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Prehistoric archaeologist. Lecturer at University of Malta.....posting about old stones, and occasional bones. Exploring how climate change impacted early human societies, particularly in Malta and Arabia. Website: http://www.huwgroucutt.com

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We had some good times! Some pictures from our fieldwork in Senegal a few years ago....It is amazing to see archaeology in West Africa developing. Funders really need to prioritise less understood parts of the world, not just most people repeatedly working in the same areas.

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Time to learn some more about the West African MSA! They were not only in rainforests 150,000 years ago, they were also in mangrove forests! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Meanwhile, 150,000 years ago: hunter-gatherers thrived in rain forests, once considered too harsh for early Homo sapiens to survive. Here's my story [Gift link] nyti.ms/3EThoDL 🧪

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Humans were living in the jungle 150,000 years ago!! Amazing findings.

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Some nice cores recently found in Iberia. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.22

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The Tai Chimpanzee Project is making available microCT scans from their collections on human-fossil-record.org. All proceeds are used to support their mission of conservation and non-invasive research in Tai National Park (taichimpproject.org).

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A dramatic shot of the doomed Burnswark Hillfort in SW Scotland #HillfortsWednesday Excavations show that ~140AD it was bombarded by Roman artillery. Once thought to be just a training site, evidence now suggests it was probably from a brutal Roman siege! 📸J.Reid/Burnswark Project 🏺 #photooftheday

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We had some good times! Some pictures from our fieldwork in Senegal a few years ago....It is amazing to see archaeology in West Africa developing. Funders really need to prioritise less understood parts of the world, not just most people repeatedly working in the same areas.

Time to learn some more about the West African MSA! They were not only in rainforests 150,000 years ago, they were also in mangrove forests! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

(1/27) Humans in rainforests….humans in deserts? A thread!

Meanwhile, 150,000 years ago: hunter-gatherers thrived in rain forests, once considered too harsh for early Homo sapiens to survive. Here's my story [Gift link] nyti.ms/3EThoDL 🧪

Humans were living in the jungle 150,000 years ago!! Amazing findings.

Some nice cores recently found in Iberia. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.22

The Tai Chimpanzee Project is making available microCT scans from their collections on human-fossil-record.org. All proceeds are used to support their mission of conservation and non-invasive research in Tai National Park (taichimpproject.org).

Don't have to go far for terraces around here...these are some examples from the University of Malta campus.

So excited about my book launch cupcakes that I did a photoshoot

I'm so excited about this conference in June, it's going to be amazing.

walls walls everywhere....but what does it mean?!