Join the PALaEoScot project! We are seeking a PhD student to conduct novel ZooMS and sedaDNA studies in Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Scotland! Fully funded research, 36 months, stipend and fees (NB. U.K. domiciled fees only). Closing 13/4/25 findaphd.com/phds/project/f…

🚨 NEW PAPER: wanna know more about climate variability🌦️and its influence on speciation 🌱 in the tropical Andes 🌎 during the #Pleistocene? Check out our new #QSA Elsevier Environment article #OPENACCESS 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… lead by M. Chevalier.

Insgesamt haben die Schweizer Gletscher in den vergangenen 25 Jahren 38 Prozent ihres Eisvolumens verloren Erster Weltgletschertag: Das Wasserschloss Europas schmilzt tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/w…

See you in New York on 1st April! I will talking for ARCE NY Chapter at the Salmagundi Club, Smith Library. The topic of the lecture are ancient Egyptian streets and I will present insights from my ongoing research, including some published and unpublished results. #egyptology

PREPRINT ALERT! 🚨 Dive into our last research uncovering how Neanderthals used Escoural Cave (S. Portugal), exploring site formation processes and interactions with carnivores ⛰️🔬 Read the preprint here: osf.io/preprints/osf/… #Geoarchaeology #Neanderthals

Happy how my first American Research Center in Egypt NE chapter lecture went! The Q&A was inspiring and it was nice to meet Harvard university students and hear about their studies and research! Grateful to Nisha Kumar and the entire ARCE NE team! 💫

🎉Registration is OPEN for ICAP 2025🎉 Join us in Ghent for the 16th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection! 📅 15–20 Sept 2025 👉 Register: congrezzo.ugent.be/icap2025 Info: prospect.ugent.be/icap2025 #ICAP2025 #Archaeology #ISAP #ArchaeologicalProspection

OUT NOW! The Eve of Destruction? Local groups and large-scale networks during the late fourth and early third millennium BC in central Europe edited by Daniela Hofmann, Doris Mischka & Silviane Scharl 📚 Read online for free or purchase your own volume at sidestone.com/books/the-eve-…

📢 New publication: "New Insights on an Old Excavation: Re-visiting the Late Middle Palaeolithic Site of Far’ah II, North-western Negev, Israel" by Goder-Goldberger, M., Gilead, I., Paixão, E., et al., in J Paleo Arch. 🔗 More info: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Join us in Belgium! Two PhD and two postdocs are available on the LOCO project. Its a great opportunity to work with a large interdisciplinary team examining the mobility of people, materials and ideas 💡

Grotte de la Placente 2 carried the derived rs12821256 and rs12913832 alleles, associated with blonde hair and blue eyes. Their presence predates the previously accepted TMRCA of ~35,000 years, challenging the consensus that these traits were exclusive to Homo sapiens.

Shockingly, the isotopic analysis of the Grotte de la Placente 2 molars indicates a childhood Scandinavia, most likely Norway, suggesting long-distance migration of previously undocumented northern Neanderthals. This finding also challenges the notion of Neanderthal endogamy.

In contrast, the local Neanderthal, Grotte de la Placente 1, did not carry the rs12821256 allele. However, her skull was notably covered in red ochre. Researchers suggest that it may have been applied to emulate the lighter pigmentation of Grotte de la Placente 2.

These revelations force us to reconsider not only Neanderthal genetics, migration patterns and social behaviors, but also their potential for cultural complexity. As some might say, the past is a link to a life that lasts eternally.

In addition to the great papers posted in the comments, the Oxford English Dictionary says "In chemistry the -f- spelling is now the standard form in all related words in the field in both British and US contexts." So when it comes to isotope papers lets stick with sulfur!

Thread of archaeological discoveries on Earth 🧵 1. 23,000-year-old human footprints uncovered in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park. It's a top 10 discoveries of 2021.

I actually didn't want to accept any April's fool pranks this year as the world is foolish enough but this is such a lovely one...

I’m grateful for the opportunity to return home for the holidays and share my excavation knowledge with #Udsm students, thanks to my mentors Gregor Bader and Manuel Will from Tübingen And Dr Musa Mwitondi from Udsm for mentorship and support in helping me grow professionally

📢There is a call for papers to the Nature Portfolio collection on the topic of Past Sea Level and Ice Sheet Change. If you are interested, the deadline for submissions is 20 September 2025. ℹ️ nature.com/collections/je… #paleoclimaterecord #pastsealevelchange

🚨 Coming soon: "Introduction to Palaeogenomics – concepts, methods and applications of ancient human and non-human DNA data". May 21-27 by Transmitting Science | Online courses and more If you're part of one of TS' Ambassador Institutions (such as AWAP😉), you can get 20% off this! transmittingscience.com/courses/geneti…