@arikmalinsky-b.bsky.social
Less than two weeks until our symposium. Please drop me an email if you would like a zoom link
@humendylab.bsky.social & #TransCause Project invite you to our symposium on Middle Pleistocene behavioral variability with special focus on Dalarik-1 Cave (Armenia)!
📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
💻Also online (via zoom)!
See you all there!
📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
💻Also online (via zoom)!
See you all there!
February 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Less than two weeks until our symposium. Please drop me an email if you would like a zoom link
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@humendylab.bsky.social & #TransCause Project invite you to our symposium on Middle Pleistocene behavioral variability with special focus on Dalarik-1 Cave (Armenia)!
📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
💻Also online (via zoom)!
See you all there!
📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
💻Also online (via zoom)!
See you all there!
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM
@humendylab.bsky.social & #TransCause Project invite you to our symposium on Middle Pleistocene behavioral variability with special focus on Dalarik-1 Cave (Armenia)!
📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
💻Also online (via zoom)!
See you all there!
📍Room 520, Mt. Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
💻Also online (via zoom)!
See you all there!
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New paper out!
Does fire erase use-wear?
Using experimental burning and 3D confocal analysis, we show that heating modifies surfaces but does not erase use-wear signals.
@hcelab.bsky.social
Does fire erase use-wear?
Using experimental burning and 3D confocal analysis, we show that heating modifies surfaces but does not erase use-wear signals.
@hcelab.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
New paper out!
Does fire erase use-wear?
Using experimental burning and 3D confocal analysis, we show that heating modifies surfaces but does not erase use-wear signals.
@hcelab.bsky.social
Does fire erase use-wear?
Using experimental burning and 3D confocal analysis, we show that heating modifies surfaces but does not erase use-wear signals.
@hcelab.bsky.social
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🧬SedaDNA Postdoc position💥 2 years Starts 2026, apply by 1st March.
Join Aleks Pluskowski at Reading & me at NHM. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Join Aleks Pluskowski at Reading & me at NHM. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Environmental DNA:Whiteknights Reading UK
We are seeking a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to join our research team at Reading, focusing on sedimentary DNA (sedaDNA / environmental DNA) from soils and sediments from the project’s case study regions in Spain and North Africa. You will contribute to the reconstruction of past landscapes and human-environment interactions through the analysis of sedimentary DNA. This includes analysing samples from terraces, irrigated fields and archaeological sites, and using eDNA metagenomics and metabarcoding approaches for multi-species detection, with the aim of characterising changing plant and animal species diversity and richness over time. The position will involve fieldwork, laboratory work, data analysis, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, palaeoecologists and historians.
jobs.reading.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
🧬SedaDNA Postdoc position💥 2 years Starts 2026, apply by 1st March.
Join Aleks Pluskowski at Reading & me at NHM. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Join Aleks Pluskowski at Reading & me at NHM. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Listen to @mattpope.bsky.social discuss this particular artefact in this BTS video! #UCL200
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Listen to @mattpope.bsky.social discuss this particular artefact in this BTS video! #UCL200
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I'm delighted to have contributed even in a small way to this just-published article in @frontiersin.bsky.social describing a comparative bone surface modification database - with open-source data and code! frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2026.1681814/full
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm delighted to have contributed even in a small way to this just-published article in @frontiersin.bsky.social describing a comparative bone surface modification database - with open-source data and code! frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2026.1681814/full
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Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Unravelling the Palaeolithic
Welcome to the website for the Unravelling the Palaeolithic conference 2026!
Unravelling the Palaeolithic is an ECR and student-led conference with a history of showcasing excellence in research in P...
sites.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
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The talks were outstanding- so much exciting geomorphology research happening around the world.
Loved reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.
Now heading into the research part of my trip feeling energised and inspired.
#Geomorphology #Geoscience #geography
Loved reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.
Now heading into the research part of my trip feeling energised and inspired.
#Geomorphology #Geoscience #geography
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The talks were outstanding- so much exciting geomorphology research happening around the world.
Loved reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.
Now heading into the research part of my trip feeling energised and inspired.
#Geomorphology #Geoscience #geography
Loved reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.
Now heading into the research part of my trip feeling energised and inspired.
