Reposted by Carli PetersICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What surprises people most when they learn about fossils? 🦴 Full video on our YouTube 👇 youtu.be/7AN3HBuJ-l8?... #fossils #prehistory #ICArEHB 054
Reposted by Carli PetersMatthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026@paastacommunity.bsky.social is developing #metadata standards for #palaeoproteomicis based upon ##USHUPO #Proteomics @us-hupo.org #mzPeak Join the debate on #PAASTA #element github.com/Palaeoprot/Z... 1117
Reposted by Carli PetersSam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We have four invited speakers joining us at IZAZ next week, to share their thoughts on the theme of our workshop, Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology! They are Tiina Manne, Sharada Visweswara Channarayapatna, Anneke Janzen, and Britt Starkovich! 🦴🦬👩🏼🔬 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 0137
Reposted by Carli PetersMatthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Copenhagen job alert 🚨 GLOBE (@ucph.bsky.social) is hiring a 21-mo Postdoc in #Bioinformatics & #ComputationalProteomics Work with @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social, @fridowelker.bsky.social, @brandtgroup.bsky.social & more mapping collagen/keratin diversity across 1000s of genomes. 📅 Deadline Aug 31jobportal.ku.dkPostdoc of Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics 03131
Reposted by Carli PetersPalesa @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Hello Hello, If you have some downtime and want to read something excitingly odd, read on the enamel proteins of Homo naledi: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Working closely with Alberto, @clairekoenig.bsky.social, @ipatramanis.bsky.social, and the rest of our collaborators was just so wonderful.cell.comProteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markersThe morphological homogeneity of the middle Pleistocene hominin Homo naledi is reflected in its dental proteome, with no evidence supporting confident identification of male individuals, and the detec... 24223
Reposted by Carli PetersICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026🙌 ~300 visitors, 1km of prehistory, and a day full of flint-knapping, cave painting & Palaeolithic cooking 🔥 Our Prehistory Discovery Day at Gambelas Campus was one to remember. Already planning the next one 🌲 📷 Matt Gush / ICArEHB #ICArEHB #Archaeology #SciComm 0102
Reposted by Carli PetersPAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Applications are now open for the PAASTA Bioinformatics Summer School 💻 Lessons will cover theory and practical exercises on a variety of palaeoproteomic analyses, including ZooMS, amelogenin sex estimation and shotgun proteomics. Deadline: 1 June 2026 Registration form: forms.gle/pqmecUpD7Xay... 11716
Reposted by Carli PetersBara Huber @barahuber.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 In our new study, we show how an #archaeometabolomics approach can distinguish between different cedar-derived products - such as tar, resin, and essential oil - in archaeological samples. 🧪🏺👩🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #metabolomics #archaeology 2175
Reposted by Carli PetersICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026🚀 Historic achievement for ICArEHB! We’ve secured €31.5M to launch UAlgTec Heritage, a pioneering European centre for innovation in archaeological heritage. Proud of our team and excited for what comes next! #ICArEHB #UAlgTecHeritage #HeritageTech #UAlg #Portugal 1199
Reposted by Carli PetersDr Carmen Martín-Ramos @cmramos.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Interested in Early Stone Age and Africanist Archaeology? Check out this doctoral research grant at @icarehb.bsky.social with @jonathanreeves.bsky.social in his project on Oldowan technology and Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution 🦴⛏️🦣🪨 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/427576euraxess.ec.europa.euScientific Research Fellowship (BI) 014/2026NOTICE NO. 014/2026 COMPETITION FOR THE AWARD OF A GRANT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE RESEARCH GRANT REGULATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE 043
Reposted by Carli PetersSam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 06/04/2026We will hold two discussion sessions in the next #IZAZ workshop. In past workshops, these discussion sessions have been pivotal in advancing community efforts. So - what do you think the theme of these discussions should be? 🤔💭 Follow this link to make a suggestion: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 044
Reposted by Carli PetersVera Aldeias @veraaldeias.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Sedimentary ancient DNA is seriously shaking up how we study the past, and I'm very happy to be quoted in this Nature feature😅. Cool piece on sedaDNA, what it can do and where things get messy (literally, in the dirt) @erc.europa.eu @matrixerc.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social 0133
