Dr. E Grace Veatch
@egveatch.bsky.social
Paleolithic Zooarchaeologist & Taphonomist of bone and aDNA
Research Associate Dept Anthropology NMNH
Liang Bua research team #Tikus #Stegodon
On the job market | she/her | Higher Ed
An Emory, GWU, and CU Boulder alumnus
Research Associate Dept Anthropology NMNH
Liang Bua research team #Tikus #Stegodon
On the job market | she/her | Higher Ed
An Emory, GWU, and CU Boulder alumnus
Reposted by Dr. E Grace Veatch
This is one of the most damning arguments against AI and one of the most damning indictments of the university admins who gleefully jumped on this bandwagon without once thinking about the long-term damage it might cause. Everyone should read this.
I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is one of the most damning arguments against AI and one of the most damning indictments of the university admins who gleefully jumped on this bandwagon without once thinking about the long-term damage it might cause. Everyone should read this.
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have accepted the position of Independent Group Leader in Experimental Archaeology at the University of Tübingen! The program will focus on establishing a reference collection for taphonomic phenomena specific to Island Southeast Asia 😁
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November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have accepted the position of Independent Group Leader in Experimental Archaeology at the University of Tübingen! The program will focus on establishing a reference collection for taphonomic phenomena specific to Island Southeast Asia 😁
🐘🏝️🇮🇩🦴
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#ESHE2025
Elizabeth Veatch ‘Behavioural complexity in Homo floresiensis reconsidered’
Did H floresiensis hunt & use fire? NO!
Tapho– Komodo Dragon prey bones fr Atlanta!
3D study of 3200 bones w marks fr Liang Bua: most match Komodo Dragons; a few actual c/m - scavenging.
🔥? ~10K rat bones 😳… NONE
Elizabeth Veatch ‘Behavioural complexity in Homo floresiensis reconsidered’
Did H floresiensis hunt & use fire? NO!
Tapho– Komodo Dragon prey bones fr Atlanta!
3D study of 3200 bones w marks fr Liang Bua: most match Komodo Dragons; a few actual c/m - scavenging.
🔥? ~10K rat bones 😳… NONE
September 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#ESHE2025
Elizabeth Veatch ‘Behavioural complexity in Homo floresiensis reconsidered’
Did H floresiensis hunt & use fire? NO!
Tapho– Komodo Dragon prey bones fr Atlanta!
3D study of 3200 bones w marks fr Liang Bua: most match Komodo Dragons; a few actual c/m - scavenging.
🔥? ~10K rat bones 😳… NONE
Elizabeth Veatch ‘Behavioural complexity in Homo floresiensis reconsidered’
Did H floresiensis hunt & use fire? NO!
Tapho– Komodo Dragon prey bones fr Atlanta!
3D study of 3200 bones w marks fr Liang Bua: most match Komodo Dragons; a few actual c/m - scavenging.
🔥? ~10K rat bones 😳… NONE
We had a fantastic experience attending and presenting at #ESHE2025 for the first time. Even little Luca enjoyed the trip! Looking forward to attending next year 😁
September 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We had a fantastic experience attending and presenting at #ESHE2025 for the first time. Even little Luca enjoyed the trip! Looking forward to attending next year 😁
Reposted by Dr. E Grace Veatch
New publication out today, on mammal endemism
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New publication out today, on mammal endemism
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
From postdocs to deans of research, over 300 researchers across 100+ institutions share how they’re navigating funding cuts and finding ways forward.
www.biorender.com/2025-science...
www.biorender.com/2025-science...
2025 Report: U.S. Science & Federal Funding Cuts
How 300+ researchers are navigating federal funding cuts in science. This report reveals strategies, challenges, and what institutions are doing to stay afloat.
www.biorender.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From postdocs to deans of research, over 300 researchers across 100+ institutions share how they’re navigating funding cuts and finding ways forward.
www.biorender.com/2025-science...
www.biorender.com/2025-science...
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Ancient human ancestor emerges from sunken Southeast Asian landmass | Science www.science.org/content/arti...
Ancient human ancestor emerges from sunken Southeast Asian landmass
Submerged fossils are revealing long-held secrets from a region known as Sundaland
www.science.org
July 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Ancient human ancestor emerges from sunken Southeast Asian landmass | Science www.science.org/content/arti...
It’s been a week! Managed to spend some time in my favorite hobbit hole after 5 years of pandemic and childbirth 😁 Looking forward to the next 5 years of active fieldwork and lots of nasi goreng!
Sampai jumpa tahun depan 🫶
Sampai jumpa tahun depan 🫶
July 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It’s been a week! Managed to spend some time in my favorite hobbit hole after 5 years of pandemic and childbirth 😁 Looking forward to the next 5 years of active fieldwork and lots of nasi goreng!
Sampai jumpa tahun depan 🫶
Sampai jumpa tahun depan 🫶
Reposted by Dr. E Grace Veatch
I know we could all use some good news right now, and I love Ice Age animals and Game of Thrones as much as the next person. But as someone who writes about evolution and extinction, ecology and conservation, for a living, I’ve gotta say this Dire Wolf hoopla is deeply problematic. A short thread 🧵🧪
April 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I know we could all use some good news right now, and I love Ice Age animals and Game of Thrones as much as the next person. But as someone who writes about evolution and extinction, ecology and conservation, for a living, I’ve gotta say this Dire Wolf hoopla is deeply problematic. A short thread 🧵🧪
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The loss of a legend- Kanzi, the language-competent bonobo, has died age 44.
Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...
Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The loss of a legend- Kanzi, the language-competent bonobo, has died age 44.
Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...
Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...
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From EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public
-- republished today on @the-revelator.bsky.social from @ehnewsroom.bsky.social therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
-- republished today on @the-revelator.bsky.social from @ehnewsroom.bsky.social therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
From EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public • The Revelator
“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen,” write current and former EPA employees. “We need to hold this administration accountable.”
therevelator.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
From EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public
-- republished today on @the-revelator.bsky.social from @ehnewsroom.bsky.social therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
-- republished today on @the-revelator.bsky.social from @ehnewsroom.bsky.social therevelator.org/epa-open-let...
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List of Diamond OA Journals in Bioanthropology:
youtube.com/post/Ugkxgv7...
youtube.com/post/Ugkxgv7...
Post from BioantTalks - YouTube
List of Diamond OA journals: 1) Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris: https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/ Palaeoanthropology http...
youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
List of Diamond OA Journals in Bioanthropology:
youtube.com/post/Ugkxgv7...
youtube.com/post/Ugkxgv7...
Today, I wrote two hearty result paragraphs and created two detailed figures from GIS all while being a full time solo parent of a three month old today 💪 time to get the baby some outdoor time and take a walk #StayAtHome #academicmom
a man in a red sweater is dancing in a living room with the words woohoo ! written on the screen .
ALT: a man in a red sweater is dancing in a living room with the words woohoo ! written on the screen .
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today, I wrote two hearty result paragraphs and created two detailed figures from GIS all while being a full time solo parent of a three month old today 💪 time to get the baby some outdoor time and take a walk #StayAtHome #academicmom
Coming back to work after maternity leave and it feels nearly impossible #AcademicMoms
an illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words " americans need paid parental leave "
ALT: an illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words " americans need paid parental leave "
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Coming back to work after maternity leave and it feels nearly impossible #AcademicMoms
Super cool research by @brianapobiner.bsky.social and team! Congrats!!
Cutmarked bone at a site in southern Romania suggests "a widespread, though perhaps intermittent, presence of hominins across Eurasia by at least 2.0 Ma."
🏺🧪🦣 #paleoanthropology
🏺🧪🦣 #paleoanthropology
Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago - Nature Communications
When hominins dispersed into Eurasia is unclear. Here, the authors present multiple cut-marked bones from Grăunceanu, Romania dated to at least 1.95 million years ago and suggest hominins would have l...
www.nature.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Super cool research by @brianapobiner.bsky.social and team! Congrats!!
