Marta Mìrazón Lahr

Marta Mirazon Lahr

@martamlahr.bsky.social

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Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology & Prehistory @CamBioanth @UCamArchaeology - interested in #science, #humanevolution, #prehistory, #palaeontology, #bones #lithics, #fossils, #climatechange, #museums, #collections
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Marta Mirazón Lahr is a palaeoanthropologist and director of the Duckworth Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations 🥳 🥂!!

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 16h

A paper in Nature shows that a 3.4-million-year-old partial foot found in Ethiopia in 2009 belongs to an ancient human relative named Australopithecus deyiremeda, a more primitive species of Australopithecus than the famous ‘Lucy’ (A. afarensis). go.nature.com/49BkCZY 🏺 🧪

The Burtele foot (left) and the foot embedded in an outline of a gorilla foot.
Image credit: Yohannes Haile-Selassie

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Kévin Salesse @kevinsalesse.bsky.social · 19h

Come to work with us in an international team. I am hiring a lab tech in isotope chemistry. More information below. www.euraxess.cz/jobs/389191

Laboratory technician

Workplace: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Type of Contract: temporary position with 1-year contract, non-academic

www.euraxess.cz

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 1d

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Ancient DNA from Palaeoloxodon naumanni in Japan reveals early evolution of Eurasian Palaeoloxodon

Palaeoloxodon, the extinct genus of straight-tusked elephants, originated in Africa and dispersed across Eurasia. We analyzed ancient mitochondrial DNA of Palaeoloxodon naumanni, a species of the Japa...

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t miss it 🤩!!!

UoL EvoAnth Seminar Series @liverpoolevoanth.bsky.social · 2d

Still time to sign up for our next webinar this Thursday!

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

We hope you are enjoying the series so far! Please join us again next Thursday, 27th November 2025 at 13:00 GMT for a talk by Dr James Clark, University of Cambridge. More details 👇

If you would like to attend, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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PLOS @plos.org · 1d

We are recruiting Academic Editors for our new journal, PLOS Ecosystems—a selective open science journal dedicated to research that informs evidence-led decisions and supports sustainable, healthy ecosystems.

➡️ Apply now: plos.io/47RBDhb

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UoL EvoAnth Seminar Series @liverpoolevoanth.bsky.social · 2d

Still time to sign up for our next webinar this Thursday!

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

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

🐺 Wolves in dog's clothing 🐺

Our latest in @pnas.org uncovers a surprise three to five thousand years ago: 2 canids in human contexts on a tiny island in the middle of the Baltic Sea, that ate marine food—but had 100% gray wolf ancestry.

Where they tame wolves, or even an incipient domestication?

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David Gokhman @david-gokhman.bsky.social · 3d

Such a fantastic resource by @kuhlwilm.bsky.social's lab. We’re using this catalog in half our projects
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity

www.nature.com

Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations 🥳!!!

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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 6d

Project Coordinator – University of Cambridge, UK
ERC-funded STEPS project in #HumanEvolution Research

Deadline: 2 Jan 2026
🔗 Details: higherjobz.com/project-coor...

#UKJobs #AcademicJobs #PartTimeJobs #ResearchOpportunities #ERCFunded
@universitypress.cambridge.org @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social

Project Coordinator – Human Evolution Research Cambridge | HigherJobz

Join the University of Cambridge as a Project Coordinator in Human Evolution Research. Part-time, fixed-term, apply by 2 Jan 2026.

higherjobz.com

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

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 6d

Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖

Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!

We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.

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Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey

doi.org

Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 7d

Que rico vino 😍

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Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · 8d

Deadline extended to Nov 26!

Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · 22d

Deadline approaches for our open professorship here at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social. Get in touch if you have q

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 9d

this is so exciting! Can't wait for the results 😍

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Dr. Jayson P. Gill @jaysongillpaleo.bsky.social · 10d

Join us for an archaeological field school exploring the Armenian Palaeolithic! Open to students from any university and any major. More info here: app.studyabroad.uconn.edu/index.cfm?Fu...

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Aylwyn Scally @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social · 15d

Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...

Faculty Position in Computational Biology

Applications are invited for an Assistant/ Associate Professorship in Computational Biology to commence on 1 April 2026 or shortly thereafter. This is a joint post between the Department of Applied

www.cam.ac.uk

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Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · 17d

What an inspiring CARTA Symposium on “Ancient DNA: New Revelations”! Thank you so much to the whole CARTA organizational team for making it possible!

Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations 🥳!

Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks

Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 19d

Hi @alanrogers.bsky.social -it’s been ages! Thank you for this - fascinating. Couldn’t a 3rd option for the ((M,N)D) be excess human genes in Neanderthals in comparison w Denisovans? Consistent w the M Ple gene flow fr Africa to Nea ancestors observed in mtDNA and Y

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Cyrielle Mathias @cylex.bsky.social · 20d

Call for Session - UISPP 2026 - Poznan (Poland)

Deadline extented until November 30!

Please consider submit something in the scope of the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age Commision 🌟

► uispp2026.syskonf.pl

#UISPP2026

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Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · 22d

Deadline approaches for our open professorship here at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social. Get in touch if you have q

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 23d

⚠️Just a quick reminder, there are a few days left to apply for these two positions in #palaeoproteomics.

Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Oct 27

I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.

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Trinity Hall, Cambridge @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social · 24d

Congratulations to Dr Tamsin O’Connell on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

This well-deserved recognition highlights her exceptional contributions to chemistry and her work in bioarchaeology.

Read more about Tamsin's research below.👇

www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/news/trinity...

Dr Tamsin O'Connell chatting to a student in a lab at the MacDonald Institute.

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Christine S. Lane @chslane.bsky.social · 26d

This week with our 2nd year @camunigeography.bsky.social students we’ve been learning about varve lake sediments and what they’ve revealed about abrupt climate change. It’s been fun! Here is a peek at some diatomaceous varves in the Lake Chala cores from Kenya/Tanzania. Enjoy…

The surface of a split sediment core, with a cm scale along each edge. You can see about 8 cm of the core. The surface shows fine mm-scale to cm-scale laminations, which for the most are alternating light-dark couplets. There is a cocktail stick marking a ~1 cm grey layer, which is a volcanic ash deposit.

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Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D. @deadbovids.bsky.social · 26d

Two Hartebeest molars in a maxilla, from the Last Interglacial of Turkana, Kenya--a time period in which we desperately need more research! #FossilFriday

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 28d

A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci

Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400

Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note

www.cam.ac.uk

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · 28d

For this #WplusEBSWednesday, we wanted to highlight some job opportunities closing November 1st & 2nd!

First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3)

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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