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Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social · 21d

Upcoming workshop in Visby, Gotland - application of forensic traumatology to archaeological skeletal remains - with a definite focus on medieval warfare. Looking forward to delivering this along with @tonypollard.bsky.social, Peter Johnsson, & Jo Buckberry @bradarch.bsky.social @uubrl.bsky.social

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Shumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR

Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")

@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Aug 29

Day 2 of the FASE workshop on bone histology and skeletal trauma in Paris is in full swing. Awesome topic, great lectures and lecturers and tons of interesting trauma thin sections 🦴🔬🙌
#bonehistology #ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE

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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · Aug 27

1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature

The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...

www.nature.com

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yay, congratulations! 👏🍾

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Aug 8

New publication 📖 Trauma or damage? A study on the breakage patterns of the Apidima crania, which was part of my PhD research.

OA book chapter: hdl.handle.net/10900/156259

Longer version in PhD thesis: hdl.handle.net/10900/119049

Congratulations to the editors & all contributors of this volume! 👏

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

slate.com

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Jul 29

Check out the exciting program of the FASE Symposium 2025 in Paris on August 30: event.forensicanthropology.eu/symposium-pr...
Two days left to register - deadline July 31.
#ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE

Symposium Program – FASE Event 2025 – Advanced workshop + Symposium

event.forensicanthropology.eu

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congratulations!! 🥳

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Marlen Fröhlich @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!

🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq

Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wow, congrats to this fantastic team! 👏

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Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · Jun 18

#newpaper now out in @nature.com!
A huge expansion of the human niche in Africa ~70 kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with a unique ecological flexibility.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Emily Hallett, @mikleonardi.bsky.social, Andrea Manica, @elliescerri.bsky.social 1/4

Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal - Nature

Analysis of species distribution models in a pan-African database comprising chronometrically dated archaeological sites over the past 120,000 years shows major expansion in the human niche from 70 ka...

www.nature.com

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss

Keine Spitze ohne Berg: Zum Begriff des „Spitzenforschers“

Der Begriff des Spitzenforschers degradiert das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig und stützt einen Geniekult, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich...

arbeitinderwissenschaft.substack.com

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Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · Jun 10

Are you a forensic anthropologist or other biological anthropologist who considers skeletal trauma interpretation part of your skill set?

We are running a study (survey, ~15 min) on how practitioners interpret skeletal trauma. It's kinda fun to do!

Sharing this with others is much appreciated 🤩

Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 Seeking practitioners, researchers, or students involved in forensic anthropology and/or skeletal trauma interpretation 🚨

Help us understand how forensic practitioners interpret gun shot and other trauma on long bones by participating in a short survey!

binghamton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 6

#NextGenSci asked young scientists to write a rule that all principal investigators should be required to follow to improve the experience of young scientists in their lab.

Check out their answers on #NationalHigherEducationDay: scim.ag/45zsFEr

Illustration of two people, one holding a large pencil, the other walking along a path of diverging arrows. Hedline is "Rules all PIs should follow."

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations! 👏

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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...

www.biorxiv.org

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Carina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social · May 22

Interested in investigating human history? Still a chance to join us in Uppsala as a junior or senior fellow! Closing date soon!

Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · Mar 3

The Call is open: Human Past #Fellowships 2026-27. Deadline: 2 June 2025. centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/20... #opportunity #humanpast #research @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social #genetics #linguistics #archaeology #indoeuropean #bantu #austronesian @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · May 23

A great success for archaeology and human origins research in Germany 🥳 Two clusters of excellence to be funded for (another) 7 years. Congratulations to @clusterroots.bsky.social, @uni-kiel.de, @unituebingen.bsky.social, @harvatilab.bsky.social, @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social @ctennie.bsky.social!

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22

The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

Map of Germany with the Clusters of Excellence

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · May 14

📢 We're hiring!
The Leibniz-Zentrum for Archaeology (LEIZA) is launching a new international, English-language, Diamond Open Access journal—and we're looking for a Managing Editor (m/f/d) to lead the way.

📍#Mainz or #Schleswig
🕒 Full- or part-time
💼 EG 13 TV-L

#archaeology #journal #editing 1/4

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Judith Beier @judithbeier.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you so much for the invitation! #HumanEvo25

Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · Apr 29

Following from the plague, @judithbeier.bsky.social tells us about cranial trauma in #Neanderthals and Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe 🥰 ☠️
#HumanEvo25

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Judith presents a new method using GLMs to estimate cranial trauma prevalence in N. and H.s. Results overturn long held misconceptions that N. had sig. higher rates of trauma when compared to H.s 💀 Ev. suggests a relationship with age, revealing social diff.
#HumanEvo25

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · Apr 28

Jerome Isle de Beauchaine: morphological reanalysis of the Aurignacian mandible from George-Des-Rois, France. Results suggest the mandible is consistent with modern human variability but there is much more variability in fossil modern humans than previously thought 🦷
#HumanEvo25

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · Apr 29

Exciting talk by @romangarba.bsky.social on cosmogenic nuclides for dating prehistoric sites - fabulous work at #Korolevo (western #Ukraine) and East-to-West dispersal into Europe 1.5-1.3 million years ago. Huge potential for new and old excavations 🤩🤩

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · Apr 29

Applying a new / adapted method Pheno-ABC to dental phenotypes to answer questions of prehistoric population dynamics by @hannesrathmann.bsky.social 🥰
#HumanEvo25

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