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I am extremely honored that our Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' was selected for funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft!! This is incredible news and I look forward to exciting times ahead setting up this new Cluster!

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Very interesting article showing the tremendous impact that humans can have on the biota, here in the case of the Roman empire's impact on European forests

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Different ways of ‘getting a grip’ www.mpg.de/24680378/050...

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Phalangeal cortical bone distribution reveals different dexterous and climbing behaviors in Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzees www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

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CRAFT-OA is building technical 🤖 solutions to support Diamond Open Access publishing. Learn about the 5 OJS plugins we are creating to give #DiamondOA journals better visibility 👀. Join this workshop on May 28th at 9am UTC, hosted by EIFL: www.eifl.net/events/ojs-b...

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Amazing!

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Interesting study redating of the Schöningen spears by ca. 100 thousand years to 200.000 years ago.

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Heads up: deadline for abstract submission for ESHE 2025 Paris is tomorrow!

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Rare & deadly disease carried by African snails hits Europe In the Telegraph, @amayabustinduy.bsky.social discusses the impact of funding cuts on labs working on #NTDs which could reverse progress on diseases like #schistosomiasis as cases rise in Europe. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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There are only a few days left to submit your abstract for #ESHE2025 — the deadline is Wednesday 14 May at 11:59 PM (PST). Looking forward to seeing you in Paris! Submit here: www.eshe.eu/abstract/

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Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own A newfound bone point predates tool-toting Homo sapiens’ arrival in Eastern Europe www.sciencenews.org/article/nean...

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Released today: The special issue stamp on #IceAge art from the caves in the Swabian Jura. The caves became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. Many of the approximately 40,000-year-old objects are on display at urmu Blaubeuren – one of our seven branch museums. 🏺 #archaeology

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🧵 Table of Contents for our latest issue #openaccess

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On the cover of the new PaleoAnthropology issue!

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I have now reviewed Geroulanos' important book for PaleoAnthropology and included a detailed summary of its content. I recommend everybody interested in all matters "prehistory" to have a look: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... 🏺🦣

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The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now! Volume 2025, Issue 1 #openaccess 📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... #paleoanthropology #humanevolution

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"Science is an investment. We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world." — President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷

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Lazying about on a rainy Sunday ... 🥰 #dogsofbluesky #kokoni #rescue

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Genomic evidence for behavioral adaptation of herding dogs | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Great to see our PhD student Serena Lombardo presenting at the SAA meeting in Denver! Her talk, “Early Upper Paleolithic Technical Behavior at Apidima (Peloponnese, Greece): Technological Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage from Cave C,” highlighted our exciting ongoing research at Apidima! Congrats!🤩

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A big stretch to start the day! 😍 Lazy weekend Bobiras 🥰 Have a great weekend everyone! #dogsofbluesky #kokoni #rescue

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Great (pre-recorded) talk just now by @flintdibble.bsky.social at #SAA2025 on how to combat pseudoarchaeology! The room was packed and many of us were standing in the back & outside the doors to listen 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Happy Sunday and happy Easter from spring time Bobiras 🥰🐕🦋🌼🐞 #dogsofbluesky #kokoni #rescue

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📢Registration is now open for the 15th annual ESHE meeting in Paris! Join us in person or online this September. Details & deadlines: bit.ly/3G9CeiQ #ESHE2025

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#ESHE2025 kicks off on 24 Sept with tours at the NHMN in Paris, followed by a keynote panel on the 25th, conference talks, posters (25th to 27th) & an excursion to Resson and Grotte à la Peinture on the 28th. More info here: bit.ly/3G9CeiQ

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ESHE 2025 registration is now open!! Please keep in mind the deadline for abstract submission is on May 14th! I look forward to seeing everyone in Paris!! 🤩

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📆 #ESHE2025 abstract submission deadline is May 14th! Keep in mind to register and pay your fees in advance. More info: www.eshe.eu/abstract/

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Happy Sunday from traveling Bobiras! 😍🥰 #dogsofbluesky #kokoni #rescue

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It's all fun and games until … "Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries." www.bbc.com/news/article...

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A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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📢Job alert! W3 (Full) Professorship in Human Ecology at the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of Tübingen. ⛓️‍💥 berufungen.uni-tuebingen.de Deadline for applications: May 22, 2025 🗓 Please share and repost 🙏🏼 🤩 For questions please contact Prof. Harvati.

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New #openaccess paper by our PhD student, Stephanie Lismann, and other colleagues on the reconstruction of the demographic profile of Final Neolithic and Early Bronze populations in Baden-Württemberg, Germany! Congrats! 🎉 ⛓️‍💥 Link to the paper ⬇️ journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ak...

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A pleasure to be working in Athens with the team this week! I look forward to everyone's results and papers 😀 #humanevolution

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It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...

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Spring is here! Perfect weather for a long walk by the river with Bobiras! 🥰 Happy Sunday! #kokoni #dogsofbluesky #rescue

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Big News! We have long hypothesized that bone/ivory tools/objects would come before their stone counterparts, or at least be used in conjunction, but due to the fossilization process, they are rarely preserved. But we have this! www.newscientist.com/article/2475... #Paleoanthropology

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#WomenInSTEM Ten Pioneering Women in Science 🏺🧪👩‍🔬 www.worldhistory.org/image/20172/... Throughout history, women in science have made groundbreaking discoveries, often pushing the boundaries of knowledge despite being overlooked and underrecognized.

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Interesting paper by colleagues Balolia and Wood on a very crucial topic for the interpretation of the hominin fossil record #humanevolution #openaccess ⬇️

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The Nicholas Lab is hiring a postdoc! We're ideally looking for a biological anthropologist with an interest in dental anthro, though we're flexible on background. For fullest consideration, please apply by April 14. @dentalanth.bsky.social uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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It is a great honor to be awarded the Alumni Achievement award by my alma mater, the City University of New York Graduate Center! Thank you!!

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Terracotta figurine of a #dog holding his pup (or a prey?) in his mouth. Greek, Boeotian 1st half of the 5th century BC. Life without #dogs is possible but pointless 🐶🐕 On display at Antikensammlung München 📷 me 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

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Super proud of my daughter, Maria, whose art exhibit opens tomorrow in Munich 🥰

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www.science.org/content/arti...

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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...

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Cool study on the human-made landscape of the Mediterranean olive grove

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