Helen Fewlass
@helenfewlass.bsky.social
Archaeological Scientist 👩🔬 Lecturer in Archaeology at Uni of Bristol 💜 Palaeolithic archaeology and Human Evolution 💀 Old Bones 🦷 Proteins 🦴 Radiocarbon dating ⏳
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The poll for selecting the host city of the Radiocarbon 26 in 2028 is closed.
The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes!
Congratulations to Tokyo team!
Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals.
Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.
The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes!
Congratulations to Tokyo team!
Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals.
Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The poll for selecting the host city of the Radiocarbon 26 in 2028 is closed.
The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes!
Congratulations to Tokyo team!
Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals.
Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.
The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes!
Congratulations to Tokyo team!
Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals.
Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.
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🚨SAVE THE DATE for two 14C conferences happening in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, next year:
4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July
Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷
Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!
@fransantanas.bsky.social
4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July
Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷
Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!
@fransantanas.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨SAVE THE DATE for two 14C conferences happening in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, next year:
4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July
Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷
Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!
@fransantanas.bsky.social
4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July
Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷
Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!
@fransantanas.bsky.social
Very excited to receive an ERC Starting Grant to study the earliest archaeological and biomolecular evidence of Homo sapiens in NW Europe
Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉
#HorizonEurope #ERCStG
Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉
#HorizonEurope #ERCStG
📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!
Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!
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#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!
➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh
#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
September 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very excited to receive an ERC Starting Grant to study the earliest archaeological and biomolecular evidence of Homo sapiens in NW Europe
Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉
#HorizonEurope #ERCStG
Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉
#HorizonEurope #ERCStG
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Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Interested in studying archaeology at university? JOIN US in person or virtually on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy bsky.app/profile/brit... to find out more about what it's like to study archaeology at university! More info and booking links here: linktr.ee/University_A...
July 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Interested in studying archaeology at university? JOIN US in person or virtually on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy bsky.app/profile/brit... to find out more about what it's like to study archaeology at university! More info and booking links here: linktr.ee/University_A...
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Excited to announce our paper on ancient Borrelia genomes is finally out! 🦠💀We document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever, published today in @science.org with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social #aDNA 🏺🧪🧬
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️
May 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Excited to announce our paper on ancient Borrelia genomes is finally out! 🦠💀We document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever, published today in @science.org with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social #aDNA 🏺🧪🧬
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️
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@whatkatiedigs.bsky.social has a funded PhD opportunity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
Using #ZooMS and #sedaDNA #ancientDNA, #radiocarbon dating and #geoarchaeology to find Scotland's lost Ice Age animals 🦣❄️
#PhDposition #archaeology #paleontology #biomolecular
Using #ZooMS and #sedaDNA #ancientDNA, #radiocarbon dating and #geoarchaeology to find Scotland's lost Ice Age animals 🦣❄️
#PhDposition #archaeology #paleontology #biomolecular
Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen , listed on F...
findaphd.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@whatkatiedigs.bsky.social has a funded PhD opportunity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
Using #ZooMS and #sedaDNA #ancientDNA, #radiocarbon dating and #geoarchaeology to find Scotland's lost Ice Age animals 🦣❄️
#PhDposition #archaeology #paleontology #biomolecular
Using #ZooMS and #sedaDNA #ancientDNA, #radiocarbon dating and #geoarchaeology to find Scotland's lost Ice Age animals 🦣❄️
#PhDposition #archaeology #paleontology #biomolecular
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York
An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...
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It's Friday so happy news! Excited to share my new
@naturecomms.bsky.social paper, published today!
Thanks to the @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding this work! Grateful also to Linacre College (Oxford) and @bristolantharch.bsky.social for the support.
Click and check it out! 👇
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@naturecomms.bsky.social paper, published today!
Thanks to the @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding this work! Grateful also to Linacre College (Oxford) and @bristolantharch.bsky.social for the support.
Click and check it out! 👇
rdcu.be/eeu3Y
Climate influence on the early human occupation of South America during the late Pleistocene
Nature Communications - Here, the author presents a Bayesian chronological model based in 1700 radiocarbon dates that traces human occupation South America in the late Pleistocene and describes the...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's Friday so happy news! Excited to share my new
@naturecomms.bsky.social paper, published today!
Thanks to the @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding this work! Grateful also to Linacre College (Oxford) and @bristolantharch.bsky.social for the support.
Click and check it out! 👇
rdcu.be/eeu3Y
@naturecomms.bsky.social paper, published today!
Thanks to the @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding this work! Grateful also to Linacre College (Oxford) and @bristolantharch.bsky.social for the support.
Click and check it out! 👇
rdcu.be/eeu3Y
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Very happy to share our new paper on human facial development and evolution out today in JHE 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees
Present-day humans have small and retracted midfaces, while Neanderthals possess large and forwardly projected midfaces. To understand the ontogenetic…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Very happy to share our new paper on human facial development and evolution out today in JHE 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Really happy to see this paper out, using field biomechanics we show that wild chimpanzees don't just randomly select plants materials for termite fishing tools – they use a little “folk physics” choosing materials with specific properties! Study in iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful.... 1/5
Engineering skills in the manufacture of tools by wild chimpanzees
Biological sciences; Zoology; Evolutionary biology
www.cell.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Really happy to see this paper out, using field biomechanics we show that wild chimpanzees don't just randomly select plants materials for termite fishing tools – they use a little “folk physics” choosing materials with specific properties! Study in iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful.... 1/5
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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).
The Human Fossil Record: A Digital Resource for Research and Education
The Human Fossil Record: A Digital Resource for Research and Education
human-fossil-record.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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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Hi
We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!
some links;
the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...
our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...
and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...
We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!
some links;
the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...
our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...
and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...
