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People & Puffins

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Investigating archaeological auk specimens to understand how past communities and climate have impacted current populations @bournemouthuni.bsky.social. (@britishacademy.bsky.social funded)

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 21/08/2025
A cave in northern Norway contains a deposit of 75,000-year-old bones, a treasure trove of information about Scandinavian animal communities during the last glacial period, including several species not previously found in Fennoscandia. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Scientists excavating in Arne Qvamgrotta, in northern Norway. 
CREDIT: Trond Klungseth Lødøen
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People & Puffins @peoplepuffins.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Introducing the People & Puffins project! Investigating archaeological occurrences of auks across their range. Focusing on past human-auk interactions, responses to changing climate across the Holocene and how specific events have shaped current populations (Photo: Bjørn Olsson)
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