahari #Botswana #nofilter

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · Sep 5

After two busy days in Gabs we are hitting the open road into the #Kalahari and are on our way to Tsabong #Kgalagadi 🇧🇼 @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @isotopesrule.bsky.social

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are on our way to #Botswana! On Thursday 4th September we will be at our collaboration partner University of Botswana and @isotopesrule.bsky.social will present a talk "New insights into Stone Age sites from the southern Kgalagadi district" in the History Department Seminar Series.

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Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nachfolgend die online Version des F.A.Z.-Artikels zur Privatdozentur. Sneak preview:

"Das derzeit unter dem Claim #PDprekär laufende Aufbegehren habilitierter Wissenschaftler ist nur allzu verständlich." 1/7 👇🧵

#PDprekär #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan
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Michaela Ecker @isotopesrule.bsky.social · Aug 28

One more chore ticked off before fieldwork! Today I used up a small forest to print all my online available articles and deliver seven copies of my Habilitation to the university 🥂 #academicSky #ichbinHannah

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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · Aug 25

Last preparations for this year's field season are under way. Starting in one week to Gaborone #Botswana with @geoarchamelie.bsky.social and the rest of the team. Our 5th field season! #archaeology #fieldwork #Kalahari #Kgalagadi

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨

The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:

- a scientific coordinator

- a science communication officer

🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨

See links for the full advertisements:

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Wissenschaftliche/r Geschäftsführer/in (m/w/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)

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