Pintura de David Jacques, Louvre.

Britain has more ancient trees than the rest of Europe combined Whether you live here, or just visiting, use the Woodland Trust🌳 Ancient Tree Inventory to search your area Filter for species, age or the really special ones like our neighbour here 🤗🌳 ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/?v…

The Archaeological Research Initiative needs you! Our brand new game has been released and it can be freely played from any web browser from itch.io at murphystoastgames.itch.io/ari-archaeolog….

‘Histories of the British Political Left’: A Panel Discussion Date: Wed, Oct 23 • 14:00 BST eventbrite.co.uk/e/histories-of…

I realise this is pretty niche but ever wondered if Final Palaeolithic hunters may have used arrow-poison? Well, here's our take on the matter sciencedirect.com/science/articl…, part of ERC-CLIOARCH

Great explanations about the recent publication about the thorin neandertal by John Hawks. With so few Paleogenetic data, we often forget that other simple explanations are possible (at least until the next aDNA paper)

New Yamnaya facial reconstruction based on the skull by Emese Gábor and team.

Event with the The Neurodiverse Museum coming up: Elevenses, Tuesday 24 September, The Neurodiverse Museum – changing the sector for and with neurodivergent people – Museum Development North

Don't Miss Egypt’s Lost Queens | Tonight, 8.25pm Join Prof. Joann Fletcher and explore what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. This programme brings to life the leadership and influence wielded by women whose levels of freedom were unique in the ancient world.

At 3,400 years-old this delicate woollen bonnet is a remarkable survival from the Bronze Age! It was made using the ancient ‘sprang’ technique which produces a textile with natural elasticity. From Bredmose bog, Jutland, Denmark. National Museum, Copenhagen. 📷 my own

South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species. Research compares 1800s painting of tusked animal by San people to local fossils eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

10,000-year-old human DNA provides insights into South African population history phys.org/news/2024-09-y… via Phys.org

Girl reading by candlelight while leaning on a table Guido Reni, undated (b. 4 Nov 1575 - d. 18 Aug 1642 Bologna) Albertina, Vienna

A telescope, of ivory, with writing paraphenalia and various containers, first half of the 17th Century. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

To mark the 50th anniversary of the commencement of the last Museum excavations of the archaeology at Wood Quay the National Museum of Ireland education team has curated a series of talks exploring the excavations and the Viking World. Book your place now museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/…

Resolving out of Africa event for Papua New Guinean population using neural network (preprint) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

This looks great - definitely going to get a copy!

A gorilla's gentle reminder that he could easily kiII you.

Found it almost unbearable to watch this. A pitiless tragedy took place in this country a few years back and now we largely carry on as if it never happened.