2025 was a year with many milestones for us, from the first PhD submitted to our international workshop. We look forward to 2026! Expect more papers, new surveys and student projects, and our special issue! We wish everyone in the Kalahari and beyond happy holidays🎄(Picture of Rappels Pan 2024).

"Earliest evidence of making fire" - full-text view-only version of the Nature paper, using the link below. rdcu.be/eT4WI

Hey 🏺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?

I'll be on sabbatical starting January 1, 2026, and if anyone is looking for a guest speaker for department seminars, I'm happy to discuss possible dates. Reskeet widely! 🧪⚒️

Winter time is lab time 👩‍🔬 new plant wax biomarker samples for @people-erc-stg.bsky.social project are currently running on the GC - we try to characterise the past environment at donga sites in 🇿🇦

Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea! Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...

Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published! We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes. Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nun online: Die erste #Podcast-Folge mit Fiona Walker-Friedrichs, Doktorandin im @clusterroots.bsky.social. Die Folge gibt einen Einblick in die interdisziplinäre Welt von Archäologie und Biologie – und in die Leidenschaft von Fiona, die kleinste Getreidekörner zum Sprechen bringt.🎙️ @uni-kiel.de

PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...

@clusterroots.bsky.social @bserbe.bsky.social It's out!! 🥳 Congrats!! 😊

A fascinating article by @andrewcurry.com @science.org! 🔬....we hope to find out soon whether 'killings/massacres' actually happened in Vráble or whether ritual practices took place here–skull removal and decapitation are different procedures... 💀👀 stay tuned! @uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social

New publication alert!‼️ Wrapping up 2025 with my fifth paper of the year in the SAJS! The paper reviews how stone tools reveal social connections, noting similar patterns can also arise independently and suggesting ways to better distinguish the two. 💫 🔗 doi.org/10.17159/saj...

If you have time for a long read this weekend, make it this excellent article. It considers the nature of the internet, i.e. dominance of white, Western commercial content, which underpins GenAI output production & the impact of excluding local & Indigenous language & knowledge from this.

On Monday, Lucy Kubiak-Martens (Zandaam, NL) will be guest at the #ArchäologischesKolloquium @uni-kiel.de She will speak on "Culinary Practices in 3rd Millennium BC Hunte 1, Lower Saxony (and Beyond): through Integrated Organic Residue Analysis". All information can be found at the link below 🏺

This is a important read on the challenges many African ECRs continue to face when doing archaeology or paleontology at home. Note that the authors are from Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. 🏺🧪

If you're in York this Saturday, there's a "Women in #Geology" day of lectures at Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum @yorkshire-geol-soc.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social. Will be fascinating - starts 10.45, keynote by @toriherridge.bsky.social, free tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-g...

A new job for #StableIsotope & #massspectrometer enthusiasts for 6 years in the @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de: Responsibility for running the machines & for measurements. Science people, do not be put off by the word "Engineer". Deadline 31.12.25. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

Anwen Cooper & Tina Roushannafas @ox.ac.uk have just published a beautiful piece in Archaeological Dialogues @universitypress.cambridge.org on how archaeological work can realign to meet the needs of pressing environmental agendas and be part of #nature #recovery projects. doi.org/10.1017/S138...

We are recruiting! (x2) There are two permanent positions available in our climate dynamics and prediction group, so if either sounds interesting to you do apply, or share with your colleagues: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Don't forget the @quaternaryra.bsky.social ADM 2026 abstract deadline is today! sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...

Passenderweise sehe ich gerade, dass mein Beitrag über "Arier, Aliens & Atlantis: Archäologische #Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Popkultur & #Ideologie" inzwischen auch bei @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de online nachgeschaut & -gehört werden kann: lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/antike_im_ze...

‼️New PhD project in Edinburgh: "Animals, traits, and oxygen in the Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia". Supervised by Rachel Wood (Amelia Penny and I co-supervising) — big UK+Namibian team — help us understand early animal evolution! Apply by Dec 14th #paleontology e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

[new paper alert!!]. Taking another look at the traditional Out of Africa I model… 😎😎 @courtneymanthey.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking forward to welcoming @jmcascalheira.bsky.social & @godefroyy.bsky.social from @icarehb.bsky.social in Kiel @uni-kiel.de this week for some in-depth planning and discussion with @clusterroots.bsky.social & other partners on exciting plans for the future - and the 🌧️ has finally stopped too.

Our distance learning (on line) Graduate Certificate in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Anthropology is now open for applications for Sept 2026 start. Full details below or contact me to discuss. Please share! @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @eaapam.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...

What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...

This term I am teaching Neanderthals. We are reading @lemoustier.bsky.social book "Kindred" & parallel scientific papers to discuss challenges & mechanisms of science communication. The students range from Bachelor to Master, plus some non-archaeologist guests. So far we had fascinating dicusssions🦣

ERC Postdoc FIELDWORK is another vacancy in the INASIA project. Learn more about the position and apply here: inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin... If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025 Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...

Looking for a PhD or Postdoc position in archaeology? @clusterroots.bsky.social at @uni-kiel.de has currently 14 (!) positions advertised for start in 2026. Feel free to contact me or any of the other PI's for more information. Deadline is 15th December. Link: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... 🦣🏺👇

Join us for an extraordinary evening with Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo! Prof Pääbo will present a FREE public talk titled “Of Neanderthals and Denisovans, and how they live on in many of us” at the @crick.ac.uk. Register here: genetics.org.uk/events/of-ne...

Am Wochenende noch nichts vor? Vom 5.10.25 bis 22.3.26 kann die Posterausstellung "Ein gut Theil Eigenheit - Lebenswege früher Archäologinnen" im SchichtWerk Gliching besucht werden. Mehr zu Öffnungszeiten und Begleitprogramm unter schichtwerk-gilching.de/de/das-museu...

It's that time of year when you open your To Do list and realise its only 8 weeks until Christmas holidays 😬 #MondayFeeling #AcademicChat #PanicMode

My old job as Director of Oxford's largest portfolio of online courses with @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social is being advertised. If you enjoy academic management and digital education as well as teaching and research, this could be the job for you! F/t and permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE029/d...

Applications are open for the 2025 Student Development Workshop (SDW) at Skukuza, Kruger National Park! 🌿🦓 A great opportunity for students in archaeology & heritage management. 📅 6–10 Dec 2025 See details on SAASS social media & website: www.saassarchaeology.com/upcoming-eve...

New position available at @dai-weltweit.bsky.social, Berlin. www.dainst.org/karriere/bew... General Secretary / Generalsekretär You need: German & English, PhD, Habilitation, Publications, Previous leading role in international research, experience and a concept of your ideas for the DAI.

ANU Research Fellow position! We're looking for someone with a PhD in palaeoecology, geography or related field, who has experience with paleoenvironmental and archaeobotanical analysis. A familiar with sedimentology or geochemistry is also an advantage. Apply now: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...

Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9. international.au.dk/about/profil...

Unterschrieben! Petition: chng.it/zB5YZzVphb

In nur wenigen Std. haben wir die 200 geknackt! ✊ @ #Bildungsministerkonferenz: "Wir drängen darauf,dass jetzt gehandelt wird,bevor das Wiss.system unseres Landes trotz aller Exzellenzinitiativen kollabiert.Wir können als PDs so nicht weitermachen&brauchen Ihre Unterstützung*jetzt*!" #PDprekär

I am honoured to have been invited to attend the #TDE25 celebrations in #Saarbrücken as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Bürgerdelegation representing @uni-kiel.de, @clusterroots.bsky.social and @khoproject.bsky.social. ... (1/2)

Michaela Ecker leitet die #EmmyNoether-Gruppe @khoproject.bsky.social an der @uni-kiel.de. Sie erforscht die Auswirkungen extremer Klimaveränderungen im Mittel- und Spätpleistozän auf die menschliche Evolution in der südlichen Kalahari. Mehr zur Forschung 👇 🏺 #TagDerDeutschenEinheit

Inèz will stay with us for another 6 month in Kiel and she has several papers in review, so watch this space! #WomenInStem #PhDlife #Postdoclife #academia

Congratulations to my first ever PhD student for submitting her dissertation today! #ProudSupervisor

Happy 59th #Boipuso to my friends and colleagues in #Botswana! Hope it’s a fun day!

#ESHE2025 Marc Dickinson ‘Advancing enamel amino acid dating’ Using AA in dental enamel for dating Does glue affect potential? NO 😊 Can ESR powder by re-used? YES 😊 ‘lab-on-a-chip’ (minimise sample size) and no need of lab for pre-processing! 😊

#ESEHE2025 Mailys Richard ‘A revised chronology for the Middle Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of Florisbad, South Africa’ Prev fossil hom (eSapiens): OSL & ESR- 279-228 ka NEW OSL, TT-OSL & pIRIR290: range of dates – most likely MIS6 But only if prov of cran in Unit M

We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎 There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information. You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...

We had two great days with the years standard 5,6 and 7 of Maleshe and Khisa village this week. We tried to explain our research in interactive stations in small groups - even a song was created! #ScienceCommunication #fieldwork #nextGeneration #archaeology

The last days we spend a lot of time with these quartzite bedrock outcrops - recording every detail 📷 📐✍️✏️ 🪨 to understand their use as raw material source during the Stone Age #fieldwork #kgalagadi. Inspired by a paper from Matt Lotter et al. 2024 in Southern African Field Archaeology