Very proud of my Master's student, Kim Hofmann, who was awarded the 500€ Rudolf Virchow Prize for her outstanding thesis! The prize was presented by Prof. Raiko Krauss, chairman of the Berlin Society for #Anthropology, #Ethnology, and #Prehistory. Congratulations, Kim!

Honoured to serve on the Advisory Committee for the DeMoDa project at @cenieh.bsky.social this week, powered by @hlusko.bsky.social’s ERC project Tied2Teeth – together with eight fellow experts in dental anthropology.
www.cenieh.es/en/press/new...

Ouch! This Celtic warrior took an arrow to the butt 🏹 But thanks to some surprisingly advanced ancient medics, he survived! A peek into healthcare 2,500 years ago: doi.org/10.1002/oa.3...
#Archaeology
#Anthropology

Just wrapped up the 15th International Meeting of the Society for Anthropology with a wonderful visit to the #Haithabu Viking Museum. Many thanks to Katharina Fuchs for organizing this interesting conference, where I met many new colleagues and friends.

Visited the stunning #HolleyShelter site in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Super interesting tour by the excavator Gregor Bader

Know a colleague who has made a novel research contribution to dental anthropology? Nominate them for the 2025 Innovation in Dental Anthropology Award! Deadline is March 10. More info here: www.dentalanthropology.org/innovation

Had such an amazing and inspiring time at the HEIRS Opening Symposium at ICArEHB in Faro (@icarehb.bsky.social). Don’t miss out on their new exciting funding opportunities for synthesis projects in human evolution:[
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Let’s make 'thinking time' for scientists a year-round habit, not just a luxury of the Christmas holiday season. 🧠🎄

It was a pleasure to be part of this June 2024 study on ancient #Celts of the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures. Using #archaeology, #DNA, #isotopes, and #anthropology, we found that status and power were inherited along maternal lines. Congrats to J. Gretzinger and team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interested in the prevalence of #violence and #accidents in human history? If that’s your research focus, check out our Nov. 2024 Scientific Reports paper on accurately estimating traumatic injury rates from fragmented skeletal remains:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Pathology

Hi Bluesky! 👋

I’m excited to join this community. To get started, I’ll be sharing some highlights from our research group’s work in 2024 over the next couple of days. Stay tuned!

I’m looking forward to connecting with others who share an interest in #anthropology, #archaeology, and our human past!