I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have accepted the position of Independent Group Leader in Experimental Archaeology at the University of Tübingen! The program will focus on establishing a reference collection for taphonomic phenomena specific to Island Southeast Asia 😁 🐘🏝️🇮🇩🦴

#ESHE2025 Elizabeth Veatch ‘Behavioural complexity in Homo floresiensis reconsidered’ Did H floresiensis hunt & use fire? NO! Tapho– Komodo Dragon prey bones fr Atlanta! 3D study of 3200 bones w marks fr Liang Bua: most match Komodo Dragons; a few actual c/m - scavenging. 🔥? ~10K rat bones 😳… NONE

We had a fantastic experience attending and presenting at #ESHE2025 for the first time. Even little Luca enjoyed the trip! Looking forward to attending next year 😁

New publication out today, on mammal endemism doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

From postdocs to deans of research, over 300 researchers across 100+ institutions share how they’re navigating funding cuts and finding ways forward. www.biorender.com/2025-science...

Ancient human ancestor emerges from sunken Southeast Asian landmass | Science www.science.org/content/arti...

It’s been a week! Managed to spend some time in my favorite hobbit hole after 5 years of pandemic and childbirth 😁 Looking forward to the next 5 years of active fieldwork and lots of nasi goreng! Sampai jumpa tahun depan 🫶

I know we could all use some good news right now, and I love Ice Age animals and Game of Thrones as much as the next person. But as someone who writes about evolution and extinction, ecology and conservation, for a living, I’ve gotta say this Dire Wolf hoopla is deeply problematic. A short thread 🧵🧪

The loss of a legend- Kanzi, the language-competent bonobo, has died age 44. Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...

From EPA Staff: An Open Letter to the American Public -- republished today on @the-revelator.bsky.social from @ehnewsroom.bsky.social therevelator.org/epa-open-let...

List of Diamond OA Journals in Bioanthropology: youtube.com/post/Ugkxgv7...

Today, I wrote two hearty result paragraphs and created two detailed figures from GIS all while being a full time solo parent of a three month old today 💪 time to get the baby some outdoor time and take a walk #StayAtHome #academicmom

Coming back to work after maternity leave and it feels nearly impossible #AcademicMoms

Super cool research by @brianapobiner.bsky.social and team! Congrats!!

Check out the latest research from Liang Bua by Indonesian archaeologist I Made Agus Julianto! "New insights into human behavior at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) based on the temporal distribution of pottery and mollusks during the past 5000 years" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The editors are doing the right thing, but this is a terrible loss. For decades, Journal of Human Evolution has consistently been one of the best venues for publishing bread-and-butter technical work in the field of #paleoanthropology.

“Through this exhibition, we remind the world that human civilization not only started in Africa, but also found its strength and complexity in the archipelago,"

‘The 130 Years Of Pithecanthropus Exhibition Strengthens Indonesia's Position As The World's Oldest Civilization’ voi.id/en/lifestyle...

"Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of the honour of an FRS is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone... who has immeasurable wealth & power which he will use to threaten scientists who disagree with him." I do hope the RS is engaging with this🧪 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“We must remember that American higher education is imbricated with the American project writ large. To set aside this work entirely is to abandon the values of a liberal education, and what would that say about our hopes for a better future for our country and for our students?” #SaveHumanities

Taphonomic Approach to the Interpretation of Isolated Human Skulls: Distinguishing Natural from Intentional Deposition link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Research has overturned earlier claims that a diminutive human relative, Homo floresiensis, lit fires—but big stories die hard www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Bluesky, Today is my 2nd day on here as an escapee from The Bad Place. I am BEGGING y’all to repost this I have $80,000 in scholarship money to give away to women and girls NATIONWIDE. I worked so hard to raise this money. Applications open THIS week. I’m scared the mass migration will impact this

📣 ACADEMIC MOMS: Have you conducted research in museum collections in a foreign country with an infant (< 1 year old)? What worked for you and what are things you wish you had done differently? Looking for any and all advice for planning the upcoming year 🙏

So where is the larger Homo erectus founding population on Flores? 🤷‍♀️ They arrived small - probably from an early Homo-like population (maybe even early H erectus), but not likely from Javan H erectus. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“Dr. Tocheri also thought the Homo erectus hypothesis was a stretch. “The evidence for this idea is very weak,” he said.”

New genus and species of GIANT SHREW RAT from LIANG BUA! Named in honor of Indonesian zooarchaeologist Pak Rokus Awe Due Check out the open access link below! journals.australian.museum/veatch-2023-...

What do we know about the role of smaller animals in diets of ancient humans? HOT Topic – Less Is More: 🏺🧪 The Inclusion of Small Game in Ancient Human Diets with Dr Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMVc... Hosted by Dr Briana Probiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social and NMNH

Back to looking at these little guys 😍 #Rats #LiangBua #HappyPlace

📢 Check out my newest paper published in JAS @ElsevierArchaeo ! “Prey body size generates bias for human and avian agents: Cautions for interpreting small game assemblages” #Ethnoarchaeology #experimental #taphonomy #smallgame #rats #butchery authors.elsevier.com/a/1h%7EJA15S...

@ArkeometriBRIN is hosting a symposium in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Homo #floresiensis, October 2-4th, with 3 days full of talks on all things hobbitses. Follow along with me, Hanneke Meijer, Matt Tocheri, Thomas Sutikna, and others! linktr.ee/20years_flores… #20TahunHomofloresiensis

I married the most wonderful man in the most breathtaking place on earth this past week. More adventures to come! “Todays rain is tomorrows whiskey” #Scotland #Achnagairn #IsleOfArran #Highlands #Auchrannie #sheep #stags #magic #Scotch #Inverness #MrsDr

#OTD For the twentieth anniversary of the discovery of Homo floresiensis 🧪 20 years of Homo floresiensis by @fossilhistory.bsky.social fossilhistory.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/2...

And that’s a wrap! Finished my time at Arkenas looking at Stegodon bones for this year. Next step, publish! 🐘🔪🦴 #LiangBua #Taphonomy #YumYumYum

We know a lot more about what butchery looks like on large animals than small animals. So what are the limits of mark variation in butchered small game, like rats? Stay tuned 😁

Only 6 more days left in Jakarta :( too short of a trip to visit the LB collections … but y’all… I am SO EXCITED to analyze and publish on this material 🥹 🐘🏝️🔪🦴

Hi friends 👋 looking forward to seeing what this new platform is all about. In the mean time, here is Coco and Ollie 😁 Missing them while in Indonesia