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'Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences'; our interdisciplinary Vienna-based research network explores human biological and cultural evolution. HEAS is funded by the University of Vienna, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and supported by the NHM Wien.

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are looking forward to welcoming #PalesaMadupe for a #HEASSeminar in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic taking place online and in-person on Monday the 5th October in the #UBB @univie.ac.at at 10:30 CEST. More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
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HEAS Seminar Series - Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic, Palesa Madupe from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology will give a talk on Understanding South African Pl...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna member @kuhlwilm.bsky.social et al. on 'The gene-regulatory evolution of the human skeleton' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
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The gene-regulatory evolution of the human skeleton - HEAS
Yan, Y., Mishol, N., Lange, K., Zhang, Z., Bodek, G., Kigel, A., Priel, N., Egyes, N., Ronen, O., Nini, I., Rotenstreich, L., Philosoph, A., Martinez, S., Beltramone, S., Tsujikawa, R., Rozenblatt, A....
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Mareike C Stahlschmidt @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A HEAS bottle nearing its end. Taphonomic traces and heavy use wear make the researcher consider discarding and/or recycling this item @heasvienna.bsky.social
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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Follow along as the BI-HATSA journey begins! ✨ @heasvienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna members #ArneBielke, #ElmiraMohandesan et al. on 'Demographic history and management practices shape the genomic landscape of New Zealand’s feral Kaimanawa Horses' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
Three bay horses against a background of a snowy mountain
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Hämmerle 🎓
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HEAS Congratulates Dr Michelle Hämmerle - HEAS
By Pere Gelabert   On the 14th of September, Michelle Hämmerle successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Ancient Pathogens in Context – Paleogenomic Insights into Human Ancestry, Disease Burden, an...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New Publication! New article by #HEASVienna member @meriamguellil.bsky.social et al. on 'A refined phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna member #SonjaWindhager et al. on 'The evaluation of facial features as markers of cardiometabolic health in women of post-reproductive age' #HEASPublications
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The evaluation of facial features as markers of cardiometabolic health in women of post-reproductive age. - HEAS
Obrochta, W.M., Marcinkowska, U.M., Ball, M.E., Brittain, R.S.A., Galbarczyk, A., Klimek, M., Nenko, I., Stephen, I.D., Windhager, S., Jasienska, G., 2026. The evaluation of facial features as markers...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We have a new episode of the #HEASPodcast on our YouTube and Spotify 👇 Luc Doyon @lucdoyon.bsky.social is interviewed on 'Bone Tools and the Art of Sewing'
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Episode 12: Bone Tools and the Art of Sewing
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We have a new #HEASBlog on our website! #HEASVienna member #KarinaGroemer and #ChristinaDoerfler write about the innovative collaboration with #KunstModeDesignHerbststraße at the @nhmwien.bsky.social where ancient textiles were brought to life.
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Designing with the Past: Archaeologists and Fashion Students in Creative Dialogue - HEAS
By: Karina Grömer and Christina Dörfler What can a 2,700-year-old textile fragment from the salt mine Hallstatt or a bronze belt decorated in “Situla-Style” tell a fashion designer? More than one migh...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We have a new episode of the #HEASPodcast on our YouTube and Spotify 👇 Jane Kershaw @jk-viking.bsky.social is interviewed on 'The Vikings' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yg2...
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Episode 11: The Vikings
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New Publication New Article by #HEASVienna members #KayleighSaunderson and #KarinaGrömer et al. @nhmwien.bsky.social #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
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A New Tablet Weaving Technique from Bronze Age Hallstatt. - HEAS
Saunderson, K., Zimmermann, A., Grömer, K., 2026. A New Tablet Weaving Technique from Bronze Age Hallstatt. EXARC Journal, 1. The salt mines of Hallstatt, Upper Austria, bear some of the most signific...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We are delighted to announce the results of the #HEASSeedGrants June 2026 round. The following projects by #HEASVienna members will be funded:
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna members @rymbekova07.bsky.social, @peregx9.bsky.social, #MichelleHämmerle, #SojungHan, #OliviaCheronet, #RonPinhasi et al. #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
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Genomic insights into the Iron Age Saka of Boz-Barmak, Kyrgyzstan - HEAS
Rymbekova, A., Gelabert, P., Llanos-Lizcano, A., Balakrishnan, K., Hämmerle, M., Han, S., Cheronet, O., Abdykanova, A., Kasymkulov, K., Hrivnyak, M., Eng, J.T., Pinhasi, R., Kuhlwilm, M., 2026. Genomi...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#NewPublication #NewArticle by #HEASVienna members @kuhlwilm.bsky.social, #DorisNagel et al. on 'Paleogenomes reveal the evolutionary relationship between modern and cave lions' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
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Paleogenomes reveal the evolutionary relationship between modern and cave lions - HEAS
Stanton, D.W.G., Bergström, A., Heintzman, P.D., van der Valk, T., Carmagnini, A., Ersmark, E., Pawar, H., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Androsov, S., Fedorov, S., Kuhlwilm, M., Nagel, D., Plotnikov, V., Prot...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#NewPublication! #NewArticle from #HEASVienna member #ViolaSchmid et al. now on our website 👇🔗 #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
photo of the site (photo by I. Sifogeorgaki).
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#NewPublication #NewArticle from #HEASVienna member #ViolaSchmidt at al. on 'Bone retouchers and end-scrapers side by side at Bushman Rock Shelter: Exploring a ca. 100,000-year-old technological imbrication in southern Africa' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
Field pictures illustrating one example of sedimentary association between end-scrapers and bone retouchers in the SUs of the phase 28,here from SU EEpp excavated in 2015. A) Picture taken during the excavation of SU Eepp in subsquares P5c and P5d. Note the proximity between the end-scraper BRS-246 (inside the blue circle) and the bone retoucher BRS-263 (inside the white circle, resting on the cortical surface). B) Drawing of the end-scraper BRS-246 by Michel Grenet. C) Bone specimen BRS-263, with a closer view on the area with modifications to the right. Note that the orientation of the bone specimen BRS-263 differs between A (distal part facing up) and C (distal part facing down). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We have a new episode of the #HEASPodcast on our YouTube and Spotify 👇 The first interview with Prof. Kate Britton from the University of Aberdeen and the second interview with Dr Dennis Wilken. Introduction is by @tommyhigham.bsky.social and interviews by Victoria Oberreiter
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Episode 10: Isotopes, Late Pleistocent Living Landscapes, Shipwrecks, and Geophysical Prospection.
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Mareike C Stahlschmidt @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Huge congratulations to Viola Schmid on her stand-alone project ROSES!! So excited to contribute to this research on the LSA in the eastern Free State Province in South Africa @oeai.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @heasvienna.bsky.social
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna member #SonjaWindhager et al. on 'Faces reveal accurate information about overhand throwing ability in men' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
Javelin Thrower Face
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We were delighted to be back at our partner institution the @nhmwien.bsky.social for a workshop in Funding Applications run by #BrookePenalozaPatzak. Highlights included the rooftop tour and getting to use the fantastic new lift!! Thanks to the whole team for such a great event!
Tom Higham delivering his quick fire talk.The HEAS Members in the cupola of the Natural History MuseumThe HEAS members in the new lift at the Natural History Museum The HEAS members on the roof of the Natural History Museum.
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Z8...
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HEAS Talk - Sahleselasie Melaku Azene
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#GerhardWeber from #HEASVienna introducing #SahleselasieMelakuAzene for a #HEASTalk taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.
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HEAS Seminar - Luc Doyon
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We are looking forward to welcoming #SahleselasieMelakuAzene to #HEASVienna for a #HEASTalk in the #UBB at @univie.ac.at this Thursday at 13:00 CEST. More information and registration on our website. 👇🔗. www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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HEAS Talk - Sahleselasie Melaku Azene - HEAS
We are very happy to welcome Sahleselasie Melaku Azene from the National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa to Vienna for a HEAS Talk on Deep Roots in the Rift Ethiopia at the Cradle of Humanity taking p...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna members @emesevegh.bsky.social @barbarahorejs.bsky.social @tomhigham.bsky.social et al. on 'Tiny Hopes─Assessing Protein Preservation in Collagen-Depleted Bones' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@tommyhigham.bsky.social introducing #LucDoyon as part of the #HEASSeminar taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at
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Dominik Hagmann @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🚨New publication in the #JournalofOpenArchaeologyData @matthiashoernes.bsky.social and I present an #open #dataset on funerary landscapes and settlement organization in pre-southern #Italy, focusing on Monte Sannace and Vaste.
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Open Digital Data on Funerary Landscapes and Settlement Organisation in Pre-Roman Apulia: Monte Sannace and Vaste | Journal of Open Archaeology Data
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We are looking forward to welcoming @lucdoyon.bsky.social to #HEASVienna next week for a #HEASSeminar in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic. More information and registration on our website 👇🔗 www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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HEAS Seminar Series - Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic Luc Doyon Associate Research Professor, IKERBASQUE Distinguished Researcher, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskaldún Herido Un...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#HelmutSchaschl from #HEASVienna introducing #WibhuKutanan for a #HEASTalk taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We are looking forward to this #HEASTalk with #WibhuKutanan taking place online and in-person at the UBB @univie.ac.at More details and registration on our website
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HEAS Talk with Wibhu Kutanan - HEAS
We are looking forward to welcoming Wibhu Kutanan from Naresuan University, Thailand to Vienna for a HEAS Talk on Genomic Population Structure in Mainland Southeast Asia: Insights from a Thai-Centered...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#MartaLuciani introducing #AlissaNava as part of the #HEASSeminar in #ArchaeologicalScience taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at
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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Today at 1030 am CE time! If you're into teeth and archaeology, this is for you! Registration for online below:
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna member #LumilaPaulaMenendez on 'It Takes Two to Tango: A Pluralist Account for Building Comprehensive Explanations in Human Evolution' #HEASPublications www.heas.at/research/pub...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We are looking forward to welcoming #AlessiaNava to #HEASVienna for the #HEASSeminar in #ArchaeologicalScience. More information and registration is on our website 👇🔗
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HEAS Seminar Series - Archaeological Science - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Archaeological Science, Alessia Nava from the Sapienza University of Rome will give a talk on Reconstructing individual life histories: dental histology coupled w...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#JobFairy Administrator position at the University of Vienna at the new Faculty Centre for Archaeology. More details below 👇🔗 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Organisa...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXo3...
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HEAS Seminar - Georgios S. Polymeris
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky18...
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HEAS Seminar - Diyendo Massilani
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#IrmgardHein from #HEASVienna introducing #GeorgiosPolymeris as part of the #HEASSeminar in #ArchaeologicalScience taking place now online and in-person @univie.ac.at
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Mareike C Stahlschmidt @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Happy to share our new paper on non-destructive FTIR analysis on silcrete artefacts from Mertenhof and Diepkloof with heating temperature reconstructions. Is the data beautiful and clean? No. But is it still meaningful? Yes! Study led by Will Archer: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Fire, temperature control, and silcrete heat treatment at Diepkloof and Mertenhof Rock Shelters, West Coast, South Africa
Transformative technologies that alter raw material properties, rather than just raw material shape and size, are key proxies for the evolution of hum…
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna member #NicoleGrunstra on Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals. #HEASPublications www.heas.at/activities/n...
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Human childbirth is not uniquely difficult among mammals - HEAS
By Nicole Grunstra Human childbirth is widely believed to be uniquely difficult and risky in the animal kingdom. The dominant evolutionary explanation attributes this to the combination two human-defi...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.
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HEAS Talk - Thaís Pansani
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#HEASVienna members took to the streets of Vienna today along with 21,000 colleagues and students from across the Universities in Austria to protest the proposed budget cuts to University funding. #unisretten
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Martin Kuhlwilm @kuhlwilm.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Demonstrating against University budget cut plans in Austria today.
People at demonstration.
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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Is this Ireland’s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammán from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick” Aidan O’Sullivan UCD School of Archaeology, & Cathy Moore, describe a carved wooden object from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick dated to 7th century
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Is this Ireland’s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammán from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick
Prof Aidan O’Sullivan UCD School of Archaeology, and Cathy Moore, MA and Archaeological Wood Expert, describe a carved wooden object from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick. A stick dated to…
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We are looking forward to welcoming #GeorgiosPolymeris to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #ArchaeologicalScience. More information and registration is on our website 👇🔗 www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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HEAS Seminar Series - Archaeological Science - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic Georgios S. Polymeris from the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece will give a talk on Teaching An O...
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Tim Wollesen @thechitoncorner.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Call for a demonstration, Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 13:00, starting on the Universitätsring in front of the Main Building of the University of Vienna! www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta... Please join us and support #Science in Austria! @univie.ac.at @vdsee-univie.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social
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Budget – Universities call for demonstrations against budget cuts
Rector Sebastian Schütze: "Enormous reputational damage"
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New Publication! New Article by #HEASVienna member #José-MiguelTejero et al. #HEASPublications
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Dawn of the Initial and Early Upper Paleolithic blade industries in the Levant: Mobility and interactions as reflected from Shualim Rockshelter, Israel. - HEAS
Edeltin, L., Niespolo, E., Kracht, O.M., Alon, S., Amos, L., Friesem, D.E., Goder-Goldberger, M., Grono, E., Lavi, R., Porat, N., Schechter, H.C., Tejero, J.-M., Ujma, C., Wieler, N., Marder, O., 2026...
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@peregx9.bsky.social from #HEASVienna introducing @thaispansani.bsky.social for a #HEASTalk taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at
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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We are looking forward to the #HEASSeminar with #DiyendoMassilani taking place next Monday at the later than normal time of 16:00 CEST. This is an online only event. More information and registration on our website. 👇🔗 www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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HEAS Seminar - Ancient Genomics - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar in Ancient Genomics, Diyendo Massilani from Yale University will give a talk on An Altai Neanderthal genome reveals population structure in small, isolated groups on the 26...
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