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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To finish the #ESHE2026 before the General Assembly, Pierre Gousset is presenting his research on phylogeny and postcranial anatomy.

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Two days of productive brainstorming on primate locomotion, morphology and evolution🦴🦧 With colleagues from arround the world 🇪🇺🌍 @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social @museedelhomme.fr @harvatilab.bsky.social @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social @palevoprim.bsky.social And many others

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Last week I had the chance to co-organize with my colleagues Jeremy Duveau, Pierre Gousset and Laurent Pallas: Functional Anatomy and Natural History of the Catarrhine Femur 🐒🦍🏃‍♀️ A Workshop in the frame of the @irnbipedalism.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social at the @museedelhomme.fr

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two days of discussions on femoral anatomy and locomotion in catarrhines at the @museedelhomme.fr. Thank you to all our members present in Paris or online who took part in this workshop. This is just the first step towards further research.

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Mateja Hajdinjak @matejahajdi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Our late Neandertal paper is officially out! 💀❤️🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... It was years in the making, a tremendous feat spearheaded by our PhD student Alba Bossoms Mesa and co-led by @janetk.bsky.social and @benmpeter.bsky.social

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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A new paper on late Neandertal genetic diversity - A must-read! 👏🍾 Congratulations to our amazing paleogeneticist colleagues! Great to see so much data from Belgian sites, made possible in part through our bone-sorting endeavours with @hrougier.bsky.social 🦴🤓🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe - Nature

Genetic sequencing of multiple late Neanderthals living less than 52,500 years ago provides an overview of genetic diversity and demonstrates that even low-coverage nuclear genome data can increase re...

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Delighted to share my new communication at the @sapanthropologie.bsky.social meeting, in Geneva. What about using so-called "biomechanical" traits for phylogenetic questions in paleoanthropology? @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social 🦴☠️🧬🦍 Join us, it's here: www.sapweb.fr/index.php/fr...

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

For the first day of the #JournéesdelaSAP, @fdruelle.bsky.social presented his work on reconstructing the positional reportoire of fossil hominins.

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Some of our members are this week in Geveva for the annual meetings of the @sapanthropologie.bsky.social #JournéesdelaSAP

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Institute of Natural Sciences @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

#Neanderthal bones from the Goyet caves 🇧🇪 show traces of cannibalism. It now appears that all the victims were women and children. Moreover, they did not come from the Goyet region but were brought there. #sciencenews 👉 www.naturalsciences.be/en/science/n...

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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 25/11/2025

This is a remarkable open access resource for genomic work on living great apes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

🦴 New study reveals how teen growth and puberty shape the femur from inside out. Analyzing medieval femora, researchers found sex-specific “medullary contractions” during adolescence—especially in females & varying by region Muñoz-Guarinos et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The IRN Bipedal Equilibrium team is running an international survey on hominin bipedalism. They aim to better understand how scholars think about bipedalism. Perspectives from all fields are welcome! 👉 Here is the survey link: questions.huma-num.fr/v4/s/dv57r1 (10 min) Please share it widely! 🏺🧪🦣

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François Druelle @fdruelle.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Une grosse enquête sur la bipédie humaine est en cours, alors si vous êtes anthropologue ou primatologue, n’hésitez pas à y répondre !! On a besoin de tous les avis ! 💡

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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🚩Notre numéro thématique des #BMSAP sur le thème des " #pratiquesmortuaires et inférences sociales" est maintenant complètement en ligne et en #Openaccess ! Our thematic issue of the #BMSAP on “ #mortuarypractices and social inferences” is now fully online and in #OpenAccess! doi.org/10.4000/14ohi

Couverture du numéro d'octobre avec des sépultures de la nécropole du Néolithique moyen de Gurgy (Yonne, France) / Burials from the Middle Neolithic necropolis of Gurgy (Yonne, France). © Stéphane Rottier

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We conclude that this highly selective exocannibalistic behavior likely reflects inter-group conflict during the Late Pleistocene, when Northern Europe is marked by diverse Neandertal cultural traditions, but also the arrival of Homo sapiens. 5/7

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The mix of four adult females and two infants is extremely unlikely and reflects deliberate selection of individuals/targets by the cannibalistic group, whose own remains are missing but were almost certainly Neandertals. 👩‍👩‍👦 4/7

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Despite the high fragmentation of the remains, we were able to dress the profile of these individuals.🦴 Adults were all gracile females, non-local and possibly originate from different groups. Also, they show among the shortest stature ever documented for Neandertals! 🤏 3/7

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Our study integrate morphology🦴, paleogenomic🧬 and isotopic⚛️ data to document cannibalism at the Troisème caverne of Goyet (Belgium) 🇧🇪 The results indicate the presence of at least four adults/adolescents females and two infants among the human remains, mostly composed of lower limb bones. 2/7

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖 Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com! We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago. 1/7

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Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 20/11/2025

#Communiqué 🗞️ L’étude d’ossements néandertaliens de la Troisième caverne de Goyet révèle un cannibalisme sélectif, ciblant les femmes et les enfants, il y a 41 000-45 000 ans. Les victimes venaient probablement d’un groupe extérieur à la communauté. 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/de...

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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🚩💀🏆Lors des prochaines journées nous allons décerner le prix de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, qui vise à récompenser un travail de thèse en anthropologie biologique, rédigé en français ou en anglais et soutenu pendant l’année ! date limite de candidature: 30 novembre 2025

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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🚩In the #BMSAP by Anastasia Chrysanthi Solomou (Univ Catholique de Louvain @univpaulvalery.bsky.social) Fragmentary data and scattered lands: a #recordingprotocol for a comparative #archaeothanatologicalanalysis based on #archaeological illustrations #Openaccess journals.openedition.org/bmsap/14375

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Carte de la Grèce présentant les sept sites étudiés
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Tomb T.11 showing the typically observed position and orientation characteristics in the Tsepi cemetery (after Pantelidou Gkopha, 2005: fig. 78) |

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This paper follows the award I received in January from the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris for the best PhD thesis. 🦍 🦴 📰 Title: Femoral and pelvic morpho-structure in extant primates and fossil Homo: insights into locomotor adaptations

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Intéressés par la Préhistoire, l'Evolution humaine et ... le théâtre ? Venez participer à l'évènement "Neandertal, l'enquête continue", une restitution grand public du projet scientifique ADNER. Rendez-vous au Musée d'Aquitaine, le 22/10 à 16h30. @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social

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Nicolas Martin @nclsmartin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Well... here we are, I guess! Just submitted my PhD and it feels pretty unreal! So proud of this journey! More exciting data on the Nile Valley is coming, plus some new projects to announce soon. Stay tuned, this adventure is far from over! 👀 @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social

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François Druelle @fdruelle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

One more great congress for the Société Francophone De Primatologie @lasfdp.bsky.social !! Organized in Poitiers by @palevoprim.bsky.social It was great moment to share ideas & discoveries between primatologists and anthropologists. See you next time at the @efp2026.bsky.social in Montpelier !!

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Several members of our network are in Poitiers this week to present their research at the #SFDP2025 meetings 💪.

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Big thanks to PALEVOPRIM lab for the invitation to share the stage with amazing colleagues for this symposium at the #SFDP2025. I think this was a great moment! @lasfdp.bsky.social

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

A close friend for chimps, an inspiration for humans. All primates just lost a friend. Goodbye Jane.

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Dany Coutinho Nogueira @danycnogueira.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Just found out I didn’t get another grant I applied for. Disappointed, but still motivated to keep pushing forward. If anyone knows of opportunities (grants, contracts, collaborations, preferably in Portugal/Spain), I’d be very grateful for any leads. #Funding #Research

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#ESHE2025 Zoe Nowicki ‘Revisiting femoral anteversion in hominoids: A new approach using 3D data’ Is femoral anteversion human-specific & related to bip? 2 methods to measure anteversion angle; excluding fem head critical to show human-ape diffs (fem head adds noise for being unique in humans) !

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#ESHE2025 Ashleigh Wiseman ‘Primate locomotor diversity and the evolution of hominin bipedalism’ Building musculoskeletal models to simulate movement. Application to apes, eHoms, humans- phylo analysis of diffs; Au Prometheus as outlier. 5 unique clusters of locomotor profiles . Amazing visuals 😍!

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

#ESHE2025 Alicia Blasi-Toccacceli ‘Morpho-functional analysis of new hominin-associated shoulder remains …Shungura, Ethiopia’ NEW SHUNGURA: OMO VE 3-10063 assoc shoulder 1.84 Ma – Aus or Homo? GMM of D hum shaft & art, glenoid fossa shape & angle: new fossil is earliest adult HOMO shoulder 😍

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to see our poster and to the members of our network who attended the #ESHE2025 in force.

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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Differences in femoral morphology observed between adults Neandertals and Homo sapiens are already present at birth. What if these "plastic" postcranial traits are in fact also inherited?

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

We encourage you to participate in our survey on bipedalism: questions.huma-num.fr/v4/s/dv57r1

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Pleased to be in paris for the @eshesociety.bsky.social meetings to present our poster and invite participants to take part in our survey on bipedalism :)

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IRN Bipedal Equilibrium @irnbipedalism.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Our research group on bipedalism is now on bluesky

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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

‼️📣Extremely proud to see this great collaborative work out! Oldest Shell Ornament Workshop in Western Europe at Saint-Césaire: www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1... #Prehistory #Archaeology #Chatelperronian #Shells #Beads #Homosapiens #Neandertal #Ornament Details of discovery & implications ⏬ 🧵 1/20

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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