Jørgen Holm
@jholm.bsky.social
Danish palaeolithic archaeologist, retired (and tired). Interests: The Middle Palaeolithic, especially Neanderthals. Late Palaeolithic: The Hamburgian -, Federmesser-, Bromme and Ahrensburgian Cultures. Excavations: Jels and Slotseng in Denmark.
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Jørgen Holm
@jholm.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hello new followers, thank you! - I am a 77-year-old Danish archaeologist specializing in the Paleolithic - especially the Late Paleolithic - who has led investigations of settlements from the Hamburgian, Federmesser, and Bromme cultures. But I am also very interested in Neanderthals ...
When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History
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When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History
New archaeological evidence & physics-based experiments show that Easter Island’s colossal statues didn’t just stand; they walked, revealing the ingenuity of one of the world’s most misunderstood isla
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October 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History
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The Toothpick Myth: What Wild Primates Reveal About Ancient Human Teeth
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The Toothpick Myth: What Wild Primates Reveal About Ancient Human Teeth
A new study finds that the small grooves once thought to prove “toothpick” use in early humans also appear naturally in wild primates—suggesting a far less cultural, and far more biological.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Toothpick Myth: What Wild Primates Reveal About Ancient Human Teeth
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Time Capsules in Feathers and Bone: How Bearded Vultures Became Unwitting Archaeologists
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Time Capsules in Feathers and Bone: How Bearded Vultures Became Unwitting Archaeologists
For centuries, Europe’s largest vulture has been hoarding bones and human-made artifacts in cliffside nests—preserving a quiet archive of the Anthropocene.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Time Capsules in Feathers and Bone: How Bearded Vultures Became Unwitting Archaeologists
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How Neanderthals Met the Ice Age on Every Front
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How Neanderthals Met the Ice Age on Every Front
New research shows that Homo neanderthalensis combined technology, anatomy, and physiology to withstand Ice Age extremes
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October 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
How Neanderthals Met the Ice Age on Every Front
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How Monumental Art Helped Humans Thrive in Arabia’s Harshest Desert
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How Monumental Art Helped Humans Thrive in Arabia’s Harshest Desert
Twelve-thousand-year-old engravings in northern Arabia reveal how early desert communities used monumental art to mark water, memory, and survival.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How Monumental Art Helped Humans Thrive in Arabia’s Harshest Desert
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The problem skulls from Yunxian
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The problem skulls from Yunxian
The relationships of fossils from deep time in China may help reveal ancestral connections for the Denisovans
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September 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The problem skulls from Yunxian
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🧪🏺🦣 Re-dating using HYP on Lagar Velho suggests charcoal & most fauna unassociated (except red-stained rabbit).
Child's anatomy still being described as "mosaic" with Neanderthal features, pointing to "shared ancestry".
What are general thoughts on the latter?
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Child's anatomy still being described as "mosaic" with Neanderthal features, pointing to "shared ancestry".
What are general thoughts on the latter?
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September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🧪🏺🦣 Re-dating using HYP on Lagar Velho suggests charcoal & most fauna unassociated (except red-stained rabbit).
Child's anatomy still being described as "mosaic" with Neanderthal features, pointing to "shared ancestry".
What are general thoughts on the latter?
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Child's anatomy still being described as "mosaic" with Neanderthal features, pointing to "shared ancestry".
What are general thoughts on the latter?
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
When Homo habilis Hid from Leopards: A New Look at Our Prey Past
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When Homo habilis Hid from Leopards: A New Look at Our Prey Past
A study of tooth marks on two fossils from Olduvai Gorge suggests that early members of our genus were still on the menu for big cats.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
When Homo habilis Hid from Leopards: A New Look at Our Prey Past
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Beyond DNA: How Culture May Be Reshaping the Course of Human Evolution
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Beyond DNA: How Culture May Be Reshaping the Course of Human Evolution
New research argues that cultural inheritance, not genes, is increasingly defining who we are
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September 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Beyond DNA: How Culture May Be Reshaping the Course of Human Evolution
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Cave Palaeolithic of the Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains are of fundamental importance for studying early human migrations along the geographical limits between Europe and Asia. Geological processes and past climates gave rise to numerous caves, mostly in Palaeozoic carbonate formations ...
The Ural Mountains are of fundamental importance for studying early human migrations along the geographical limits between Europe and Asia. Geological processes and past climates gave rise to numerous caves, mostly in Palaeozoic carbonate formations ...
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September 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Cave Palaeolithic of the Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains are of fundamental importance for studying early human migrations along the geographical limits between Europe and Asia. Geological processes and past climates gave rise to numerous caves, mostly in Palaeozoic carbonate formations ...
