Proteins recovered from 400,000-year-old fossils show humans living today may have inherited genes from Homo erectus: "There’s far greater complexity in terms of hominins across Eurasia than previously recognized," says @york.ac.uk geochemist Kirsty Penkman. @science.org

Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series seminar by Ioannis Patramanis from the University of Copenhagen, who will present his talk: “Assessing the potential of ancient protein sequences in the study of hominid evolution” 📅 Wednesday 3rd June 2026 🕒 15:00 CET 📍 Zoom (DM us for the link)

Applications are now open for the PAASTA Bioinformatics Summer School 💻 Lessons will cover theory and practical exercises on a variety of palaeoproteomic analyses, including ZooMS, amelogenin sex estimation and shotgun proteomics. Deadline: 1 June 2026 Registration form: forms.gle/pqmecUpD7Xay...

🚨Professor Emeritus Mark Pollard's key text 'Analytical #Chemistry in #Archaeology' now thoroughly revised in its second edition is now out! 🧪🧑‍🔬📕Twice as nice! @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org

REMINDER: The next 🍝PAASTA🍝 talk is coming up! As always, message us for the link 🔗

🐘 Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 6 May at 17:00 CET! 🐘 Elena Armaroli will be presenting "Elephant ecology in a Neanderthal landscape: Life histories of straight-tusked elephants from Neumark-Nord (~125 ka, Germany)". DM us for the Zoom link to join!

🚨 Interested in joining our board of trustees?🚨 4 trustees position will soon be vacated and we are seeking expression of interest! You can fill this form by the 30th of April: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Any question? Contact us at [email protected]

The 15th ICAZ International Conference will be held next year in Vancouver. Call for Sessions closes 31st of May 2026. For more details check out our website sway.cloud.microsoft/BFTVh4FAbfX6... or email [email protected]. #ICAZ #zooarch #Vancouver2027

We will hold two discussion sessions in the next #IZAZ workshop. In past workshops, these discussion sessions have been pivotal in advancing community efforts. So - what do you think the theme of these discussions should be? 🤔💭 Follow this link to make a suggestion: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🧬 Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 1 April at 17:00 CET! 🧬 Fei Yang will be presenting "Refining Deamidation Estimation in MALDI-TOF Data: development and application of the MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS)". DM us for the Zoom link to join!

🧬 Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 1 April at 17:00 CET! 🧬 Fei Yang will be presenting "Refining Deamidation Estimation in MALDI-TOF Data: development and application of the MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS)". DM us for the Zoom link to join!

I am SO EXCITED to announce that CENIEH in Burgos, Spain will be hosting the third installment of the IZAZ (Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology) Workshop on the 15th – 16th September 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Join the mailing list to stay up-to-date: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our new paper is out! If you love caves, if you love archaeology, if you love ZooMS (and let's be honest, who doesn't?!) you'll LOVE this! #palaeoproteomics #ancientproteins #archaeology #ZooMS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 Appel à communications Premières Journées de la CRABi - Communauté de Recherche en Archéologie Biomoléculaire et Isotopique. 📍 Bordeaux | 📆 12–13 nov. 2026 📝 Soumissions ouvertes jusqu’au 2 avril, 23h59 (CET). 👉 Infos : crabi.sciencesconf.org #ArchéologieBiomoléculaire #Conférence #CRABi

Natural History Museum. Apply for Principal Researcher in Human Evolution jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🧬 NEW JOB: @york-bioarch.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc in Ancient DNA Work on the RoBMobS project to explore mobility and diversity in Roman Britain using genomic data. 💰 £37k - £39k ⏳ 34 months 📍 York, UK 📅 Apply by 24 March 2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

The final chapter of my PhD thesis, is finally published in GBE! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... You can also read the earlier recommendation by PCI in a nice little summary here: evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec... #palaeoproteomics #phylogenetics

Here we are again! The new edition of the Summer School in Island Archaeobotany will take place in Tenerife at the end of September 2026. *Completely Free of Charge* Please send us your cv&motivation letter by the 10th of April and share as much as possible! #Archaeology #islands #archaeobotany

Next PAASTA talk already this Wednesday! DM us for the link.

🧬🦆 Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 4 March at 16:00 CET! 🦢🧬 Katerina Carlotta Koukzelas will be presenting "Ancient Birds, Unexpected Dates: Zooarchaeological and Biomolecular Evidence of Avian Mobility and Human Interaction in Crete". DM us for the Zoom link to join!

📢 Calling all archaeologists! 📢 🧪🏺 Got a paper ready for submission? Tired of waiting 6, 12, or even 18 months for colleagues to read your work? Frustrated by costly publication fees? Go preprint, then use our free and transparent evaluation process, and accelerate your research impact. 🚀

🦷 A new study by @marinemorvan.bsky.social High-throughput paleoproteomics method using MALDI-CASI-FTICR mass spectrometry to estimate biological sex from tooth enamel. Great success on 130 individuals from medieval Great Moravia. #Bioarchaeology #Archaeology #Proteomics #TooMS 😉 #Teammasspec

🧬🦆 Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 4 March at 16:00 CET! 🦢🧬 Katerina Carlotta Koukzelas will be presenting "Ancient Birds, Unexpected Dates: Zooarchaeological and Biomolecular Evidence of Avian Mobility and Human Interaction in Crete". DM us for the Zoom link to join!

