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Archaeological Proteomics Lab
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Lab at University of Reading using #archsci #Palaeoproteomics #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology 🦌🦏🦴🐂 to study past human behaviour; home to project COEXIST. PI Karen Ruebens.
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archaeoprotein.bsky.social
🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨
We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
archaeoprotein.bsky.social
We are approaching conference season! We are currently preparing 9 presentations for 4 conferences, and look forward to sharing some of our first COEXIST project results, and more! #archsci #Palaeoproteomics #ZooMS #Zooarchaeology 🧪🦣
August 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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geoffreymsmith.bsky.social
New paper in #ScienceAdvances led by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social on #Neanderthal adaptation 125ka years ago at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Our study shows large-scale grease rendering thousands of years earlier than previously thought: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦣🧪🏺
Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
www.science.org
July 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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whatkatiedigs.bsky.social
Spotting her first MALDI plate! Thanks to @archaeoprotein.bsky.social for offering this wonderful training opportunity to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social and helping us further develop our ZooMS capacity in Aberdeen @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social - and for running our first PALaEoScot samples with us!
July 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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palaeocdf.bsky.social
This interactive 1.5 hour webinar allows students and researchers from around the world to ask questions from our panel of #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology experts: @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Camilla Speller, @abigaildesmond.bsky.social, Emmanuel Discamps, @mcodlin.bsky.social and Naihui Wang.
May 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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palaeocdf.bsky.social
We are hosting a free online ‘Ask Us Anything’ event as part of the Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology workshop series. For more info and to submit questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📅 Date: June 30, 2025
🕒 Time: 15:00 CET
📍 Location: Online (link: univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/9775805212...)
May 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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tsutatsuta.bsky.social
Our paper on the #palaeoproteomic identification of a male Denisovan mandible from Taiwan is out in @science.org !
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan
Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...
doi.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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icaz-news.bsky.social
The next ICAZ-AGPM meeting (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics) will take place 14-17 October 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark 🐘🐐🦈🦜

Abstract are due 25 April!
More info: sites.google.com/palaeome.org...
ICAZ AGPM 2025
Exploring the Past, Informing the Future: Two Decades of Interdisciplinary Approaches in Archaeozoology
sites.google.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
🧵 Thread: Comparing mass analyzers for ZooMS on poorly preserved collagen 1/5
Raymond et al. @palaeocdf.bsky.social @archaeoprotein.bsky.social test MALDI-TOF vs MALDI-FTICR for ZooMS analysis on Palaeolithic bone fragments (37-34 ka BP).
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/rcm....
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Simplified workflow for the collagen extraction procedures and mass spectrometry techniques (MALDI-TOF and MALDI-FTICR) applied to a sample of indeterminate bone fragments from Le Piage, France. This figure illustrates the three collagen extraction protocols (AmBic, TFA and HCl) and the two mass spectrometry approaches (MALDI-TOF and MALDI-FTICR) used in the analysis. The lower left and right panels show Peptide Mass Fingerprinting (PMF) of peptide P1 (ɑ1 508, m/z 1105) for a single sample (PI-134-ICR) analysed with both mass spectrometers. The isotopic distributions are markedly different in these panels due to the separation by MALDI-FTICR of the two components of the first isotope. The spectrum shows a 13C and deamidated peptide peaks separated by 0.019 m/z.
March 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
The #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS starter pack has been updated to include, amongst others
@archaeoprotein.bsky.social and @drsambrown.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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geoffreymsmith.bsky.social
The @eaapam.bsky.social deadline has been extended until 10th February. Still time to submit to our session on #Zooarchaeology #ZooMS and subsistence in central and SE Europe. 🦣🧪🏺
geoffreymsmith.bsky.social Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Dec 16
We are organising a session for the #EAA2025 in #Belgrade and are now inviting submissions on Neanderthal-Homo sapiens subsistence differences 60,000 to 40,000 years ago in Central and Southeast Europe @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social
#zooarchaeology #ZooMS 🏺🦣🧪
February 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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science.org
New findings pin down when the Zlatý kůň woman lived to about 45,000 years ago and shed light on the remarkably mobile lifestyle of the earliest groups of modern humans to enter Europe. scim.ag/3C0ZVbp
Mystery woman’s DNA reveals close family ties between Europe’s earliest people
Pair of studies shines light on how modern humans and Neanderthals settled the continent together
scim.ag
January 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
4/5 Key challenge: We need "mediators" - scholars who understand both molecular science AND humanities. Current education systems need updating to bridge this gap. The future demands experts who can speak both languages! 🔬📚
January 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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geoffreymsmith.bsky.social
A fascinating study with direct N isotope data from Australopith fossils from Sterkfonteinat 3.5mya. Amazing results with great figures and visuals: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Great 🧪🦣🏺
Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not consume substantial mammalian meat
Incorporation of animal-based foods into early hominin diets has been hypothesized to be a major catalyst of many important evolutionary events, including brain expansion. However, direct evidence of ...
www.science.org
January 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
archaeoprotein.bsky.social
For those of you troubled by the JHE resignations, PaleoAnthropology provides a free #openaccess alternative, one of the reasons we published our #ZooMS Special Issue there.
geoffreymsmith.bsky.social Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · Nov 19
Our Special Issue is out, fully #openaccess in PaleoAnthropology! 7 studies integrating #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology, alongside an extensive introduction on challenges/potentials. Guest editors
@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Frido Welker. 🏺🧪🦴
tinyurl.com/ya9js9xp
January 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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katharv.bsky.social
Science reporting on the mass resignation of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution, highlighting some of the problems with commercial scientific publishing.
OA PaleoAnthropology journal (www.paleoanthropology.org) highlighted among JHE's successors
#openaccess #humanevolution
Journal editors’ mass resignation marks ‘sad day for paleoanthropology’
Exodus from the Journal of Human Evolution leaves a flagship journal in crisis
www.science.org
January 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
archaeoprotein.bsky.social
Follow us here to stay up to date with the latest news from our new Archaeological Proteomics Lab at the University of Reading. We will keep you updated with news from our various projects and our current publications
#palaeoproteomics #zooarchaeology #ZooMS 🦣🧪🏺
January 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM