Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Lorenz Meyer @thereallorenzmeyer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Zu den Reaktionen auf Sachsen-Anhalt, die gerade reinkommen und die das ganze Land abschreiben: Ich verstehe die Wut. Aber 56 Prozent dort haben die AfD nicht gewählt, und es sind vor allem sie, die das ab morgen ausbaden. Ausgerechnet die darf man jetzt nicht im Stich lassen. 1042157452
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026After EAA Meeting war down without me this year, I find myself at #UISPP26 at Poznan for the first time (the conference, not the city, actually). Feel free to hmu if you spot me (notoriously short sighted). 020
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026‼️ Here's another great Early Career opportunity within our cluster: ‼️ Come work with us as an Independent Junior Research Group Lead in the field of Archeo- and Paleoproteomics! #paleosky 🏺 uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...uni-tuebingen.deJob advertisment: Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100 %) 11717
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Noooooooo! What’s happening this week??? Another icon gone: Harm Paulsen died. 🏺 082
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Folks, spread the word: we‘re hiring again! This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a stellar team offering fantastic opportunities for a rocketing career! 🏺 211
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Yet ANOTHER great opportunity at our cluster HUMAN ORIGINS: ❗️ We‘re looking for a Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of hominin postcranial evolution ❗️ Apply here till October 15th: uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit... #Paleoskyuni-tuebingen.deIndependent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, E14 TV-L, 100%) 096
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Would you like to work at a Cluster of Excellence on Human Origins with an office in a medieval castle? Then I have THE job ad for you below! (Oh, and not to mention: it’s a FULL PROFESSORSHIP for Early Prehistory!) 🏺 #paleosky 024
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026New opportunity: fully funded PhD position within the Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS Investigate experimentally the evolutionary significance of transformative Stone Age techniques in this project on cognitive demands, and explore the probability of their success. Deadline: 15 September 2026. 11116
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Light as a feather, heavyweight research impact: #HumanOrigins spokesperson Nicholas Conard and Ria Litzenberg presenting two new bird figurines from Hohlefels Cave at the annual press conference at Urmu museum Blaubeuren. (Press report below) 🏺 053
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Finding myself moved to a new/old city trying to find a new social circle well into my fourties proves harder than expected. But having the chance to go out and see a live play of Pratchetts “Guards, Guards” on a random Thursday certainly felt nicely warm and nostalgic. 020
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Barely more than two weeks before it ends I finally found an opportunity last week to visit the „Building Community“ Exhibition in Berlin, covering the Taş Tepeler sites in Upper Mesopotamia. It was a bittersweet trip down memory lane, meeting old familiar faces. 🏺 170
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Lecture this week, also on zoom! 🏺 #paleosky 021
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 07/07/2026For almost a century, scholars believed there were as few as 200,000 people in #Australia when the first British colonists arrived in 1788. New research suggests that estimate was off by several million. A related study links the devastating arrival of smallpox to the "First Fleet." @science.org 🧪science.orgBritish ‘First Fleet’ brought smallpox to Australia—and may have killed millionsTwo papers pin the deadly disease’s introduction on British colonists and suggest the continent held far more people than previously believed 38449
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Likely no hunters of Elephants nor masters of fire - new paper on taphonomic analysis challenges former assumptions on Homo floresensis. Congratulations to Grace Veatch, who recently started her position as an Independent Junior Research Group Lead at Human Origins! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgTaphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensisHomo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior. 22312
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Why oh why isn’t doing a PhD at museums a thing in Germany? I‘d be PhDing already so hard!!!😭 050
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Did you know that you also can take part in the @humanorigins.bsky.social lectures via Zoom? Join us for example this Thursday on the upcoming talk on Open Air Sites of the Keilmessergruppe. 🏺#paleosky 132
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Lecture Announcement! Dr.Grace Veatch, Independent Junior Research Group Leader at Human Origins, on „An Unexpected Journey: Human Evolution and Island Biogeography on Flores, Indonesia“. Join us this Friday, June 12th, at 10:15 a.m. , live on site or via Zoom: zoom.us/j/9643057107... 🏺 #paleosky 0114
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🚨NEW SPECIAL ISSUE SERIES OF HUNTER-GATHERER RESEARCH🚨Celebrating and critically reflecting on the history and methodologies of the field, co-edited by @haneuljang.bsky.social and I. More info, check the submissions page of our website: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/hgr or get in touch!liverpooluniversitypress.co.ukHunter Gatherer Research HomeThe journal encompasses social and cultural anthropology, applied research, archaeology, ecology, ethnography, ethnohistory, evolutionary anthropology, genetics, indigenous rights, and linguistics, and is an indispensable resource for anyone with a research or activist interest in hunter-gatherers. 12411
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 29/05/2026Derzeit hat jedes einzelne Kind mit Behinderung den Rechtsanspruch, durch eine Person in die Schule begleitet zu werden. - "Ist das eigentlich unbedingt notwendig (...)" fragte Merz. live.deutsche-boerse.com/nachrichten/...live.deutsche-boerse.comMerz verteidigt geplante Einschnitte bei Kindern, Jugendlichen und Behinderten 22011
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 27/05/2026 Deadline is aporoaching for this offer for for a PhD position in the exicting new Geno-Phenotype Lab, but there’s still time to apply! 🏺 #EarlyCareerArchaeologists 031
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 27/05/2026…aaaaand there is another one: Another very cool opportunity to work with us in Tübingen! 🏺 041
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Solidarity with uk (and global) trans folk. Archaeology says gender is and always has been complicated, contested, dynamic and definitely not binary. None of us is free until all of us are. Trans liberation now!anthrodendum.orgArchaeologists for Trans Liberation | anthro{dendum}By The Black Trowel Collective To be an archaeologist is to revel in the diversity of human expression through time. Trans perspectives and voices add necessary further dimensions to our… 04516
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Absolutely horrendous. Textbook example of archaeology being used to enact state violence. 05832
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Tübingen already had an exceptional standing in Archaeology when I was a student, about 15 years ago. Since my return last month I am constantly blown away by the massive development and diversification our disciplines underwent since then. And this ranking underlines that perfectly! 🏺 081
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 12/05/2026📣 Lecture announcement 📣 The next lecture in our series ASHE meets HUMAN ORIGINS is already this Friday! Meet our new Independent Junior Research Group Leader Dr. Jaap Saers, and learn about his work. Attendance is open for everyone, via Zoom: lnkd.in/dU58FCvr, Passcode: 386251. 0124
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 06/05/2026In case you wonder where I ended up: Here’s an Introduction lecture THIS FRIDAY, introducing the new Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social, also via Zoom. (And yeah, that’s where I ended up as a Science Communication Officer now.) 131
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🚨Fully funded PhD-position🚨 in our Genotype-Phenotype Evolution in Space (GPS) Lab. Interested in the question on how climate shape the movements, interactions, and evolution of hominin populations? Come work with us in Tübingen! uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...uni-tuebingen.deCluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS 01520
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Are we still doing lists? Are those still a thing? I profited very much in the early days of Bluesky, but is it still work for new accounts? 000
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 12/03/2026🚨Job alert!🚨 The Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS announces 2 junior Professor (W1) positions: A W1 Tenure track Professorship in Evolutionary Modelling (shorturl.at/FN102) and a W1 Professorship (non Tenure-track) in Primatology (shorturl.at/sH0Mk) Deadline: April 6 2026! Please share! 🔄 02335
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 30/03/2026There is still time to apply!💼📝Deadline: April 6, 2026⌛ #jobalert #Humanevolution #academia 064
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 26/03/202614 years later… tonight’s a wrap. Visiting the opening ceremony of the new special exhibition on the Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg at @museumhalle was my last official duty as coordinator of the Sky Paths after 5 years… 2130
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 05/03/2026One of the most iconic photos I took on our current trip to Sri Lanka: a dog apparently contemplating about enigmatic Lions Rock in Sigiriya, a natural formation holding a more than 1500 years old fortress and palace of King Kasyapa, illegitimate son who killed his father to become king himself. 140
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. ⛏ Thomas Hammerich @thammerich.bsky.social · 04/03/2026New study: Europe had MUCH LESS dark dense forests vs today! 🚫🌲🌳🌳🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌲🌳 "For over 20 million years, the landscape of Europe has been a tree-rich mosaic of grasslands, scrubs and more or less open woodlands with an abundance of wildflowers" 👇 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 23312
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Terrible headline (this is NOT what the new research - link below - shows!), terrible AI image! Argh! Here’s the actual research: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Where do I start?! 1/4 64817223
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 23/02/2026We’re having an interruption of current doom events, as we are currently traveling in Sri Lanka on my everlasting attempt to fit bits of (prehistoric) archaeology into vacation schedules. Two days ago, we made a short stop at the Thonigala Rock Inscriptions on our way to Wilpattu National Park. 2101
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 29/01/2026🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS': uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨 13752
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Würzburg @anestudieswue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026🏺📝Stellenausschreibung (50%, 2 Jahre) in #WissKomm für unser Projekt "Zeig mir die Hauptstadt der Hethiter!". Aufgabe: Entwicklung von Smartphone-Touren für Boğazköy-Ḫattuša. Bewerbung bis 22.2.2026. #academic #job www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin... 063
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Ok, well… now that the cat is out of the sack, as we say in German… www.himmelsscheibe-erleben.de/arche-nebra/... #Archäojob 🏺#Stellenanzeigehimmelsscheibe-erleben.deKoordinierung Himmelswege & Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Sonderpräsentationen: Arche Nebra 222
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 17/01/2026So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest: 14133
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I've received my invitation from @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to vote in the special election stemming from our petition to increase democratic processes in the society and stand with Palestine's colleagues. If you're a 2025 or 2026 member, please open the email and take the time to vote. 1126
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Kayt Hawkins @kayth.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺 104611
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 15/01/2026🏺 Fantasic work by our colleagues from @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social and the army of volunteers: Roman marching camps found. Plural. Not one, but likely THREE!!! 0101
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Tine Schenck @tinelinen.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The #EAA @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social already closed its comment drop box <24h after the meeting finished. It was already limited to comment on one point on the agenda only, so I'm going to send the remainder of my comments to them per email. This feels like short sighted gagging... #concernedEAA 041
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Zena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏 279133
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Zena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Ahead of tomorrow's EAA Special Meeting, my first EJA editorial has just been published. I reflect briefly on the events around last year's conference & offer some recommendations from the European Society for Black & Allied Archaeologists about receiving feedback with grace doi.org/10.1017/eaa....doi.orgEditorial | European Journal of Archaeology | Cambridge CoreEditorial 1205
Reposted by Nicola Scheyhing M.A. Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Instead of everybody making the same joke about the FIFA Peace Prize, maybe we could boycott the World Cup? 21448152
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Hey 🏺colleagues working in SW Asia: I am searching for contacts to museums with prehistory on display in the region, and struggle to find some online. Who could help me with contacts to the Iraq National Museum, Lebanon National Museum, and/or National Museums in Syria? 2913
Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 13/12/2025About 45 of my faculty mates went to see Indiana Jones and the chrystal skull together. We absolutely dominated audience, laughing about totally different stuff than everybody else. Afterwards we left together, walking through Tübingen chanting the title melody. 080