Judith Beier
@judithbeier.bsky.social
Researcher in biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, skeletal trauma.
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Upcoming workshop in Visby, Gotland - application of forensic traumatology to archaeological skeletal remains - with a definite focus on medieval warfare. Looking forward to delivering this along with @tonypollard.bsky.social, Peter Johnsson, & Jo Buckberry @bradarch.bsky.social @uubrl.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Upcoming workshop in Visby, Gotland - application of forensic traumatology to archaeological skeletal remains - with a definite focus on medieval warfare. Looking forward to delivering this along with @tonypollard.bsky.social, Peter Johnsson, & Jo Buckberry @bradarch.bsky.social @uubrl.bsky.social
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I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
Day 2 of the FASE workshop on bone histology and skeletal trauma in Paris is in full swing. Awesome topic, great lectures and lecturers and tons of interesting trauma thin sections 🦴🔬🙌
#bonehistology #ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
#bonehistology #ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
August 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Day 2 of the FASE workshop on bone histology and skeletal trauma in Paris is in full swing. Awesome topic, great lectures and lecturers and tons of interesting trauma thin sections 🦴🔬🙌
#bonehistology #ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
#bonehistology #ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
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1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New publication 📖 Trauma or damage? A study on the breakage patterns of the Apidima crania, which was part of my PhD research.
OA book chapter: hdl.handle.net/10900/156259
Longer version in PhD thesis: hdl.handle.net/10900/119049
Congratulations to the editors & all contributors of this volume! 👏
OA book chapter: hdl.handle.net/10900/156259
Longer version in PhD thesis: hdl.handle.net/10900/119049
Congratulations to the editors & all contributors of this volume! 👏
August 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New publication 📖 Trauma or damage? A study on the breakage patterns of the Apidima crania, which was part of my PhD research.
OA book chapter: hdl.handle.net/10900/156259
Longer version in PhD thesis: hdl.handle.net/10900/119049
Congratulations to the editors & all contributors of this volume! 👏
OA book chapter: hdl.handle.net/10900/156259
Longer version in PhD thesis: hdl.handle.net/10900/119049
Congratulations to the editors & all contributors of this volume! 👏
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Check out the exciting program of the FASE Symposium 2025 in Paris on August 30: event.forensicanthropology.eu/symposium-pr...
Two days left to register - deadline July 31.
#ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
Two days left to register - deadline July 31.
#ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
Symposium Program – FASE Event 2025 – Advanced workshop + Symposium
event.forensicanthropology.eu
July 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Check out the exciting program of the FASE Symposium 2025 in Paris on August 30: event.forensicanthropology.eu/symposium-pr...
Two days left to register - deadline July 31.
#ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
Two days left to register - deadline July 31.
#ForensicAnthropologySocietyofEurope #SocietyFASE
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📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
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#newpaper now out in @nature.com!
A huge expansion of the human niche in Africa ~70 kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with a unique ecological flexibility.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Emily Hallett, @mikleonardi.bsky.social, Andrea Manica, @elliescerri.bsky.social 1/4
A huge expansion of the human niche in Africa ~70 kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with a unique ecological flexibility.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Emily Hallett, @mikleonardi.bsky.social, Andrea Manica, @elliescerri.bsky.social 1/4
Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal - Nature
Analysis of species distribution models in a pan-African database comprising chronometrically dated archaeological sites over the past 120,000 years shows major expansion in the human niche from 70 ka...
www.nature.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#newpaper now out in @nature.com!
A huge expansion of the human niche in Africa ~70 kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with a unique ecological flexibility.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Emily Hallett, @mikleonardi.bsky.social, Andrea Manica, @elliescerri.bsky.social 1/4
A huge expansion of the human niche in Africa ~70 kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with a unique ecological flexibility.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Emily Hallett, @mikleonardi.bsky.social, Andrea Manica, @elliescerri.bsky.social 1/4
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Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss
Keine Spitze ohne Berg: Zum Begriff des „Spitzenforschers“
Der Begriff des Spitzenforschers degradiert das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig und stützt einen Geniekult, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich...
arbeitinderwissenschaft.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss
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Are you a forensic anthropologist or other biological anthropologist who considers skeletal trauma interpretation part of your skill set?
We are running a study (survey, ~15 min) on how practitioners interpret skeletal trauma. It's kinda fun to do!
