How monogamous are humans compared to other animals? Check out this BBC interview with @kitopie.bsky.social to learn more!

Recent research by @kitopie.bsky.social also discussed in The Archaeology Channel 👇🏽👏🏽 www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/... @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Nice to have heard Kit on the radio yesterday discussing his recent publication on @nathumbehav.nature.com! Congrats on all the engagement 🙌 🎉 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Thank you to Dr Adam van Casteren (@adamvanc.bsky.social) for a great (& very active) BAARS talk today on human and ape biomechanics 🚶🏾‍♀️ 🦍!! Our seminar series resumes next term so watch this space for more amazing speakers ☝🏽

I am pleased to share that my review of David Pendery’s Transnational Taiwan: Crossing Borders into the 21st Century has now been published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. This marks my first academic publication after joining @bristolantharch.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1163/2468...

'It may feel worlds apart, but the challenges and choices facing states today have been playing out since the dawn of the earliest states, thousands of years ago.' Dr @kitopie.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) writes in a new piece for The Conversation theconversation.com/the-real-rea...

Here’s @theconversation.com piece accompanying the recent paper by Kit and colleague. Check it out👇🏽

Congratulations to our own, @kitopie.bsky.social, and his colleague on this new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper on the role of cereal grains in the creation of early states! 🙌👏 Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇

🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Jonathan Stamp, former consultant on the award-winning HBO series Rome, for a public lecture on Bringing Ancient Rome to Life The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g @clahbristol.bsky.social

Everyone who visited our department today during the Open Day got to vote for their favourite staff/student pumpkin 🎃 The votes are in and the clear winner is… Fiona’s moai 🗿 from Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island)! 🏆 Congrats, F! 🙌🏽 👏🏽 Upon hearing the good news, Fiona said: “Life goal achieved!”

On Halloween, our staff and graduate students carve Anth & Arch themed pumpkins (& one squash). Spooky stuff!

Some pics from today during the #Archaeology University Day at the British Academy in London 📍 Lovely day to meet colleagues and potential students! Thank you to the organisers for a great event and to our staff, @helenfewlass.bsky.social & @lorenabecval.bsky.social, for representing us! 🙏🏽 🙌🏽

📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X

Congratulations to our own Dr Becerra-Valdivia and colleagues on this new publication!

📢 Call for abstracts!

Do check out this new paper by our own Mhairi Gibson & colleagues! This study has important information for policy makers seeking to change attitudes and norms to violence against women and girls 👇

Congratulations Rayane! A Postdoctoral Researcher on the Infracursions Project (PI @amypenfield.bsky.social), Rayane has been recently featured in the Brazilian media as a ‘scholar to watch’, being commended for leading work on sustainability. Check it out: www.estadao.com.br/150-anos/ter...

🥳 Congratulations to Dr @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social (Philosophy) & Dr @helenfewlass.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) who have received highly prestigious ERC Starting Grants! Read more about Project LEAD led by Rebecca & Project ARRIVAL led by Helen 👇 www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

Congratulations to our very own, @helenfewlass.bsky.social, on her ERC Starting Grant win!!! We’re proud and happy! Can’t wait to see you and your new team do amazing science 🧪 🙌🏽

'There is much more to be found beneath the waves' PhD @bristolantharch.bsky.social candidate Claire Isabella Gilmour comments on the discovery of artefacts from the ancient, submerged city of Canopus in a new piece for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/new-finds-sh...

Time for you to get to know another of our staff members! Tune in to hear from Stuart Prior, a Professor of Archaeology 📺 Full interview in our IG account (bristolantharch). Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Time for you to get to know another of our staff members! Tune in to hear from Kit Opie, a Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology 📺 Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Congratulations to Lorena and colleagues! 👏 🙌

'This inquiry promises to listen to survivors, without filtering the parts that are uncomfortable to hear.' Dr William Tantam (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) & Dr Daniel Taggart consider the Casey Report in a new piece for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-the-new...

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Ever wondered what #Anthropology is all about? Let our staff tell you! Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

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The time has come for you all to meet our fearless leader, Prof Mark Gillings, a brilliant archaeologist 🏮🗡 Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Congratulations to @drsarahmyers.bsky.social, our own Mhairi and colleagues on this paper! 🙌 Check it out through the link 👇

Interested in some good ol' flint knapping? Check out our PhD student, Nick, teaching our undergraduate cohort all about it 😎 Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Time to get to know more of our staff! 📺 Next up is @drcamimorelli.bsky.social, a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at our department. Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Well done to the organisers! 🙌🏽

Some images from our Postgraduate Symposium last week! Planned and delivered by our brilliant student community 👏

Congrats Lorena and colleagues! 🙌🏽

Register and join us for this lecture on the 21st of May 👇🏽

🌎 How did humans respond to the impact of climate change 10,000 years ago? Dr Lorena Becerra-Valdivia (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) introduces us to her @leverhulme.ac.uk project which tackles this question head on in a new Arts Matter blog Read more 👉 bit.ly/42K9bLP @lorenabecval.bsky.social

Want to have a quick glimpse into the daily life of a PhD in Archaeology student? Follow Dan Brown in this clip! Created by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

'More than 100 years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, new interpretations of the burial are still emerging' PhD @bristolantharch.bsky.social candidate Claire Gilmour reflects on the seemingly ordinary objects found in the tomb for The Conversation theconversation.com/tutankhamun-...

Really enjoyed giving the talk - thanks for inviting me @radicalanthro.bsky.social Sharing with @bristolantharch.bsky.social

Check out our MA in #Anthropology newsletter for Spring 2025 through the link & find out all about our new Creative Anthropology Space (AKA, the Wonderlab) 👇 www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...

Congratulations to @adomph.bsky.social on his new publication! Heron, A. P., & Esprit, S. (2025). Pedagogies of Survival: Research, Disaster and Repair in Dominica. In Routledge Handbook of Caribbean Studies (pp. 61-74). Routledge. Check out through the link 👇 www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

📻 Dr Kit Opie (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) joins BBC CrowdScience on the World Service to discuss mating systems in primates and early humans Listen to the full programme 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @kitopie.bsky.social @carolinesteel.bsky.social

Delighted to have had our Newton International Fellow (@royalsociety.org & @britishacademy.bsky.social ), Gordon Omenya, giving the final BAARS session of the current academic year! Gorden presented on his fascinating work with the Makonde people of Kenya. Check out some pics 👇

Time to get to know more of our staff! 📺 Next up is Fiona Jordan, a Professor of Anthropology at our department. Warning: snake 🐍 Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendock-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Congratulations to @lorenabecval.bsky.social for this publication! 🙌

Time to get to know more of our staff! 📺 Next up is Amy Penfield (@amypenfield.bsky.social), a Lecturer in Social Anthropology in our department. Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Yesterday we hosted the brilliant Dr @poojaswali.bsky.social from the UCL Genetics Institute at BAARS. Her talk was titled, 'Working on pathogen evolution using aDNA' 🧬

Listen to our own @kitopie.bsky.social on this episode of CrowdScience (BBC Sounds) talk about the mating systems of our closest primate relatives 🔈 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tune in on Tuesday for this talk with our own, @kitopie.bsky.social! 👇

🔈 Nice to see our new paper, 'Ancient Proboscidean-Ivory Artifacts from Northwestern Venezuela', now published! Thanks to Jorge Carrillo-Briceño, Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra and colleagues for the invitation to contribute. They are a pleasure to work with! Link 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....