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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 1d

Also an example of successful integration of archaeology in building activities.

In my native Netherlands I fear that the initial palaeontological observation would not lead to a temporary halt of the building activities for an excavation.

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 1d

Was invited to provide context for Casal Lumbroso @theconversation.com

Very cool research by @enzaspinapolice.bsky.social et al. shows people made tools on elephant bones and scavenged the carcass.

theconversation.com/how-a-400-00...

How a 400,000-year-old elephant skeleton solved a tantalising puzzle of early human behaviour

Early nomadic humans living in Europe briefly halted to profit from an unexpected windfall, leaving some important clues about their behaviour.

theconversation.com

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 2d

PhD-opening in our ancient genomics lab this year, apply below!

We work on:
📜 Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
📈 Natural selection and trait genetics
🐺 Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
🦠 Ancient pathogen genomics
💀 Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 10d

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.

Apply by 05 November 2025

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

PhD students

Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.

www.crick.ac.uk

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 3d

Metal detecting is at best a legalised tragedy of the commons, but so often just heritage crime.

Steph Halmhofer, Big Archaeology @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 4d

"...they are finding about 30 new holes in the ground each day... the activity has drastically increased over the past couple of weeks."

Hmmmm, this is concerning 🤔

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Parks Canada warns against unauthorized digs at parks along N.B.-N.S. border | CBC News

Parks Canada is raising the alarm over unauthorized archaeological activities at Fort Beauséjour–Fort Cumberland National Historic Site and Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence National Historic Sites.

www.cbc.ca

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 5d

Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 9d

Medieval sandal, from 14th century, found preserved in vultures nest on a cliff in southern Spain, a rough sandal woven from grasses and twigs

I'm not saying that vultures might also steal single socks from your laundry basket, but y'know...?

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 9d

Why now? A Dutch party leader lets slip that she thinks it is plausible Aboriginal societies only discovered fire use 40 years ago. This is a). rubbish and b). I think reflective of wider fallacious thinking about what societies should be striving towards.

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 9d

Wrote a brief newspaper summary of the sophistication of Australian hunter-gatherer ways of life @volkskrant.nl.

Take-home message: civilization is not a race to invention X, Y or Z, it is about enabling quality of life and the pursuit of happiness.

www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Opinie: Lachen om aboriginals? Ze hebben al tienduizenden jaren een rijk geestesleven

Technologie wordt vaak verward met civilisatie, blijkt ook uit het interview met Lidewij de Vos. Maar het gebruik van vuur of het stapelen van stenen tot pyramides zegt weinig over de kwaliteit van le...

www.volkskrant.nl

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 10d

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 12d

Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp...

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12d

Utilities, groceries, health care premiums all going sky high, and he’s blabbering on like he’s Louis XIV in Versailles.

The post from @realDonaldTrump claims that 24 Karat Gold was used in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House, impressing foreign leaders and others with its quality and beauty. It describes this as the "Best Oval Office ever" in terms of success and appearance, signed by "President DJT."

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 13d

Car exhaust fumes really do cause autism.

Trump's addiction to fossil fuels should make one cynical about his and RFK's latest red herring.

Stop whining about proven medical procedures and take on the car lobby!

But he's too much of a coward for that.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Prenatal exposure to criteria air pollution and traffic-related air toxics and risk of autism spectrum disorder: A population-based cohort study of California births (1990–2018)

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence has risen steadily in California (CA) over several decades, with environmental factors like air pollution (A…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 16d

Had to go see it one final time.

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 16d

It was a privilege and pleasure to be able to see the Homo erectus type specimen in my hometown.

Now the fossils are returning home.

www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/...

The Netherlands to Return Dubois Collection Fossils to Indonesia

The Dutch government has decided to return the Dubois Collection to Indonesia.

www.naturalis.nl

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Camilla Mazzucato @camillamazzucato.bsky.social · 16d

AviArch is hiring! archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif... 🦆🦢🪺🐦🏺

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Sidestone Press @sidestone.bsky.social · 17d

OUT NOW!
Intent on the Paleolithic
Papers in honour of Prof. Dr. Wil Roebroeks
edited by Gerrit L. Dusseldorp, Wei Chu, Corrie Bakels & Marie Soressi

📚 Read online for free or purchase your own volume at www.sidestone.com/books/intent...

#Analecta

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 19d

My better half has had an asteroid named after her! Super cool!

Marco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social · 19d

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It gives me much pleasure to be able to announce that, on my suggestion, the Working Group on Small Body Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the IAU announced yesterday the naming of asteroid:

(732272) Langejans

...after TU Delft scientist Geeske Langejans.

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 19d

Forgot to tag our publisher @sidestone.bsky.social

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 19d

Publication alert 🏺! The 55th volume of the Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia contains a series of contributions celebrating the illustrious career of Palaeolithic archaeologist Wil Roebroeks.

@mariesoressi.bsky.social @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social

www.sidestone.com/books/intent...

Intent on the Paleolithic @ Sidestone Press

This collection of papers was compiled in celebration of the remarkable academic career of Professor Wil Roebroeks, who has established himself as one of Europe’s leading figures in Palaeolithic archa...

www.sidestone.com

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 23d

Walt Disney Company apparently planning to make further changes after cancelling Disney Kimmel. @disneyanimation.tumblr.com.web.brid.gy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH

YouTube video by LUBACH

www.youtube.com

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 24d

Sago vind ik eigenlijk het interessantst. Stel ik me daarbij een zetmeel prakje van aardappelpuree-achtige consistentie bij voor?

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 25d

"a former museum curator advised [a collector] to keep the fact that he owned [a looted antiquity] on the down-low, investigators said. 'If you limit access to your emperor to dinner guests and clueless meter readers, you should be fine'..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...

Arrest Warrant Says Buyer of ‘Nude Emperor’ Bronze Knew It Was Looted

www.nytimes.com

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 25d

Investing in South African gold mining as a Ponzi scheme.

Very interesting observations by Boom2Dust research project.

www.boom2dust.nl/blog/acacia-...

B2D

www.boom2dust.nl

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Menno van den Bos @mennovdbos.bsky.social · 26d

Extreem eenzijdig verhaal. Met Baudet als bron, want die werd ooit in België met een paraplu geslagen en dat toont aan dat je in Nederland niks kan zeggen, ofzo. Geen letter over alle bedreigingen van wetenschappers uit rechtse hoek.

En dat Brekelmans moest 'vluchten' van de UvA is een verzinsel.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 27d

'Homo sapiens, Denisovan and Neanderthal attention differed in degree rather than kind.'
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Towards an archaeology of attention: A neuro-genetic exploration

Late, large-brained humans such as Homo sapiens, Denisovans and Neanderthals are/were obligatory tool users. Making and using technology requires atte…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is a Dutch one of my mom. But unsure if this would be likely to have made it to Polynesia.

Dutch porcelain plate with elephant decoration

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