Kgalagadi Human Origins Project
@khoproject.bsky.social
Updates from the DFG funded EmmyNoether Junior Research Group 'Kgalagadi Human Origins' (KHO) based at @uni-kiel.de. PI @isotopesrule.bsky.social
More info: kho-project.com
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🎓 Das Würzburger Altertumswissenschaftliche Zentrum/Kolleg Mittelalter & Frühe Neuzeit sucht eine/n Mitarbeiter/in. Im Beschäftigungszeitraum soll ein Förderantrag für ein Promotionsvorhaben entstehen. ✉️ Bewerbung bis 23.1.2026
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Wissenschaftlicher Dienst (w/m/d) am Kolleg Mittelalter und Frühe Neuzeit
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November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🎓 Das Würzburger Altertumswissenschaftliche Zentrum/Kolleg Mittelalter & Frühe Neuzeit sucht eine/n Mitarbeiter/in. Im Beschäftigungszeitraum soll ein Förderantrag für ein Promotionsvorhaben entstehen. ✉️ Bewerbung bis 23.1.2026
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A new job for #StableIsotope & #massspectrometer enthusiasts for 6 years in the @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de: Responsibility for running the machines & for measurements. Science people, do not be put off by the word "Engineer". Deadline 31.12.25. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A new job for #StableIsotope & #massspectrometer enthusiasts for 6 years in the @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de: Responsibility for running the machines & for measurements. Science people, do not be put off by the word "Engineer". Deadline 31.12.25. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
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🌙 Save the Date für die #NightOfTheProfs 2025! 📢 Am Freitag, 21. November, geben Wissenschaftler*innen aller Fakultäten Einblicke in ihre Forschung – kostenfrei und allgemeinverständlich. Das Motto in diesem Jahr lautet: „Mut!“
Night of the Profs 2025
Die lange Vorlesungsnacht der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel mit Einblicken in aktuelle Forschung – kostenfrei und allgemeinverständlich. Das Motto in diesem Jahr lautet: „Mut!“
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October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌙 Save the Date für die #NightOfTheProfs 2025! 📢 Am Freitag, 21. November, geben Wissenschaftler*innen aller Fakultäten Einblicke in ihre Forschung – kostenfrei und allgemeinverständlich. Das Motto in diesem Jahr lautet: „Mut!“
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Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇
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October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇
A great opportunity for all archaeology students based in southern Africa👇
Applications are open for the 2025 Student Development Workshop (SDW) at Skukuza, Kruger National Park! 🌿🦓
A great opportunity for students in archaeology & heritage management.
📅 6–10 Dec 2025
See details on SAASS social media & website: www.saassarchaeology.com/upcoming-eve...
A great opportunity for students in archaeology & heritage management.
📅 6–10 Dec 2025
See details on SAASS social media & website: www.saassarchaeology.com/upcoming-eve...
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A great opportunity for all archaeology students based in southern Africa👇
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I am honoured to have been invited to attend the #TDE25 celebrations in #Saarbrücken as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Bürgerdelegation representing @uni-kiel.de, @clusterroots.bsky.social and @khoproject.bsky.social. ... (1/2)
October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I am honoured to have been invited to attend the #TDE25 celebrations in #Saarbrücken as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Bürgerdelegation representing @uni-kiel.de, @clusterroots.bsky.social and @khoproject.bsky.social. ... (1/2)
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Michaela Ecker leitet die #EmmyNoether-Gruppe @khoproject.bsky.social an der @uni-kiel.de. Sie erforscht die Auswirkungen extremer Klimaveränderungen im Mittel- und Spätpleistozän auf die menschliche Evolution in der südlichen Kalahari. Mehr zur Forschung 👇
🏺 #TagDerDeutschenEinheit
🏺 #TagDerDeutschenEinheit
Kgalagadi Human Origins
Über das Projekt Die Emmy Noether-Gruppe “Kgalagadi Human Origins” startete im Juni 2021. Das auf sechs Jahre angelegte Projekt erforscht die Auswirkungen der extremen Klimaveränderungen im Mittel-…
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October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Michaela Ecker leitet die #EmmyNoether-Gruppe @khoproject.bsky.social an der @uni-kiel.de. Sie erforscht die Auswirkungen extremer Klimaveränderungen im Mittel- und Spätpleistozän auf die menschliche Evolution in der südlichen Kalahari. Mehr zur Forschung 👇
🏺 #TagDerDeutschenEinheit
🏺 #TagDerDeutschenEinheit
Heute finden die offiziellen Feiern zum Tag der deutschen Einheit in Saarbrücken statt. Mittendrin ist ROOTS-PI Michaela Ecker (2. v. re). Sie ist eine von acht Schleswig-Holsteiner*innen, die die Landesregierung SH als Bürger*innendelegation zu den Feiern ins Saarland eingeladen hat (1/2)
October 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Conratulations to Inèz Faul for submitting her PhD thesis to @uni-kiel.de today 🥳 🎓 We are proud of you! Inèz studied the formation processes and past environment at pans in the #Kgalagadi #Botswana with geoarchaeological methods - and is our first PhD student to submitt!
September 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Conratulations to Inèz Faul for submitting her PhD thesis to @uni-kiel.de today 🥳 🎓 We are proud of you! Inèz studied the formation processes and past environment at pans in the #Kgalagadi #Botswana with geoarchaeological methods - and is our first PhD student to submitt!
It's already the end of this year's #fieldwork but not before we met the German Ambassador in Gaborone and made plans for the future, talking about @khoproject.bsky.social and @clusterroots.bsky.social projects.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's already the end of this year's #fieldwork but not before we met the German Ambassador in Gaborone and made plans for the future, talking about @khoproject.bsky.social and @clusterroots.bsky.social projects.
