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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 6h

Today the ICAZ-AGPM meeting begins - welcome to Copenhagen everyone, enjoy the sunshine 😊

Photo of the tote bag for the meeting, which in reality is a gorgeous dark red 😍

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Brenna Hassett @brennawalks.bsky.social · 6h

I'm hiring! 4 year post doc on my Wellcome Trust grant -- come be inventive about isotopes in teeth with me in PPN Turkiye :) www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...

please share!

Post Doctoral Research Assistant - 1160-25

Thinking of the next step in your career? Take a look at our exciting new role, Post Doctoral Research Assistant based at our Other. Find out more and apply he…

www.lancashire.ac.uk

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Siân Halcrow @ancientchildren.bsky.social · 1d

British Museum Role: Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood, Closing date: 17th October, Project Curator to undertake research and make publicly accessible the life stage of childhood via the Museum’s collections

bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...

Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break) Fixed term for 12 months £36,396 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025

bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 1d

Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A place for natural history in the 21st century

Natural history provides an important basis for observing interactions between organisms in their environments. Biotropica recently inaugurated a new paper category called “Natural History Field Note....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Karen Fisher, PhD @fisherke.bsky.social · 1d

-80 freezer at -20

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 4d

🧪🦣🏺 Strong criticisms of recent study claiming super-ancient origin forlineage leading to H. sapiens, which is contradicted by DNA that points strongly to a last common ancestor more like 600,000 years ago rather than +1 million.
Also, geopolitics & nationalism often intersect with #HumanOrigins

Manuel Will @manuelwill.bsky.social · 4d

Fossiler Schädel: Homo sapiens viel älter als angenommen? | via BR24
br.de/nachrichten/... @br24.de
#Evolution #Anthropology

Fossiler Schädel: Homo sapiens viel älter als angenommen?

Bisher waren Forschende sich weitgehend einig: Der Homo sapiens hat sich einst in Afrika entwickelt und von dort aus verbreitet. Eine neue Studie über die Rekonstruktion eines fossilen Schädels aus Ch...

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Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D. @deadbovids.bsky.social · 4d

BioAnth friends--I have an awesome student looking for field school or research opportunities for this Winter or Summer in Primatology, Paleoecology, or Paleoanthropology--I know the typical programs, but please let me know if you know of any programs accepting students!

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Suzanne Pilaar Birch @suziebirch.bsky.social · 8d

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Brenna Hassett @brennawalks.bsky.social · 8d

so... the wellcome trust gave me a £1,000,000? and i didnt even have to hold the world to ransom.

i am super excited, going to be recruiting SOON for a phd and a postdoc, and could not do anything without my amazing collaborators <3

www.lancashire.ac.uk/news/grant-t...

Archaeology research project receives £1 million grant to better understand how people got sick

University of Lancashire’s Dr Brenna Hassett receives Wellcome funding to understand how the invention of farming, herding, and sedentism changed human disease.

www.lancashire.ac.uk

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 10d

Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025!

Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.

A photo of Lindsey dressed in a blue jacket with a medieval urine wheel, holding a sign that reads: "taste the urine!"

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Ben Triton @bentriton.bsky.social · 12d

I love it.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social · 13d

DOUGHNUT 3.0 IS HERE! 🎉

Today, DEAL is launching the latest update of the global Doughnut, now monitoring trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot across the 21st century.

#DoughnutEconomics
Check out the link below to see all the resources and dive in:

Doughnut 3.0 is here | DEAL

The Doughnut, updated, now monitors global trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot over the 21st century

doughnuteconomics.org

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Suzanne Pilaar Birch @suziebirch.bsky.social · 12d

So sad to hear of Jane Goodall's passing. I was fortunate to meet her over 14 years ago when she visited Cambridge. Her legacy in conservation, anthropology, animal rights, and science in general will live on! Hoot hoot!

Jane Goodall seated with Suzanne Pilaar Birch.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 13d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Michael Petraglia @mdpetraglia.bsky.social · 13d

About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist – or perhaps artists – was hard at work. @mariaguagnin.bsky.social
theconversation.com/12-000-year-...

12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia’s desert

The large, naturalistic engravings are a striking symbol for survival in the desert.

theconversation.com

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Suzanne Pilaar Birch @suziebirch.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, makes total sense a rabid fan would pay random websites to publish (most likely AI-generated) smear articles instead of...posting for free on social media or abundantly free blog websites. 🙃

Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 13d

"Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics"

Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics: Several academic scientists critical of de-extinction projects have become the targets of anonymous smear articles and weaponized copyright infringement claims:...

EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

www.embopress.org

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 14d

Want to explore the #archaeology of Europe from prehistory to the present? Today is your final chance to access our @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org collection of European archaeology completely FREE 🏺

Don't miss out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Classical building with many pillars lining its walls, with the text 'European Archaeology, Antiquity' overlaid.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 14d

AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...

World Heritage Officer in Dorchester | Dorset Council

View details and apply for this World Heritage Officer vacancy in Dorchester. Join a passionate and collaborative team at the heart of Dorset's environmental and heritage work. As part of the Dor...

www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14d

RIP Aaron Swartz 🥺

Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 15d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Ecography @ecography.bsky.social · 20d

Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism vist.ly/47xag #Mammals #Biogeography #Diet

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Suzanne Pilaar Birch @suziebirch.bsky.social · 18d

New paper out today, emphasizing the importance and utility of museum collections in new research, using bones stored at Harvard for 50 years! How did herd management change over thousands of years at Tepe Yahya, an important archaeological site in Iran? journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Large-scale carbon and nitrogen isotopic investigations into caprine diet and management at Tepe Yahya, southeastern Iran

Tepe Yahya, a small urban center in southeastern Iran, was embedded in cross-cultural exchange with the many entities of southwestern Asia. Besides an understanding that caprines dominated the animal ...

journals.plos.org

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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 19d

📣 Calling all #ESHE2025 participants and hashtag followers!

Open Quaternary is looking to appoint a new Editor-in-Chief as @mlaw.bsky.social, @suziebirch.bsky.social and I step down after 10 years of shared service.

Apply here: openquaternary.com/announcements

Announcements | Open Quaternary

openquaternary.com

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 19d

What is a #ProjectGallery?
Short, online, free articles showcasing new archaeological results, fieldwork discoveries and innovative applications of technology, in particular from underrepresented regions!

Explore them all 🆓 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🏺 #Archaeology

Two archaeologists sampling from a large, square test pit in a field. Tall palm trees form a line in the background.

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National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social · 21d

AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions are open for applications! Work in a major cultural or heritage host organisation on a co-designed research project. Apply by 10 Dec 2025.

More info:

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025

Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 21d

We’re at the strange point where serious studies are finding that, when used as advertised, generative AI destroys productivity, trust and cognitive skills. It literally cannot ever produce reliably accurate information.
Yet the conclusion here is that businesses need to learn how to use AI better.

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Suzanne Pilaar Birch @suziebirch.bsky.social · 21d

Where can I get this? LOL

Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 21d

ENOUGH.

A plastic Halloween decoration depicting a snail “skeleton” including a skull for a shell.

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