Ellery Littlewood
@paleomagpie.bsky.social
Geoarchaeologist @GeogDurham | Painter/illustrator | Rock hoarder | they/them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://www.instagram.com/elittlewood_art
https://www.instagram.com/elittlewood_art
One of my absolute favourite things about the summer is seeing everyone's photos from various digs
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
One of my absolute favourite things about the summer is seeing everyone's photos from various digs
July 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Looking for research funding? Is your work relevant to understanding human origins? Our next deadline is July 15! Learn more and apply! #ScienceFunding #HumanEvolution leakeyfoundation.org/grants-schol...
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Looking for research funding? Is your work relevant to understanding human origins? Our next deadline is July 15! Learn more and apply! #ScienceFunding #HumanEvolution leakeyfoundation.org/grants-schol...
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We haven't done a full check, but we might have captured the oldest puffin on Machias Seal Island. While the longevity record for Atlantic Puffin is 45 years (from Iceland), the North American record is 33 years. Last night we captured a bird banded as a chick in 1992, making it 33!🧪🪶
July 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We haven't done a full check, but we might have captured the oldest puffin on Machias Seal Island. While the longevity record for Atlantic Puffin is 45 years (from Iceland), the North American record is 33 years. Last night we captured a bird banded as a chick in 1992, making it 33!🧪🪶
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It can't not-see the Ab Fab cast in this publicity shot as a Neolithic priesthood in front of a megalithic tomb. 🏺
July 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It can't not-see the Ab Fab cast in this publicity shot as a Neolithic priesthood in front of a megalithic tomb. 🏺
Reposted by Ellery Littlewood
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#Neanderthal Fat Factory!
V. exciting to see new, massive evidence of this grease-rendering behaviour which we've long believed was going on.
(someone once commented I use the word "fat/fatty" a lot in the narrative/poetic sections of #Kindred, THIS IS WHY)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Neanderthal Fat Factory!
V. exciting to see new, massive evidence of this grease-rendering behaviour which we've long believed was going on.
(someone once commented I use the word "fat/fatty" a lot in the narrative/poetic sections of #Kindred, THIS IS WHY)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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#Neanderthal Fat Factory!
V. exciting to see new, massive evidence of this grease-rendering behaviour which we've long believed was going on.
(someone once commented I use the word "fat/fatty" a lot in the narrative/poetic sections of #Kindred, THIS IS WHY)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Neanderthal Fat Factory!
V. exciting to see new, massive evidence of this grease-rendering behaviour which we've long believed was going on.
(someone once commented I use the word "fat/fatty" a lot in the narrative/poetic sections of #Kindred, THIS IS WHY)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Want to see a bit of how I do digital #lithic illustration? I've started a new series over on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/reel/DLknPcP...
#digitalillustration #tutorial #archaeology #palaeolithic
www.instagram.com/reel/DLknPcP...
#digitalillustration #tutorial #archaeology #palaeolithic
July 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Want to see a bit of how I do digital #lithic illustration? I've started a new series over on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/reel/DLknPcP...
#digitalillustration #tutorial #archaeology #palaeolithic
www.instagram.com/reel/DLknPcP...
#digitalillustration #tutorial #archaeology #palaeolithic
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Anthropocentric bias may explain research disparities between animal tool use and nest building www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Anthropocentric bias may explain research disparities between animal tool use and nest building
Scientists are not immune from bias. Studying nonhuman species objectively is inherently challenging, especially for ‘charismatic’ and ostensibly huma…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Anthropocentric bias may explain research disparities between animal tool use and nest building www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's also apparently realising that one of my gender-affirming outfits includes a hi-vis, that my supervisor's 85 year-old PhD supervisor found stuffed in the boot of his car on day 1 of fieldwork.
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I've been thinking about what pride month means in terms of research and #trans -ness, and sometimes it's stumbling across a photo from last year's fieldwork and going "ohh, that's me"
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June 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It's also apparently realising that one of my gender-affirming outfits includes a hi-vis, that my supervisor's 85 year-old PhD supervisor found stuffed in the boot of his car on day 1 of fieldwork.
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I've been thinking about what pride month means in terms of research and #trans -ness, and sometimes it's stumbling across a photo from last year's fieldwork and going "ohh, that's me"
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June 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I've been thinking about what pride month means in terms of research and #trans -ness, and sometimes it's stumbling across a photo from last year's fieldwork and going "ohh, that's me"
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Finally got round to finishing this drawing of a 300,000 year old #handaxe from Stoke Newington, London, found by S.H. Warren in 1894. Now this little-un, along with others from Stoke Newington that I've drawn, lives at the British Museum
June 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Finally got round to finishing this drawing of a 300,000 year old #handaxe from Stoke Newington, London, found by S.H. Warren in 1894. Now this little-un, along with others from Stoke Newington that I've drawn, lives at the British Museum
Not usually my style, but I made a very little #comic last night about feeling rubbish followed by a little moment of reflection and hope
June 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Not usually my style, but I made a very little #comic last night about feeling rubbish followed by a little moment of reflection and hope
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This is wonderful. So now Harbin can be grouped with the Denisovans and we can finally meet this population face to face, what shall we call them?
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arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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arstechnica.com/science/2025...
We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew
After years of mystery, we now know what at least one Denisovan looked like.
arstechnica.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is wonderful. So now Harbin can be grouped with the Denisovans and we can finally meet this population face to face, what shall we call them?
🏺🦣
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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An appeal to dredge the River Wear for the benefit of a rowing event, but no mention of the cygnet that was hit by a boat and killed at the weekend during the regatta, despite the swans and their young having been spotted beforehand. Can't nature come first for once?!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Durham Regatta crowdfunding appeal to dredge River Wear
Durham Regatta organisers say low water levels are damaging boats.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An appeal to dredge the River Wear for the benefit of a rowing event, but no mention of the cygnet that was hit by a boat and killed at the weekend during the regatta, despite the swans and their young having been spotted beforehand. Can't nature come first for once?!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scruffy lil (slightly bashed) pointy handaxe, probably made on the spot as it was needed. Perhaps even to help butcher a horse or elephant for someone's dinner c.300,000 years ago.
This handaxe lives in the British Museum collections, and was found in Stoke Newington, London, in the late 1800s.
This handaxe lives in the British Museum collections, and was found in Stoke Newington, London, in the late 1800s.
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Scruffy lil (slightly bashed) pointy handaxe, probably made on the spot as it was needed. Perhaps even to help butcher a horse or elephant for someone's dinner c.300,000 years ago.
This handaxe lives in the British Museum collections, and was found in Stoke Newington, London, in the late 1800s.
This handaxe lives in the British Museum collections, and was found in Stoke Newington, London, in the late 1800s.
Little work in progress of a lovely Lower Palaeolithic (c.300,000 years old) #handaxe from Stoke Newington, London.
#palaeolithic #digitalillustration #workinprogress
#palaeolithic #digitalillustration #workinprogress
June 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Little work in progress of a lovely Lower Palaeolithic (c.300,000 years old) #handaxe from Stoke Newington, London.
#palaeolithic #digitalillustration #workinprogress
#palaeolithic #digitalillustration #workinprogress
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QRA Postgraduate Symposium 2025 — a vibrant, inclusive space to share your research, build your network, and explore the past to understand our future www.eventbrite.com/e/qra-pgr-sy...
QRA PGR Symposium - Reading 2025
Hey there! Get ready for the QRA PGR Symposium in Reading 2025, where we'll dive deep into the latest research in our field!
www.eventbrite.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
QRA Postgraduate Symposium 2025 — a vibrant, inclusive space to share your research, build your network, and explore the past to understand our future www.eventbrite.com/e/qra-pgr-sy...
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Sediment cores from the Pacific reveal 5My of climate highs and lows, offering better insight into how Earth's climate shifts over long timescales.
#Paleoclimate
#OceanCores
#ClimateScience
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Alternate link
www.earth.com/news/pacific...
Paper
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#Paleoclimate
#OceanCores
#ClimateScience
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Alternate link
www.earth.com/news/pacific...
Paper
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Sediment cores from Pacific Highs reveal 100 million years of environmental change
Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain understudied clues into Earth's environmental future, according to researchers.
phys.org
June 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sediment cores from the Pacific reveal 5My of climate highs and lows, offering better insight into how Earth's climate shifts over long timescales.
#Paleoclimate
#OceanCores
#ClimateScience
🧪⚒️
Alternate link
www.earth.com/news/pacific...
Paper
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#Paleoclimate
#OceanCores
#ClimateScience
🧪⚒️
Alternate link
www.earth.com/news/pacific...
Paper
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Why Dippy the dinosaur remains beloved, 120 years after arriving at the Natural History Museum theconversation.com/why-dippy-th...
Why Dippy the dinosaur remains beloved, 120 years after arriving at the Natural History Museum
Dippy has been seen up close by more people around the world than any other dinosaur.
theconversation.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Why Dippy the dinosaur remains beloved, 120 years after arriving at the Natural History Museum theconversation.com/why-dippy-th...
June 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
One of my favourite things about digitally illustrating #handaxes is removing the flake scar outlines and looking at all the little flint fingerprints left behind.
June 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
One of my favourite things about digitally illustrating #handaxes is removing the flake scar outlines and looking at all the little flint fingerprints left behind.