Reposted by Carli PetersDr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Register now for our free online workshop hosted by the #COEXIST project and @archaeoprotein.bsky.social: Maximising data from #Palaeolithic bone. Exciting program on chronology, diet, taphonomy and method advancement: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🦣🧪🏺 11812
Reposted by Carli PetersMatthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Registration OPEN for Practical Palaeoproteomics Summer School Copenhagen! 🦴🧪 🗓️ Aug 12–21, 2026 📍 Copenhagen (In-person + 3-day remote option) 🎓 6 ECTS credits ⏳ Deadline: April 1st Apply here: phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus... #Palaeoproteomics #BioArch #Archaeology #Proteomics #PhDLifephdcourses.ku.dkGraduate School of health and Medical SciencesRadEditor - please enable JavaScript to use the rich text editor. 01818
Reposted by Carli PetersProf. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCLSearching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs. 12639
Reposted by Carli PetersEleanor Scerri @elliescerri.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Job alert in Malta on my ERC funded IslandLab Project for a post excavation research assistant. A bachalor's degree in Archaeology, or related fields is required, ideally with experience working on faunal assemblages and handling bones/fossils, and curating finds. www.um.edu.mt/media/um/doc...um.edu.mt 01223
Reposted by Carli PetersERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Meet the ERC Matrix Project team! We introduce Sofia Kouki, PhD student working on archaeoinformatics at @icarehb.bsky.social. Sofia applies computational methods to micromorphological analysis and explores how artificial intelligence can complement the work of micromorphologists. 041
Reposted by Carli PetersZandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Do you need to clean your teeth? And if so, how? 🦷 The answer is YES, at least for Pleistocene teeth. Here, we show you why that is the case, and find a couple of good methods: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comIdentification and removal of contamination in palaeoproteomic analysis of dental enamel - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Identification and removal of contamination in palaeoproteomic analysis of dental enamel 1104
Reposted by Carli PetersICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 13/01/2026🎓 FCT PhD Fellowships 2026 ICArEHB invites inquisitive and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology or Primatology through the national FCT Program. 📍See our poster & details: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell... #PhD #Archaeology #FCT #ICArEHB 01215
Reposted by Carli PetersERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025We worked hard in 2025, will be super busy in 2026 and you will hear all about it. For now, we are ready for a break and wish you all the best of holidays! #MatrixERC #ICArEHB #Neanderthal #Paleolithic #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #AncientDNA #Biomolecules #SedimentDNA #Geoarchaeology 043
Reposted by Carli PetersArchaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 15/12/2025🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨 We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there! 02021
Reposted by Carli PetersDr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 10/12/2025BBC coverage of breaking news announcing the earliest evidence for humanly made fire. From Barnham, UK. Quite probably early Neanderthal people with a late Acheulean culture 🦣🏺🔥 www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...bbc.co.ukThe moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC NewsArchaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires 67231
Reposted by Carli PetersPAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 05/12/2025PAASTA WINTER SCHOOL Now is your chance to provide input on our upcoming PAASTA Winter School on tools and topics you’re keen to learn and teach, please give your thoughts on this short form forms.gle/om48gkCKzTt9... before 9th Jan! 01211
Reposted by Carli PetersDeg Zed @degzed.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Check out our new publication on the challenges faced by African scholars, especially early-career researchers. *Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's Journey in Africa* Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa collaboration #EX NOVO Journal archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/…archaeopresspublishing.com Archaeopress Journals 032
Reposted by Carli PetersFrido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant. 11423
