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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Copenhagen 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 31

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Postdoc of Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics

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Marina Silva @marinasdsilva.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Our preprint is now out, looking at genomic history and selection in Britain, with a focus on the Roman and early medieval periods. Comments welcome! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @boothicus.bsky.social @leospeidel.bsky.social @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social

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Pere Gelabert @peregx9.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together! careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

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Adam van Casteren @adamvanc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Two great biomechanics talks at @primatesocietygb.bsky.social by lab postdocs @savannarhianna.bsky.social and Charlotte King. 👏👏🧗🏼‍♀️🦍🐵🌳

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25ᵗʰ Radiocarbon Conference @radiocarbon25.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The poll for selecting the host city of the Radiocarbon 26 in 2028 is closed. The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes! Congratulations to Tokyo team! Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals. Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.

detailed poll results for selecting Radiocarbon 26 Conference host. 58% Tokyo, 28% Cologne, 16% Ottawa, 1% other

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Helen Fewlass @helenfewlass.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Very excited to receive an ERC Starting Grant to study the earliest archaeological and biomolecular evidence of Homo sapiens in NW Europe Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉 #HorizonEurope #ERCStG

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Lucy van Dorp @lucyvandorp.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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University Archaeology Day 2026 @uniarchday.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Interested in studying archaeology at university? JOIN US in person or virtually on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy bsky.app/profile/brit... to find out more about what it's like to study archaeology at university! More info and booking links here: linktr.ee/University_A...

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Pooja Swali @poojaswali.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Excited to announce our paper on ancient Borrelia genomes is finally out! 🦠💀We document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever, published today in @science.org‬ with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social #aDNA 🏺🧪🧬 Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️

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Adam van Casteren @adamvanc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Really happy to see this paper out, using field biomechanics we show that wild chimpanzees don't just randomly select plants materials for termite fishing tools – they use a little “folk physics” choosing materials with specific properties! Study in iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful.... 1/5

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Engineering skills in the manufacture of tools by wild chimpanzees

Biological sciences; Zoology; Evolutionary biology

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Matthew Skinner @matthewskinnerphd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The Tai Chimpanzee Project is making available microCT scans from their collections on human-fossil-record.org. All proceeds are used to support their mission of conservation and non-invasive research in Tai National Park (taichimpproject.org).

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The Human Fossil Record: A Digital Resource for Research and Education

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Palesa @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hi We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial! some links; the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so... our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view... and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The University of Oslo is hiring an Associate Professor in Zoology for its Natural History Museum, starting January 2026. Candidates should have a strong research track in zoology and curatorial experience. De… www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/… #job

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Associate Professor in Zoology (268410) | University of Oslo

Job title: Associate Professor in Zoology (268410), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 23, 2025

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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)

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Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture - Nature

Nature - Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Are you an Early Career Research (PhD, postdoc, new group leader) working in Animal Ancient DNA? Want to present your work to the @aarc-community.bsky.social community? Express your interest in participating in our AaRC TikTalk Seminar series with the link below! #aDNA

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AaRC TikTalk Seminars - Expression of Interest

Please let us know if you are interested in presenting at the AaRC TikTalks Seminars. The seminars are held on the last Friday of every month. Speakers are currently open to graduate students (PhDs an...

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Letty Ingrey @lettyingrey.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We are looking for two new Senior Geoarchaeologists to join out team at Archaeology South-East (UCL). This would be as part of a friendly team with scope to focus on your own specialisms. I’m happy to answer any questions about this if you’d like to know more. www.bajr.org/Employment/U...

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Senior Specialists (Geoarchaeology) (UCL Grade 6) with Archaeology South-East | BAJR Archaeology Jobs

Senior Specialists (Geoarchaeology) (UCL Grade 6) is only one of a host of jobs online at the British Archaeological Jobs Resource BAJR

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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

(1/11) I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded a European Research Council ‘Consolidator Grant’. The TerraForm project (‘The Rise and Fall of Maltese Terraced Landscapes’) will begin in the spring of 2025.

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NEaar lab @neaarlab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Funded #PhD opportunity to work with us on deep sea coral biomineralisation: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Webinar Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 11 am GMT: if you're interested, just sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Laurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :) Link for application: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣 I have made a new list about all things ICE AGE! Pin this to your feed if you love Quaternary Science, Ice Age beast, and the Stone Age. It combines starter packs by me, @chslane.bsky.social & @bluerehn.bsky.social & is your one stop shop for the Pleisto Scene bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Jamie Wood @larusnz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA. #sediments #aDNA #eDNA For further details, please see: scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I have created a #palaeoproteomics and #ZooMS starterpack - please DM if you want to be added to the list.

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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I couldn’t find one, so I have started a Quaternary/Ice Age starter pack. It’s a real faff 😹 and so it is da work in progress, so please message me if you want to be added. 🧪🏺🦣 go.bsky.app/HqWL4Bp

A screen shot of the banner for The Ice Age starter pack, displaying a selection of seven account images from the list against a blue watermarked background of the same images. Text reads: JOIN THE CONVERSATION. The Ice Age 🦣. On Bluesky

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Following the success of 1st "Integrating ZooMS and ZooArch www.palaeozooarch.com/workshops, a 2nd edition will take place this Tue - Thur in Paris The workshop coincides with the 15th anniversary of the introduction of ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry)... izaz2024.sciencesconf.org

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Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology Workshop - Sciencesconf.org

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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🚨New paper! Towards a deeper integration of #ZooMS & #Zooarchaeology at #Palaeolithic sites 🦴. We discuss optimising study designs, sample recording, lab protocols and data analyses. Great work with Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot & Frido Welker. tinyurl.com/mr3dx4cu. 🧪🏺

Title and author list for introduction to special issue on integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology.

"Towards a deeper integration of ZooMS and zooarchaeology at Palaeolithic sites: current challenges and future directions"
Geoff M. Smith
Karen Ruebens
Virginie Sinet-Mathiot
Frido Welker

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

We have seemingly gained quite a few new followers this week! So for those of you that are new welcome to the #PAASTACommunity and for those that have been around, here are some refreshers on some of our resources, many of which can be found on our website: paasta-community.github.io/about/

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About · PAASTA Community

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AaRC @aarc-community.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Last reminder of our celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first #aDNA paper. Come join us and our amazing panel to discus the impact of the Quagga paper, how the field of animal paleogenetics have evolved and where are we heading in the future. 🧪🏺#evosky

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Jaipreet Virdi @jaivirdi.com · 13/11/2024

Job Klaxxon: Permanent full-time post as Lecturer in History of Medicine and/or Health at the Centre for the History of Science Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Lecturer in History of Medicine and Health (Teaching and Research):Oxford Road

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

🧬🐭🐴🐻Job Alert🐻🐴🐭🧬 We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics! All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs. Deadline: 2 Dec 2024 Please RT! Apply: www.su.se/english/abou...

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives @cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now! bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Adam van Casteren @adamvanc.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

🚨Job Klaxon🚨 Q: What links biomechanics, human evolution and apes? A: This 2-year post-doc position available in my new Human and Ape Biomechanics group in the Department of Human Origins @MPI_EVA_Leipzig 👇 www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...

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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

@paastacommunity.bsky.social (Palaeoproteomics And Archaeology, Society for Techniques and Advances) an open, collaborative ECR-driven community for palaeoproteomics researchers now has a YouTube channel

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PAASTA community

PAASTA (Palaeoproteomics And Archaeology, Society for Techniques and Advances) is an open, collaborative ECR-driven community for palaeoproteomics researchers!

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 03/11/2023

Just a few hours until we’re live on Channel 4! Here’s a sneak peak from above one of the sets as we prepare to host tonight’s #StandUpToCancer special, starting at 7pm.

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