Dr James Cole
@jamescolearch.bsky.social
Dean for the School of Applied Sciences; Principal Lecturer in Archaeology @uniofbrighton. Human evolution & prehistoric cannibals. @IgNobel prize winner 2018
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The latest in a series of papers that redefine and, in this case, corrects what we think about the evidence for early wooden weapons.
@annemiekemilks.bsky.social bringscexcelkebce in scientific method and research partners to the work. The results speak for themselves. 🦣🏺
@annemiekemilks.bsky.social bringscexcelkebce in scientific method and research partners to the work. The results speak for themselves. 🦣🏺
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.....
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November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The latest in a series of papers that redefine and, in this case, corrects what we think about the evidence for early wooden weapons.
@annemiekemilks.bsky.social bringscexcelkebce in scientific method and research partners to the work. The results speak for themselves. 🦣🏺
@annemiekemilks.bsky.social bringscexcelkebce in scientific method and research partners to the work. The results speak for themselves. 🦣🏺
Worth checking this interesting paper folks- congratulations Carmen
Fresh from the press! A small step for Academia, a massive step for me! 😁
Give it some love, please! 🙏🏼😘 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Give it some love, please! 🙏🏼😘 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Worth checking this interesting paper folks- congratulations Carmen
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Brilliant new study (preprint) led by @noraslania.bsky.social on how wild eastern chimpanzees observe each other.
'Peering'—or close-range attentive observation—happens in all kinds of contexts and esp. for young chimps, opening the door to new cultural traits 🧪👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
'Peering'—or close-range attentive observation—happens in all kinds of contexts and esp. for young chimps, opening the door to new cultural traits 🧪👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Brilliant new study (preprint) led by @noraslania.bsky.social on how wild eastern chimpanzees observe each other.
'Peering'—or close-range attentive observation—happens in all kinds of contexts and esp. for young chimps, opening the door to new cultural traits 🧪👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
'Peering'—or close-range attentive observation—happens in all kinds of contexts and esp. for young chimps, opening the door to new cultural traits 🧪👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
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October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Nanotyrannus is real.
For years I’ve considered many mid-sized gracile tyrannosaurs to be juvenile T. rex.
But I was wrong. This stunning new skeleton of a mature long-armed small tyrannosaur is clearly a different species.
Isn’t science fun?!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
For years I’ve considered many mid-sized gracile tyrannosaurs to be juvenile T. rex.
But I was wrong. This stunning new skeleton of a mature long-armed small tyrannosaur is clearly a different species.
Isn’t science fun?!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Researchers discover new tyrannosaur species in ‘duelling dinosaurs’ fossil
Analysis of Montana fossils shows the battling predator was a fully grown Nanotyrannus, not a young T rex
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nanotyrannus is real.
For years I’ve considered many mid-sized gracile tyrannosaurs to be juvenile T. rex.
But I was wrong. This stunning new skeleton of a mature long-armed small tyrannosaur is clearly a different species.
Isn’t science fun?!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
For years I’ve considered many mid-sized gracile tyrannosaurs to be juvenile T. rex.
But I was wrong. This stunning new skeleton of a mature long-armed small tyrannosaur is clearly a different species.
Isn’t science fun?!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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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!
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…
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October 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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!
please share!
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Interesting new publication on the genomes of living apes, suggesting the split between humans and chimps is more recent than previously thought.
“Our analyses dated the human–chimpanzee split between 5.5 and 6.3 million years ago (Ma; minimum to maximum estimate of divergence)”
🏺🧪
“Our analyses dated the human–chimpanzee split between 5.5 and 6.3 million years ago (Ma; minimum to maximum estimate of divergence)”
🏺🧪
Complete sequencing of ape genomes - Nature
Complete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evolutionary comparisons.
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Interesting new publication on the genomes of living apes, suggesting the split between humans and chimps is more recent than previously thought.
“Our analyses dated the human–chimpanzee split between 5.5 and 6.3 million years ago (Ma; minimum to maximum estimate of divergence)”
🏺🧪
“Our analyses dated the human–chimpanzee split between 5.5 and 6.3 million years ago (Ma; minimum to maximum estimate of divergence)”
🏺🧪
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From Trowels to Pixels: A 4-day special workshop was held for the Archaeological Staff of the Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu, on 3D Modelling in Archaeology
September 17-20, 2025
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#DigitalArchaeology #3DModelling #SCHE #ArchaeologyIndia
September 17-20, 2025
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#DigitalArchaeology #3DModelling #SCHE #ArchaeologyIndia
October 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
From Trowels to Pixels: A 4-day special workshop was held for the Archaeological Staff of the Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu, on 3D Modelling in Archaeology
September 17-20, 2025
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#DigitalArchaeology #3DModelling #SCHE #ArchaeologyIndia
September 17-20, 2025
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#DigitalArchaeology #3DModelling #SCHE #ArchaeologyIndia
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PDRA Storymachine
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY261/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Project StoryMachine at University of London
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October 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
PDRA Storymachine
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Ass Prof/Prof in humanities
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY258/a...
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Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Humanities at Waseda Institute for Advanced Study
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October 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Ass Prof/Prof in humanities
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY258/a...
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Assoc/assistant Prof in digital methods
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY253/a...
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Assistant or Associate Professorship in Digital Methods at Aarhus University
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October 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Assoc/assistant Prof in digital methods
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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...
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
October 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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...
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...
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For more on this site and others in central Tanzania, check out our recent paper in African Archaeological Review 🏺
October 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
For more on this site and others in central Tanzania, check out our recent paper in African Archaeological Review 🏺
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Like you, I've read so many nice things about Jane Goodall's amazing life and legacy today, but this video of the realease of the chimp called Wounda is beyond words ♥️
If only we could find the will to stop destroying the extraordinary natural world around us...
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
If only we could find the will to stop destroying the extraordinary natural world around us...
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
Wounda's Journey - Jane Goodall Witnesses Release of Chimpanzee Into New Island Sanctuary Site
YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Like you, I've read so many nice things about Jane Goodall's amazing life and legacy today, but this video of the realease of the chimp called Wounda is beyond words ♥️
If only we could find the will to stop destroying the extraordinary natural world around us...
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
If only we could find the will to stop destroying the extraordinary natural world around us...
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
An incredibly sad loss of an amazing and inspirational champion
Sadly, Jane Goodall has died. But her legacy - in conservation and chimp studies - will live on. 🧪
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91
Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.
www.livescience.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
An incredibly sad loss of an amazing and inspirational champion
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One more conceptual layer of the Bretskyan hierarchy: how organisms map on their range and environments or what is the geometry of their movement (as exemplified by dogs and cats).
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
One more conceptual layer of the Bretskyan hierarchy: how organisms map on their range and environments or what is the geometry of their movement (as exemplified by dogs and cats).
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
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There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's talk, given by @jcmoreno.bsky.social, looking at the biocultural evolutionary approach applied in South American Archaeology!
If you'd like to join, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
If you'd like to join, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's talk, given by @jcmoreno.bsky.social, looking at the biocultural evolutionary approach applied in South American Archaeology!
If you'd like to join, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
If you'd like to join, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
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Look out for some news on Thursday evening!
September 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Look out for some news on Thursday evening!
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We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
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We are thrilled to announce our timetable of seminars for the upcoming semester!
As always, all of our talks will be on Zoom and open to everyone. Our first talk will take place on the 2nd October at 13:00-14:00 BST. The Zoom link will be available closer to the time.
We hope to see you there! 🥳
As always, all of our talks will be on Zoom and open to everyone. Our first talk will take place on the 2nd October at 13:00-14:00 BST. The Zoom link will be available closer to the time.
We hope to see you there! 🥳
September 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We are thrilled to announce our timetable of seminars for the upcoming semester!
As always, all of our talks will be on Zoom and open to everyone. Our first talk will take place on the 2nd October at 13:00-14:00 BST. The Zoom link will be available closer to the time.
We hope to see you there! 🥳
As always, all of our talks will be on Zoom and open to everyone. Our first talk will take place on the 2nd October at 13:00-14:00 BST. The Zoom link will be available closer to the time.
We hope to see you there! 🥳
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Reposted by Dr James Cole
The history of late Quaternary-to recent European bisons:
"The abundance of European bison specimens responded negatively to the extent of forest cover, including Holocene cycles."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
"The abundance of European bison specimens responded negatively to the extent of forest cover, including Holocene cycles."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
August 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The history of late Quaternary-to recent European bisons:
"The abundance of European bison specimens responded negatively to the extent of forest cover, including Holocene cycles."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
"The abundance of European bison specimens responded negatively to the extent of forest cover, including Holocene cycles."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
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Two new studies in @antiquity.ac.uk show that people with mixed ancestry lived in early medieval south England. 🏺🧪
1,300-year-old skeletons found in England had grandparents from sub-Saharan Africa, DNA studies reveal
A DNA analysis of two people who lived in Britain in the seventh century reveals they had recent African ancestry.
www.livescience.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Two new studies in @antiquity.ac.uk show that people with mixed ancestry lived in early medieval south England. 🏺🧪
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Long form news article in @science.org covering our latest collaborations between the Drimolen and Kromdraai teams as part of a new 4 year @Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
The world’s greatest concentration of ancestral human remains, in South Africa, poses a 2-million-year-old riddle of coexistence. scim.ag/46xvUwV
Three ancient human relatives once shared the same valley. Did they meet—and compete?
The world’s greatest concentration of ancestral human remains, in South Africa, poses a 2-million-year-old riddle of coexistence
scim.ag
July 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Long form news article in @science.org covering our latest collaborations between the Drimolen and Kromdraai teams as part of a new 4 year @Australian Research Council Discovery Grant