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David Wright

@davidkwright.bsky.social
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Professor at University of Oslo 🇳🇴: Geoarchaeology | Human ecology | Climate change | Evolution | Stable isotopes | Biomarkers | Biodiversity 🌍

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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Eco-archaeological research at Kalemba, eastern Zambia by #EcoArch - an #ERCSYN project.
The climb to Kalemba
EcoArch PI David Wright at KalembaThe road is roughSunset in eastern Zambia
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
EcoArch fieldwork in Kamangoza/Kumadzulo, near Livingstone, Zambia. We will reconstruct Iron Age ecological baselines prior to and after the introduction of iron working at the sites.
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
EcoArch fieldwork underway near Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania. Testing out our new coring machine in swamps was the top order of business, but we also sampled from the Mnaraeka site and collected surface samples to build biomarker databases.
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
My lab has a postdoc position opening: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in archaeological geochemistry and dating (303752) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in archaeological geochemistry and dating (303752), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, August 16, 2026
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🚨Deadline approaching🚨 for this fully funded PhD-position at Uni Tübingen! Want to know more? ➡️ Get in touch!
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
EcoArch has a web page: www.ecoarch-project.org. We will fill in content there over the next 6 years on our activities. Check in from time to time if you want to see what we are up to!
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EcoArch – Ecological Archaeologies of the Afrotropics - EcoArch
The project investigates how people and climate have shaped landscapes and biodiversity across Africa and Arabia.
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
EcoArch has an Instagram page! Follow us there for photos and videos of the project. www.instagram.com/ecoarch_proj...
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New postdoctoral position adverstised in ancient sedimentary DNA and palaeoecology: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA (298945) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA (298945), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Head engineer position advertised in ancient DNA lab at the University of Oslo associated with the EcoArch project: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Head Engineer in ancient DNA (298943) | University of Oslo
Job title: Head Engineer in ancient DNA (298943), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Little is known of the earliest hominins who crossed Central Asia. Over the last four years, a team on which I am a PI has been working to understand how our ancestors survived in their environments. This paper is the summary of my PhD student Aljasil Chirakkal's thesis. Proud of him!
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The Khovaling Loess Plateau as a window into Early Paleolithic human–environment interactions in Central Asia
Loess–paleosol sequences in southern Tajikistan offer a valuable yet underexplored archive for reconstructing early human–environment interactions acr…
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
EcoArch seeks proposals from colleagues based in Africa or Arabia interested in conducting research on human-climate-landscape interactions over the last 6000 years. We will fund up to €10,000 for projects that articulate with our core interests. Deadline 15 March 2026. nettskjema.no/a/587630
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EcoArch – African Quaternary Human Climate Interactions (AQHCI) - Nettskjema
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My lab has a PhD position open! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Geochemistry (293027) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Geochemistry (293027), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This study demonstrates that Early Paleolithic hominins of Central Asia preferentially occupied ecologically stable, pedogenically developed zones during interglacial phases, contributing to localized fire regimes and shaping their landscapes. 🇹🇯🔥🌱
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Geochemical records from loess sediments provide insights into early hominin influence on the landscape in the Khovaling region of Southern Tajikistan, Central Asia
This study presents a multi‑proxy investigation of loess–paleosol sequences from the Khovaling Loess Plateau (KLP) in Southern Tajikistan to explore l…
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Project manager position to be filled by March 1 at the Culture History Museum of the University of Oslo. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Project Manager (291237) | University of Oslo
Job title: Project Manager (291237), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Friends, please consider contributing to this initiative to give African scholars opportunities to date archaeological sites they work on. This is organised by the Society of Africanist Archaeologists. gofund.me/2324ee20a
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Donate to Support the African Chronometric Dating Fund (ACDF), organized by Jacques Aymeric-Nsangou
Africa is the cradle of humankind, where our species first ev… Jacques Aymeric-Nsangou needs your support for Support the African Chronometric Dating Fund (ACDF)
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Article alert! I analysed sediments using d13C and d15N stable isotopes excavated in 1991 by Susan and Rod McIntosh to better understand early agropastoral settlement dynamics and ecologies in the Middle Senegal River Valley. Open access publication. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Episodic settlement and mound formation context at Cubalel and Siwré sites, Middle Senegal River
Recent analysis of sediments recovered in 1991 at the sites of Cubalel and Siwré in the Middle Senegal River Valley have revealed new insights into th…
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
University of Oslo comes out big in the 2025 ERC Synergy competition. #UiO #EcoArch #ERCSyG
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More than EUR 30 million in ERC grants to UiO researchers - University of Oslo
Four UiO researchers across three projects have been awarded ERC Synergy Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). They will study snow in extreme environments, the use of AI to create syntheti...
