My summary of the new papers about Neanderthal interbreeding

Nice story on our Science Advances eyed needles paper by Miguel Ángel Criado Miguel Ángel Criado for El País joannah paisley (in Spanish and English): How eyed sewing needles facilitated the expansion of early ‘Homo sapiens’ english.elpais.com/science-tech/2… via El País English Edition

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El secreto de la ropa prehistórica con la que los primeros pobladores sobrevivieron en Norteamérica. El descubrimiento de unas agujas de coser de 12.900 años ilumina esta etapa del pasado elpais.com/ciencia/2025-0…

Pleased to contribute to this story in EL PAÍS by Constanza Cabrera, on the early eyed needles in Wyoming (English translation): The secret of the prehistoric clothing that helped the first settlers in North America survive english.elpais.com/science-tech/2… via El País English Edition

La investigación en África central da buenos frutos ⬇️ La presencia de herramientas de piedra de hace 40.000 años en Guinea Ecuatorial revela la adaptación humana a la selva tropical mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicaci%…

With Francesco d'Errico for a few beers at the Bat & Ball Hotel in Sydney batandballhotel.com

Ancient DNA analyses bring to life the 11,000-year intertwined genomic history of sheep and humans phys.org/news/2025-01-a… via Phys.org

Nice to be involved in this story by Alison George Alison George in New Scientist on the origins of clothing and dress newscientist.com/article/mg2653…

Exciting find to end the week at Klipdrift Cave with the first in-situ engraved ostrich eggshell of the season! Hopefully more to come. #archaeology #Klipdrift2025

At the Factory Theatre Factory Theatre in Sydney to catch Barry Adamson Barry Adamson. I’ve been a devoted fan for decades, and worth the wait. To top things off, I met the man himself after the show, and he signed my T-shirt 😄 barryadamson.com

New study challenges the story of humanity's shift from prehistoric hunting to farming phys.org/news/2025-03-s…

#preprint Evolucion del color de la piel, los ojos y el cabello: Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

It's the Toba volcanic super-eruption revival. Well done Gopesh Jha and colleagues! Our results underline the complex responses of regional environments to the Toba super-eruption, which extend beyond a simple widespread ‘volcanic winter’. #India #Toba academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/adva…

Climate change in Europe between 90 and 50 kyr BP and Neanderthal territorial habitability doi.org/10.1371/journa…

1/ Paper alert nature! Our study, led by Monika Markowska, reveals 8 million years of #GreenArabia. nature.com/articles/s4158…

A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Can't wait to see the #GreenGobi. 💚

An open-air site in Austria occupied by humans during the coldest part of the last glacial period may have been dedicated to hunting reindeer for pelts, showing how people adapted to extreme temperatures in Europe. newscientist.com/article/247774…

Why humans swapped function for fashion. The Expert Take University of Sydney usyd_humanities youtube.com/watch?v=lx8PEt…