Check out the latest research from Liang Bua by Indonesian archaeologist I Made Agus Julianto!
"New insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 years"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"New insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 years"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 years
In addition to preserving a rich archaeological record spanning from ∼190 thousand years ago (ka) until the terminal Pleistocene, Liang Bua (Flores, I…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Check out the latest research from Liang Bua by Indonesian archaeologist I Made Agus Julianto!
"New insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 years"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"New insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 years"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The editors are doing the right thing, but this is a terrible loss. For decades, Journal of Human Evolution has consistently been one of the best venues for publishing bread-and-butter technical work in the field of #paleoanthropology.
Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
December 26, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The editors are doing the right thing, but this is a terrible loss. For decades, Journal of Human Evolution has consistently been one of the best venues for publishing bread-and-butter technical work in the field of #paleoanthropology.
“Through this exhibition, we remind the world that human civilization not only started in Africa, but also found its strength and complexity in the archipelago,"
‘The 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest Civilization’ voi.id/en/lifestyle...
The 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Effectus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest Civilization
The exhibition entitled "Indonesia: The Oldest Civilization on Earth? 130 Years After Pithecanthropus Erekus" celebrates 130 years of discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus or Javanese Ancient Humans ...
voi.id
December 26, 2024 at 4:33 PM
“Through this exhibition, we remind the world that human civilization not only started in Africa, but also found its strength and complexity in the archipelago,"
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‘The 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest Civilization’ voi.id/en/lifestyle...
The 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Effectus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest Civilization
The exhibition entitled "Indonesia: The Oldest Civilization on Earth? 130 Years After Pithecanthropus Erekus" celebrates 130 years of discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus or Javanese Ancient Humans ...
voi.id
December 26, 2024 at 10:32 AM
‘The 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest Civilization’ voi.id/en/lifestyle...
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"Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of the honour of an FRS is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone... who has immeasurable wealth & power which he will use to threaten scientists who disagree with him."
I do hope the RS is engaging with this🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I do hope the RS is engaging with this🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM
"Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of the honour of an FRS is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone... who has immeasurable wealth & power which he will use to threaten scientists who disagree with him."
I do hope the RS is engaging with this🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I do hope the RS is engaging with this🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“We must remember that American higher education is imbricated with the American project writ large. To set aside this work entirely is to abandon the values of a liberal education, and what would that say about our hopes for a better future for our country and for our students?”
#SaveHumanities
#SaveHumanities
just saw this great piece in the LA Review of Books. it mentions a new major I developed with my department here at Virginia Tech - "Humanities for Public Service"
it's time to fight for the Humanities.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/reje...
it's time to fight for the Humanities.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/reje...
Rejecting the Siege Mentality in Higher Education | Los Angeles Review of Books
Stacy Hartman and Heather Hewett examine how the humanities are being reimagined in departments and programs across higher education today.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 26, 2024 at 1:30 AM
“We must remember that American higher education is imbricated with the American project writ large. To set aside this work entirely is to abandon the values of a liberal education, and what would that say about our hopes for a better future for our country and for our students?”
#SaveHumanities
#SaveHumanities
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Taphonomic Approach to the Interpretation of Isolated Human Skulls: Distinguishing Natural from Intentional Deposition link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Taphonomic Approach to the Interpretation of Isolated Human Skulls: Distinguishing Natural from Intentional Deposition - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
The human cranium is probably the most common single anatomical element manipulated after the death of the individual. However, it is not uncommon to find isolated crania for which it is difficult to ...
link.springer.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Taphonomic Approach to the Interpretation of Isolated Human Skulls: Distinguishing Natural from Intentional Deposition link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Research has overturned earlier claims that a diminutive human relative, Homo floresiensis, lit fires—but big stories die hard www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Extinguishing the Idea That Hobbits Had Fire
Research has overturned earlier claims that a diminutive human relative, Homo floresiensis, lit fires—but big stories die hard.
www.sapiens.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Research has overturned earlier claims that a diminutive human relative, Homo floresiensis, lit fires—but big stories die hard www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
