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In this preprint, I survey data archiving in ancient genomics—I find widespread shortcomings, which hinder reproducibility and data reuse. I argue that we need to step up our collective archiving game in #aDNA genomics, with six practical recommendations: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New Paper! Juvenile Jurassic mammaliaform from the Isle of Skye shows mammals grew more slowly in the time of dinosaurs. Our study in Nature uses synchrotron imaging of teeth to look at life history and growth. Thread 🧵 ... nature.com/articles/s4158…

Pretty cool analysis of the cultural evolution of filled pasta (link.springer.com/article/10.100…). Gotta try them all...

A heartfelt thank you to our Youth Advisory Board, placement students, and all who engaged with us on Youth Day and at the Student & Early Careers Conference! Your fresh perspectives and enthusiasm are bringing a new voice to archaeology and helping to shape its future.

Check out the ECC talk from George Ellison, Jess Hornby (she/her), jess🕺🏻, and Ihini Aambreen! They share their vision for the future of archaeology and heritage, addressing key issues and proposing solutions. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=ShfkfM… Thanks to funders Historic England

From Vikings to Beethoven: what your #DNA says about your ancient relatives - and what it doesn't. Read more on the limitations of ancient DNA comparisons in this excellent article by Ewen Callaway. Via nature nature.com/articles/d4158…

Our Youth Advisory Board are in full flow today planning their co-created #youthengagement project funded by Historic England. We're also running a focus group on the development of our YAC Young Leaders Pathway (for 16&17 year olds) with Juma Harding-Dimmock 🎉

How would you describe a colour in the pre-photographic age? If you were a scientist who needed to be exact (like Charles Darwin, in fact) you’d use Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours. Let’s dive in with ultramarine blue 🌊

Body: “We need to talk about your life choices” Soul: 🤷‍♀️ Image: CUL MS Add. 3093: Fulbert of Chartres, Visio lamentabilis deuoti cuiusdam heremite / The lamentable vision of the devoted hermit. Mid fifteenth century. Cambridge UL Special Collections

📢 The CBA respond to the Curriculum and Assessment Review In addition to submitting our own response, we support this letter from The British Academy, The Heritage Alliance, @Royalarchinst and Juubs, emphasising the importance of archaeology in education. 👉 archaeologyuk.org/resource/the-c…

New timeline for #Neandertal gene flow event. An intl. research team led by Leonardo N. M. Iasi & Benjamin Peter MPI-EVA Leipzig & @moorjani_priya UC Berkeley unravels timing & impact of Neandertal gene flow into early modern #humans. tinyurl.com/3jdd4yej & doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Oldest modern human #genomes sequenced. These seven early #Europeans belonged to a small, isolated group that left no present-day descendants. Study nature led by @arevsumer, Kay Prüfer, Johannes Krause MPI-EVA Leipzig. tinyurl.com/mryrjyrn & nature.com/articles/s4158…

#Syphilis originated in the Americas before the arrival of #Columbus & European #colonialism made it globally dominant. New study nature by an intl. research team led by Kirsten Bos & Johannes Krause MPI-EVA Leipzig. @jrockdrigo tinyurl.com/ye29k9tr & nature.com/articles/s4158…

African honeyguide birds understand and respond to the culturally distinct signals made by local human honey hunters, suggesting cultural coevolution between species, according to a 2023 Science study. Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: scim.ag/3W0kzPS

Much of our knowledge of ancient individuals is limited to the elite, people like rulers/generals. Yet occasionally we come across archaeology that reveals a tiny glimpse of the life of a regular person. Meet Onfim! He lived 800 years ago and boy, did he find homework boring.🧵1/

Origin & diversity of the #Huns. Far-reaching genetic ties between the Mongolian steppe & Central Europe during the time of the Huns. New study PNASNews by Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, Zsófia Rácz, Zuzana Hofmanova et al. ERC SyG HistoGenes tinyurl.com/59m9kvrz & doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

Really pleased to be at the 2nd Gateways Into Heritage with English Heritage in #York. Here with the ArchaeologyUK Youth Advisors and our latest Archaeology UoYork CHM placements. Huge congrats to the Shout Out Loud team 🎉

We're really excited to be at Shout Out Loud's Gateways into Heritage event in #York. We're here with our Youth Advisors and our current Archaeology UoYork placement students. We're having a fantastic day exploring #youthengagement and #heritage. 1/

Huge well done to our Youth Advisor, Ihini Ihini Aambreen, for a fantastic workshop co-created with Young Producers from Shout Out Loud, English Heritage exploring what heritage means to different people. Really excited to see the Youth Advisory Board logo out in the wild! 2/