We're hiring an associate/full professor in paleoanthropology in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University - As Katie Hinde says - come join our science party in the desert!!

So excited to be a co-author on this paper with an amazing team led by @egveatch.bsky.social, published today! Tl:dr - 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 scavenged (not hunted) Stegodon and did not have control of fire at Liang Bua.

Amazing opportunity with one of the brightest minds in SEA Palaeolithic archaeology! @egveatch.bsky.social

Wet-bulb temperature combines heat and humidity into a measure that is linked to heat stress. Climate change has made this week's wet-bulb temperatures at least 5x more likely across many areas, with dangerous levels expected in some locations. Explore the data: csi.climatecentral.org/humid-heat

We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...

Something I was asked a few times, and I think merits a bit of detail for people not in the research industry, is what goes into the pricing of an analysis. A thread 1/14 🧵🧪

The wonderful 'Archaeological Fish Resource' is back online and available to use again! The digital reference collection hosts more than 90 species of Mediterranean and North Atlantic freshwater and marine fishes. Follow the link to explore. fishbone.nottingham.ac.uk #ICAZ #Zooarch

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

The UK is destroying one of its few remaining exports based exclusively on ideology.

We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience

Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

Public trust in climate information is hard-won, something we understand as former members of the Climate(.)gov team. For our launch, @katharinehayhoe.com shared why she believes Climate.us is worthy of that trust, and why she'll be sending people here for years to come. #ClimateUS #ClimateForUs 🌍🧪

My house is full of books. My office is full of books. I have no room for new books. I do not care; the parcel I got today from Princeton University Press is wonderful!

Hey book lovers! If you want to support your local independent bookstores, check out @bookshop.org, which is waiving shipping fees for books from June 23-26. Just search for the nearest bookstore by zip code or name, then order. P.S. Here are some of my books: bookshop.org/beta-search?... 📚 #Booksky

Agree, I hate it now and the constant popups pushing unwanted AI assistance-I think I end up having to click three separate pop ups each time!

Only one week to go! AI Literacy for the Ancient World conference in Reading on July 1-3, organised by Edward A S Ross and Jackie Baines. I, Gabriele Gattiglia and Francesca Fulminante talk about 'AI and Italian Archaeology' edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/ai-li... #Archaeology #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋

I am once again begging universities to realise that staff - academic, professional services, estates, all of them - are the product they are trying to sell. Without staff there is nothing to sell. No amount of flashy buildings will replace staff in universities. UKHE is in freefall.

Lost my streak yesterday but have solidly been in 16-20% range each time. Anthropeum.com · Jun 22 2026 🟦🟨🟩🟨🟩🟦🟩🟩🟨🟩 73,757 · top 17% of players today!

Delighted to announce that we are relaunching the Steppe Sisters Speaker Series! Join us tomorrow (2pm UK time) to hear the excellent Nari Lee present her eye-opening research on gendered barriers to participation in fieldwork, comparing case studies in Mongolia and South Korea. lnkd.in/dPT6RPaR

we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven.

Study finds even women who, before giving birth, were primary breadwinners tend to pause careers & endure income loss. This undercuts a motherhood penalty theory which posited that couples have the lower-earning partner decrease paid work for childrearing. magazine.columbia.edu/article/wome...

🏛️🧪Scientists from our Voices for Science cohort advocated for the scientific workforce, and you can too! 🚨Act NOW! 🚨 Ask your legislator to back bills that support the U.S. scientific workforce. agu.quorum.us/campaign/163...

NSF's grantmaking is miserly when compared to recent years, but when compared it to the historical record, we see it's a radical break from the long-term consensus of investing in scientific innovation. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪

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One fewer thing wrecked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

So this was a nice surprise to wake up to, thanks to all Cambridge University Press & Assessment and series editor @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social Delighted that it is Open Access doi.org/10.1017/9781... @researchireland.ie @ucc.ie

So, some news: www.popsci.com/science/pbs-... We made a tv show! 🎉 #scicomm #paleontology

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📺 PREMIER JULY 22nd! 📺 Want some #Pompeii and #Vesuvius inspired geo-telly? Tom Hiddleston, me, and a several other scientists, historians, and archeologists have got you in this cinematic tour-de-force, airing on NatGeo, Disney+, and Hulu 🌋 #PompeiiOutOfTime deadline.com/2026/06/nat-...

📢 AGU and partners are urging Congress to fully fund NSF in FY27 and to protect the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate🧪 📖Learn more⬇️ thebridge.agu.org/2026/06/02/a...

So proud of my colleague Ahmed - he's not on here but I have to share this open access paper with you. Teaching #archaeology in #Sudan during war. Please read and share, and take a moment to appreciate Sudan and the Sudanese. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🏺 Academics are not terrified of Neanderthal art FFS

one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband

@archanchistleic.bsky.social June newsletter includes a short piece of our finds work in the Leicestershire Fieldworkers. We have catalogued A LOT finds from the Bradgate House excavations. #Archaeology

Yes I am sharing because I want this game to catch on! Anthropeum.com · Jun 17 2026 🟦🟨🟨🟥🟩🟨🟦🟩🟨🟩 64,320 · top 20% of players today!

📊New data shows benefits of choosing geography at university. This includes high graduate employment rates, with geography graduates having a higher rate than average. Find out more: https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/latest-news/new-data-shows-the-benefits-of-choosing-geography-at-university

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"There is a reason that totalitarian governments, eager to avoid dissent, purge academics. Research collaboration, academic exchanges, and the pursuit of knowledge should continue to be a beacon during difficult times. If institutions impose restrictions, we limit these opportunities."

ICYMI: the AAUP’s Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession is out! It’s a doozy. Key points in the 🧵below:

Museums and heritage freelancers! There is now a union for you! I've been working with @soupdragon2000.bsky.social and @dannybirchall.bsky.social to set up the Heritage Freelancers branch of @prospectunion.bsky.social Full details and joining info: heritagefreelancersunion.co.uk

Admiring one of my favorite finds from our @trowelblazers.bsky.social trip back in February: two pyritized ammonite fossils, permanently stuck together, from Charmouth Beach.

Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!

*nods solemnly in archaeology*

One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth

'Mountain Climber.' (1912) Jean-Ferdinand Willumsen's travels through Italy and Spain were inspired after buying a painting by El Greco. A great traveller, his meeting with Gauguin in 1890 significantly influenced the way he used colour, but that vivid palette is all Scandinavian

A very white, and famous, and most deadly immortal monster, Don;—but that would be too long a story.

Sea surface temperatures in a key monitoring region for El Niño continue already at record high levels for this time of year. This is due to the long-term warming of the tropics (human-caused climate change), as well as the growing +ENSO event. Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1: psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...

What a great idea -- super useful and will be a really interesting benchmark for years to come

Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social, pres-elect of @nationalacademies.org talks w/ @carlzimmer.com- 'We’re living in an extraordinary time of disconnect. We rely on science and the advice that comes from #science, yet the whole apparatus that enables us to do that is under unique challenges.'

Come join our team in Exeter! We're looking for a Lecturer in Archaeology for a three year teaching post, focusing particularly on practical skills and fieldwork (closing date 30 June): careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/95...