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EcoArch - ERC Synergy Project @ecoarch-project.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
EcoArch is officially up and running. Over the next 6 years, we will investigate and model landscape change in the Afrotropics thanks to an ERC Synergy Grant. Follow us for exciting developments to come! @erc.europa.eu @sanneboessenkool.bsky.social @davidkwright.bsky.social
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ERC Synergy Grants to fund 66 teams tackling major scientific challenges
How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy Gr...
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 06/11/2025
📣 Meet the new ERC Synergy Grant awardees! Sixty-six research teams have been selected for funding, bringing together 239 scientists. Congratulations to all! ➡️ buff.ly/PSn3bi9 #EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCSyG
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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9. international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Two new postdoctoral positions are now open at WIVA. The positions will focus on the material culture of trade (500-1100 CE).
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Two Postdoc Positions-Centre of Excellence for The World in the Viking Age - Uppsala University
Two Postdoc Positions-Centre of Excellence for The World in the Viking Age, Department of Archaeology, Ancient History & Conservation, Uppsala University
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st) The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations). Please share! www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Postdoc position opening to undertake interdisciplinary research using modern and sediment-hosted ancient DNA, funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project at Adelaide University.
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Position open! Feel free to circulate! 📢 Applications are open until September 10th! ⬇️
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Azykh Cave fieldwork (second trip of the year) is my contribution to Fieldwork Friday.
Azykh 1Azykh 2Excavations underway in Azykh 1Micromorphology sample from Azykh 2
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Happy to announce that a book I co-edited with @a-beyin.bsky.social won the best book award at the 2025 Society of Africanist Archaeologists conference in Faro, Portugal. Thanks to all of the contributors to the project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Tomos Proffitt @tomosproffitt.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Very happy to announce that a new postdoctoral position on the New ERC funded Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironment Project is open - if you're a geologist or geochronologist come and join us at @icarehb.bsky.social euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358068 Feel free to share it around.
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ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral assistant researcherresearcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology or related areas, under the research project “
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Fieldwork in Mnaraeka and Kiuleule, Tanzania. Chasing the Early and Middle Stone Ages in alluvial fans dating to >240 to 20 ka.
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Fieldwork at Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. The CAUCUS project will be providing absolute ages and environmental context for the occupations there (probably >1 million years).
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Gearing up for fieldwork in Ayzkh Cave, Azerbaijan. We are going to focus on geochronology and environmental reconstruction at this amazing site. @loopdlupien.bsky.social
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Cuts to Newcastle's outstanding archaeology program? No way. Please sign this petition to resist the defunding.
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End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 07/05/2025
Ce webinaire commence dans une heure! 👇
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Pit without finds = worthless pit? Investigating a Roman military camp from Caesar's Gallic Wars (58 – 51 BC) near Hermeskeil (Germany). This is one of the rare instances of published non-results for biomarkers. Not all good data validate your hypothesis! authors.elsevier.com/c/1kx~c,rVDB...
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
3-year postdoc on a great project.
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Research Associate in Archaeology of Later Pastoralism in Eastern Africa (Fixed term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate in Archaeology of Later Pastoralism in Eastern Africa (Fixed term) in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past
Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration.
