Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes
@lemoustier.bsky.social
Archaeologist, word-witcher, scicomm, consultancy
📚 KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death & Art
🖋️ MATRIARCHA: Prehistory Re-imagined
🏛️ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool
1/4 @trowelblazers.bsky.social
Rep: PEW Literary
📚 KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death & Art
🖋️ MATRIARCHA: Prehistory Re-imagined
🏛️ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool
1/4 @trowelblazers.bsky.social
Rep: PEW Literary
Omg I missed this when I was there (got stuck in earlier prehistory and ran out of time), clearly I need to go back again!
January 30, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Omg I missed this when I was there (got stuck in earlier prehistory and ran out of time), clearly I need to go back again!
Is there any evidence of use for these? Are they assumed to be body adornment or for textiles?
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Is there any evidence of use for these? Are they assumed to be body adornment or for textiles?
I can vouch that she makes a solid pot of tea AND has lush old beams in her barn ❤️
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I can vouch that she makes a solid pot of tea AND has lush old beams in her barn ❤️
Wormholes into the Bronze Age, if you could squeeze through one...
January 30, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Wormholes into the Bronze Age, if you could squeeze through one...
We have indicators of lighter and darker skin, eyes and hair for Neanderthals but IIRC it's not quite as clear cut as probabilities of different shades, as in H. sapiens?
Significantly dark skin would not make evolutionary sense in N European Neanderthals, but darker more likely in Levant
Significantly dark skin would not make evolutionary sense in N European Neanderthals, but darker more likely in Levant
January 29, 2026 at 9:06 AM
We have indicators of lighter and darker skin, eyes and hair for Neanderthals but IIRC it's not quite as clear cut as probabilities of different shades, as in H. sapiens?
Significantly dark skin would not make evolutionary sense in N European Neanderthals, but darker more likely in Levant
Significantly dark skin would not make evolutionary sense in N European Neanderthals, but darker more likely in Levant
Nice interactive element here too, a feature of many of the displays in the museum.
(The last time I saw these lithics was during my PhD, on a trip with @beccyscottuk.bsky.social)
(The last time I saw these lithics was during my PhD, on a trip with @beccyscottuk.bsky.social)
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Nice interactive element here too, a feature of many of the displays in the museum.
(The last time I saw these lithics was during my PhD, on a trip with @beccyscottuk.bsky.social)
(The last time I saw these lithics was during my PhD, on a trip with @beccyscottuk.bsky.social)
@tessmachling.bsky.social sure you know this one already
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 AM
@tessmachling.bsky.social sure you know this one already
I am now trying to think of an actual Mousterian /#Neanderthal mouse, but am only coming up with Other Rodents
January 28, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I am now trying to think of an actual Mousterian /#Neanderthal mouse, but am only coming up with Other Rodents
Confused by this image, it looks like there is more of it in the later image?
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Confused by this image, it looks like there is more of it in the later image?
Historians in 300 years, ruminating on AI : "sorry that happened"
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Historians in 300 years, ruminating on AI : "sorry that happened"
As ever, I just wish that evidence on the lack of risk from trans people being in such spaces was more seriously prioritised, as a means to move away from what have been literally transphobic perspectives and policies.
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 PM
As ever, I just wish that evidence on the lack of risk from trans people being in such spaces was more seriously prioritised, as a means to move away from what have been literally transphobic perspectives and policies.