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Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa
The world’s oldest in situ adult funeral pyre (~9500 years old) shows complex mortuary behaviors among ancient African foragers.
www.science.org
January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa
The world’s oldest in situ adult funeral pyre (~9500 years old) shows complex mortuary behaviors among ancient African foragers.
www.science.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Radiocarbon 25 Proceedings Submission Deadline Extended to Jan 10, 2026

Papers must be based on RC25 presentations.
Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rdc
Guidelines: radiocarbon.org/submissions

@14cjournal.bsky.social
#RC25 #Radiocarbon25
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November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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HUMAN ROOTS AWARD 2025 🏆
The Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution @paleomonrepos.bsky.social, part of the LEIZA, proudly honours Professor John D. Speth (University of Michigan, USA) with this year’s international HUMAN ROOTS AWARD! 🌍✨ #researchaward #archaeology
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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You are an early-career scientist interested in social and environmental processes in the past? For our second phase, we are offering 5 positions for postdocs and 9 positions for doctoral students.

Apply now!

All the details: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
#earlycareerscientists #jobs
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Essential reading.

Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes
Putrefying animal foods laced with maggots should be considered when using isotopes to reconstruct Late Pleistocene hominin diets.
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July 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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#Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago. Groundbreaking discovery by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social and the LDA in Saxony reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals:
idw-online.de/de/news854632

#archaeology #paleolithic #prehistory
Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago
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July 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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🍝Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be next week Wednesday 02 July at 15:00 CET! 🍝

@mirandaevans.bsky.social will be presenting "The Proteomics of Pottery: What can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?"

As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Double success for Kiel University: The Clusters of Excellence 'Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation' (PMI) and 'ROOTS – Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies' @clusterroots.bsky.social will be funded for another seven years!
Kiel University in the Excellence Strategy: Success for the two Kiel clusters PMI and ROOTS
The German Research Foundation announced which collaborative research projects will receive funding for the next seven years as Clusters of Excellence.
www.uni-kiel.de
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Lecturer (Archaeological Science) #archsci #job - deadline 2nd June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND779/l... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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May 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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📢 We're hiring!
The Leibniz-Zentrum for Archaeology (LEIZA) is launching a new international, English-language, Diamond Open Access journal—and we're looking for a Managing Editor (m/f/d) to lead the way.

📍#Mainz or #Schleswig
🕒 Full- or part-time
💼 EG 13 TV-L

#archaeology #journal #editing 1/4
May 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
finally, the Duvensee chronology paper is published:
Jos Kleijne, Harald Lübke, Daniel Groß, Klaus Bokelmann, John Meadows, 2025, Temporal patterns in Mesolithic activity at Duvensee, Germany, Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 353, 109230, doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Thanks to everyone who helped us.😇
Redirecting
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February 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM