Stewie Stewart
@stewiestewart.bsky.social
Zooarchaeology, ZooMS, Taphonomy
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Australia
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Australia
Caprine dairy exploitation on the Iranian Plateau from the seventh millennium BC
Caprine dairy exploitation on the Iranian Plateau from the seventh millennium BC - Nature Human Behaviour
Using food residues on pottery vessels and dental calculus, and faunal remains, Casanova et al. find evidence that Neolithic communities in Iran were milking goats or sheep as early as the seventh mil...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Caprine dairy exploitation on the Iranian Plateau from the seventh millennium BC
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Early humans in central China may have been making sophisticated stone tools as early as 160,000 years ago, according to research in Nature Communications. This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia lagged behind Europe and Africa during this period. 🏺 🧪
Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ~160,000–72,000 years ago - Nature Communications
Stone tools illustrate behavioural complexities in Middle Pleistocene hominin populations. Here, the authors present small dimensional flakes and hafted tools from Xigou, central China, dated to ~160–72 thousand years ago that demonstrate early, complex technological advancements.
go.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Early humans in central China may have been making sophisticated stone tools as early as 160,000 years ago, according to research in Nature Communications. This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia lagged behind Europe and Africa during this period. 🏺 🧪
Portable ER-FTIR as a non-destructive method to pre-screen collagen for ZooMS analysis in archaeology
Portable ER-FTIR as a non-destructive method to pre-screen collagen for ZooMS analysis in archaeology
In the last decades, archaeology has witnessed a significant increase in the use of biomolecular analyses to study a variety of materials, including s…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Portable ER-FTIR as a non-destructive method to pre-screen collagen for ZooMS analysis in archaeology
An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History
An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History
Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al-‘Ulā) region of north-western Saudi Arab...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 AM
An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History
Out of Africa I revisited: Life history, energetics, and the evolutionary capacity for early hominin dispersals
Out of Africa I revisited: Life history, energetics, and the evolutionary capacity for early hominin dispersals
Paleoanthropological interpretations have traditionally emphasized Homo erectus sensu stricto as the first hominin species to expand out of Africa dur…
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January 8, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Out of Africa I revisited: Life history, energetics, and the evolutionary capacity for early hominin dispersals
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🧬 #Bioinformatics AEGIS #PostdocJobs in metagenomic pipelines & HPC: Ancient Environmental Genomics at @ucph.bsky.social to reconstruct ecosystems and develop climate-resilient crops. 🌍
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026.
Mikkel Winther Pedersen (mwpedersen@sund.ku.dk)
#AcademicJobs #aeDNA #ClimateChange
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026.
Mikkel Winther Pedersen (mwpedersen@sund.ku.dk)
#AcademicJobs #aeDNA #ClimateChange
Postdoctoral positions in ancient environmental genomics within the Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability (AEGIS)
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December 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🧬 #Bioinformatics AEGIS #PostdocJobs in metagenomic pipelines & HPC: Ancient Environmental Genomics at @ucph.bsky.social to reconstruct ecosystems and develop climate-resilient crops. 🌍
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026.
Mikkel Winther Pedersen (mwpedersen@sund.ku.dk)
#AcademicJobs #aeDNA #ClimateChange
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026.
Mikkel Winther Pedersen (mwpedersen@sund.ku.dk)
#AcademicJobs #aeDNA #ClimateChange
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New 2-year Postdoc: Ancient #Metagenomics & #Microbiome Sciences! 🧬🦷
Join Prof. @christinawarinner.bsky.social ’s group at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study the evolution and ecology of ancient oral microbiota.
📅 Apply by Jan 20, 2026: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
Join Prof. @christinawarinner.bsky.social ’s group at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study the evolution and ecology of ancient oral microbiota.
📅 Apply by Jan 20, 2026: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
Jobs - Balance of the Microverse
www.microverse-cluster.de
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
New 2-year Postdoc: Ancient #Metagenomics & #Microbiome Sciences! 🧬🦷
Join Prof. @christinawarinner.bsky.social ’s group at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study the evolution and ecology of ancient oral microbiota.
📅 Apply by Jan 20, 2026: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
Join Prof. @christinawarinner.bsky.social ’s group at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study the evolution and ecology of ancient oral microbiota.
📅 Apply by Jan 20, 2026: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
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🦙🧬Pleased to present our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧬🦙
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🦙🧬Pleased to present our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧬🦙
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: identifying archaeological bone in the tropics
New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: identifying archaeological bone in the tropics
Abstract. The Pleistocene and early Holocene archaeological records of the New Guinea are sparse and poorly understood, yet are hugely relevant for underst
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: identifying archaeological bone in the tropics
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I'm pleased to announce that Natalie Munro and I have authored an Element through @universitypress.cambridge.org on "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary."
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm pleased to announce that Natalie Munro and I have authored an Element through @universitypress.cambridge.org on "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary."
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
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Are you an Early Career Scholar? Do you want to learn how to publish in international journals?
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Are you an Early Career Scholar? Do you want to learn how to publish in international journals?
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
Together with Archaeological Dialogues & Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, we are hosting a publication workshop
@tag2025york.bsky.social today, from 13.10-14.10 in room TFTV/109
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Experience in #archaeological #proteomics?
Interested in #Roman economy / organic artefacts?
Background in data analysis for #ZooMS?
Then apply for a 3-year RA post working to join PELLIS project with the wonderful @gtaylortu.bsky.social to investigate Roman leather economy
Apply by 12/01/2026
Interested in #Roman economy / organic artefacts?
Background in data analysis for #ZooMS?
Then apply for a 3-year RA post working to join PELLIS project with the wonderful @gtaylortu.bsky.social to investigate Roman leather economy
Apply by 12/01/2026
T: 01642 342201
E: HRrecruitment@tees.ac.uk
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December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Experience in #archaeological #proteomics?
Interested in #Roman economy / organic artefacts?
Background in data analysis for #ZooMS?
Then apply for a 3-year RA post working to join PELLIS project with the wonderful @gtaylortu.bsky.social to investigate Roman leather economy
Apply by 12/01/2026
Interested in #Roman economy / organic artefacts?
Background in data analysis for #ZooMS?
Then apply for a 3-year RA post working to join PELLIS project with the wonderful @gtaylortu.bsky.social to investigate Roman leather economy
Apply by 12/01/2026
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#FieldworkFridayFieldworkFriday. Trying to understand deposits of the Al Wusta Playa, Saudi Arabia, which we published a few days ago (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...).
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#FieldworkFridayFieldworkFriday. Trying to understand deposits of the Al Wusta Playa, Saudi Arabia, which we published a few days ago (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...).
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Postdoc, Great Wall of China
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR113/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR113/p...
Post Doctoral Research Associate at Newcastle University
Apply now for the Post Doctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Postdoc, Great Wall of China
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR113/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR113/p...
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I’m so honoured and excited to be leading this international initative together with so many amazing people and organisations news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/09/g...
Griffith secures $85m to transform global understanding of human origins - Griffith News
Transforming Human Origins Research Centre of Excellence to reframe the study of our species globally.
news.griffith.edu.au
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I’m so honoured and excited to be leading this international initative together with so many amazing people and organisations news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/09/g...
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Wow! Huge congratulations to @mdpetraglia.bsky.social and everyone else at ARCHE on this massive news, a major Australian Research Council grant to fund the Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research. www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
www.arc.gov.au
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wow! Huge congratulations to @mdpetraglia.bsky.social and everyone else at ARCHE on this massive news, a major Australian Research Council grant to fund the Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research. www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
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Here’s to the next 7 years of research with the newly funded “ARC Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research.” It is truly a privilege to be part of such a stellar team of scholars and partners
www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
www.arc.gov.au
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Here’s to the next 7 years of research with the newly funded “ARC Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research.” It is truly a privilege to be part of such a stellar team of scholars and partners
www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...
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👀 Postdoctoral position in radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies @auarcher.bsky.social
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international.au.dk/about/profil...
Postdoctoral position in radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
👀 Postdoctoral position in radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies @auarcher.bsky.social
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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🚨 #CentresOfExcellence #CE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🚨 #CentresOfExcellence #CE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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Assessing the intensity of Late Quaternary humid phases in the Nefud Desert, northern Arabia
Assessing the intensity of Late Quaternary humid phases in the Nefud Desert, northern Arabia
The climate history of the major dryland zones of the world, such as the Saharo–Arabian Desert belt, plays a key role in the dispersal of early humans through these intermittently inhospitable region...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Assessing the intensity of Late Quaternary humid phases in the Nefud Desert, northern Arabia
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Recovering DNA from ancient plants is tough, but this new method makes it work! A new extraction workflow improves recovery of fragmented endogenous plant aDNA while preserving library complexity and read yield.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #archaeobotany
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #archaeobotany
Optimizing ancient DNA recovery from archaeological plant seeds - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Optimizing ancient DNA recovery from archaeological plant seeds
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Recovering DNA from ancient plants is tough, but this new method makes it work! A new extraction workflow improves recovery of fragmented endogenous plant aDNA while preserving library complexity and read yield.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #archaeobotany
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #archaeobotany
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ARC says they’ll announce Centres of Excellence outcomes tomorrow (Tuesday 9th Dec).
This is more than 2 months late, most likely due to the new security checking requirements for ARC grants. Centres of Excellence grants also need to have been approved by the Minister.
This is more than 2 months late, most likely due to the new security checking requirements for ARC grants. Centres of Excellence grants also need to have been approved by the Minister.
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
ARC says they’ll announce Centres of Excellence outcomes tomorrow (Tuesday 9th Dec).
This is more than 2 months late, most likely due to the new security checking requirements for ARC grants. Centres of Excellence grants also need to have been approved by the Minister.
This is more than 2 months late, most likely due to the new security checking requirements for ARC grants. Centres of Excellence grants also need to have been approved by the Minister.
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Monangai making a helmet explode
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Monangai making a helmet explode