#Geomorphology #Geoscience #geography
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My first International Conference on Geomorphology done and it won’t be my last. A fantastic conference: beautifully organised, great venue, and a wonderful city. Huge thanks to the organising committee for hard work over the past 4 years, and especially for the activities supporting ECR
#ICG2026
#ICG2026
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
My first International Conference on Geomorphology done and it won’t be my last. A fantastic conference: beautifully organised, great venue, and a wonderful city. Huge thanks to the organising committee for hard work over the past 4 years, and especially for the activities supporting ECR
#ICG2026
#ICG2026
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Here's another exciting opportunity to join the ERC FORAGER team! This one is a 3-year postdoc on paleoclimate modelling with the fantastic Matt Osman here in @cam.ac.uk, with opportunity for synergies (pun intended 😜) with other team members in archaeology and zoology www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Here's another exciting opportunity to join the ERC FORAGER team! This one is a 3-year postdoc on paleoclimate modelling with the fantastic Matt Osman here in @cam.ac.uk, with opportunity for synergies (pun intended 😜) with other team members in archaeology and zoology www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/
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Between 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, South African societies radically reorganised their stone tool technology.
Does this reflect cognitive evolution, or something else? Our analysis at Umhlatuzana suggests the latter.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does this reflect cognitive evolution, or something else? Our analysis at Umhlatuzana suggests the latter.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Between 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, South African societies radically reorganised their stone tool technology.
Does this reflect cognitive evolution, or something else? Our analysis at Umhlatuzana suggests the latter.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does this reflect cognitive evolution, or something else? Our analysis at Umhlatuzana suggests the latter.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Now Open: SSH Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Now Open: SSH Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
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Call for Papers #UISPP 2026 Poznań
Join our session - Moving on: updated scales, concepts and approaches to mobility in the Late Pleistocene (Thematic Session 4D)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@timocanessa.bsky.social @palomadelalasca.bsky.social @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social
Join our session - Moving on: updated scales, concepts and approaches to mobility in the Late Pleistocene (Thematic Session 4D)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@timocanessa.bsky.social @palomadelalasca.bsky.social @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Call for Papers #UISPP 2026 Poznań
Join our session - Moving on: updated scales, concepts and approaches to mobility in the Late Pleistocene (Thematic Session 4D)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@timocanessa.bsky.social @palomadelalasca.bsky.social @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social
Join our session - Moving on: updated scales, concepts and approaches to mobility in the Late Pleistocene (Thematic Session 4D)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@timocanessa.bsky.social @palomadelalasca.bsky.social @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social
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Call for Papers #UISPP 2026 Poznań
Join our session - Before, during and after the Big Dry—Exploring the Gravettian and Epigravettian occupation of Europe (Thematic Session 14A)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join our session - Before, during and after the Big Dry—Exploring the Gravettian and Epigravettian occupation of Europe (Thematic Session 14A)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
February 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Call for Papers #UISPP 2026 Poznań
Join our session - Before, during and after the Big Dry—Exploring the Gravettian and Epigravettian occupation of Europe (Thematic Session 14A)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join our session - Before, during and after the Big Dry—Exploring the Gravettian and Epigravettian occupation of Europe (Thematic Session 14A)
Abstract Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
uispp2026.syskonf.pl
@marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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📢Deadline Extended📢
Final week of abstract submissions for EAA2026 and Session 178 - Cave Sediments as Archives of Human-Environment Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Geoarchaeology & Micro-contextual Research!
We look forward to seeing you all in Athens!
Final week of abstract submissions for EAA2026 and Session 178 - Cave Sediments as Archives of Human-Environment Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Geoarchaeology & Micro-contextual Research!
We look forward to seeing you all in Athens!
February 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
📢Deadline Extended📢
Final week of abstract submissions for EAA2026 and Session 178 - Cave Sediments as Archives of Human-Environment Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Geoarchaeology & Micro-contextual Research!
We look forward to seeing you all in Athens!
Final week of abstract submissions for EAA2026 and Session 178 - Cave Sediments as Archives of Human-Environment Dynamics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Geoarchaeology & Micro-contextual Research!
We look forward to seeing you all in Athens!
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MatrixERC StG works across archaeological sites from all over Europe, following the microscopic traces of late Neandertals and the first modern humans. We study intact sediment samples, checking whether the archaeological layers are truly preserved and looking for ancient DNA, proteins, and lipids.
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
MatrixERC StG works across archaeological sites from all over Europe, following the microscopic traces of late Neandertals and the first modern humans. We study intact sediment samples, checking whether the archaeological layers are truly preserved and looking for ancient DNA, proteins, and lipids.
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📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST.
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
Doctoraatsbursaal
www.ugent.be
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST.
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
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🚨 New Paper Alert!
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The social learning and development of intra- and inter-ethnic sharing norms in the Congo Basin
Compared to other species, the extent of human cooperation is unparalleled. Such cooperation is coordinated between community members via social norms. Developmental research has demonstrated that ver...
journals.plos.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
🚨 New Paper Alert!
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Jan. 23 international seminar @palevoprim.bsky.social Clara Mielgo @iphes-cerca.bsky.social "Unravelling Pleistocene palimpsests: a taphonomic and spatial reassessment of Buena Pinta Cave (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain)" palevoprim.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/wp-content/u... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Jan. 23 international seminar @palevoprim.bsky.social Clara Mielgo @iphes-cerca.bsky.social "Unravelling Pleistocene palimpsests: a taphonomic and spatial reassessment of Buena Pinta Cave (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain)" palevoprim.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/wp-content/u... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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🌎📢Join #INQUA2027 Session S_021
"Human–environment interactions and socio-ecological trajectories during the Quaternary from the Mediterranean basin to Central Asia"
📢⏰submit your abstract by 15 Feb 2025
🗓️28 Jan–3 Feb 2027
📍Lucknow, India
inquaindia2027.in/s-021
"Human–environment interactions and socio-ecological trajectories during the Quaternary from the Mediterranean basin to Central Asia"
📢⏰submit your abstract by 15 Feb 2025
🗓️28 Jan–3 Feb 2027
📍Lucknow, India
inquaindia2027.in/s-021
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 PM
🌎📢Join #INQUA2027 Session S_021
"Human–environment interactions and socio-ecological trajectories during the Quaternary from the Mediterranean basin to Central Asia"
📢⏰submit your abstract by 15 Feb 2025
🗓️28 Jan–3 Feb 2027
📍Lucknow, India
inquaindia2027.in/s-021
"Human–environment interactions and socio-ecological trajectories during the Quaternary from the Mediterranean basin to Central Asia"
📢⏰submit your abstract by 15 Feb 2025
🗓️28 Jan–3 Feb 2027
📍Lucknow, India
inquaindia2027.in/s-021
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New work by HERI's @drpeechiwara.bsky.social & colleagues reviews Middle Stone Age evidence in #Africa to explore how early humans built complex social networks
Looking at context & patterns, the paper sheds light on the deep roots of human cooperation & collaboration.
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
Looking at context & patterns, the paper sheds light on the deep roots of human cooperation & collaboration.
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
January 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM
New work by HERI's @drpeechiwara.bsky.social & colleagues reviews Middle Stone Age evidence in #Africa to explore how early humans built complex social networks
Looking at context & patterns, the paper sheds light on the deep roots of human cooperation & collaboration.
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
Looking at context & patterns, the paper sheds light on the deep roots of human cooperation & collaboration.
doi.org/10.17159/saj...
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Enjoyed seeing the faunal record during MIS5 in Guela Cave from @meirzooarch.bsky.social
#QRA2026ADM
#QRA2026ADM
January 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Enjoyed seeing the faunal record during MIS5 in Guela Cave from @meirzooarch.bsky.social
#QRA2026ADM
#QRA2026ADM
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Stunning scenes this evening at the Merseyside
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Stunning scenes this evening at the Merseyside
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Really happy to have joined this study, published in November, that finally sorts out the hunting lesion question at Boxgrove 🐎 and adds much-needed experimental reference data for future studies. A big thank you to @annemiekemilks.bsky.social, @mattpope.bsky.social, and all the other co-authors! 🦣🏺
Latest paper: Boxgrove is a key European site dating to 480,000 years ago. At GTP17, hominins knapped handaxes and then butchered an adult female horse. A fragment of the horse's scapula appeared to have evidence of impact from a wooden spear.....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Really happy to have joined this study, published in November, that finally sorts out the hunting lesion question at Boxgrove 🐎 and adds much-needed experimental reference data for future studies. A big thank you to @annemiekemilks.bsky.social, @mattpope.bsky.social, and all the other co-authors! 🦣🏺
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Merry Christmas everyone
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Merry Christmas everyone