Manuel Will
@manuelwill.bsky.social
Researcher in Paleolithic/African Archaeology & Paleoanthropology! Lecturer at University of Tübingen. Associate Editor Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manuel-Will
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Latest paper: Boxgrove is a key European site dating to 480,000 years ago. At GTP17, hominins knapped handaxes and then butchered an adult female horse. A fragment of the horse's scapula appeared to have evidence of impact from a wooden spear.....
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Latest paper: Boxgrove is a key European site dating to 480,000 years ago. At GTP17, hominins knapped handaxes and then butchered an adult female horse. A fragment of the horse's scapula appeared to have evidence of impact from a wooden spear.....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Just finished my 100th review for a journal article - not sure if I should celebrate this anniversary or not 👀 #academia #reviewernumber2
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Just finished my 100th review for a journal article - not sure if I should celebrate this anniversary or not 👀 #academia #reviewernumber2
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Die @unileipzig.bsky.social, @maxplanck.de & @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social bauen ihre Zusammenarbeit in Forschung & Lehre aus: 5 gemeinsame Professuren & geplanter Master-Studiengang f. evolutionäre Anthropologie an der Fakultät f. #Lebenswissenschaften der Uni Leipzig. www.eva.mpg.de/de/presse/ak...
Evolutionäre Anthropologie: Gemeinsame Berufungen beschlossen, neuer Studiengang geplant
Universität Leipzig, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und -Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie schließen Vereinbarung über gemeinsame Berufungen
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September 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Die @unileipzig.bsky.social, @maxplanck.de & @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social bauen ihre Zusammenarbeit in Forschung & Lehre aus: 5 gemeinsame Professuren & geplanter Master-Studiengang f. evolutionäre Anthropologie an der Fakultät f. #Lebenswissenschaften der Uni Leipzig. www.eva.mpg.de/de/presse/ak...
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Immer schön, mit tollen Gesprächspartnern komplexen Inhalten auf den Grund zu gehen. Danke @manuelwill.bsky.social und Ph. Gunz @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social dafür #Evolution #Anthropologie #Archäologie
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Fossiler Schädel: Homo sapiens viel älter als angenommen?
Bisher waren Forschende sich weitgehend einig: Der Homo sapiens hat sich einst in Afrika entwickelt und von dort aus verbreitet. Eine neue Studie über die Rekonstruktion eines fossilen Schädels aus Ch...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Immer schön, mit tollen Gesprächspartnern komplexen Inhalten auf den Grund zu gehen. Danke @manuelwill.bsky.social und Ph. Gunz @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social dafür #Evolution #Anthropologie #Archäologie
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Fossiler Schädel: Homo sapiens viel älter als angenommen? | via BR24
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#Evolution #Anthropology
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#Evolution #Anthropology
Fossiler Schädel: Homo sapiens viel älter als angenommen?
Bisher waren Forschende sich weitgehend einig: Der Homo sapiens hat sich einst in Afrika entwickelt und von dort aus verbreitet. Eine neue Studie über die Rekonstruktion eines fossilen Schädels aus Ch...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fossiler Schädel: Homo sapiens viel älter als angenommen? | via BR24
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#Evolution #Anthropology
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#Evolution #Anthropology
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The #ESHE2025 meeting in Paris starts tomorrow (please use this hashtag for sharing). If you are interested in the program, you find it here mcusercontent.com/9347aa3598d5... - Members have received an email for accessing the live stream! We hope you all enjoy the conference in person or online. /MW
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The #ESHE2025 meeting in Paris starts tomorrow (please use this hashtag for sharing). If you are interested in the program, you find it here mcusercontent.com/9347aa3598d5... - Members have received an email for accessing the live stream! We hope you all enjoy the conference in person or online. /MW
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You've heard of the human "cognitive revolution" around 40 kya—a moment when our species suddenly became "behaviorally modern." Have you also heard that this story is wrong?
From the archive, our episode w/ @elliescerri.bsky.social & @manuelwill.bsky.social!
Listen: disi.org/revisiting-t...
From the archive, our episode w/ @elliescerri.bsky.social & @manuelwill.bsky.social!
Listen: disi.org/revisiting-t...
September 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
You've heard of the human "cognitive revolution" around 40 kya—a moment when our species suddenly became "behaviorally modern." Have you also heard that this story is wrong?
From the archive, our episode w/ @elliescerri.bsky.social & @manuelwill.bsky.social!
Listen: disi.org/revisiting-t...
From the archive, our episode w/ @elliescerri.bsky.social & @manuelwill.bsky.social!
Listen: disi.org/revisiting-t...
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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—...
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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...
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'we find that, based on current evidence pertaining to these costs, the case for inferring know-how copying abilities in Oldowan or even Early Acheulean stone toolmakers is weak..this points to a later date for the establishment of this crucial human skill' link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Costs of Early Stone Toolmaking cannot Establish the Presence of Know-how Copying - Human Nature
Compared to other apes, humans show a distinctive capacity for the cultural learning and transmission of know-how: we extract know-how from other individuals and artifacts in ways that regularly give ...
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July 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
'we find that, based on current evidence pertaining to these costs, the case for inferring know-how copying abilities in Oldowan or even Early Acheulean stone toolmakers is weak..this points to a later date for the establishment of this crucial human skill' link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For my German-speaking followers: A 20-minute Podcast episode in which I discuss the results of our recent paper in Nature within the wider context of the global dispersal of our species in the Pleistocene! detektor.fm/wissen/forsc... #archaeology #evolution #podcast #scicom
Ökologische Anpassung: Aufbruch nach Eurasien
Vor 50.000 Jahren gelangten erstmals Menschen aus Afrika nach Eurasien. Wie haben sie das geschafft? Womöglich durch ökologische Anpassung.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
For my German-speaking followers: A 20-minute Podcast episode in which I discuss the results of our recent paper in Nature within the wider context of the global dispersal of our species in the Pleistocene! detektor.fm/wissen/forsc... #archaeology #evolution #podcast #scicom
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Job Alerts!🚨 We are looking to fill three Independent Junior Research Group Leader positions in the 'HUMAN ORIGINS' Cluster of Excellence at the University of Tübingen
Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026
1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
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Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026
1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100%)
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August 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Job Alerts!🚨 We are looking to fill three Independent Junior Research Group Leader positions in the 'HUMAN ORIGINS' Cluster of Excellence at the University of Tübingen
Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026
1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026
1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
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ZOOGESTURES has a web presence now! 🐒🦥🐻❄️
zoogestures.uni-koeln.de
with @nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social
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zoogestures.uni-koeln.de
with @nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social
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August 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ZOOGESTURES has a web presence now! 🐒🦥🐻❄️
zoogestures.uni-koeln.de
with @nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social
🏺🗃️📕
zoogestures.uni-koeln.de
with @nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social
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ZEIT Wissen3 stellt heute die Initiative PD Prekär vor. Mehr dazu gab es vor kurzem im Wiarda-Blog. Sehr erhellendes Gespräch u.a. zu den Absurditäten der Titulaturlehre als Grundbedingung dafür, den Titel ‚Privatdozent*in‘ behalten zu dürfen. www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07....
July 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
ZEIT Wissen3 stellt heute die Initiative PD Prekär vor. Mehr dazu gab es vor kurzem im Wiarda-Blog. Sehr erhellendes Gespräch u.a. zu den Absurditäten der Titulaturlehre als Grundbedingung dafür, den Titel ‚Privatdozent*in‘ behalten zu dürfen. www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07....
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Where do the Dmanisi hominins fit on the human evolutionary tree?
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July 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Where do the Dmanisi hominins fit on the human evolutionary tree?
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And it's a wrap! After 7 weeks of fieldwork filled with discoveries and new encounters, the team has returned to Bordeaux.
See you soon at SAfA 2025 in Portugal!
See you soon at SAfA 2025 in Portugal!
July 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
And it's a wrap! After 7 weeks of fieldwork filled with discoveries and new encounters, the team has returned to Bordeaux.
See you soon at SAfA 2025 in Portugal!
See you soon at SAfA 2025 in Portugal!
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"Der Traum verliert an Anziehungskraft"
DHV-Präsident Lambert Koch über Wissenschaftlerkarrieren, Tenure Track, die Rolle der Habilitation – und warum verbindliche Befristungsquoten an Hochschulen für ihn keine Lösung sind, sondern neue Probleme schaffen könnten.
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DHV-Präsident Lambert Koch über Wissenschaftlerkarrieren, Tenure Track, die Rolle der Habilitation – und warum verbindliche Befristungsquoten an Hochschulen für ihn keine Lösung sind, sondern neue Probleme schaffen könnten.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Der Traum verliert an Anziehungskraft"
DHV-Präsident Lambert Koch über Wissenschaftlerkarrieren, Tenure Track, die Rolle der Habilitation – und warum verbindliche Befristungsquoten an Hochschulen für ihn keine Lösung sind, sondern neue Probleme schaffen könnten.
www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07...
DHV-Präsident Lambert Koch über Wissenschaftlerkarrieren, Tenure Track, die Rolle der Habilitation – und warum verbindliche Befristungsquoten an Hochschulen für ihn keine Lösung sind, sondern neue Probleme schaffen könnten.
www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/07...
