Lucy Timbrell
@lucytimbrell96.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MPI-GEA and Uni of Liverpool👩🏼💻 Interested in African archaeology, palaeoclimates and quantitative approaches https://sites.google.com/view/drlucytimbrell/home
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Very grateful to everyone who joined our symposium and workshop last week, inspiring discussions and wonderful company all around!
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Young people don't need more "Religious Education" to live in modern world.
If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
National curriculum review in England: 10 key recommendations
Proposals include shortening length of GCSE exams, a new diagnostic test in maths and English, and expanding RE
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Young people don't need more "Religious Education" to live in modern world.
If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Please join us next week, Thursday 30th October, for our next talk. We will be joined by Dr Jessica Thompson, Yale University. More details 👇
Please note the change of start time to 15:00 GMT!
Please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
Please note the change of start time to 15:00 GMT!
Please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Please join us next week, Thursday 30th October, for our next talk. We will be joined by Dr Jessica Thompson, Yale University. More details 👇
Please note the change of start time to 15:00 GMT!
Please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
Please note the change of start time to 15:00 GMT!
Please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
Very grateful to everyone who joined our symposium and workshop last week, inspiring discussions and wonderful company all around!
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Very grateful to everyone who joined our symposium and workshop last week, inspiring discussions and wonderful company all around!
Join us tomorrow online for our symposium on quantifying complexity in stone tools! 😊
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Join us tomorrow online for our symposium on quantifying complexity in stone tools! 😊
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Next Tuesday at UCL 😊
If you are around @ucl.ac.uk later this month, I’ll be giving a talk on Spatial Population Dynamics and Human Evolution on the 28th 🤩
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Evolutionary Anthropology seminars
Exploring the evolutionary roots of human behaviour, biology, and culture through interdisciplinary research and debate.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Next Tuesday at UCL 😊
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Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
posted on October 16, 2025
We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual for a ful...
hmc-lab.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
On the 4th December 2025, @eesaupe.bsky.social will be giving an in person lecture at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On the 4th December 2025, @eesaupe.bsky.social will be giving an in person lecture at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara!
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara!
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara!
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara!
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene”
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
The seminar series is back! Don't miss the FIRST talk of the 2025/26 Human Palaeosystems in focus - the perfect way to get inspired for the new academic year ahead ➡️
www.gea.mpg.de/177655/the-e...
www.gea.mpg.de/177655/the-e...
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The seminar series is back! Don't miss the FIRST talk of the 2025/26 Human Palaeosystems in focus - the perfect way to get inspired for the new academic year ahead ➡️
www.gea.mpg.de/177655/the-e...
www.gea.mpg.de/177655/the-e...
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
Deadline for in-person registration is tomorrow!
Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Deadline for in-person registration is tomorrow!
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Fees and Funding - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Registration for in-person or online participation for our symposium is still open!
Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
September 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Registration for in-person or online participation for our symposium is still open!
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
August 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
Today! Don’t miss it 😊
Join us on Wednesday for our final webinar of series by @jcsvenning.bsky.social on:
“Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.”
More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
“Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.”
More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Today! Don’t miss it 😊
Join us on Wednesday for our final webinar of series by @jcsvenning.bsky.social on:
“Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.”
More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
“Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.”
More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
August 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join us on Wednesday for our final webinar of series by @jcsvenning.bsky.social on:
“Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.”
More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
“Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.”
More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
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Co-organizing a session at #SAA San Francisco with T. Kovach: "Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches in #Lithic Analysis." A few spots still open! Abstracts due Sept. 4.
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
August 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Co-organizing a session at #SAA San Francisco with T. Kovach: "Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches in #Lithic Analysis." A few spots still open! Abstracts due Sept. 4.
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺
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Thank you @prelights.bsky.social & Alejandra Leffer's group for choosing our preprint on @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social and for this chance to talk about human- #malaria coevolution!🦟
@eegcam.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social @MPI_GEA
@eegcam.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social @MPI_GEA
The distribution of early human settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa might have been influenced by avoidance of mosquitoes that spread malaria
A new #prelight of Alejandra Leffer's group talks about the preprint by @margheritac17.bsky.social , and the team.
A new #prelight of Alejandra Leffer's group talks about the preprint by @margheritac17.bsky.social , and the team.
Malaria shaped human spatial organisation for the last 74 thousand years - preLights
The distribution of early human settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa might have been influenced by avoidance of mosquitoes that spread malaria
prelights.biologists.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thank you @prelights.bsky.social & Alejandra Leffer's group for choosing our preprint on @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social and for this chance to talk about human- #malaria coevolution!🦟
@eegcam.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social @MPI_GEA
@eegcam.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social @MPI_GEA
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And Palaeolithic archaeology, which remains hugely behind too. 'This is not about political correctness or ticking boxes....Diverse teams deliver better science: they ask different questions, challenge old assumptions, and produce richer, more nuanced insights.'
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
We need a feminist palaeoanthropology that finally listens to all of us — HERI - Human Evolution Research Institute
Palaeoanthropology asks profound questions: Who are we? What makes us human? Too often, answering these answers has been done by a privileged few. HERi Co-director Prof Rebecca Ackermann calls for tha...
www.heriuct.co.za
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And Palaeolithic archaeology, which remains hugely behind too. 'This is not about political correctness or ticking boxes....Diverse teams deliver better science: they ask different questions, challenge old assumptions, and produce richer, more nuanced insights.'
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
Archaeologists, historians, classicists: can your research into our past inform our future? The ‘Lessons from the Past’ (March ‘26) conference is looking for papers on tangible sustainability changes informed by human history lessonsfromthepast.info
@livancworlds.bsky.social #AcademicSky
@livancworlds.bsky.social #AcademicSky
August 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Archaeologists, historians, classicists: can your research into our past inform our future? The ‘Lessons from the Past’ (March ‘26) conference is looking for papers on tangible sustainability changes informed by human history lessonsfromthepast.info
@livancworlds.bsky.social #AcademicSky
@livancworlds.bsky.social #AcademicSky
Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
August 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
Interested in the functional morphology of mammal heads and want to come join us in Liverpool? Apply for this exciting new PhD project with Alana!
Are you looking for a PhD project starting this year?
I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥
Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥
Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals | Courses | University of Liverpool
From elephants to rhinos to bison, enormous increases in body mass have repeatedly evolved within Mammalia over relatively short timescales, leading to a diversity of size and shape. In this project, ...
www.liverpool.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Interested in the functional morphology of mammal heads and want to come join us in Liverpool? Apply for this exciting new PhD project with Alana!
Reposted by Lucy Timbrell
Both proxies and models provide key resources
More is not always better:
Delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies🏺🧪
@lucytimbrell96.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social , et al
cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...
More is not always better:
Delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies🏺🧪
@lucytimbrell96.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social , et al
cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...
July 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Both proxies and models provide key resources
More is not always better:
Delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies🏺🧪
@lucytimbrell96.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social , et al
cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...
More is not always better:
Delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies🏺🧪
@lucytimbrell96.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social , et al
cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...