February 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Hi
We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!
some links;
the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...
our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...
and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...
We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!
some links;
the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...
our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...
and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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The University of Oslo is hiring an Associate Professor in Zoology for its Natural History Museum, starting January 2026. Candidates should have a strong research track in zoology and curatorial experience. De… https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/268410/associate-professor-in-zoology #job
Associate Professor in Zoology (268410) | University of Oslo
Job title: Associate Professor in Zoology (268410), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 23, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
January 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The University of Oslo is hiring an Associate Professor in Zoology for its Natural History Museum, starting January 2026. Candidates should have a strong research track in zoology and curatorial experience. De… https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/268410/associate-professor-in-zoology #job
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I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture - Nature
Nature - Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture
www.nature.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
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I wrote a short piece for @geolsoc.bsky.social Geoscientist Magazine 🌋 🌍 ✏️
Learn how to draw audiences into your science through illustration > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
Learn how to draw audiences into your science through illustration > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
Draw them in - GEOSCIENTIST
They say a picture speaks louder than a thousand words, and it might… but what if it is speaking in a foreign language? When communicating geoscience through graphics, are we favouring our own needs t...
geoscientist.online
December 12, 2024 at 7:25 AM
I wrote a short piece for @geolsoc.bsky.social Geoscientist Magazine 🌋 🌍 ✏️
Learn how to draw audiences into your science through illustration > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
Learn how to draw audiences into your science through illustration > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
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Are you an Early Career Research (PhD, postdoc, new group leader) working in Animal Ancient DNA? Want to present your work to the @aarc-community.bsky.social community? Express your interest in participating in our AaRC TikTalk Seminar series with the link below! #aDNA
AaRC TikTalk Seminars - Expression of Interest
Please let us know if you are interested in presenting at the AaRC TikTalks Seminars. The seminars are held on the last Friday of every month. Speakers are currently open to graduate students (PhDs an...
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December 4, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Are you an Early Career Research (PhD, postdoc, new group leader) working in Animal Ancient DNA? Want to present your work to the @aarc-community.bsky.social community? Express your interest in participating in our AaRC TikTalk Seminar series with the link below! #aDNA
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We are looking for two new Senior Geoarchaeologists to join out team at Archaeology South-East (UCL). This would be as part of a friendly team with scope to focus on your own specialisms. I’m happy to answer any questions about this if you’d like to know more.
www.bajr.org/Employment/U...
www.bajr.org/Employment/U...
Senior Specialists (Geoarchaeology) (UCL Grade 6) with Archaeology South-East | BAJR Archaeology Jobs
Senior Specialists (Geoarchaeology) (UCL Grade 6) is only one of a host of jobs online at the British Archaeological Jobs Resource BAJR
www.bajr.org
November 27, 2024 at 1:59 PM
We are looking for two new Senior Geoarchaeologists to join out team at Archaeology South-East (UCL). This would be as part of a friendly team with scope to focus on your own specialisms. I’m happy to answer any questions about this if you’d like to know more.
www.bajr.org/Employment/U...
www.bajr.org/Employment/U...
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(1/11) I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded a European Research Council ‘Consolidator Grant’. The TerraForm project (‘The Rise and Fall of Maltese Terraced Landscapes’) will begin in the spring of 2025.
December 3, 2024 at 11:32 AM
(1/11) I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded a European Research Council ‘Consolidator Grant’. The TerraForm project (‘The Rise and Fall of Maltese Terraced Landscapes’) will begin in the spring of 2025.
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I am thrilled to share the news that I was awarded #ERC_Consolidator Grant for studying the problem of Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Central Asia. Stay tuner for #INASIA project
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Consolidator Grants: ERC awards €678m in grants to back excellent research across Europe
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its 2024 Consolidator Grants to 328 researchers across Europe. These grants, totalling €678 million, aim to support outstanding scientists and scholars ...
erc.europa.eu
December 3, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I am thrilled to share the news that I was awarded #ERC_Consolidator Grant for studying the problem of Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Central Asia. Stay tuner for #INASIA project
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Funded #PhD opportunity to work with us on deep sea coral biomineralisation: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Webinar Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 11 am GMT: if you're interested, just sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Webinar Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 11 am GMT: if you're interested, just sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Funded #PhD opportunity to work with us on deep sea coral biomineralisation: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Webinar Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 11 am GMT: if you're interested, just sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Webinar Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 11 am GMT: if you're interested, just sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
December 2, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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I have made a new list about all things ICE AGE! Pin this to your feed if you love Quaternary Science, Ice Age beast, and the Stone Age.
It combines starter packs by me, @chslane.bsky.social & @bluerehn.bsky.social & is your one stop shop for the Pleisto Scene
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have made a new list about all things ICE AGE! Pin this to your feed if you love Quaternary Science, Ice Age beast, and the Stone Age.
It combines starter packs by me, @chslane.bsky.social & @bluerehn.bsky.social & is your one stop shop for the Pleisto Scene
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 28, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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I have made a new list about all things ICE AGE! Pin this to your feed if you love Quaternary Science, Ice Age beast, and the Stone Age.
It combines starter packs by me, @chslane.bsky.social & @bluerehn.bsky.social & is your one stop shop for the Pleisto Scene
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have made a new list about all things ICE AGE! Pin this to your feed if you love Quaternary Science, Ice Age beast, and the Stone Age.
It combines starter packs by me, @chslane.bsky.social & @bluerehn.bsky.social & is your one stop shop for the Pleisto Scene
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA.
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA
For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA
For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 AM
We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA.
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA
For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA
For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
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I have created a #palaeoproteomics and #ZooMS starterpack - please DM if you want to be added to the list.
November 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I have created a #palaeoproteomics and #ZooMS starterpack - please DM if you want to be added to the list.