Reposted by Carli PetersERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025New paper is out! We and welkergroup.bsky.social show that proteins from resin-impregnated sediment blocks can reveal faunal diversity at the microscale. We thank and congratulate all coauthors! #paleoproteomics #geoarchaeology erc.europa.eu icarehb.bsky.social academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...academic.oup.comNew methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomicsAbstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat 0153
Reposted by Carli PetersDr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Just out, our new paper "The state of the late Quaternary megafauna extinction debate...". We review the various perspectives, methods, and datasets which have been used to explore the extinction of many large animals. Was it humans, climate, or a mix of both? The debate continues!frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The state of the late Quaternary megafauna extinction debate: a systematic review and analysisWith its origins in the late 18th and early 19th century, the question of what drove the late Quaternary megafauna extinctions remains one of science’s most ... 2279
Carli Peters @carlipeters.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Really happy to say that this paper is out now! 🦣🦴 It was a lot of work, but we identified some interesting trends and themes. 090
Reposted by Carli PetersVera Aldeias @veraaldeias.bsky.social · 14/10/2025📄 New paper 📣 of @matrixerc.bsky.social & @welkergroup.bsky.social! We show that microstratigraphic-scale #paleoproteomics works in intact sediments - opening new ways to explore ancient ecosystems & hominin behaviour 🌍🦴 @erc.europa.eu @icarehb.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...academic.oup.comNew methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomicsAbstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat 13112
Reposted by Carli PetersWelker Group @welkergroup.bsky.social · 14/10/2025📣Paper alert📣 Is it possible to use #palaeoproteomics to identify the taxonomy of bone fragments in resin-embedded sediment blocks, enabling study of past faunal community composition at a microstratigraphic scale? 🦴🐮 🦌 We decided to test this, and the results are now out: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...doi.orgNew methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomicsAbstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat 1154
Reposted by Carli PetersMaria C. Codlin @mcodlin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Excited to share our new study in @natcomms.nature.com. It reveals surprising protein variability in birds 🐦, reshaping how we use ancient proteins to reconstruct the past. Curious about the implications? Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eJi3h. With @beademarch.bsky.social 093
Reposted by Carli PetersMaria Guagnin @mariaguagnin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Our new paper is out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 12,000 year old camel engravings marked water sources in the desert. A great team effort @mdpetraglia.bsky.social @finnstileman.bsky.social @stewiestewart.bsky.social et al!nature.comMonumental rock art illustrates that humans thrived in the Arabian Desert during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition | Nature CommunicationsThank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript. 1205
Reposted by Carli PetersMichael Petraglia @mdpetraglia.bsky.social · 30/09/2025New discovery! Here @mariaguagnin.bsky.social and our team report on 12,000-year-old life-size camel rock art engravings in the Saudi desert. #GreenArabia @griffith.edu.au www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0217
Reposted by Carli PetersNicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 29/09/2025A sneak peak of our forthcoming article! Led by Mathew Stewart and @huwgroucutt.bsky.social. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mam...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The state of the late Quaternary megafauna extinction debate: a systematic review and analysisWith its origins in the late 18th and early 19th century, the question of what drove the extinction of the late Quaternary megafauna extinctions remains one ... 0123
Reposted by Carli PetersStewie Stewart @stewiestewart.bsky.social · 29/09/2025A community-driven project to identify the Big Questions in palaeontology. See our latest paper in #Paleobiology published last week and led by Jansen Smith. 📖🦖cambridge.orgIdentifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge CoreIdentifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project 1102
Reposted by Carli PetersBeatrice Demarchi @beademarch.bsky.social · 27/09/2025We're recruiting an avian ecologist working with @danc-eco.bsky.social and our AviArch team! More info: archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...archaeobiomics.comAviArch – Avifauna in archaeoecological networks – Archaeobiomics.com 0917
Reposted by Carli PetersERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025👥 Meet the team behind the ERC Matrix Project! 🔬 Today: Vera Aldeias, PI of Matrix and a geoarchaeologist decoding past human behaviour through sediments. 🧬 Vera’s team uses ancient DNA & proteins in soils to trace modern humans’ arrival in Europe & Neanderthals’ disappearance. 0164
