Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Thanks! Yes I’m still doing fieldwork at Liang Bua, but I’m currently on maternity leave so I’ll continue fieldwork in Indonesia next year 120
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Exactly - it just didn’t fit! Once stone tool complexity and the stratigraphy were revised, we knew the next step would be to revisit these early claims of behavior and see if they held up. Glad it’s helpful! 040
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchHUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Congrats to our spokesperson @katharv.bsky.social on their new paper published today! 🏺 #paleosky 051
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchHUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Likely no hunters of Elephants nor masters of fire - new paper on taphonomic analysis challenges former assumptions on Homo floresensis. Congratulations to Grace Veatch, who recently started her position as an Independent Junior Research Group Lead at Human Origins! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgTaphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensisHomo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior. 22312
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchMU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis🏺🧪 @egveatch.bsky.social @brianapobiner.bsky.social , et al www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Suggests not as behaviorally advanced and provides critical insights into the behavioral repertoire 0133
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Seems like the “Hobbit” is even weirder than we once thought. 🏺🧪livescience.comDiminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones revealThe extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals. 25114
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchChris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgTaphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensisHomo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior. 03718
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchChris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026My thoughts on the paper about 'Hobbit' capabilities 0478
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchDr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026So excited to be a co-author on this paper with an amazing team led by @egveatch.bsky.social, published today! Tl:dr - 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 scavenged (not hunted) Stegodon and did not have control of fire at Liang Bua. 0247
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchPaige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Were the hobbits of Flores clever hunters, or were they merely scavenging dragon leftovers? My latest for Nat Geo covers fascinating new work from @egveatch.bsky.social and the team at Liang Bua: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti... 🧪🏺nationalgeographic.comOur ancient ‘hobbit’ cousins ate dragon leftoversResearchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be. 1316
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026How does this alter our understanding of the Flores hominins? Read our paper and find out! “It is no bad thing to celebrate the simple life” - The Fellowship of the Ring 🎥static.klipy.comBilbo Baggins Says Good MorningALT: Bilbo Baggins Says Good Morning 1110
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Through bone surface modification analysis and relative skeletal abundance patterns, we conclude that there is no supporting evidence to suggest that these small bodies hominins engaged in these complex behaviors. 📸 Credits: Veatch, Liang Bua Research Team 1121
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026🐘 check out our newest paper from Liang Bua! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Did H. floresiensis hunt Stegodon? 🔪 Did they also had control use of fire? 🔥 We tested these early claims of complex behavior using taphonomy, experimental archaeology, and zooarchaeology of the Stegodon assemblage.doi.org 36628
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchBenjamin Utting @benjaminutting.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Amazing opportunity with one of the brightest minds in SEA Palaeolithic archaeology! @egveatch.bsky.social 057
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchHUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 27/05/2026✨New opportunity✨ Fully funded PhD position in our Experimental Archaeology Lab lead by @egveatch.bsky.social! Find all necessary information on our website: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/... #HumanOrigins #EarlyCareerArchaeologistsuni-tuebingen.deCluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS 01210
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchMeg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 04/12/2025This is one of the most damning arguments against AI and one of the most damning indictments of the university admins who gleefully jumped on this bandwagon without once thinking about the long-term damage it might cause. Everyone should read this. 23620
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have accepted the position of Independent Group Leader in Experimental Archaeology at the University of Tübingen! The program will focus on establishing a reference collection for taphonomic phenomena specific to Island Southeast Asia 😁 🐘🏝️🇮🇩🦴 3474
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchMarta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 27/09/2025#ESHE2025 Elizabeth Veatch ‘Behavioural complexity in Homo floresiensis reconsidered’ Did H floresiensis hunt & use fire? NO! Tapho– Komodo Dragon prey bones fr Atlanta! 3D study of 3200 bones w marks fr Liang Bua: most match Komodo Dragons; a few actual c/m - scavenging. 🔥? ~10K rat bones 😳… NONE 0195
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 27/09/2025We had a fantastic experience attending and presenting at #ESHE2025 for the first time. Even little Luca enjoyed the trip! Looking forward to attending next year 😁 150
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchMel Pardi @drpardi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025New publication out today, on mammal endemism doi.org/10.1002/ecog...doi.org 274
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025From postdocs to deans of research, over 300 researchers across 100+ institutions share how they’re navigating funding cuts and finding ways forward. www.biorender.com/2025-science...biorender.com2025 Report: U.S. Science & Federal Funding CutsHow 300+ researchers are navigating federal funding cuts in science. This report reveals strategies, challenges, and what institutions are doing to stay afloat. 020
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchChris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Ancient human ancestor emerges from sunken Southeast Asian landmass | Science www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAncient human ancestor emerges from sunken Southeast Asian landmassSubmerged fossils are revealing long-held secrets from a region known as Sundaland 13911
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 06/07/2025It’s been a week! Managed to spend some time in my favorite hobbit hole after 5 years of pandemic and childbirth 😁 Looking forward to the next 5 years of active fieldwork and lots of nasi goreng! Sampai jumpa tahun depan 🫶 1213
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchKate Wong @katewong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I know we could all use some good news right now, and I love Ice Age animals and Game of Thrones as much as the next person. But as someone who writes about evolution and extinction, ecology and conservation, for a living, I’ve gotta say this Dire Wolf hoopla is deeply problematic. A short thread 🧵🧪 312529
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchZanna Clay @zannaclay.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The loss of a legend- Kanzi, the language-competent bonobo, has died age 44. Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-... 225778
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchJohn R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 20/03/2025From EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public -- republished today on @the-revelator.bsky.social from @ehnewsroom.bsky.social therevelator.org/epa-open-let...therevelator.orgFrom EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public • The Revelator“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen,” write current and former EPA employees. “We need to hold this administration accountable.” 35525
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchDr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 06/02/2025List of Diamond OA Journals in Bioanthropology: youtube.com/post/Ugkxgv7...youtube.comPost from BioantTalks - YouTubeList of Diamond OA journals: 1) Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris: https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/ Palaeoanthropology http... 1127
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Today, I wrote two hearty result paragraphs and created two detailed figures from GIS all while being a full time solo parent of a three month old today 💪 time to get the baby some outdoor time and take a walk #StayAtHome #academicmommedia.tenor.coma man in a red sweater is dancing in a living room with the words woohoo ! written on the screen .ALT: a man in a red sweater is dancing in a living room with the words woohoo ! written on the screen . 090
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Coming back to work after maternity leave and it feels nearly impossible #AcademicMomsmedia.tenor.coman illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words " americans need paid parental leave "ALT: an illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words " americans need paid parental leave " 030
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Super cool research by @brianapobiner.bsky.social and team! Congrats!! 1110
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Great work team! #Austronesian #ShellMidden #Pottery #Farming #Sedentism #Expansion #LiangBuamedia.tenor.coma group of people are dancing in a hallway and the word team work is visibleALT: a group of people are dancing in a hallway and the word team work is visible 030
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Additional evidence of cultural modifications of marine mollusks suggests that humans living at/around Liang Bua had strong cultural ties to the coast 🐚 100
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025The shell midden was comprised of mainly freshwater mollusks and is dated to between 4,400 and 3,300 years ago - with the majority broken at their apices indicating human consumption! 🐚😋 100
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Through analysis of pottery and shell fragments, Agus and team show that pottery, which is often associated with Austronesian cultures at the time, was introduced at Liang Bua at ~3,300 years ago suggesting farming and sedentism 🐚🏺 110
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Check out the latest research from Liang Bua by Indonesian archaeologist I Made Agus Julianto! "New insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 years" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comNew insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 yearsIn addition to preserving a rich archaeological record spanning from ∼190 thousand years ago (ka) until the terminal Pleistocene, Liang Bua (Flores, I… 180
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchCaley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · 26/12/2024The editors are doing the right thing, but this is a terrible loss. For decades, Journal of Human Evolution has consistently been one of the best venues for publishing bread-and-butter technical work in the field of #paleoanthropology. 2415
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Maybe the open access journal PaleoAnthropology would be a good home for us now 🤷♀️ horrible to hear of this news 😔 #RIPJHE 050
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 26/12/2024“Through this exhibition, we remind the world that human civilization not only started in Africa, but also found its strength and complexity in the archipelago," 021
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchChris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 26/12/2024‘The 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest Civilization’ voi.id/en/lifestyle...voi.idThe 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Effectus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest CivilizationThe exhibition entitled "Indonesia: The Oldest Civilization on Earth? 130 Years After Pithecanthropus Erekus" celebrates 130 years of discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus or Javanese Ancient Humans ... 1153
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchJosh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 25/11/2024"Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of the honour of an FRS is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone... who has immeasurable wealth & power which he will use to threaten scientists who disagree with him." I do hope the RS is engaging with this🧪 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowshipProf Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences 524581
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024“We must remember that American higher education is imbricated with the American project writ large. To set aside this work entirely is to abandon the values of a liberal education, and what would that say about our hopes for a better future for our country and for our students?” #SaveHumanities 0142
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchChris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Taphonomic Approach to the Interpretation of Isolated Human Skulls: Distinguishing Natural from Intentional Deposition link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comTaphonomic Approach to the Interpretation of Isolated Human Skulls: Distinguishing Natural from Intentional Deposition - Journal of Archaeological Method and TheoryThe human cranium is probably the most common single anatomical element manipulated after the death of the individual. However, it is not uncommon to find isolated crania for which it is difficult to ... 043
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchChris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Research has overturned earlier claims that a diminutive human relative, Homo floresiensis, lit fires—but big stories die hard www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...sapiens.orgExtinguishing the Idea That Hobbits Had FireResearch has overturned earlier claims that a diminutive human relative, Homo floresiensis, lit fires—but big stories die hard. 1129
Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgOpen-access journal elife will lose its ‘impact factor’ over controversial publishing modelWeb of Science index decides to strip key metric because elife’s unusual peer review doesn’t meet its criteria 194
Reposted by Dr. E Grace VeatchGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 11/11/2024Bluesky, Today is my 2nd day on here as an escapee from The Bad Place. I am BEGGING y’all to repost this I have $80,000 in scholarship money to give away to women and girls NATIONWIDE. I worked so hard to raise this money. Applications open THIS week. I’m scared the mass migration will impact this 8529623534