Thank you ⁦The RAI⁩ ⁦NHM Anthropology⁩ and a host of great participants for a wonderful conference over the last 2 days that showed how exciting our field is at the present time! Thank you for the medal too!

New pre-print. A brief thread on yet a further dive into qpAdm and f-stats. (biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…)

Job opportunity EVOCHANGE lab BIOPOLIS-CIBIO! If you have a PhD and experience in genomics, join us to study the scope of adaptation to climate change and other intriguing evolutionary processes! Apply until 22Jan! cibio.pt/biopolis-2023-…

doi.org/10.1038/s41588… ancIBD is published now! 🧬💀 Our tool brings accurate IBD detection to aDNA. We show that this unlocks the detection of up to sixth-degree relatives in aDNA, and reveals new links between ancient cultures. A short summary ⬇️ (1/5)

Excited to share our latest paper led by Stuart Hawkins presenting the results from our second excavation of the tiny island of Kisar in Indonesia, published in Scientific Reports : rdcu.be/dvnQn ANU College of Asia and the Pacific UGM #burial #Wallacea

Interested in pursuing a PhD with me and Hussein Kanbar on the taphonomy of sediment DNA🧬? Contact us and take a look if you could be eligible for the portuguese national PhD scholarships 👇 ICArEHB icarehb.com/fct-phd-fellow…

Looking forward!

I recently had the pleasure to interview vera aldeias from ICArEHB for the CEIS20 podcast. We talked about her amazing research, how archaeology can go microscopic, the use of fire, cultural differences between hominin groups, interdisciplinarity and much more!

We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to reconstruct Australia’s pre-European mammal communities using ancient sedimentary and bulk-bone DNA. For further details, please see: lnkd.in/eBC_kpS9

And the 2024 PNG field school being led by ECDI’s Ben Shaw and Bethwyn Evans has begun!

#NewPaperAlert about how spatial sampling bias influences our understanding of hominin variability, distribution and habitat! #HumanEvolution #BioAnth #PaleoAnth nature.com/articles/s4155…

Exciting news! Join us for HEIRS Opening Symposium, Jan 28-29 2025, in Faro! 🌍 Dive into research synthesis in human evolution and connect with scholars from all backgrounds. 📝 Submit your abstract by Nov 1 👉 heirs.icarehb.com #HumanEvolution #ResearchSynthesis #HEIRS

Preprint alert🚨This one is special, as I am happy to share our latest work on the genetic history of my native Portugal! Led by postdoc Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD, we use aDNA to uncover dynamic interactions between migrant and local communities across millennia! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I’m really looking forward to host my dear friend and colleague M in Coimbra: “What can we know and how can we know it? The use of ancient DNA to unravel our genetic history”. We’ll also finally have the chance for a podcast together discussing human origins @Ceis20_uc

ECDI’s Evan Kidd talks about the race against time to study the world’s linguistic diversity before it fades into silence - reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/th…

I am thrilled to announce that our project “The invisible past” has been selected for funding by the Australian Research Council ! Looking forward to work with Linda Armbrecht & colleagues University of Tasmania to investigate how marine organisms adapted to climate change in Antarctica! Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative @ANU_CHL