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Emily Hallinan

@eshallinan.bsky.social
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Archaeologist, postdoctoral researcher at ICArEHB, Portugal. Human evolution, lithic technology, Nubian, Levallois, arid environments, North and South Africa

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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📣 New paper #2: The SASSI open dataset is a comprehensive spatial, chronological and contextual database of southern African ESA, MSA and LSA sites, providing a FAIR data resource for comparison and synthesis @icarehb.bsky.social openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
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The Southern African Stone Age Site Index (SASSI): A Spatial, Chronological and Contextual Resource for Archaeological Research | Journal of Open Archaeology Data
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📣 New paper #1: Applying 3DGM to the large prepared core assemblage at the MSA site Tweefontein, we investigate shape variability in Nubian and other Levallois cores, finding Nubian cores to lie at one extreme of preferential core reduction @icarehb.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Nubian Spectrum: 3D Geometric Morphometric Perspectives on Levallois Core Reduction at Tweefontein, South Africa - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology - Prepared core technology is a defining feature of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) in Africa, yet classic preferential Levallois cores are rare in many southern...
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Emanuele Cancellieri @emanucanc.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Call for papers! #UISPP2026 in Poznan Thematic Session S-12C: Approaches to Early & Middle Stone Age/Palaeolithic open-air contexts in arid landscapes uispp2026.syskonf.pl
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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Celebrating the women at ICArEHB, then and now. From childhood curiosity to careers uncovering the past, we’re proud of the women shaping archaeology at ICArEHB. Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 💜 #WomenInScience #EveryVoiceInScience #11February
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Emanuele Cancellieri @emanucanc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Hot off the press! Led by Olivier Scancarello, in collaboration with amazing colleagues and institutions in Tunisia, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Differential Taphonomic Behavior of Flint Types: Experimental Insights and Implications for the Middle Stone Age Assemblages of Wadi Lazalim in the Northern Sahara (Kebili, Tunisia) - Journal of Archa...
Several syn and post-depositional processes are responsible for different degrees of site and assemblage formation and disturbance. Understanding the processes that lead to archaeological site formati...
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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
A celebratory #AcademicAdvent today, as we share the great news of Dr Ceren Kabukcu, an archaeobotanical expert from @livancworlds.bsky.social, and her recent win of a £1.4m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant. Read about her exciting project here ➡️
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Double success: Liverpool academics awarded ERC Consolidator Grants - University of Liverpool News
Double success: Liverpool academics awarded ERC Consolidator Grants
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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🔍 What’s it like to be an early-career archaeologist in Africa? Degsew Mekonnen, Osman Khaleel, Humphrey Nyambiya & Nompumelelo Maringa explore challenges from funding gaps to limited mentoring. 🔗 doi.org/10.32028/exn... #Archaeology #Africa #ICArEHB #EarlyCareerResearchers #ExNovoJournal
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Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's Journey in Africa | Ex Novo: Journal of Archaeology
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We’re losing so many legends in archaeology. Here is a lovely tribute to Tony Marks, who died in August. He was incredibly encouraging to me, and supported our work revisiting the Nubian technology he first characterised. He will be missed. www.icarehb.com/portfolio/in...
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Anthony E. Marks (1938-2025) - ICArEHB
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) at the University of Algarve received with profound sadness the news of the passing of Anthony E. Marks on Augus...
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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Today was the ceremony for new fellows at the #BritishAcademy - it was wonderful 🤩. I am thrilled and so grateful to the colleagues who nominated me, elected me, and the many colleagues, students, friends, our kids & family, & specially Rob 😍 who have so enriched my life and career ❤️
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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🔥 Next #LEXA Seminar! Dr William Chase Murphree will explore #fire use during the #UpperPalaeolithic, using #geoarchaeology experiments to reveal how humans managed fire in glacial times. 🗓️ 7 Oct, 14:00 GMT | 🌍 Online 🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Join us today for Session 8 in room 0.5 for talks on archaeology outreach and education in Africa, with a “show and tell” of outreach materials 4-5pm #SAfA2025
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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Thanks to everyone who presented, attended the talks and joined discussions and dinner of our #SAfA2025 session on open air sites. We had a great day of inspiring inputs - there is lots of connections and lots to expect from arid open air archaeology in southern Africa in the next years 💪🇿🇦🇧🇼🇳🇦
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Day 1 of #SAfA and first day in my new permanent role as Principal Researcher in African Stone Age archaeology at ICArEHB. Looking forward to seeing lots of friends and colleagues in Faro this week!
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Kgalagadi Human Origins Project @khoproject.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Please be aware of the new timing for #SAfA session 28 on Tuesday (tomorrow!) safa2025.icarehb.com/safa_session.... @eshallinan.bsky.social et al. will lead a short tribute to the recently passed Garth Sampson at 10.45. @sallieburrough.bsky.social will then introduce the session (1/2)...