Reposted by Carli PetersERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The MATRIX Project, ERC Starting Grant, led by @veraaldeias.bsky.social and based at @icarehb.bsky.social, explores the replacement of Neanderthals by early modern humans by analyzing intact blocks of sediment as archives of ancient DNA, proteins, and lipids. Follow us and visit matrix.icarehb.com 183
Reposted by Carli PetersERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025The ERC Project MATRIX explores one of the big questions in our past: how Neanderthals disappeared as modern humans spread across Europe. Meet the team behind it and learn more about our research on sediments, ancient DNA, proteins, lipids & human evolution 👉 matrix.icarehb.com 0238
Reposted by Carli PetersPAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Still time to self-nominate if you're looking to get more actively involved with the PAASTA Community! 021
Reposted by Carli PetersPAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 08/09/2025For those not at our General Meeting, we have self-nominations for our next Steering Committee open until the end of the month (30 September)! For more details and to nominate yourself: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... With many thanks to @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for overseeing this!docs.google.comPAASTA steering committee self-nominationHello! I am Ismael Rodríguez Palomo, a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. I have volunteered to conduct the formation of the next PAASTA steering committee. We will try to avoid formal elections... 075
Reposted by Carli PetersMatthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Thanks to @isbarchaeology.bsky.social and @isba11.bsky.social for a great conference. I mentioned the legacy of Henk Kars of VU who established ISBA Geoarchaeology closed. Here is the link to the petition to save Earth Sciences @vuamsterdam.bsky.social www.change.org/p/red-aardwe... 0198
Reposted by Carli PetersISBA - Intl. Soc. for Biomolecular Archaeology @isbarchaeology.bsky.social · 29/08/2025What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science. 06628
Reposted by Carli PetersSam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Looking for a new approach to quantification of #deamidation in your MALDI-TOF data? Then you need to check out our new preprint!!! Fei Yang will be speaking about it at ISBA11_Torino tomorrow in Methods 5 at 16:00! #palaeoproteomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgMALDI Deamidation Score (MDS): A Fast and Flexible Method for Assessing Deamidation in ZooMS Data and Its Application to the Denisova Cave Bone AssemblageEstimating deamidation from MALDI-TOF MS spectra of bones has most frequently been achieved using the q2e method due to its high-throughput capacity and ease of use. Despite this accessibility, q2e is... 093
Reposted by Carli PetersZandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Registration deadline is TOMORROW! 🍝 🏺 075
Reposted by Carli PetersPAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Delighted to be bringing you the following PAASTA community-led paper outlining our recommendations for best practices and open science in palaeoproteomics! Congratulations to the authors and for anyone keen to read the paper, it can be found #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.24072/pcj... 01710
Reposted by Carli PetersPAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 30/07/2025✨✨Reminder that we are hosting a (virtual and in-person) pre-ISBA conference✨✨ on the 26th of August (13:00-17:00 CET) which will include talks from members of our community and the PAASTA Annual General Meeting. Additional details can be found here: paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...paasta-community.github.io Pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference · PAASTA Community 103
Reposted by Carli PetersAnna Rufà @annarb.bsky.social · 07/07/2025🐰🔥 Excited to share our new paper from the #snackormenu project: we have developed an experimental protocol to accurately diagnose rabbit cooking and processing methods. Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s108... #Zooarchaeology #Taphonomy #Archaeology @icarehb.bsky.social @uv.esdoi.orgExperimental Protocol for Cooking Rabbits and its Archaeological Implications - Journal of Archaeological Method and TheorySmall prey such as rabbits are present in Middle Paleolithic and are abundant in the diet of Upper Paleolithic human groups in southwestern Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula. Several archaeo... 072
Reposted by Carli PetersICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Postdoc in Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB! Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos... 01718