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Clare Burke @thesherdnerd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Want to come and work at York? 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p... #archaeology 🏺🧪
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York
An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Job alert for osteoarchaeologists.
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Researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Museology - Brno, Czech Republic job with MASARYK UNIVERSITY | 390637
We are looking for a colleague to join the Department of Archaeology and Museology with focus on the use-wear analysis of artefacts ...
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Palaeo-environmental post-doc alert! 2 years, University of Reading: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI153/p...
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Palaeoenvironmental Post Doctoral Research Associate at University of Reading
An academic position as a Palaeoenvironmental Post Doctoral Research Associate is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is from one of my students looking to expand his world. Please contact him at oscarsv@student.iakh.uio.no if you have an opening on one of your projects this year. I would definitely take him if I had any open slots.
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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
(1/9) I’m hiring! Join my ‘Terraform’ ERC project at the University of Malta, looking at the origin, evolution, and impacts of agricultural terracing in the Maltese Islands. Please circulate to anyone you think could be interested. Starting in the summer.
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Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
My first post on here and it's for a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 The University of Tübingen is seeking to find a post-doctoral researcher for a 3-year position, funded through the DFG (13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week). More info here: tinyurl.com/4xbdya5t #archaeology #palaeoproteomics #job #ZooMS
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Three-year position for a researcher in Archaeo- and Palaeoproteomics (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week)
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
MSCA post-doc opportunity offered. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/307984#...
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Looking for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates - Geo-Ethnoarchaeology of Pastoralism
Are you thinking about spending one or two years as a postdoc in a very active and international research environment? Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher looking for a competitive ...
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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Petition · Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree - United Kingdom · Change.org search.app/mhvkW7kfKfNX...
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David Wright @davidkwright.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Paper alert! We use polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (🔥) biomarkers at staggered scales relative to Palaeolithic archaeological sites to argue for deep antiquity (600 to 400 ka) to land management practices in 🇹🇯 Central Asia. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Biomarker evidence on early Paleolithic human-environment interactions from loess records in Tajikistan, Central Asia
The loess-paleosol sequences of Khovaling, southern Tajikistan preserve signatures of prehistoric human settlement during the Early Paleolithic. Archa…
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Amanuel Beyin, PhD @a-beyin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Publication alert- We synthesize the contributions of lithic analysis in African archaeology, theoretical advances, and key research themes. doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
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Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes
Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spa...
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Nature @nature.com · 24/01/2025
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I am ✨BEYOND✨ excited to share my “Classification Framework for Assessing #Anthropogenic #Sedimentary Facies”! It covers composition, bed- and grain-scale descriptors, structures, and nomenclature. Now we can describe the developing #sedimentology of #Anthropocene #Earth 🌍 bit.ly/4hLbd2X 🧪 ⚒️
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Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Major JOB ALERT! I and close colleagues have 4 (!) positions open. So if you're looking for a postdoc or PhD, do read on:
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UCL Archaeology South-East @archsoutheast.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
We’re hiring TWO Senior Geoarchaeologists! Strong geoarchaeological, prehistoric, or palaeoenvironmental background? Deposit modelling skills? Apply for these full time, permanent positions on our Sussex team! Full job description & apply: direc.to/m4iy Closes 5 Jan 2025
An archaeological site under low winter sunshine. Three archaeologists wearing hard hats and orange high visibility clothing are excavating with their backs to us, each of them on a different height terrace within a trench. Text reads “We’re hiring! Senior Geoarchaeologists”
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Dr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Once again, I had great fun putting together this @plos.org SciComm blog post on the top stories in human evolution this year with my colleague Ryan McRae! scicomm.plos.org/2024/12/16/t...
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Top Stories in Human Evolution of 2024 - PLOS SciComm
By Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner 2024 was another year of discoveries in human evolution that help us understand our origins, our…
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