Spencer Wells
@spwells.bsky.social
scientist • author • explorer
Lombok, Indonesia 🇮🇩
lombokdiaries.substack.com
Lombok, Indonesia 🇮🇩
lombokdiaries.substack.com
Great talk by @paleogenomics.bsky.social! 🦠🧬🌎 And thanks again to @heasvienna.bsky.social for making these presentations available online for a global audience…🙏🌏
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Great talk by @paleogenomics.bsky.social! 🦠🧬🌎 And thanks again to @heasvienna.bsky.social for making these presentations available online for a global audience…🙏🌏
Another great talk in the @heasvienna.bsky.social seminar series: @rokofler.bsky.social on anthropogenically-triggered genome invasions…🧬🪰🪳🌎
October 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Another great talk in the @heasvienna.bsky.social seminar series: @rokofler.bsky.social on anthropogenically-triggered genome invasions…🧬🪰🪳🌎
Absolutely fascinating talk - thank you @benceviola.bsky.social & @heasvienna.bsky.social! 💀
October 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Absolutely fascinating talk - thank you @benceviola.bsky.social & @heasvienna.bsky.social! 💀
Baku, 2008. Waiting for the ferry to Turkmenbashi…🇦🇿🇹🇲
February 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Baku, 2008. Waiting for the ferry to Turkmenbashi…🇦🇿🇹🇲
No wonder the wind is so gusty today…💨🌀🇮🇩🇦🇺
February 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
No wonder the wind is so gusty today…💨🌀🇮🇩🇦🇺
Saka gold decorations (8th century BCE) and Sogdian inscriptions (2nd century BCE). Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, Almaty ⛏️🇰🇿
January 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Saka gold decorations (8th century BCE) and Sogdian inscriptions (2nd century BCE). Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, Almaty ⛏️🇰🇿
This afternoon over the Pamirs, en route to Almaty…🏔️🇵🇰🇦🇫🇹🇯🇰🇿
January 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This afternoon over the Pamirs, en route to Almaty…🏔️🇵🇰🇦🇫🇹🇯🇰🇿
Perfect start to the year: tasty Sichuan at 蜀都丰, followed by a visit to the Centre for Ethnobotany at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
January 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Perfect start to the year: tasty Sichuan at 蜀都丰, followed by a visit to the Centre for Ethnobotany at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Happy New Year from Singapore…🇸🇬
January 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Happy New Year from Singapore…🇸🇬
Hello Singapore! 🇸🇬
December 30, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Hello Singapore! 🇸🇬
First evidence of Paleolithic stone-tool kiln in East Asia revealed in N.China ⛏️🇨🇳 www.globaltimes.cn/page/202412/...
December 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
First evidence of Paleolithic stone-tool kiln in East Asia revealed in N.China ⛏️🇨🇳 www.globaltimes.cn/page/202412/...
More than 1,300 prehistoric burial mounds in western Azerbaijan systematically surveyed for the first time ⛏️🇦🇿 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 18, 2024 at 8:58 PM
More than 1,300 prehistoric burial mounds in western Azerbaijan systematically surveyed for the first time ⛏️🇦🇿 phys.org/news/2024-12...
Syphilis had its roots in the Americas, archaeological bone study suggests ⛏️🦠🧬 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 18, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Syphilis had its roots in the Americas, archaeological bone study suggests ⛏️🦠🧬 phys.org/news/2024-12...
Were Neanderthals cold-adapted or were they just ready for anything? Ribcage reconstruction may hold the answer ⛏️🩻 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Were Neanderthals cold-adapted or were they just ready for anything? Ribcage reconstruction may hold the answer ⛏️🩻 phys.org/news/2024-12...
Flight of the common rose: How are Singapore’s butterflies impacted by climate change? 🦋🇸🇬 Nice graphics. www.st-visuals.com/proj-2412-di...
December 15, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Flight of the common rose: How are Singapore’s butterflies impacted by climate change? 🦋🇸🇬 Nice graphics. www.st-visuals.com/proj-2412-di...
Paleoenvironmental study at Waterfall Bluff reveals leopard seal far from Antarctic waters ⛏️🦭🇿🇦 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 14, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Paleoenvironmental study at Waterfall Bluff reveals leopard seal far from Antarctic waters ⛏️🦭🇿🇦 phys.org/news/2024-12...
Uncovering the evolutionary origins of the hepatitis E virus 🦠 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 13, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Uncovering the evolutionary origins of the hepatitis E virus 🦠 phys.org/news/2024-12...
“These results…indicate that any modern human remains found outside Africa that are older than 50,000 years could not have been part of the common non-African population that interbred with Neanderthals and is now found across much of the world." 🧬💀 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
“These results…indicate that any modern human remains found outside Africa that are older than 50,000 years could not have been part of the common non-African population that interbred with Neanderthals and is now found across much of the world." 🧬💀 phys.org/news/2024-12...
One of world's largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland 💧🇬🇱 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 12, 2024 at 5:37 PM
One of world's largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland 💧🇬🇱 phys.org/news/2024-12...
Gene inherited from Neanderthals influences tooth shape, study suggests 🧬🦷 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 12, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Gene inherited from Neanderthals influences tooth shape, study suggests 🧬🦷 phys.org/news/2024-12...
What a trip…🛩️🇳🇱🇮🇩 (KLM route to Java, 1930)
December 12, 2024 at 9:31 AM
What a trip…🛩️🇳🇱🇮🇩 (KLM route to Java, 1930)
Stone Age insights: Life, death and fire in ancient Ukraine ⛏️🇺🇦 phys.org/news/2024-12...
December 11, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Stone Age insights: Life, death and fire in ancient Ukraine ⛏️🇺🇦 phys.org/news/2024-12...