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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 7d

So excited to announce the lineup of speakers here @heasvienna.bsky.social for the 2025/6 academic year! We have some outstanding speakers for our three seminar series in Archaelogical Science, Ancient Genomics and Human Evolution & the Palaeolithic. All hybrid! Register now at HEAS.at

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Pere Gelabert @peregx9.bsky.social · 8d

Population continuity in Western Europe is the actual model, see:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers - Nature

Combined analysis of new genomic data from 116 ancient hunter-gatherer individuals together with previously published data provides insights into the genetic structure and demographic shifts of west Eurasian forager populations over a period of 30,000 years.

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Andy Roddick @aroddick.bsky.social · 14d

Working on an article, and stumbled on this after many years. Incredible no? Camelid fiber woven bag/basket from pre-urban Tiwanaku (~AD 400-600), from Southern Peru or northern Chile. Published in Nicole Couture's chapter in the 2004 "Tiwanaku: Ancestor of the Inca" book.

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Colin D. Wren @cdwren.bsky.social · 16d

Nice story on Reich's research on ancient DNA "Claims of pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no." 🏺🧪 news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

news.harvard.edu

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Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut @oeai.bsky.social · Sep 4

👏👏 Congratulations to our colleague Marjolein D. Bosch on receiving an #ERC Starting Grant for her COPE project. She will explore how Ice Age hunters and gatherers responded to cold temperatures, resource scarcity 💦 🦌 🌱 , and environmental changes 30,000 years ago.
More info: buff.ly/EGicG8z

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Sep 4

3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳

3 ERC Starting Grants für die Universität Wien

Förderung für Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen und Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak

www.univie.ac.at

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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check out our latest paper, a huge effort led by @benjaminguinet.bsky.social and @tvdvalk.bsky.social 🦣🔍🦠

Paper: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Lovely new paper by @pennybickle.bsky.social and team, using some NEIF funded dates to suggest European Neolithic cemeteries were a short-lived phenomenon. 20 years on, things are still getting shorter! @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany) | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany)

www.cambridge.org

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Lucy van Dorp @lucyvandorp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Pere Gelabert @peregx9.bsky.social · Aug 12

Michelle did a wonderful job presenting our work at the 11th World Mummy Congress in Cusco! What a venue

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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · Jul 23

The Commission is pushing for a massive increase in funding for Horizon Europe 2028-2034. If I understand correctly, Pillar I, which includes @erc.europa.eu and Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowships, would go from the current €25 billion to €44 billion. Let's hope it happens!

Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC.

We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail.

@Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU

research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...

Horizon Europe 2028 - 2034: twice bigger, simpler, faster and more impactful

Research and innovation news alert: As part of the next long-term EU budget 2028-2034, the Commission is proposing to double the budget of the research and innovation framework programme to €175 billi...

research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Jul 14

2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · Jul 6

[Open Access] sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10....

An indentation in a 33,000-year-old right calcaneus of the ground sloth Lestodon (Xenarthra, Folivora) from Uruguay and its possible human agency - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

Several sites in the Americas are proposed to have evidence of human occupation before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The timing of human colonisation of the Americas is a matter of debate due to its...

sjpp.springeropen.com

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Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo @whiterabbit36.bsky.social · Jun 26

Our new contribution for the understanding Gran Dolina TD10 unit at Atapuerca
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kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

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Pere Gelabert @peregx9.bsky.social · Jun 14

Saturday express at home. Demo, lobster paella and bicicle trip. Fun! ;) #niunpamdeterra #elPrat

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Pere Gelabert @peregx9.bsky.social · Jun 4

Today it is a very nice day. The BEAM lab has expanded. Looking forward to the comming years of science! @heasvienna.bsky.social

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · Jun 4

Postdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics!

Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!

su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · May 27

We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026!

Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on!

Save the dates!

Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news

👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Jun 3

Then, Greger and Beth performed an original song entitled:

MFaDNA
youtu.be/Z62RTsgpHc4

MFaDNA

YouTube video by Greger Larson

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BonesLab @boneslab.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨 Two PhD Positions Available!
Join the ERC Last Neanderthal Project at BonesLab – University of Bologna (Ravenna) 🧬🧠

Apply now and become part of an international team exploring the final chapters of Neanderthal history.

www.unibo.it/en/study/phd...

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Mareike C Stahlschmidt @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social · Jun 3

Great to have you here!!

Dr Sally Hoare @sallygeoarch.bsky.social · Jun 3

An exciting week at Uni Vienna working on micromorphology samples from the Lower Palaeolithic site of Barnham, UK! #fire #geoarchaeology

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Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution @vdsee-univie.bsky.social · May 28

🔬📜 PhD in Paleogenomics & Geochemistry @univie.ac.at
Join the Pinhasi Lab to push boundaries in ancient DNA from sediments 🧬🪨
Fully funded (3 yrs), earliest start 07.2025.
More infos here: vds-ecology-evolution.univie.ac.at/application/...
#PhDposition #Paleogenomics #aDNA #ScienceJobs

Labormitarbeiter nimmt Knochenprobe mit Dremel-ähnlichem Instrument

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · May 28

New Publication!

New Article by #HEASVienna member #LauravanderSluis et al. on 'Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay.'

#HEASPublications

Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay. - HEAS

McGrath, K., van der Sluis, L.G., Lefebvre, A., Charpentier, A., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Álvarez-Fernández, E., Baleux, F., Berganza, E., Chauvière, F.-X., Dachary, M., Duarte Matías, E., Houmard, C., Marí...

www.heas.at

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Laura van der Sluis @lauravdsluis.bsky.social · May 28

Article alert!!
ZooMS, radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis on ancient whale bone tools, check it out. Absolutely thrilled to see our work published in Nature Communications 🙏

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@natcomms.nature.com

Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay - Nature Communications

Here the authors apply ZooMS, radiocarbon, and stable isotope analyses to whale bones from the Bay of Biscay. They find that humans were utilizing the remains of at least five species of whales from 2...

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Gabriele Russo @gabrieleru1.bsky.social · May 24

A nice update on the chronology of Denisova Cave! I wish more sites had this type of resolution 🥹⏳️🏺🦣🧪

Pleistocene chronology and history of hominins and fauna at Denisova Cave - Nature Communications

Here, the authors present mtDNA and chronological data for sediments from excavations in the South Chamber of Denisova Cave, from which they construct a timeline of hominin and faunal occupation that ...

www.nature.com

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