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Brenna Hassett @brennawalks.bsky.social · 1d

Right and also! Free talk tomorrow! www.lancashire.ac.uk/events/listi...

Join us for this free public talk about growing up human. We'll explore why it takes humans so much longer to grow up compared to our primate relatives.

www.lancashire.ac.uk

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · 2d

Huge congratulations!! Very excited to see what comes out

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Brenna Hassett @brennawalks.bsky.social · 16d

If you’re in the Preston area and fancy talking palaeo-parenting or primate placenta, well aren’t you in luck ;) come to this totally free talk at the University of Lancashire, kick off at 17:40 on October 8th www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-up...

Growing Up Human

This talk will look at the incredible evolutionary story of how humans came to spend quite so much of our time playing around.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · Aug 27

Apply! I postdoc'd at Stony Brook U--great folks there.

"The Meave Leakey Postdoctoral Scholar, named in honor of Dr. Meave Leakey’s extraordinary contributions to the understanding of human and primate evolution in the Turkana Basin, will join the SHaPE Lab in the Department of Anthropology."

Meave Leakey Postdoctoral Scholar

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

stonybrooku.taleo.net

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Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social · Aug 27

Tenure track bioarchaeology job advert.

A gentle reminder that applications for our advertised post Associate Senior Lecturer in Archaeology with Specialisation in Osteology closes next week.

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Associate Senior Lecturer in Archaeology with Specialisation in Osteology - Uppsala University

Associate Senior Lecturer in Archaeology with Specialisation in Osteology, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University

www.uu.se

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Cécile Sarabian @csarabian.bsky.social · Aug 22

Tagging some (more or less) "disgust nerds" for sharing 🙏 @laithalshawaf.bsky.social @gfalbery.bsky.social @ltbuck.bsky.social @joshtybur.bsky.social @lfitouchi.bsky.social @nicholaraihani.bsky.social @haneuljang.bsky.social @allegralove.bsky.social @radicalanthro.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · Aug 22

Project Archaeologists, Supervisors & Officers
Network Archaeology LTD
Salary: £26,518 – £37,084
Closing Date: 30/11/25
Location: Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire & Suffolk
www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

Project Archaeologists, Supervisors & Officers - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources

Salary: £26,518 - £37,084Closing Date: 30/11/25Location: Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire & Suffolk

www.bajr.org

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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:

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

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

uni-tuebingen.de

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Funded PhD claxon!! Bill Sellers at University of Manchester is advertising a fully-funded PhD position on the evolution of quadrupedal gaits. Exact focus is open and *could* include fossils. Deets here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The biomechanics and evolution of quadrupedal gaits at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The biomechanics and evolution of quadrupedal gaits at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Nicola Koyama @nicolakoyama.bsky.social · Jul 16

A great opportunity for in-country community-based primate conservationists to share experiences and challenges in our online Panel Discussion (30 Aug '25). Send in your expression of interest by 10 Aug!
@lemurnetwork.bsky.social @neoprego.org
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are looking for panelists! 🦧 If you are working in community-based conservation, (or know someone who is) apply to speak on our panel at PSGB's 2025 Field Skills Workshop. See 🧵 and video: youtube.com/shorts/YBJLr...

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jul 2

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches. People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans (pay-walled) www.newscientist.com/article/2486...

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans

www.newscientist.com

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks, Zach! I know you like a gibbon :)

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · Jun 25

Happy to see this out, having played a small role: cool new paper about gibbon fossils and how they can inform current conservation concerns, led by Sam Turvey (ZSL). royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Morphometric characterization of Holocene mandibles expands the ecological baseline for understanding gibbon extinction dynamics | Royal Society Open Science

Human activities have driven biodiversity loss for millennia, and conservation of ‘refugee species’ that survive as remnant populations requires insights from historical baselines. However, reconstruc...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · Jun 9

A reminder for anyone in Liverpool tomorrow: we have this treat coming up - join us in person at LJMU at 16:30!

Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are looking forward to welcoming @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social to give our next RCEAP seminar on Tues 10th June 16:00-17:00 (in person only). Lucy will be speaking about 'Technological variation and ‘complexity’ in hunter-gatherers: insights from the recent and distant past' .

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jun 5

‘Through the Innovation Fellowships, our researchers in the humanities and social sciences are supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skill development’ email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/cr/AQimihMQq...

Funding Call – Innovation Fellowships Scheme 2025-26 Route B: Policy-Led (Sustainable Futures)

email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · Jun 6

PhD position in France at @univ-amu.fr about #ecosystem #modelling applied to human #evolution :
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - PhD student fixed-term contract (M/F) in possibilistic ecosystem modelling applied to human evolution as part of the MITI-80PRIME ALEA project

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are looking forward to welcoming @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social to give our next RCEAP seminar on Tues 10th June 16:00-17:00 (in person only). Lucy will be speaking about 'Technological variation and ‘complexity’ in hunter-gatherers: insights from the recent and distant past' .

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · Jun 2

Much missed!

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · May 12

Don't forget, if you're local to Liverpool, our next MENDLS lecture is on Wednesday 14th May. We are welcoming Prof. Andrea Manica from @eegcam.bsky.social to speak to us about 'The Role of Climate in Shaping Past Demography and Evolution in Human.' Should be a fascinating evening!

Lucy Timbrell @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social · May 1

Looking forward to our next MENDLS talk on Wednesday 14th of May with Prof Andrea Manica of the University of Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social

Join us in Liverpool! Sign up via the QR code below

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · May 7

New position with @phytolith.bsky.social

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

Post-doctoral Researcher and Project Manager

Post-doctoral Researcher and Project Manager: Agent-Based modeling of the first hominin migrations into western EurasiaThe Department of Archaeological Sciences, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden Univers...

www.universiteitleiden.nl

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Lucy Timbrell @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social · May 7

In 1 week, we will be welcoming Prof Andrea Manica @eegcam.bsky.social to
Liverpool @livancworlds.bsky.social to give the Spring MENDLS Lecture - don’t miss it!

Sign up for this in person event (and complimentary wine reception!) via the QR code 👇🏼

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · May 6

All are welcome, register here: forms.gle/9kdzpTbfMuDZ...

Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · May 6

Wednesday 14th May, 17:00-18:30 with drinks reception afterwards, Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool

Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · May 6

Our next MENDLS lecture is coming up next week and it's sure to be a great one. If you're in the Northwest, come and hear Prof Manica talking about the role of climate in human evolution.

UoL EvoAnth Seminar Series @liverpoolevoanth.bsky.social · May 6

On the 14th May, Prof Andrea Manica will be giving an in person lecture at @liverpooluni.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.

With a following panel discussion and wine reception, this is a fab event to close the year!

Open to all, more details👇

Register here:
forms.gle/9kdzpTbfMuDZ...

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Dr Laura T. Buck @ltbuck.bsky.social · May 6

Our next MENDLS lecture is coming up next week and it's sure to be a great one. If you're in the Northwest, come and hear Prof Manica talking about the role of climate in human evolution.

UoL EvoAnth Seminar Series @liverpoolevoanth.bsky.social · May 6

On the 14th May, Prof Andrea Manica will be giving an in person lecture at @liverpooluni.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.

With a following panel discussion and wine reception, this is a fab event to close the year!

Open to all, more details👇

Register here:
forms.gle/9kdzpTbfMuDZ...

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