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28. Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions – SAfA 2025
The Kalahari basin is the largest semi-desert in southern Africa. Despite the lack of caves and rockshelters in most parts, vast amounts of artefacts can be found on the surface in many areas of the…
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Rob Foley @robfoley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾
Announcement at the British Academy
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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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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Postdoc in Geochronology / Plio-Pleistocene Geology Join the ERC WRAP project at ICArEHB! Apply now 👉 www.icarehb.com/research-pos...
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Sad to learn that C. Garth Sampson has passed away. He was a kind and encouraging man; as Janette Deacon commented, Garth "made an outstanding contribution to the Stone Age archaeology of the Karoo and southern Africa and will long be remembered." We are standing on the shoulders of these giants
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Tomos Proffitt @tomosproffitt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Calling all palaeolithic archaeologists. Come and work with me on a really exciting new survey and excavation project in Uganda: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/348570
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INTERNATIONAL TENDER FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
International tender to recruit one (1) ) post-doctoral initial level researcher to perform duties in the scientific area of Palaeolithic Archaeology or related areas, under the research project “ERC ...
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 11am (UK/Lisbon time) to hear from @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and @tansybranscombe.bsky.social in the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/9355232390...
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Other global conferences should follow this lead - especially to be more accessible to African and Global South students
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
We're excited to announce the next @icarehb.bsky.social Alt-Ac Paths conversation, with Luíseach Nic Eoin @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social and Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social, who now work at @natecoevo.nature.com and @barpublishing.bsky.social. Thurs 19th June, 11am (GMT), Zoom link below.
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Emanuele Cancellieri @emanucanc.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Proudly introduce BREATHE, a project investigating late Quaternary human behavior in the Sahara. Funded by #HorizonEurope - ERA Postdoctoral Fellowships, BREATHE is based at the University of Algarve’s fabulous #ICArEHB and partnered with #Sapienza University of Rome.
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BREATHE
BREATHE aims to contribute a new understanding of cultural and behavioral traits of North African early modern humans through the archaeological record of the central and northern Sahara The project'...
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Julien Looten @julienlooten.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Hello everyone, I’m pleased to share with you my first research article, conducted in collaboration with B. Gravina, X. Muth, M. Villaeys, and J.G. Bordes, and published in @peercomjournal.bsky.social! 🔗 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.... 1/4
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I’m delighted to make my first Recommendation for PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social of Julien Looten @julienlooten.bsky.social and colleagues’ clear method and potential of RTI for lithic illustration
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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Exciting start to 2nd day of #HumanEvo25 - @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social talk on “Beyond out of Africa”, mobility of HGs oc the Nile Valley badin in the late Pleistocene 🥰
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Osama Samawi @osamawi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#Nubian #Levallois #MSA If you haven’t read our article on the spatial distribution of Nubian Levallois cores @eshallinan.bsky.social , check out our recent poster from the Hugo Obermaier Society 2025 conference, hosted by @icarehb.bsky.social in Portugal: osamawi.github.io/Nubian-Leval...
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Nubian Levallois
Can spatial analyses capture Middle Palaeolithic environmental adaptation? A case study of Nubian Levallois cores.
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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
What an amazing evening! Thank you to everyone who joined us for Science Sip – it was a fantastic night of archaeology, conversations, and connection 🍻🧠 Here are a few snapshots from the event 📸 Stay tuned for our next one in the Autumn! 🍂 #PublicArchaeology #FaroEvents
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
How Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire During the Coldest Era in History. Learn more about how a geoarchaeological discovery from 26,000 years ago is rewriting the history of fire. www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
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How Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire During the Coldest Era in History
Learn more about how a geoarchaeological discovery from 26,000 years ago is rewriting the history of fire.
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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
📢 Great thread ⬇️ on the fascinating results about population history in the Nile Valley through 3D dental analyse‼️ Congrats @nclsmartin.bsky.social for his impressive work within this great international collaboration ❕️ #Prehistory #Africa #Anthropology @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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Vera Aldeias @veraaldeias.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Tracing the elusive fire use during the LGM: check out our paper lead by @wcmurph.bsky.social on fire features at Korman' 9 in Ukraine. @philipnigst.bsky.social @marjolein-bosch.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social with open access provided by @icarehb.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine
The Last Glacial maximum (LGM), spanning from 26.5 to 19 thousand years before present (ka bp), is a period of extreme climatic degradation associated with reduced biomass production and resource str...
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Laura Sánchez-Romero @lausanrom.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
‼️Check out our latest publication on the old excavations at the Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Far’ah II (northwestern Negev) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New Insights on an Old Excavation: Re-visiting the Late Middle Palaeolithic Site of Far’ah II, North-western Negev, Israel - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Revisiting collections from old excavations with new research objectives and analytical tools brings them to life and integrates them into evolving models of human-landscape interactions. This paper e...
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Demand for Tiny Plants Is Driving a Poaching Crisis in South Africa
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Demand for Tiny Plants Is Driving a Poaching Crisis in South Africa
The Succulent Karoo is home to desert plant species found nowhere else on the planet—criminal networks have been digging them up by the millions.
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our new paper on 3D GM has all the models and script available for others to apply our method. We use it to demonstrate interregional variability of Nubian Levallois cores but it has broader potential for lithic studies #openscience #archaeology #3DGM @icarehb.bsky.social @jmcascalheira.bsky.social
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Starting in 30 minutes! Join our first Alt-Ac Paths conversation with Patricia and Rita, about their move into the commercial archaeology sector. Can’t join us? We’re making a podcast profile of each speaker to share their stories - stay tuned for updates
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Join us for the first seminar in ICArEHB's @icarehb.bsky.social new 'Alt-Ac Paths' series, tomorrow at 11am on Zoom, to hear from Rita Dias and Patrícia Monteiro on their move into commercial archaeology videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/9355232390... #AltAcPaths #BeyondAcademia #PhDLife #Archaeology
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
What career options are there for researchers beyond academia? How can you get there? - These are things we don’t talk about openly but are addressed in our new seminar series. Join us on Tuesday 25th for the first conversation. DM me if you’d like to be a guest! @icarehb.bsky.social
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
To bring a smile to your face this Monday morning, here’s an ancient Egyptian sketch of a cat serving a mouse! 😄 The artist used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad for this fun scene. 📷 Brooklyn Museum www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti... #Archaeology #Art
A sketch made in black ink on a limestone flake (ostracon) depicts a cat and mouse imitating human behaviour. On the right, seen in profile, a tabby cat with pointed ears stands on its hind legs serving a mouse seated on a folding stool. The cat fans the mouse, holds a piece of cloth, and offers a plucked duck. Facing the cat, the mouse is seated on a folding stool with its tail hanging over the back edge of the stool. The seemingly female mouse wears a long skirt and has a flower on her forehead. She holds a dish in her right hand, and a flower and cloth (often held by pharaohs) in her left hand. Dimensions 8.9 x 17.3 x 1.1 cm. Dated  c. 1295–1075 BC. Animals imitating human behaviour are well-known in Egyptian art. Their meaning is uncertain. Perhaps a caricature or illustration to a fable, perhaps a satire of the royal family, or maybe just a sketch for fun.
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Tomos Proffitt @tomosproffitt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Join us again on the 4th of March for another @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology online seminar. Dr Anna Rufà will be talking about bird exploitation. Register for free here: www.icarehb.com/lexa
Advances in Experimental Archaeology Seminar. Speaker - Anna Rufa Bonache from University do Algarve. Talk title - The role of birds in archaeological contexts: Experimental approaches to understanding resource use, and cultural practices. 
When - 4th of March at 14:00
Register  here: https://www.icarehb.com/lexa/
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/02/2025
Archaeologists discover first pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt in more than a century
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Archaeologists discover first pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt in more than a century
Uncovering tomb of Thutmose II hailed as most significant discovery since Tutankhamun in 1922 It was when British archaeologist Dr Piers Litherland saw that the ceiling of the burial chamber was painted blue with yellow stars that he realised he had just…
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I’m super excited to be part of this amazing team (even if my Palaeolithic rocks are very peripheral to the New Kingdom tomb - although there were some Nubian cores eroded from the top of the cliff in the fill burying C4)
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
www.un.org/en/observanc... I’m proud (but often frustrated or depressed) to be a woman in science! Let’s all do what we can to make things better - or at least keep doing good science
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Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Open call for an Assistant Professor in Egyptian Archaeology position at Durham University 🏺
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Assistant Professor in Egyptian Archaeology (ARCH_01)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
New paper in the “Nubian” issue of Journal of Palaeolithic Archaeology from Maya Oron and colleagues on the Negev
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Something special for the lithophiles for #FlintFriday and #FieldFriday - two ends of the Levallois spectrum from my survey yesterday in Luxor. I’ve never seen anything quite like either of them 🤩
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ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
HEIRS Opening Symposium: A New Chapter in Human Evolution Research The wait is almost over! Join us next week, 28–29 January, for this amazing event. heirs.icarehb.com/2025/01/22/a... #ResearchSynthesis #HumanEvolution #HEIRS
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A New Chapter in Human Evolution Research – heirs
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
#FlintFriday in Luxor
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Osama Samawi @osamawi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
#Archaeology #Outreach #Jordan I learned about archaeology and stone tools at the hands of this incredible woman Prof Maysoon Alnahar. www.usnews.com/education/ar...
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Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I’m excited to join the PCI initiative!
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