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Beautiful panels decorate the outside of the Botswana National Museum. The renovations are almost finished, we look forward to the opening. We visited some first rooms that are open today. #archaeology 🇧🇼
September 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Beautiful panels decorate the outside of the Botswana National Museum. The renovations are almost finished, we look forward to the opening. We visited some first rooms that are open today. #archaeology 🇧🇼
We had two great days with the years standard 5,6 and 7 of Maleshe and Khisa village this week. We tried to explain our research in interactive stations in small groups - even a song was created! #ScienceCommunication #fieldwork #nextGeneration #archaeology
September 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We had two great days with the years standard 5,6 and 7 of Maleshe and Khisa village this week. We tried to explain our research in interactive stations in small groups - even a song was created! #ScienceCommunication #fieldwork #nextGeneration #archaeology
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Save the date for UKAS 2026! The next UK Archaeological Sciences conference will be held at the University of Bristol from 31st March to 2nd April 2026.
September 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Save the date for UKAS 2026! The next UK Archaeological Sciences conference will be held at the University of Bristol from 31st March to 2nd April 2026.
The last days we spend a lot of time with these quartzite bedrock outcrops - recording every detail 📷 📐✍️✏️ 🪨 to understand their use as raw material source during the Stone Age #fieldwork #kgalagadi. Inspired by a paper from Matt Lotter et al. 2024 in Southern African Field Archaeology
September 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The last days we spend a lot of time with these quartzite bedrock outcrops - recording every detail 📷 📐✍️✏️ 🪨 to understand their use as raw material source during the Stone Age #fieldwork #kgalagadi. Inspired by a paper from Matt Lotter et al. 2024 in Southern African Field Archaeology
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Submit an abstract to the dedicated session on use cases of the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD) at CAA 2025 in Vienna!
S25: How to do ROAD: An Essential Tool for Conducting Multidisciplinary Studies Related to Human Evolution
Deadline: October 26th 2025
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S25: How to do ROAD: An Essential Tool for Conducting Multidisciplinary Studies Related to Human Evolution
Deadline: October 26th 2025
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September 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Submit an abstract to the dedicated session on use cases of the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD) at CAA 2025 in Vienna!
S25: How to do ROAD: An Essential Tool for Conducting Multidisciplinary Studies Related to Human Evolution
Deadline: October 26th 2025
2026.caaconference.org/conference-s...
S25: How to do ROAD: An Essential Tool for Conducting Multidisciplinary Studies Related to Human Evolution
Deadline: October 26th 2025
2026.caaconference.org/conference-s...
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Enjoying office hours during field work!
#womeninstem
#womeninstem
September 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Enjoying office hours during field work!
#womeninstem
#womeninstem
Our geoarchaeology team led by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social has been very busy the last few days making holes, sampling and refilling them all in a day each time 💪#WomenInStem #girlpower #fieldwork #kglagadi
September 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Our geoarchaeology team led by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social has been very busy the last few days making holes, sampling and refilling them all in a day each time 💪#WomenInStem #girlpower #fieldwork #kglagadi
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PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
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I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
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September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
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We had a lot of fun excavating a small rock shelter with a stunning view yesterday. Who said there are no rock shelters in the Kalahari? Might have been our leader @isotopesrule.bsky.social ... #kgalagadi #fieldwork 🦣🏺🇧🇼
September 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
We had a lot of fun excavating a small rock shelter with a stunning view yesterday. Who said there are no rock shelters in the Kalahari? Might have been our leader @isotopesrule.bsky.social ... #kgalagadi #fieldwork 🦣🏺🇧🇼
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Am 26. September ist #ScienceDayKiel! Die #UniKiel ist u.a. mit den Exzellenzclustern PMI und @clusterroots.bsky.social, @kielunimarine.bsky.social im Erlebnisraum „SEALEVEL” und der Technischen Fakultät dabei.
KielRegion: Science Day am 26. September
Am 26. September 2025 dreht sich europaweit wieder alles um die Wissenschaft. Auch in diesem Jahr laden die wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen der KielRegion zum Science Day im Rahmen des Science Summers ein – und bieten spannende Einblicke in die Welt von Forschung und Innovation.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Am 26. September ist #ScienceDayKiel! Die #UniKiel ist u.a. mit den Exzellenzclustern PMI und @clusterroots.bsky.social, @kielunimarine.bsky.social im Erlebnisraum „SEALEVEL” und der Technischen Fakultät dabei.
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Even a single rock has a story to tell! Botswana's landscape holds so many stories!
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Even a single rock has a story to tell! Botswana's landscape holds so many stories!
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
Enjoying #fieldwork and #geoarchaeology at
#Kgalagadi
Our team currently in the field in 🇧🇼 is having a great time #Kgalagadi #archaeology #fieldwork #WomenInSTEM @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @isotopesrule.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our team currently in the field in 🇧🇼 is having a great time #Kgalagadi #archaeology #fieldwork #WomenInSTEM @geoarchamelie.bsky.social @isotopesrule.bsky.social
When you arrive at a new pan to survey and disturb the local birds 🇧🇼 #fieldwork #Kgalagadi video by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When you arrive at a new pan to survey and disturb the local birds 🇧🇼 #fieldwork #Kgalagadi video by @geoarchamelie.bsky.social
Can you spot our two geoarchaeologists @geoarchamelie.bsky.social and Hannah at Tswai pan today? #Fieldwork #Botswana #Kgalagadi #SundayWork
September 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Can you spot our two geoarchaeologists @geoarchamelie.bsky.social and Hannah at Tswai pan today? #Fieldwork #Botswana #Kgalagadi #SundayWork
September 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM