Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺
@ruthfcarden.bsky.social
Commercial & research zooarchaeologist, artefact photography & palaeozoologist with Danu Ruadh Teoranta, Ireland 🇮🇪
P/T Senior Research Fellow (Zooarchaeology), ATU Galway City
#PALAEO-IRELAND | #IrishCaveBones | 🏺🦣
Co-PI @howlsandhooves.bsky.social
P/T Senior Research Fellow (Zooarchaeology), ATU Galway City
#PALAEO-IRELAND | #IrishCaveBones | 🏺🦣
Co-PI @howlsandhooves.bsky.social
Daily brushing this week paid off, nearly all of his shedding kitten frizzy coat is gone, just turned 6 months. Adult teeth in. He’s growing so fast! His ears are HUGE still !! But he’s so cute and handsome, with wonderful playful mischievous personality. Prince and I ❤️him 🐱 #cats #kitten
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Little side quest … the Megrim sole fish bone from my dinner last week is now fully dry and ready to be boxed.
And so begins my expansion of my fish bone Zooarch reference collection (& I eat well) 😏
#fish #zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
And so begins my expansion of my fish bone Zooarch reference collection (& I eat well) 😏
#fish #zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Little side quest … the Megrim sole fish bone from my dinner last week is now fully dry and ready to be boxed.
And so begins my expansion of my fish bone Zooarch reference collection (& I eat well) 😏
#fish #zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
And so begins my expansion of my fish bone Zooarch reference collection (& I eat well) 😏
#fish #zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
Friday evening and feeling happy out. Drinking coffee (yep, late night ahead), working on cave bones tonight from our excavation at Castlepook cave 2024, Prince & Pooka fed and happy, sleepy and will get zoomies later. Cold windy night but stove lit and office warm. Trance music.
Happy out ☺️
Happy out ☺️
a group of penguins standing next to each other on top of a snow covered field .
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November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Friday evening and feeling happy out. Drinking coffee (yep, late night ahead), working on cave bones tonight from our excavation at Castlepook cave 2024, Prince & Pooka fed and happy, sleepy and will get zoomies later. Cold windy night but stove lit and office warm. Trance music.
Happy out ☺️
Happy out ☺️
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I’m sorry but I don’t have a sale today. My handmade pottery mugs are as cheap as I can price them without losing money.
I’m only one person with one finite life and a full-time job hand-painting 30 blood drip layers on each mug. 🩸
Order by Monday for Christmas delivery: littleedenpottery.etsy.com
I’m only one person with one finite life and a full-time job hand-painting 30 blood drip layers on each mug. 🩸
Order by Monday for Christmas delivery: littleedenpottery.etsy.com
I’m a potter and I make handmade mugs. Order early because I sell out fast for Christmas: littleedenpottery.etsy.com #pottery #art #ceramics #bsnm
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’m sorry but I don’t have a sale today. My handmade pottery mugs are as cheap as I can price them without losing money.
I’m only one person with one finite life and a full-time job hand-painting 30 blood drip layers on each mug. 🩸
Order by Monday for Christmas delivery: littleedenpottery.etsy.com
I’m only one person with one finite life and a full-time job hand-painting 30 blood drip layers on each mug. 🩸
Order by Monday for Christmas delivery: littleedenpottery.etsy.com
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Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a species different from that of the famous fossil Lucy providing further proof that...
phys.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
Wildcat bones dating back over 5,500 years ago uncovered during dig in the Burren #Ireland
Marion Dowd of ATU Sligo & team found partial skeleton of a male wild cat in a cave in west of Ireland, from the middle Neolithic.
#cats 🏺🦣
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Marion Dowd of ATU Sligo & team found partial skeleton of a male wild cat in a cave in west of Ireland, from the middle Neolithic.
#cats 🏺🦣
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wildcat bones dating back over 5,500 years ago uncovered during dig in the Burren #Ireland
Marion Dowd of ATU Sligo & team found partial skeleton of a male wild cat in a cave in west of Ireland, from the middle Neolithic.
#cats 🏺🦣
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Marion Dowd of ATU Sligo & team found partial skeleton of a male wild cat in a cave in west of Ireland, from the middle Neolithic.
#cats 🏺🦣
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Prince looking in shock at some new research results that came in this evening 🤩🤐
More later next year!
More later next year!
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Prince looking in shock at some new research results that came in this evening 🤩🤐
More later next year!
More later next year!
it’s all been a mental with work and research good few weeks. I dip in and out but haven’t been posting much apart from my two furry companions, who keep me grounded. I want to keep connections here, so will endeavour to post at least once a day, be it cat/kitten related or bones. Deadlines galore!
a cartoon of a cat with glasses and the words " the dreaded d-words " on top
ALT: a cartoon of a cat with glasses and the words " the dreaded d-words " on top
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
it’s all been a mental with work and research good few weeks. I dip in and out but haven’t been posting much apart from my two furry companions, who keep me grounded. I want to keep connections here, so will endeavour to post at least once a day, be it cat/kitten related or bones. Deadlines galore!
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You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
Today the fantastic Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi has opened.
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en
Exclusive: New Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi features two fighting T. rexes
The largest museum of its kind in the Middle East opens today with an awe-inspiring dinosaur wing, a massive blue whale skeleton within arm's reach, and a stunning exploration of the region’s natural ...
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today the fantastic Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi has opened.
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Friday night and we are all wrecked …
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November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Friday night and we are all wrecked …
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We conclude that this highly selective exocannibalistic behavior likely reflects inter-group conflict during the Late Pleistocene, when Northern Europe is marked by diverse Neandertal cultural traditions, but also the arrival of Homo sapiens.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We conclude that this highly selective exocannibalistic behavior likely reflects inter-group conflict during the Late Pleistocene, when Northern Europe is marked by diverse Neandertal cultural traditions, but also the arrival of Homo sapiens.
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The mix of four adult females and two infants is extremely unlikely and reflects deliberate selection of individuals/targets by the cannibalistic group, whose own remains are missing but were almost certainly Neandertals. 👩👩👦
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November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The mix of four adult females and two infants is extremely unlikely and reflects deliberate selection of individuals/targets by the cannibalistic group, whose own remains are missing but were almost certainly Neandertals. 👩👩👦
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Despite the high fragmentation of the remains, we were able to dress the profile of these individuals.🦴
Adults were all gracile females, non-local and possibly originate from different groups. Also, they show among the shortest stature ever documented for Neandertals! 🤏
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Adults were all gracile females, non-local and possibly originate from different groups. Also, they show among the shortest stature ever documented for Neandertals! 🤏
3/7
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Despite the high fragmentation of the remains, we were able to dress the profile of these individuals.🦴
Adults were all gracile females, non-local and possibly originate from different groups. Also, they show among the shortest stature ever documented for Neandertals! 🤏
3/7
Adults were all gracile females, non-local and possibly originate from different groups. Also, they show among the shortest stature ever documented for Neandertals! 🤏
3/7
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Our study integrate morphology🦴, paleogenomic🧬 and isotopic⚛️ data to document cannibalism at the Troisème caverne of Goyet (Belgium) 🇧🇪
The results indicate the presence of at least four adults/adolescents females and two infants among the human remains, mostly composed of lower limb bones.
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The results indicate the presence of at least four adults/adolescents females and two infants among the human remains, mostly composed of lower limb bones.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our study integrate morphology🦴, paleogenomic🧬 and isotopic⚛️ data to document cannibalism at the Troisème caverne of Goyet (Belgium) 🇧🇪
The results indicate the presence of at least four adults/adolescents females and two infants among the human remains, mostly composed of lower limb bones.
2/7
The results indicate the presence of at least four adults/adolescents females and two infants among the human remains, mostly composed of lower limb bones.
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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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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
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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.
1/7
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.
1/7
The apprentice Guardian of the Bones is coming along well….
#Caturday
#cats
#SiberianCat
#kitten
#zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
#Caturday
#cats
#SiberianCat
#kitten
#zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The apprentice Guardian of the Bones is coming along well….
#Caturday
#cats
#SiberianCat
#kitten
#zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
#Caturday
#cats
#SiberianCat
#kitten
#zooarchaeology 🏺🦣
Very happy to contribute to this excellent paper on #dogs by @carlydigsit.bsky.social & collabs showing that dog appearances were changing far far earlier than Victorian era breeding. 🏺🧪🦣 🐕 #zooarchaeology
Dog domestication, from the fierce to the feisty | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dog domestication, from the fierce to the feisty | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dog domestication, from the fierce to the feisty
Quantitative analysis of canid skulls points to an earlier origin of dog diversity
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Very happy to contribute to this excellent paper on #dogs by @carlydigsit.bsky.social & collabs showing that dog appearances were changing far far earlier than Victorian era breeding. 🏺🧪🦣 🐕 #zooarchaeology
Dog domestication, from the fierce to the feisty | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dog domestication, from the fierce to the feisty | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Applications are now open to join our 2026 Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is taught by experts from UCL and designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa
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November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Applications are now open to join our 2026 Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is taught by experts from UCL and designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa
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There is no "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
Breaking | Israeli occupation forces set fire to lands near the separation wall in the village of ‘Arbouna, east of Jenin.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There is no "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
@president.ie Farewell and many thanks to President Higgins for your 14 years of excellent service to Ireland and its people. Sincerely thank you (& Sabina) for such humility, grace, fairness, and integrity. Going to miss you a lot and Misneach (& Bród and Síoda ❤️). Keep enjoying life!
a man in a cowboy hat is riding a white horse on top of a rocky hillside .
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November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
@president.ie Farewell and many thanks to President Higgins for your 14 years of excellent service to Ireland and its people. Sincerely thank you (& Sabina) for such humility, grace, fairness, and integrity. Going to miss you a lot and Misneach (& Bród and Síoda ❤️). Keep enjoying life!
All brushed and nearly full set of adult teeth now… and SO FLUFFY!!! (My fingers too are touching his skin)
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
All brushed and nearly full set of adult teeth now… and SO FLUFFY!!! (My fingers too are touching his skin)
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Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
It’s a Trance music afternoon and evening ahead - love it! Beats relax me and make me happy, keeps the work flowing.
Found this extensive 7hr playlist on Spotify! Let’s go!!!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5uy...
Found this extensive 7hr playlist on Spotify! Let’s go!!!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5uy...
ROBS TRANCE
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It’s a Trance music afternoon and evening ahead - love it! Beats relax me and make me happy, keeps the work flowing.
Found this extensive 7hr playlist on Spotify! Let’s go!!!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5uy...
Found this extensive 7hr playlist on Spotify! Let’s go!!!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5uy...