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Perhaps this PhD of mine will finally become a book reality after all 😱
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Perhaps this PhD of mine will finally become a book reality after all 😱
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Contested Deep Pasts @ Sidestone Press
This book offers the first in-depth analysis of French-Anglophone research conflicts in Palaeolithic archaeology. By carefully examining a range of case studies and discursive contexts, the author sho...
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July 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Perhaps this PhD of mine will finally become a book reality after all 😱
🏺🗃️📕
Perhaps this PhD of mine will finally become a book reality after all 😱
🏺🗃️📕
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Jetzt online: Der neue DFG-Jahresbericht. Er bildet statistische Kennzahlen zum #Förderhandeln 2024 ab, inkl. Rückschau auf die vorherigen 4 Jahre. 1/2
Zum Download 📑https://www.dfg.de/resource/blob/359464/69bb27de4890eef0491daeb3d05f9522/dfg-jb2024-data.pdf
Zum Download 📑https://www.dfg.de/resource/blob/359464/69bb27de4890eef0491daeb3d05f9522/dfg-jb2024-data.pdf
July 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Jetzt online: Der neue DFG-Jahresbericht. Er bildet statistische Kennzahlen zum #Förderhandeln 2024 ab, inkl. Rückschau auf die vorherigen 4 Jahre. 1/2
Zum Download 📑https://www.dfg.de/resource/blob/359464/69bb27de4890eef0491daeb3d05f9522/dfg-jb2024-data.pdf
Zum Download 📑https://www.dfg.de/resource/blob/359464/69bb27de4890eef0491daeb3d05f9522/dfg-jb2024-data.pdf
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"Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul?" See comment by @elliescerri.bsky.social and myself here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul?
Click on the article title to read more.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul?" See comment by @elliescerri.bsky.social and myself here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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In 2025, #ESHE elections for regular board members will be held again! If you are interested in standing for a board member, please send a short biography and a photograph to contact@eshe-conference.eu no later than 20 July 2025!
June 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In 2025, #ESHE elections for regular board members will be held again! If you are interested in standing for a board member, please send a short biography and a photograph to contact@eshe-conference.eu no later than 20 July 2025!
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Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal 🏺🧪
Emily Y. Hallett, @manuelwill.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Found that this expansion was driven by humans increasing their use of diverse habitat types, from forests to arid deserts.
Emily Y. Hallett, @manuelwill.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Found that this expansion was driven by humans increasing their use of diverse habitat types, from forests to arid deserts.
June 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal 🏺🧪
Emily Y. Hallett, @manuelwill.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Found that this expansion was driven by humans increasing their use of diverse habitat types, from forests to arid deserts.
Emily Y. Hallett, @manuelwill.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Found that this expansion was driven by humans increasing their use of diverse habitat types, from forests to arid deserts.
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An amazing study by brilliant colleagues and dear friends. Give it a read!
Published today in @nature.com our new study on the drivers of the successful dispersal of modern humans out of Africa! A huge, interdisciplinary team effort long in the making, headed by @elliescerri.bsky.social . Glad to have contributed! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #archaeology #Evolution
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...
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June 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
An amazing study by brilliant colleagues and dear friends. Give it a read!
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🧪By our colleague @wbanks33.bsky.social in @nature.com H. sapiens expanded their ecological niches within Africa, occupied a broade range of habitats before their exit into Eurasia 60 ka. Adaptation as a path to long migration shorturl.at/Mfus8 @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
Homo sapiens adapted to diverse habitats before successfully populating Eurasia | Nature
Ecological modelling reveals that the range of habitats humans occupied in Africa increased before our species established a lasting presence outside the continent. Ecological modelling reveals that the range of habitats humans occupied in Africa increased before our species established a lasting presence outside the continent.
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June 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🧪By our colleague @wbanks33.bsky.social in @nature.com H. sapiens expanded their ecological niches within Africa, occupied a broade range of habitats before their exit into Eurasia 60 ka. Adaptation as a path to long migration shorturl.at/Mfus8 @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
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1/5 Why do all non-Africans descended from a group that left Africa 50k ago? In @nature.com we model 120k years of human niche dynamics. From 70ka, a big expansion of the human niche in Africa likely equipped later OOA dispersals with a unique ecological flexibilty.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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 3:10 PM
1/5 Why do all non-Africans descended from a group that left Africa 50k ago? In @nature.com we model 120k years of human niche dynamics. From 70ka, a big expansion of the human niche in Africa likely equipped later OOA dispersals with a unique ecological flexibilty.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...