Marjolein Bosch
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I'll just leave you with this (scallops, otherwise known as clams in Scotland)
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'll just leave you with this (scallops, otherwise known as clams in Scotland)
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The world has lost one of the biggest figures in Anthropology, Biology, and Conservation to have ever lived. Science will be an emptier place without her, and I can only take solace in knowing that she has inspired entire new generations of researchers who will continue her work. Rest in peace, Jane
JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The world has lost one of the biggest figures in Anthropology, Biology, and Conservation to have ever lived. Science will be an emptier place without her, and I can only take solace in knowing that she has inspired entire new generations of researchers who will continue her work. Rest in peace, Jane
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HEAS Member @philipnigst.bsky.social has been awarded an FWF grant for the project “Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe”
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HEAS Member awarded FWF grant for project “Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe” - HEAS
HEAS Team Leader Philip R. Nigst has been awarded an FWF Principal Investigator grant for his project REMO (Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe) along with collaborators Marjolein D. Bos...
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September 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
HEAS Member @philipnigst.bsky.social has been awarded an FWF grant for the project “Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe”
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👏👏 Congratulations to our colleague Marjolein D. Bosch on receiving an #ERC Starting Grant for her COPE project. She will explore how Ice Age hunters and gatherers responded to cold temperatures, resource scarcity 💦 🦌 🌱 , and environmental changes 30,000 years ago.
More info: buff.ly/EGicG8z
More info: buff.ly/EGicG8z
September 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
👏👏 Congratulations to our colleague Marjolein D. Bosch on receiving an #ERC Starting Grant for her COPE project. She will explore how Ice Age hunters and gatherers responded to cold temperatures, resource scarcity 💦 🦌 🌱 , and environmental changes 30,000 years ago.
More info: buff.ly/EGicG8z
More info: buff.ly/EGicG8z
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Justus Erus Edung was only 25 years old when he discovered Kenyanthropus platyops in a team led by Prof. Meave Leakey in 1999.
This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.
#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.
#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
July 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Justus Erus Edung was only 25 years old when he discovered Kenyanthropus platyops in a team led by Prof. Meave Leakey in 1999.
This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.
#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.
#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
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@deadbovids.bsky.social amazing work on the fauna from #Lokodongot!! 31 mammals 🤩🤩🤩
Episode 2: Faunal identification with @deadbovids.bsky.social
Other than identification, tooth wear pattern can give us exciting insights into faunal diet and palaeoecology.
Other than identification, tooth wear pattern can give us exciting insights into faunal diet and palaeoecology.
July 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
@deadbovids.bsky.social amazing work on the fauna from #Lokodongot!! 31 mammals 🤩🤩🤩
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Check out our new paper, led by former postdoc and current colleague Daniel Green on 18 Ma proteins in fossil teeth! Tim Cleland, a proteomics wizard, did the measurements. What's the take home? We hope to use protein fingerprints to study mammal and hominin phylogenetics! bit.ly/OldProteome
Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift - Nature
The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...
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July 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Check out our new paper, led by former postdoc and current colleague Daniel Green on 18 Ma proteins in fossil teeth! Tim Cleland, a proteomics wizard, did the measurements. What's the take home? We hope to use protein fingerprints to study mammal and hominin phylogenetics! bit.ly/OldProteome
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Ancient proteins have been recovered from fossil relatives of rhinoceroses and other animals that are at least 18 million years old, according to evidence from two papers in Nature.
go.nature.com/4081H3m
go.nature.com/3Ik78Gj
#Paleosky 🧪
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July 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Ancient proteins have been recovered from fossil relatives of rhinoceroses and other animals that are at least 18 million years old, according to evidence from two papers in Nature.
go.nature.com/4081H3m
go.nature.com/3Ik78Gj
#Paleosky 🧪
go.nature.com/4081H3m
go.nature.com/3Ik78Gj
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📢 New paper out in Journal of Archaeological Science!
We present a regional analysis of fallow deer in Middle Paleolithic Levant and propose a methodological refinement for aging that has major implications for understanding human hunting behavior.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
📢 New paper out in Journal of Archaeological Science!
We present a regional analysis of fallow deer in Middle Paleolithic Levant and propose a methodological refinement for aging that has major implications for understanding human hunting behavior.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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June 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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📢 New paper out in Journal of Archaeological Science!
We present a regional analysis of fallow deer in Middle Paleolithic Levant and propose a methodological refinement for aging that has major implications for understanding human hunting behavior.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
📢 New paper out in Journal of Archaeological Science!
We present a regional analysis of fallow deer in Middle Paleolithic Levant and propose a methodological refinement for aging that has major implications for understanding human hunting behavior.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 11am (UK/Lisbon time) to hear from @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and @tansybranscombe.bsky.social in the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths
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June 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 11am (UK/Lisbon time) to hear from @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and @tansybranscombe.bsky.social in the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths
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after 6 years, finally out in @nature.com!
Huge expansion of the human #niche in Africa ~70kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with unique ecological flexibility
co-led with Emily Hallett @eegcam.bsky.social & @elliescerri.bsky.social
#prehistory #humanevolution #paleoecology #SDM
Huge expansion of the human #niche in Africa ~70kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with unique ecological flexibility
co-led with Emily Hallett @eegcam.bsky.social & @elliescerri.bsky.social
#prehistory #humanevolution #paleoecology #SDM
Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal - Nature
Analysis of species distribution models in a pan-African database comprising chronometrically dated archaeological sites over the past 120,000 years shows major expansion in the human niche from 70 ka...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
after 6 years, finally out in @nature.com!
Huge expansion of the human #niche in Africa ~70kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with unique ecological flexibility
co-led with Emily Hallett @eegcam.bsky.social & @elliescerri.bsky.social
#prehistory #humanevolution #paleoecology #SDM
Huge expansion of the human #niche in Africa ~70kya likely equipped later #outofAfrica dispersals with unique ecological flexibility
co-led with Emily Hallett @eegcam.bsky.social & @elliescerri.bsky.social
#prehistory #humanevolution #paleoecology #SDM
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DNA from 146,00-year-old tooth plaque helped Chinese researchers identify the "Dragon Man" as a Denisovan, an archaic species of human: www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
‘Dragon Man’ skull belongs to mysterious human relative
At long last, scientists have a nearly complete cranium from hominins known as Denisovans
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June 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
DNA from 146,00-year-old tooth plaque helped Chinese researchers identify the "Dragon Man" as a Denisovan, an archaic species of human: www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
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Around 70,000 years ago, our ancestors in Africa began exploiting different habitats.
Flexibility to survive in deserts to rainforests enabled their successful spread ‘Out of Africa’.
Find out more about the study co-led by Andrea Manica @eegcam.bsky.social 👇
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Flexibility to survive in deserts to rainforests enabled their successful spread ‘Out of Africa’.
Find out more about the study co-led by Andrea Manica @eegcam.bsky.social 👇
bit.ly/4e6i9H7
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Around 70,000 years ago, our ancestors in Africa began exploiting different habitats.
Flexibility to survive in deserts to rainforests enabled their successful spread ‘Out of Africa’.
Find out more about the study co-led by Andrea Manica @eegcam.bsky.social 👇
bit.ly/4e6i9H7
Flexibility to survive in deserts to rainforests enabled their successful spread ‘Out of Africa’.
Find out more about the study co-led by Andrea Manica @eegcam.bsky.social 👇
bit.ly/4e6i9H7
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Happy to share our new publication which shows the potential of LIBS Mg/Ca mapping to characterise seasonal shellfish foraging practices from Tasmanian limpet shells. 🐚 Led by @fleurking.bsky.social #archsci #sclerochronology @niklashausmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A key to seasonal shellfish exploitation: Elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in Lutruwita (Tasmania) Cellana limpets
The littoral environment has considerable influence on life history traits and patterns of growth in marine molluscs due to changes in water temperatu…
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June 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy to share our new publication which shows the potential of LIBS Mg/Ca mapping to characterise seasonal shellfish foraging practices from Tasmanian limpet shells. 🐚 Led by @fleurking.bsky.social #archsci #sclerochronology @niklashausmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We're excited to announce the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths conversation, with Luíseach Nic Eoin @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social, who now work at @natecoevo.nature.com and @barpublishing.bsky.social.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We're excited to announce the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths conversation, with Luíseach Nic Eoin @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social, who now work at @natecoevo.nature.com and @barpublishing.bsky.social.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
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I am offering two 4-year PhD positions (fully funded) and a 57 month combined post-doc / project manager position as part of my NWO-Vici grant, which starts in September.