Are you a student or ECR working in palaeoproteomics or a related field? Sign up to give a PAASTA talk 🍝💬 🔗Sign-up form: forms.gle/PbvmzPfzLhHB...

Registration OPEN for Practical Palaeoproteomics Summer School Copenhagen! 🦴🧪 🗓️ Aug 12–21, 2026 📍 Copenhagen (In-person + 3-day remote option) 🎓 6 ECTS credits ⏳ Deadline: April 1st Apply here: phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus... #Palaeoproteomics #BioArch #Archaeology #Proteomics #PhDLife

📢Call for Papers #UISPP 2026 Join our session with Emilie Berlioz, @fridowelker.bsky.social & @wagneranna.bsky.social : Multidisciplinary approaches to reconstruct human-environment relationships in the Pleistocene 📍Poznań (Poland) 📆31 Aug - 4 Sep 2026 Deadline: 28 Feb uispp2026.syskonf.pl

Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series! Prof. Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social will talk on “ZooMS-3D: a work in progress. Can we think about ZooMS in a 3rd dimension?” 🗓 Wednesday, 4th February 2026 ⏰ 16:00 CET 📍 Zoom DM us for the link.

Excited to share the new Steering Committee of PAASTA 🎉 An ECR-driven community working to foster an open, inclusive, and collaborative space for palaeoproteomics researchers worldwide. Looking forward to building and growing this community together 🧬

Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series! Prof. Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social will talk on “ZooMS-3D: a work in progress. Can we think about ZooMS in a 3rd dimension?” 🗓 Wednesday, 4th February 2026 ⏰ 16:00 CET 📍 Zoom DM us for the link.

Still time to submit an abstract for our free online workshop as part of COEXIST🧪🦣🏺

Fully funded PhD studentship here with @katerinad.bsky.social on palaeoproteomics. Apply below! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-Stud...

1/5🧵 🚨 New open access paper out today🚨 The Demodifier: a tool for screening modification-induced alternate peptide taxonomy in palaeoproteomics. doi.org/10.1371/jour... #palaeoproteomics

Once upon a time, @fridowelker.bsky.social and I had an argument about if we need to decontaminate our samples or not. I'm not saying that I took things a bit too far with proving that I was right, but we have now published two papers on the topic 😬😂

📣 We are seeking a postdoctoral research fellow in ancient metagenomics. Join us at the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu. ⏳ 01.04.2026–31.03.2028 📚 1.0 position 📍 Riia 23b, Tartu, Estonia ℹ️ Project: lnkd.in/dQARuBxM ℹ️ Application: lnkd.in/dFR8DQxH ⏰ Deadline 02.02.2026

Come work with us! 🧬 We're hiring a part-time Biomolecular Lab Tech @cam-archaeology.bsky.social .Join our team in the Henry Wellcome Building working on DNA & proteins. Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole... #ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM

SMBE2026 Symposium L01 | Insights into the past through the lens of palaeoproteomics 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026

🚨There are still a few days left to fill the PAASTA Winter School form. Let us know what you want to learn! 🧬

PAASTA WINTER SCHOOL Now is your chance to provide input on our upcoming PAASTA Winter School on tools and topics you’re keen to learn and teach, please give your thoughts on this short form forms.gle/om48gkCKzTt9... before 9th Jan!

🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨 We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!

PAASTA talk by @giuliagallo.bsky.social already this Wednesday! 🤩 DM us for the link.

Recovering DNA from ancient plants is tough, but this new method makes it work! A new extraction workflow improves recovery of fragmented endogenous plant aDNA while preserving library complexity and read yield. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #archaeobotany

The MALDI Deamidation Score is now published! Congratulations @bharathabnair.bsky.social @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy and Fei Yang! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

PAASTA WINTER SCHOOL Now is your chance to provide input on our upcoming PAASTA Winter School on tools and topics you’re keen to learn and teach, please give your thoughts on this short form forms.gle/om48gkCKzTt9... before 9th Jan!

🤩 We are excited to announce that you can now also find us on Instagram (@paasta.community) 🥳

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🦴🔥Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 10 December at 17:00 CET! 🦴🔥 @giuliagallo.bsky.social will be presenting "Interpreting staining and burning in archaeological bone colors: equifinality, challenges, and new solutions." As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!

Want to join the www.codicum.eu project? 3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills. #Medieval #Manuscript

Join the course "Proteomic Methods for Species Identification" by Transmitting Science, taught by Dr. Michael Buckley from Dec 12-19. Learn peptide mass fingerpr… https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/genetics-and-genomics/palaeoproteomics-and-zooarchaeology-by-mass-spectrometry-zooms/ #course

🦴🧬🦴🧬🦴 Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics! June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm. Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)! Submit abstracts here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/ Deadline: Nov 30th

For those of you attending, or interested, in the 11th ICAZ-AGPM meeting (International Council for Archaeozoology-Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) October 14-17 in Copenhagen, the preliminary programme is available on our website! sites.google.com/palaeome.org...