When archaeologists found the bodies of 77 women and children in an Iron Age grave, they pinned it on a prehistoric plague outbreak. A new analysis reveals it was actually a mass execution. Most bizarre? @mireniraorb.bsky.social's look at their genes shows the victims weren't related. @science.org

Really excited to share our new paper on the Early Iron Age mass grave at Gomolava (9th c. BCE), a study I had the pleasure to work on during my PhD with an amazing group of co-authors across multiple disciplines. Open access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵👇

Plazer bat da gure lana akademiatik kanpo, honelako giro politean aurkezteko aukera izatea. Eta holako mahaikidekin gainera! Eskerrik asko #feministaldia

🚨 The first HAAM elections are now open! 👥 Meet the candidates: haam-community.github.io/election2025/ 🗳️ Cast your vote: forms.gle/6PKTRkqKn57J... 🔒 Voting closes 10 Oct, 23:59 CET!

✨ Hello hello! ✨ We’re working to make the HAAM Steering Committee more diverse 🌍 and we’d love for you to apply in the upcoming elections 📩 📝 Apply here (it’s quick!);https://shorturl.at/un2eR And please share with others in your circles who might be interested 💌 Thank you! #HAAM #aDNA

Thanks @smbe-idea.bsky.social for giving us the space to present the work we do at #HAAM. If anybody is interested in joining the steering committee, elections are open now! @haam-community.bsky.social

🧵1/n ✨🔮✨ Meet (y)our instructors of this year's #HAAMsummerschool 👇 #aDNA #course #humanpopgen

#ikergazte2023 an UEUk eta @badalab_eus -ek martxan jarri genuen deialdiko irabazleek beraien ikerketa aurkezten: "Pottoka: Euskal Herriko poniaren jatorri eta ondareari jarraika" Oihane Mendizabal (Aranzadi ZE), Sofia Marcos (EHU), Miren Iraeta (Kopenhageko U) #ikergazte2025

Did leprosy exist in the Americas before European invasion? Our lab #aDNA study at @institutpasteur.bsky.social supervised by @nrascovan.bsky.social in collab with @avanzich.bsky.social (CSU) finds M.lepromatosis in pre-colonial Ancestors from North and South America www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🧬 The First Annual HAAM Meeting is coming on August 26, 2025 in Turin🇮🇹 (and online)! ✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates. 📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15 📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team #HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social

🚨 The SPAAM Community is happy to announce that it will offer it’s fourth (virtual) summer school course sponsored by the @wss_stiftung and @nfdi4microbiota this year: INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT METAGENOMICS (4-8 Aug 2025) More info see spaam-community.github.io/wss-summer-s...

Applications are OPEN for the HAAM-community Summer School: "Connecting the Past, the Present, and Future". 📅 Dates: June 9-13 📍 Location: Online 🎯 For: Students & ERCs, esp. from underfunded labs, neighbour disciplines & new to the field 🔗 Apply by April 17: rb.gy/bxtb8v #aDNA #HAAMsummerschool

Second edition of the HAAM Summer School coming up! Applications open in 2 days 💫

#otsailak11 #emakumeakzientzian #emakumeetaneskazientzialarieneguna Hementxe dituzue 2024. urte hasieratik gaur arte hainbat jakintza alorretako emakume ikertzaileei egin dizkiegun elkarrizketak www.ueu.eus/komunikazioa...

ISBA @isbarchaeology.bsky.social heads to Turin! 🇮🇹 Call for abstracts for biomolecular archaeology's premier conference, @isba11.bsky.social. Spotlight on ancient biomolecules, isotopes & their stories of the past 🧬 Human-environment interactions foodways, mobility & more 🏛️ Deadline: Jan 20, 2025

📢 Hello 👋 ! We're happy to be here! @haam-community.bsky.social We're an open international 🌐 community of researchers interested in studying human population history, ancestry & mobility through (ancient) DNA! 🧵1/3

With all the new people migrating into BlueSky, we have created a small starter pack for aDNA (and other molecules) researchers. go.bsky.app/F4EPLJh 🧪🏺 #evosky #PaleoSky