Sharing this with others is much appreciated 🤩
We are running a study (survey, ~15 min) on how practitioners interpret skeletal trauma. It's kinda fun to do!
Sharing this with others is much appreciated 🤩
🚨 Seeking practitioners, researchers, or students involved in forensic anthropology and/or skeletal trauma interpretation 🚨
Help us understand how forensic practitioners interpret gun shot and other trauma on long bones by participating in a short survey!
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Help us understand how forensic practitioners interpret gun shot and other trauma on long bones by participating in a short survey!
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June 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Are you a forensic anthropologist or other biological anthropologist who considers skeletal trauma interpretation part of your skill set?
We are running a study (survey, ~15 min) on how practitioners interpret skeletal trauma. It's kinda fun to do!
Sharing this with others is much appreciated 🤩
We are running a study (survey, ~15 min) on how practitioners interpret skeletal trauma. It's kinda fun to do!
Sharing this with others is much appreciated 🤩
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#NextGenSci asked young scientists to write a rule that all principal investigators should be required to follow to improve the experience of young scientists in their lab.
Check out their answers on #NationalHigherEducationDay: scim.ag/45zsFEr
Check out their answers on #NationalHigherEducationDay: scim.ag/45zsFEr
June 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#NextGenSci asked young scientists to write a rule that all principal investigators should be required to follow to improve the experience of young scientists in their lab.
Check out their answers on #NationalHigherEducationDay: scim.ag/45zsFEr
Check out their answers on #NationalHigherEducationDay: scim.ag/45zsFEr
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🚨NEW PAPER from the @eegcam.bsky.social!🚨I have never been as proud of something as of the work that finally we can share today: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - we show how a climatically driven Pan African meta population model explains our species genetic and morphological diversity 🧬💀
Pan-African metapopulation model explains Homo sapiens genetic and morphological evolution
Emerging evidence has challenged the traditional view of a single-region origin for Homo sapiens, suggesting instead that our species arose and diversified across multiple geographically distinct popu...
www.biorxiv.org
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨NEW PAPER from the @eegcam.bsky.social!🚨I have never been as proud of something as of the work that finally we can share today: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - we show how a climatically driven Pan African meta population model explains our species genetic and morphological diversity 🧬💀
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Interested in investigating human history? Still a chance to join us in Uppsala as a junior or senior fellow! Closing date soon!
The Call is open: Human Past #Fellowships 2026-27. Deadline: 2 June 2025. centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/20... #opportunity #humanpast #research @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social #genetics #linguistics #archaeology #indoeuropean #bantu #austronesian @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Interested in investigating human history? Still a chance to join us in Uppsala as a junior or senior fellow! Closing date soon!
A great success for archaeology and human origins research in Germany 🥳 Two clusters of excellence to be funded for (another) 7 years. Congratulations to @clusterroots.bsky.social, @uni-kiel.de, @unituebingen.bsky.social, @harvatilab.bsky.social, @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social @ctennie.bsky.social!
The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
May 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A great success for archaeology and human origins research in Germany 🥳 Two clusters of excellence to be funded for (another) 7 years. Congratulations to @clusterroots.bsky.social, @uni-kiel.de, @unituebingen.bsky.social, @harvatilab.bsky.social, @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social @ctennie.bsky.social!
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📢 We're hiring!
The Leibniz-Zentrum for Archaeology (LEIZA) is launching a new international, English-language, Diamond Open Access journal—and we're looking for a Managing Editor (m/f/d) to lead the way.
📍#Mainz or #Schleswig
🕒 Full- or part-time
💼 EG 13 TV-L
#archaeology #journal #editing 1/4
The Leibniz-Zentrum for Archaeology (LEIZA) is launching a new international, English-language, Diamond Open Access journal—and we're looking for a Managing Editor (m/f/d) to lead the way.
📍#Mainz or #Schleswig
🕒 Full- or part-time
💼 EG 13 TV-L
#archaeology #journal #editing 1/4
May 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📢 We're hiring!
The Leibniz-Zentrum for Archaeology (LEIZA) is launching a new international, English-language, Diamond Open Access journal—and we're looking for a Managing Editor (m/f/d) to lead the way.
📍#Mainz or #Schleswig
🕒 Full- or part-time
💼 EG 13 TV-L
#archaeology #journal #editing 1/4
The Leibniz-Zentrum for Archaeology (LEIZA) is launching a new international, English-language, Diamond Open Access journal—and we're looking for a Managing Editor (m/f/d) to lead the way.