The Ural Mountains are of fundamental importance for studying early human migrations along the geographical limits between Europe and Asia. Geological processes and past climates gave rise to numerous caves, mostly in Palaeozoic carbonate formations ...
Islands at the Edge of Time: How Papua New Guineans Carry One of Humanity’s Oldest Genetic Stories
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Islands at the Edge of Time: How Papua New Guineans Carry One of Humanity’s Oldest Genetic Stories
New research shows the people of Papua New Guinea share a deep ancestral bond with other Asians yet preserve a singular demographic history shaped by isolation, Denisovan ancestry, and survival bottle
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September 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Islands at the Edge of Time: How Papua New Guineans Carry One of Humanity’s Oldest Genetic Stories
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Denisovan Genes and the Ancient Geography of Disease
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Denisovan Genes and the Ancient Geography of Disease
How Paleoenvironments Shaped the Immune Systems We Inherited
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September 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Denisovan Genes and the Ancient Geography of Disease
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Goats on the Edge: Neanderthals, Mountain Hunts, and the Early Roots of Human Ingenuity
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Goats on the Edge: Neanderthals, Mountain Hunts, and the Early Roots of Human Ingenuity
New evidence from a Serbian cave shows early Neanderthals mastering risky terrain and complex subsistence strategies 300,000 years ago
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September 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Goats on the Edge: Neanderthals, Mountain Hunts, and the Early Roots of Human Ingenuity
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Hair, Stone, and Memory: A 27,000-Year-Old Figurine from Northern France
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Hair, Stone, and Memory: A 27,000-Year-Old Figurine from Northern France
A newly discovered Gravettian statuette suggests that Ice Age art carried fashion, identity, and cultural nuance
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September 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hair, Stone, and Memory: A 27,000-Year-Old Figurine from Northern France
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The Attention Gap: Tracing the Neurogenetic Roots of Homo sapiens’ Focus
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The Attention Gap: Tracing the Neurogenetic Roots of Homo sapiens’ Focus
A new study probes the genes behind attention in ancient hominins — and what they might tell us about the human mind
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September 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Attention Gap: Tracing the Neurogenetic Roots of Homo sapiens’ Focus
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Voices From Deep Time
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Voices From Deep Time
What Dogs, Pigs, and Marmosets Reveal About the Evolution of Human Speech
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September 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Voices From Deep Time
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Stones and Fire in the West African Savanna
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Stones and Fire in the West African Savanna
A 9,000-year-old quartz workshop from Senegal reframes the story of Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers
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September 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Stones and Fire in the West African Savanna
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What matters in humanity's attempts to increase lifespan?
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What matters in humanity's attempts to increase lifespan?
A conversation between world leaders prompts an exploration into the history of human health
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September 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What matters in humanity's attempts to increase lifespan?
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Reposted by Jørgen Holm
Nice Middle Palaeolithic refits from India, like a 3d jigsaw, this is piecing back together stone tools made by people tens of thousands of years ago. By Akash Pandey. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Nice Middle Palaeolithic refits from India, like a 3d jigsaw, this is piecing back together stone tools made by people tens of thousands of years ago. By Akash Pandey. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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One of the oldest known musical instruments: a Palaeolithic flute made from a vulture bone some 38,000 years ago!
This is one of 8 known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region. 🧵1/2
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This is one of 8 known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region. 🧵1/2
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#archaeology #music
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August 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
One of the oldest known musical instruments: a Palaeolithic flute made from a vulture bone some 38,000 years ago!
This is one of 8 known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region. 🧵1/2
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#archaeology #music
🏺
This is one of 8 known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region. 🧵1/2
📷 me
#archaeology #music
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The gene from Denisovan to Neanderthal to modern mucus
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The gene from Denisovan to Neanderthal to modern mucus
A “genetic sandwich” reveals how a block of DNA entered several populations successively and was affected by natural selection.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The gene from Denisovan to Neanderthal to modern mucus
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A Child Between Worlds: The Skhūl Fossil and the Earliest Evidence of Sapiens-Neanderthal Interbreeding
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A Child Between Worlds: The Skhūl Fossil and the Earliest Evidence of Sapiens-Neanderthal Interbreeding
A 140,000-year-old skull from Mount Carmel reveals the first physical trace of ancient encounters between two human lineages.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A Child Between Worlds: The Skhūl Fossil and the Earliest Evidence of Sapiens-Neanderthal Interbreeding
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International Workshop
„Origins and Development of the Eurasian Initial Upper Palaeolithic“
„Origins and Development of the Eurasian Initial Upper Palaeolithic“
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August 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
International Workshop
„Origins and Development of the Eurasian Initial Upper Palaeolithic“
„Origins and Development of the Eurasian Initial Upper Palaeolithic“