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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

📢 We're excited to announce Session 4 at #ICAZ2027! Living in the Shadow of Civilisation: Wildlife Dynamics in Anthropogenic Environments 📅 Abstract deadline: 25 August 2026 🔗 More information: sway.cloud.microsoft/BFTVh4FAbfX6... #Archaeozoology #AncientDNA #StableIsotopes #GeometricMorphometrics

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🐻 #BaBBe is at #SMBE2026! Interested in brown bear population genetics and genomics? Come and join us for Open Session 1: Population Genetics and Genomics!

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🚨PhD opportunity! Study brown bears in the Balkans using ancient DNA 🧬🐻 Interested in paleogenomics & conservation? Apply! @lpcg.bsky.social 🔗 Details here: www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u... #PhD #AncientDNA #Paleogenomics #ConservationGenomics #WildlifeConservation

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Sampling for the @BaBBe project at the University of Belgrade! New Pleistocene and Holocene brown bear samples are heading to Warsaw. 🐻🧬 @lpcg.bsky.social

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Mick Westbury @mick2474.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🦙🧬Pleased to present our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧬🦙 Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile). We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago. Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl #aDNA #popgen Thread below🧵 Reposts appreciated :)

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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/11/2025

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat. Learn more: scim.ag/44kov1S

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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

New PhD position with @martynamolak.bsky.social to research population genomics of an Iron Age Goth community from eastern Poland. You get a super supportive PI and fun lab to work with! Details linked. www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Happy to share that our interdisciplinary research, exploring the participation of African big cats in provincial Roman amphitheatres, is now online! @lpcg.bsky.social link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

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The first biomolecular evidence of leopards (Panthera pardus, Linnaeus, 1758) from the Roman era reveals the participation of African big cats in provincial amphitheatres

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Mick Westbury @mick2474.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Deadline for this PhD position is coming on Friday. Please apply and/or share

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Brown bears participated in Roman spectacles, read more in our latest paper! @lpcg.bsky.social #BaBBe

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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

"According to a study published in @antiquity.ac.uk, the skull belonged to a six-year old brown bear from the Balkans, who chewed on the bars of its cage between fights against gladiators." #AncientBluesky www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

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The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers

The bear was caught in the Balkans and caged for years to perform in an amphitheater

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

#SMBE2025 in Beijing and @lpcg.bsky.social is here to present our work on small and big mammals! Come to poster sessions 1 and 3 to learn more. #BaBE

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

New paper 🧵 A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬 The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America! 👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Pictures of a woolly mammoth molar dated to 216kya. The earliest in North America.

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Mick Westbury @mick2474.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Did llamas make it to southeast South America before Europeans? 🦙 Our manuscript used #archaeology, isotopes, and palaeogenomics #aDNA to find out 🦙🦴🧬 In summary, nope. Just guanacos hanging on into early historical times. Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kvQy,rVDB... Reposts appreciated 😁

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

#ECM9 is ongoing, and we are here, the first conference of the #BaBBe project! We will be discussing our new project and hope to meet new collaborators and to get new samples for the analysis! Stay tuned!

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This is going to be good! Free conference from @aarc-community.bsky.social AaRConference 2025 30 May 2025 Online Laurent Frantz (LMU) and Evon Hekkala (Fordham University) are headlining. Abstracts opening soon www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...

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