📍#Mainz or #Schleswig
🕒 Full- or part-time
💼 EG 13 TV-L
#archaeology #journal #editing 1/4
Thank you so much for the invitation! #HumanEvo25
Following from the plague, @judithbeier.bsky.social tells us about cranial trauma in #Neanderthals and Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe 🥰 ☠️
#HumanEvo25
#HumanEvo25
April 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Thank you so much for the invitation! #HumanEvo25
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@judithbeier.bsky.social
Judith presents a new method using GLMs to estimate cranial trauma prevalence in N. and H.s. Results overturn long held misconceptions that N. had sig. higher rates of trauma when compared to H.s 💀 Ev. suggests a relationship with age, revealing social diff.
#HumanEvo25
Judith presents a new method using GLMs to estimate cranial trauma prevalence in N. and H.s. Results overturn long held misconceptions that N. had sig. higher rates of trauma when compared to H.s 💀 Ev. suggests a relationship with age, revealing social diff.
#HumanEvo25
April 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@judithbeier.bsky.social
Judith presents a new method using GLMs to estimate cranial trauma prevalence in N. and H.s. Results overturn long held misconceptions that N. had sig. higher rates of trauma when compared to H.s 💀 Ev. suggests a relationship with age, revealing social diff.
#HumanEvo25
Judith presents a new method using GLMs to estimate cranial trauma prevalence in N. and H.s. Results overturn long held misconceptions that N. had sig. higher rates of trauma when compared to H.s 💀 Ev. suggests a relationship with age, revealing social diff.
#HumanEvo25
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Jerome Isle de Beauchaine: morphological reanalysis of the Aurignacian mandible from George-Des-Rois, France. Results suggest the mandible is consistent with modern human variability but there is much more variability in fossil modern humans than previously thought 🦷
#HumanEvo25
#HumanEvo25
April 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Jerome Isle de Beauchaine: morphological reanalysis of the Aurignacian mandible from George-Des-Rois, France. Results suggest the mandible is consistent with modern human variability but there is much more variability in fossil modern humans than previously thought 🦷
#HumanEvo25
#HumanEvo25
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Exciting talk by @romangarba.bsky.social on cosmogenic nuclides for dating prehistoric sites - fabulous work at #Korolevo (western #Ukraine) and East-to-West dispersal into Europe 1.5-1.3 million years ago. Huge potential for new and old excavations 🤩🤩
April 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Exciting talk by @romangarba.bsky.social on cosmogenic nuclides for dating prehistoric sites - fabulous work at #Korolevo (western #Ukraine) and East-to-West dispersal into Europe 1.5-1.3 million years ago. Huge potential for new and old excavations 🤩🤩
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Applying a new / adapted method Pheno-ABC to dental phenotypes to answer questions of prehistoric population dynamics by @hannesrathmann.bsky.social 🥰
#HumanEvo25
#HumanEvo25
April 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Applying a new / adapted method Pheno-ABC to dental phenotypes to answer questions of prehistoric population dynamics by @hannesrathmann.bsky.social 🥰
#HumanEvo25
#HumanEvo25
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We are pleased to advise that the ISPH 2025 abstract submission deadline has been extended to 7 May 2025 5pm AEST. Don’t forget to register to ensure your submission is included in the program! #isph2025
April 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We are pleased to advise that the ISPH 2025 abstract submission deadline has been extended to 7 May 2025 5pm AEST. Don’t forget to register to ensure your submission is included in the program! #isph2025
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Exciting start to 2nd day of #HumanEvo25 - @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social talk on “Beyond out of Africa”, mobility of HGs oc the Nile Valley badin in the late Pleistocene 🥰
April 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Exciting start to 2nd day of #HumanEvo25 - @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social talk on “Beyond out of Africa”, mobility of HGs oc the Nile Valley badin in the late Pleistocene 🥰
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@aliceleplongeon.bsky.social introducing @mmartinont.bsky.social to open the #HumanEvo25 conference with a keynote lecture 🤩
‘East meets West’
‘East meets West’
April 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
@aliceleplongeon.bsky.social introducing @mmartinont.bsky.social to open the #HumanEvo25 conference with a keynote lecture 🤩
‘East meets West’
‘East meets West’
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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
April 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📢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