May 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I am offering two 4-year PhD positions (fully funded) and a 57 month combined post-doc / project manager position as part of my NWO-Vici grant, which starts in September.
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Amazing work with a fabulous team 🤩
A reel of our recent field season in Turkana - a privilege & a joy to work with such fantastic people in an amazing place!
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April 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Amazing work with a fabulous team 🤩
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Archaeology meets modern art in the exhibition’The language of the goddesses’, curated by Elisabeth von Samsonov and I. Looking forward to the opening on Saturday #MAMUZ Asparn!
April 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Archaeology meets modern art in the exhibition’The language of the goddesses’, curated by Elisabeth von Samsonov and I. Looking forward to the opening on Saturday #MAMUZ Asparn!
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We presented our research on the Gravettian sites of Grub-Kranawetberg I & II
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March 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We presented our research on the Gravettian sites of Grub-Kranawetberg I & II
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New paper on Fire Use during the Last Glacial Maximum! - published today in Geoarchaeology.
tinyurl.com/5n8j98ry
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Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine
The Last Glacial maximum (LGM), spanning from 26.5 to 19 thousand years before present (ka bp), is a period of extreme climatic degradation associated with reduced biomass production and resource str...
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April 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New paper on Fire Use during the Last Glacial Maximum! - published today in Geoarchaeology.
tinyurl.com/5n8j98ry
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Check out our new article on gender archaeology doi.org/10.1017/S095.... Here, we test the chromosomal sex of Early Bronze Age individuals from Franzhausen and Gemeinlebarn that were not conforming to the dominant gendered burial practices.
More Error than Minority: Gendered Burial Practices Align with Peptide-based Sex Identification in Early Bronze Age Burials in Central Europe | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
More Error than Minority: Gendered Burial Practices Align with Peptide-based Sex Identification in Early Bronze Age Burials in Central Europe
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March 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Check out our new article on gender archaeology doi.org/10.1017/S095.... Here, we test the chromosomal sex of Early Bronze Age individuals from Franzhausen and Gemeinlebarn that were not conforming to the dominant gendered burial practices.
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🦣🔍 New mammoth bone discoveries in Lower Austria reveal insights into Ice Age hunters' daily life. OeAI archaeologists found remains of 5 mammoths, with stone tools, dismembered bones, and tusk fragments showing the use of meat and ivory processing by hunters 25,000 years ago.
New mammoth bone finds in Lower Austria provide insights into the everyday life of Ice Age hunters
A team of OeAI archaeologists discovered the remains of at least five mammoths during excavations north-east of St. Pölten. Stone tools, dismembered bones and tusk fragments indicate the utilisation…
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March 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🦣🔍 New mammoth bone discoveries in Lower Austria reveal insights into Ice Age hunters' daily life. OeAI archaeologists found remains of 5 mammoths, with stone tools, dismembered bones, and tusk fragments showing the use of meat and ivory processing by hunters 25,000 years ago.
This International Women's Day we are proud to celebrate the amazing international women who are members of #HEASVienna. Here is a selection of them working in the lab, field and office.
March 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you for bringing the Archaeo-Sexism exhibition to Vienna, @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social and @barbarahorejs.bsky.social, @uhaunivienna.bsky.social, @oeai.bsky.social, ÖGUF and everyone else involved! The full house during the opening shows the topic's importance.
March 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Come join us! PALaEoScot is now offering a fully-funded PhD to work on ZooMS and sedaDNA studies at Scottish Late Glacial and Early Holocene sites. Closing 13/4/25. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🦌 🐴 🦣 🦬 🦊 🐺 (please note, full funding only available for U.K. domiciled candidates only).
March 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM