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Dr Sonja B Grimm @sonja-grimm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It is official now: Signed all the papers today and said "Hello!" to the new colleagues. So from tomorrow on, I'll replace Caroline Posch for a year as curator for #StoneAge #archaeology at @nhmwien.bsky.social Wien. Quite looking forward to the time but I also have huge respect for the position. 🏛

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Dr Sonja B Grimm @sonja-grimm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🦣⚱️Hooray! A celebration of *Berit Valentin Eriksen* & her work in Late #Palaeolithic, #Mesolithic, #Neolithic & #BronzeAge #Archaeology. She is not only a great researcher basically in anything with a #flint #technology but also one of archaeology's best mentors to whom many are grateful. #PaleoSky

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Oh hey. Look at that! So many fabulous ancient doggies! We love our dogs and so did our palaeolithic ancestors. Huge congrats to the amazing people who contributed to the sister studies revealing the deep time of fuzzy tummies. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic - Nature

Analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes from archaeological canid remains found across Europe and Anatolia shows that a genetically homogeneous dog population was already widely distributed acro...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 25/03/2026

Domesticated dogs were already widely distributed in western Eurasia at least 14,200 years ago, according to two studies published in Nature. The papers report the oldest known dog genomes to date. go.nature.com/4lWrxBe go.nature.com/3NPY9zE 🧬 🏺 🧪

This is figure 1 from “Genomic history of early dogs in Europe.” It shows genomic screening identifies early dogs in Europe.

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Cirrusstratus aka Sue @cirrusstratus.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Ja... und halt auch so absehbar. Klar wird eine so bekannte Größe wie Sarah Engels gegen die ganzen unbekannteren Acts gewinnen. Echt enttäuschend - mit so nem generischen Lied. German Vorentscheid: Zero Points. #ESC #Eurovision #Vorentscheid

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 25/02/2026

Projectile points from the highland wetlands (bofedales) and salt flats of the Dry Puna of northern Chile. Vital sources of food and raw materials for both hunter-gatherers and pastoralists, the wetlands were occupied over 12,000 years ago. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Eight stone points, all different shapes and colours.

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Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026 @unravellingpalaeo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We've enjoyed reading the first few abstracts submitted to us over the last week - if you have something you'd like to present follow the link for our call for papers! sites.google.com/view/unravel...

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Unravelling the Palaeolithic - Call for Papers

Important dates Call for papers opens: 6 February, 2026 Call for papers closes: 27 March, 2026 Submitting your abstract Abstracts may be submitted through the online form, where you will be asked ...

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Shumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Together with Krist Vaesen, I have written some words of caution about #replication in lithic analysis. We fear that the way the issue has been taken up in #Palaeolithic #archaeology can narrow the scope of disciplinary inquiry 🏺🧪🦣 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Perks and Perils of Replicability | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core

The Perks and Perils of Replicability

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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🚩Post-doctorat "biologie et taphonomie des fossiles humains du Paléolithique récent et du Mésolithique du Sud-Ouest de la France" "Biology and taphonomy of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic human fossils from the South-West of France" contact bruno.maureille@u-bordeaux.fr

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Philip R Nigst @philipnigst.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Now Open: SSH Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026 40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p... (Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026) Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects! palaeo.univie.ac.at

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Dr. Oliver Dietrich @oliverdietrich.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access: Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale). doi.org/10.11588/pro...

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Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The authors conclude by providing recommendations on how we can all contribute to helping women reach representation at proportions that reflect their growing numbers in the field of archaeology.

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Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Data suggest that women continue to face personal & systemic barriers to participation; they're underrepresented in participation related to their representation in the field of archaeology overall; & they may not be invited into prestigious roles by their colleagues as often as their male peers.

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brendan b. coke @brendancoke14.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Theory, Culture & Society. 6ICYMI: Rakesh Sengupta, 'Towards a Decolonial Media Archaeology: The Absent Archive of Screenwriting History and the Obsolete Munshi'. (Open Access). Much has been written about how Foucault's archaeology of the modern episteme, emerging from early 19th-century Europe,

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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🗄️ Digital Archives Assistant Position 📍 University of York, United Kingdom Work on digital preservation, archaeological data, & heritage archives 🎓 GCSE education + digital literacy (degree desirable) 📅 Deadline: 15 February 2026 🔗 higherjobz.com/digital-arch... #Archaeology #HigherJobz @york.ac.uk

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Digital Archives Assistant Position at York UK | HigherJobz

Apply for the Digital Archives Assistant role at University of York. Entry-level heritage data and digital archiving job. Deadline 15 Feb 2026

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lrncrd.bsky.social @lrncrd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Hi everyone! I am researching how AI and the 'vibe coding' phenomenon are redefining archaeological work in 2026. Could you help me by filling out this brief survey? It only takes a few minutes: forms.gle/i8dVRWAXs168... Please feel free to share this with your colleagues #archaeology #digital

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Survey: AI and Software Development in Archaeology and Humanities

Investigate the adoption and perception of AI in archaeological and humanistic disciplines.

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

📺 Streaming tip: Coastal #archaeology & the future of the oceans. What can sunken settlements and ancient coastlines teach us about climate change? Watch @niklashausmann.bsky.social talk, now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/x82KOsN... #VoicesForClimate #LEIZArchaeology

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Küstenarchäologie und die Zukunft der Ozeane | #voicesforclimate mit Dr. Niklas Hausmann

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Dr Sonja B Grimm @sonja-grimm.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

‼️#thread about an analysis of Turkish #archaeology as an example about the remaining #exclusiveness of that discipline: no #decolonisation, no #equity, a truly dreadful picture that certainly not just applies to archaeology in Turkey. Read! Reconsider! Reframe!

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EAZ – Ethnographisch-Archaeologische Zeitschrift @eaz-journal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

💡📢New publication! The editorial for the special issue of #EAZ 59(2) addresses the issue of 'turns' in #archaeology as trends, inviting critical discussion on whether they are passing fads or productive shifts in archaeological #theory doi.org/10.54799/YTR... #anthropology #research #ontology

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Annemieke Milks @annemiekemilks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It was such a privilege to get to work on this amazing material from an incredible site and team - now the earliest handheld wooden tools in the archaeological record, taking evidence back to 430,000 years! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS

The Middle Pleistocene (MP; ca. 774 to 129 ka) marks a critical period of human evolution, characterized by increasing behavioral complexity and th...

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Silje Evjenth Bentsen @siljeeb.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Delighted to launch a new Research Topic with Dr Mariana Nabais! Pushing the Boundaries: Coastal Adaptation during the Palaeolithic is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Environmental Science. Submit your article by the 30th of September 2026: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

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Frontiers | Pushing the Boundaries: Coastal Adaptation during the Palaeolithic

Coastal environments have emerged as pivotal zones for human evolution. The dynamic and resource-rich coastlines offered vital ecological and cognitive oppor...

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Cyrielle Mathias @cylex.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Call for Session - UISPP 2026 - Poznan (Poland) Deadline extented until November 30! Please consider submit something in the scope of the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age Commision 🌟 ► uispp2026.syskonf.pl #UISPP2026

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Applications are now open to join our 2026 Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is taught by experts from UCL and designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣🧪🏺 tinyurl.com/5duy6twh

Picture of 6 postgrad students sat at a table in a lab studying bones. Text says: The UCL Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic (PaPa) MSc programme is an established, pioneering course in human origins delivered by a world-leading university. It will bring you a deep and expert understanding of the scientific record of human evolution which powerfully combines opportunities for the study of palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and wider scientific approaches to the early human story.
Coordinated by UCL’s Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology departments and drawing on expertise from across the University and other institutions, it will provide you with training in the specialisms of your choice, while also ensuring you are introduced to the wider scope of approaches to the study of human evolution.
Having run now for over 15 years, we have PaPa alumni actively leading a new generation of human origins research across the world. Our programme is a proven springboard to PhD programmes, careers in academia, archaeological science, specialist archaeological fieldwork, science media and much more.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 13/11/2025

At Upper Palaeolithic Helong Dadong 🇨🇳 they loved their obsidian tools! From over 800 27,300-24,100-year-old microblades, 94.7% were made from obsidian, indicating close ties to the obsidian-rich environment of the Changbaishan Mountains. 🔗 from 2024 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Different kinds of lithic tools (scrapers, endscrapers & bifacial points), predominantly made from obsidian.

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Martin Porr @martinporr.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I hope that you will all find the result equally inspiring and enriching for yourself and the fields of palaeoanthropology, human evolutionary studies, and Palaeolithic archaeology. www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Abadia...

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Alterity and Human Evolution: Deep-Time and Multispecies Perspectives on Difference and Variation | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 24/10/2025

#FindsFriday Researchers found traces of blue pigment on this 13,000-year-old artefact from Mühlheim-Dietesheim, Germany. It questions the idea that Palaeolithic artists only used red or black, painting a picture of a more vibrant Ice Age world than previously imagined. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Close-up image of a sandstone surface with flecks of blue on it.

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Dr Izzy Wisher @izzywisher.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵 Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Close-up image of a sand coloured stone, with a diagonal crack. The sand rock has a textured surface, and small spots of blue can be seen towards the centre of the stone. The background is grey.

Microscopic photo of the blue spots, that are irregular in shape and size and positioned diagonally across the image. The rest of the photo shows the rough sand coloured texture of the stone.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 10/10/2025

Pulei Cave in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang ⛰️ Field investigation uncovered the first evidence for Upper Palaeolithic lithics in the region, indicating connections between Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia 45,000 years ago. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Top: aerial photo of a desert. In the foreground, a cave is visible, in the background, a mountain range. Bottom left: entrance of a cave. Bottom right: interior of a cave, annotated to display areas of archaeological deposits.

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eaapam.bsky.social @eaapam.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Statement from the co-chairs of PaM: Due to the current developments at the annual meeting, we, as the representatives of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic community, want to underline that we support the democratic right to protest and speak freely,...continued...

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University of Exeter Archaeology and History Department @uoearchhist.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Some of our 2nd year students are currently working with Dr Alex Pryor and Dr Jarek Wilczyński at Nietoperzowa Cave in Poland. They're spending four weeks excavating early Upper Palaeolithic layers previously made famous for finds of Jerzmanowician lithic points and human remains!

Students and staff working to excavate within a cave, lit by a large light. They are wearing hard hats and gloves, and there are buckets lined with bags for samples.

A top-down view of three people washing finds in coloured buckets and laying them out on trays

A student sieves in the daylight outside the cave entrance

Someone is looking through a total station towards a group of people, all in dappled shade

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Annemieke Milks @annemiekemilks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

And Palaeolithic archaeology, which remains hugely behind too. 'This is not about political correctness or ticking boxes....Diverse teams deliver better science: they ask different questions, challenge old assumptions, and produce richer, more nuanced insights.' www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...

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We need a feminist palaeoanthropology that finally listens to all of us — HERI - Human Evolution Research Institute

Palaeoanthropology asks profound questions: Who are we? What makes us human? Too often, answering these answers has been done by a privileged few. HERi Co-director Prof Rebecca Ackermann calls for tha...

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Cambridge Archaeology @cam-archaeology.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣 In a new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Cambridge researchers explore the role of skill for Lower Palaeolithic handaxe manufacture through flint knapping experiments. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 🧵

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

One of the oldest known musical instruments: a Palaeolithic flute made from a vulture bone some 38,000 years ago! This is one of 8 known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region. 🧵1/2 📷 me #archaeology #music 🏺

A close-up photograph of a flute made from a hollowed bone, displayed horizontally on a soft, gray fabric mount in a museum. The flute features several round finger holes along its length and showcases signs of wear and age, such as small chips.

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Dr Sonja B Grimm @sonja-grimm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🖤 Am Wochenende ist Bernhard "Benno" Gramsch nach kurzer Krankheit im Alter von 91 Jahren gestorben. Er wird fehlen. Benno war ein Urgestein der Erforschung des #Mesolithikum in #Europa, bis zum Schluß hervorragend vernetzt & aktiv in der #Forschung. Mein herzliches Beileid gilt den Angehörigen! 🪦🦣⚱️

Benno Gramsch hinter einem Podium mit aufgeklappt Laptop vor Publikum und neben ihm auf der Leinwand ist ein Foto einer Gruppe von Leuten zu sehen. Er hält die Festrede auf der jährlichen Tagung der AG Mesolithikum am 7. März 2025 in Berlin, wo sie zu Ehren seines 90. Geburtsjahres stattfand (Foto: Sonja B. Grimm)
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Benno Gramsch behind a podium with an open laptop in front of an audience and beside him the screen shows a picture of a group of people. He is giving a keynote lecture at the annual meeting of the workgroup Mesolithic on March 7th 2025 in Berlin, held there in honour of his 90th birth year (photo: Sonja B. Grimm)

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 08/08/2025

NEW Pulei Cave in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang ⛰️ Field investigation uncovers the first evidence for Upper Palaeolithic lithics in the region, indicating connections between Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia 45,000 years ago 🏺 #Archaeology Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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Astrid J. Nyland @arkeostrida.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Fresh off the press - latest from the LAST project: "Under Pressure? Living with Climate Change and Environmental Hazards in the Past and Now" (Open access) link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Thanks to all contributors, and to my great co-editors: Marcel Bradtmöller, Sonja B. Grimm and Noa Lavi!!

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Under Pressure?

This open access book gathers case studies of resilience and coping strategies in hunter-gatherer societies who were confronted with natural hazards

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Astrid J. Nyland @arkeostrida.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Reposting @stevenjgibbons.bsky.social great post - seeing that sharing knowledge is one of the best strategies against hazards turning disaster #LifeAftertheStoreggaDisaster

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Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Ever wondered what the Palaeolithic sounded like? When did music and language begin? Here’s the podcast for you! Had a great time being part of this project: www.thresholdpodcast.org/hark-episode...

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Hark Episode 13: Part of the Choir

Homo sapiens joined the story of life on Earth just 300,00 years ago. So when and how did we start making music and creating languages? In this episode, we explore these signature sounds and discover...

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A Middle Palaeolithic artefact, found by a member of the public in Jersey near an intertidal site, eroded from loess, then rolled on the beach. It was badly struck from a little Levallois core taking a chunk of core with it, then bearing witness to a Neanderthal swear #FindsFriday #FlintFriday 🏺🦣

A yellow stained flint artefact about 10cm long, held in the hand with out of focus office behind

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 06/08/2025

The discovery of ancient stone tools on Sulawesi suggests that this Indonesian island was populated by hominins at around the same time as the nearby island of Flores, if not earlier, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4oq7zzw 🏺 🧪

This is figure 2, which shows stone artefacts recovered from Early Pleistocene deposits at Calio.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 05/08/2025

Many Europeans had the dark skin and eyes of their African ancestors well into the Bronze and Iron ages, according to estimates of genotype likelihoods for 348 ancient genomes from Eurasia. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Temporal and geographical distribution of skin pigmentation estimates in Eurasia from Paleolithic to Iron Age.

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