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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · 19d

Apply! @bioanth.org #AABA2026

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 19d

Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya

The Turkana pastoralists of Kenya inhabit arid, water-limited environments and rely largely on livestock for subsistence. Working with Turkana communities, we sequenced 367 whole genomes and identifie...

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 19d

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation

Playmobil figure kitted out as prehistoric iceman Ötzi.

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Haky Im @hakyim.bsky.social · 26d

I'm hiring a computational biologist interested in complex trait genetics using deep learning approaches. Reach out to me, if interested.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 28d

Re-upping this again. I assisted the amazing team at @onthemedia.bsky.social developing the breaking news consumers handbook, and its recommendations still hold true to this day.

On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · Jun 14

Some helpful tips for following the awful news out of Minnesota today.

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SMBE IDEA taskforce @smbe-idea.bsky.social · 28d

🌍✨ SMBE IDEA 2026 – Call for Proposals!

We support initiatives that tackle inequities in evolutionary biology.

Funding available:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)

📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/1we2...

IDEA Initiatives

SMBE, through the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Task Force, aims to address systemic racism, sexism, colonialism, and other exclusion in our society. SMBE DIVERSITY STATEMENT Our goa...

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · 29d

Job ad still open! Deadline is Oct 17. Please apply!

Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Aug 2

Are you a biological anthropologist who loves nerding out about human evolution, fossils and/or adaptation ? 💀🙉 🤓 Do you like doing research and teaching? Do you want to live in the Twin Cities? 🌃 ❄️☃️Then join us at the University of Minnesota! See ad here:👇

www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Biological Anthropologist (# 369407) - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

www.higheredjobs.com

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Chiara Barbieri @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social · Aug 30

A very special paper where we did something NEW! 🔥combining a large genetic dataset 🧬, a large linguistic dataset 💬, and Bayesian multilevel logistic regressions 📈, counting the effects of areal contact (geographic constrains) 🌎. Genetic admixture explains higher levels of linguistic exchanges...

Anna Graff @annagraff.bsky.social · Aug 30

Our paper is out! We linked genetic and linguistic data to study how contact changes language and found consistent patterns of borrowing across contact situations
@balthasarbickel.bsky.social @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @isle-uzh.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv7521

Patterns of genetic admixture reveal similar rates of borrowing across diverse scenarios of language contact

Human population contact leads to consistently similar rates of linguistic borrowing, but effects vary across linguistic features.

www.science.org

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 28

Full programme on ancient DNA, human biology and medicine out now for our packed November 14 @gensocuk.bsky.social symposium! Join us at the @royalsociety.org in London.

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Laurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Please reach out if you have any questions!

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢Job Opportunity:independent junior research group leader-Experimental Archaeology 🪨🪏The Cluster of Excellence #HumanOrigins at Uni Tübingen seeks a researcher in experimental archaeology!
📝Job starts Jan 1, 2026
🗓 Apply by Sept 10, 2025
Apply now!
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#Jobad
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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 16

Now recruiting for two positions in my lab:

Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...

Applications welcome!

Skoglund Lab - Ancient Genomics

Skoglund lab

sites.google.com

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Aug 13

🤓🥳🔥💪🏽 congratulations to all!!!

www.pew.org/en/research-...

37 Scientists on the Cutting Edge of Biomedical Research

Scientific innovation is fundamental to the health and well-being of communities across the globe. From developing novel strategies for treating cancer to exploring cutting-edge methods to prevent dis...

www.pew.org

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Aug 13

Really honored and excited to be among the 2025 cohort of Pew Biomedical Scholars. Thx to the Pew Charitable Trust, my mentors, colleagues, students & family. Now let’s go do some science!!! 🧬🧪🥼📚🤓 💀 🇵🇷 🔥 #LatinAmericanGenomics #BoricuaInSTEM

cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

Maria Nieves-Colón Joins the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences

The Pew Charitable Trusts announced the 22 researchers joining the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences, including our own Dr. Maria Nieves-Colón.

cla.umn.edu

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Aug 13

🥰🥰 thank you

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

sc.edu

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 8

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.

Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

www.whitehouse.gov

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Katie Lee @resourcefulsqrl.bsky.social · Aug 6

My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15.

apply.interfolio.com/171196

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Aug 2

Are you a biological anthropologist who loves nerding out about human evolution, fossils and/or adaptation ? 💀🙉 🤓 Do you like doing research and teaching? Do you want to live in the Twin Cities? 🌃 ❄️☃️Then join us at the University of Minnesota! See ad here:👇

www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Biological Anthropologist (# 369407) - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

www.higheredjobs.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · Jul 28

So they found a 125,000 yr old Neanderthal fat rendering plant & I have thoughts.

Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible?

Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago

Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

www.science.org

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Mathieson Lab at the University of Pennsylvania is hiring a computational postdoc in machine learning and evolutionary biology. Apply with a CV and references: [email protected]. More info: https://saramathieson.github.io/lab #postdoc

We are a computational lab focusing on developing machine learning algorithms for biological data. Currently we are working on inference tasks related to natural selection and demographic inference, as well as generative models for genomic data from humans, mosquitos, and other species.

saramathieson.github.io

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jul 18

Scenes from a science crisis: a selection of recent developments 🧵1/6

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · Jul 8

Just once I want an article on this topic to say something like...

Women carry the burden of service at work: Here's how men can say yes and share the load

Public goods are important: Here's how bosses can better reward employees for providing public goods at work

Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

www.forbes.com

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Jul 8

My PhD student Emmanuel, co advised with @mcnultylab.bsky.social, is a Baldwin fellow 🎉🍾🙌🏽👏🏽! Thanks Leakey Foundation for supporting these talented scholars :-) learn more about Emmanuel’s work and background here: www.nievescolonlab.org/about-emmanuel

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Jun 29

Oh I’m so sorry Jenny! 😢

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