The oldest reliable evidence of organic red pigment use 15,000 years ago by the first sedentary hunter-gatherers in the Levant. Plant-based red colouration of shell beads 15,000 years ago in Kebara Cave, Mount Carmel (Israel) 🏺🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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#OnThisDay in 2004, the Homo floresiensis papers were published and we met, for the first time, "a new small-bodied hominin" from Flores, Indonesia. 🧪🏺

‘Callous, reckless, unethical’: Scientists in row over rare fossils flown into space 🏺🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2023... ‘Grand gesture’ condemned as unethical publicity stunt that risked loss of 2m-year-old human remains Commentary by @chrisbstringer.bsky.social @ozarchaeomaglab.bsky.social

Genome sequences of 36,000- to 37,000-year-old modern humans at Buran-Kaya III in Crimea 🏺🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Both genomes share the highest similarity to Gravettian-associated individuals found several thousand years later in southwestern Europe.

Her mother was a Neanderthal, her father was a Denisovan. Denny is a vivid – and very “human” – reminder that human evolution is a story of hybridization. Meet Denny, The Only Human Hybrid Remains Ever Unearthed 🧪 www.iflscience.com/meet-denny-t...

Unknown Human Lineage Found Buried in The Neanderthal Genome www.sciencealert.com/unknown-huma...

New Special Issue of PaleoAnthropology 😍‼️ 7 great pps on Niche Construction, Plasticity, and Inclusive Inheritance paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... + obituaries - Bill Kimbel & Sally McBrearty, a book review AND the abstracts of the 13th ESHE meeting! What a treat 🥳

Genomes Reveal the Encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...

Past human expansions shaped the spatial pattern of Neanderthal ancestry www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The reconstructed cranium of Pierolapithecus and the evolution of the great ape face 🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Consistent with the hypothesis species represents basal member of group and provides insight into the facial morphology of the ancestor of the group.

Formation processes, fire use, and patterns of human occupation across the Middle Palaeolithic (MIS 5a-5b) of Gruta da Oliveira (Almonda karst system, Torres Novas, Portugal) 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Conditions for residential use seem to have be optimal during 90–92 kya and 76–78 kya.

@martamlahr.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky. It's nice to see you here.

From Hunted to Hunter: Neanderthals Preyed on Cave Lions, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/s...

Family trees based on "whole cemetery" analyses of ancient DNA are the next big thing in paleogenomics. The details about the past they reveal give archaeologists unprecedented insights into the past, like dropping in on a family reunion from thousands of years ago. 🏺🧬

mRNA COVID Vaccine Technology Wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 🧪 bit.ly/48CDvIX Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded the prize for their advancements that changed the field of vaccine development and understanding of how mRNA interacts with the body’s immune system.

Just setting off to give an invited paper at University of Tübingen as part of the Ritual in Human Evolution conference. I'm hugely honoured to have been invited to speak, and more than a little excited at making the journey to Germany by train! #NetZero uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

“Interaction and mixture: big picture and small” The working of a Denisovan gene in today's people, and the continuing challenges of understanding how mixture mattered to ancient people. johnhawks.net/weblog/inter...

Taxonomic attribution of the KNM-ER 1500 partial skeleton from the Burgi Member of the Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya 🧪 Carol Ward , Ashley Hammond , et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... No feature serves to align KNM-ER 1500 with Homo to the exclusion of Paranthropus.

Predates 110 ka The stratigraphy and formation of Middle Stone Age deposits in Cave 1B, Klasies River Main site, South Africa, with implications for the context, age, and cultural association of the KRM 41815/SAM-AP 6222 human mandible 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

☀️ Happy weekend! 🧪 The problems of paleolithic prodigies...

Mysterious box donated to museum turns out to contain ‘exceptional’ Neanderthal remains news.yahoo.com/mysterious-b...

Modeling of adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition phys.org/news/2023-09...

Justice for Neanderthals! What the debate about our long-dead cousins reveals about us www.theguardian.com/science/2023... Derided as knuckle-draggers, discoveries are setting the record straight. As we rethink Neanderthals, we could learn something of our own humanity.

Did early humans interbreed with "ghost" populations? 🧪 featuring @chrisbstringer.bsky.social , @elliescerri.bsky.social www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/arti... A discussion on our genetic diversity and the evidence that early Homo sapiens mated with an as yet, "unknown" species.

A favorite of mine for a long time, John Gurche helps people understand what ancient humans looked like by creating lifelike models. The work requires a mix of artistic skill and scientific knowledge. Paleoartist brings back faces from the ancient past 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3U...

Roll out the red carpet for La Ferrassie-1. This skeleton was discovered over a century ago and remains the most complete Neanderthal skull ever recovered. La Ferrassie Man Is One Of The World's Most Famous Neanderthals 🧪 www.iflscience.com/la-ferrassie...

Provides an ontogenetically-based comparative description of the Guercy 3 partial child's maxilla with Rdm2–RM1 and unerupted RI2–RP4 from Baume Moula-Guercy (MIS 5e) Neanderthal child's maxilla from Baume Moula-Guercy (Soyons, Ardèche, France) 🧪 anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New Neandertal fossils from NE Spain just published! 54 fossils represents 3 individuals of varying ages 💀🏺 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Great to see archeology and genetics coming together on the stage at @ESHE_society 💀🧬 So glad to be part of this team working on artefacts led by @MarieSoressi and @MatthiasMeyer. #eshe2023 #aarhus

@hlusko.bsky.social Finally! lol It's great to have you here Leslea. Welcome.

Happy to see more paleo ppl, especially these brilliant friends 👩‍🔬 Welcome to Bluesky 🧪 Leslea Hlusko @hlusko.bsky.social Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social Elena Essel @elenaessel.bsky.social Janet Kelso @janetk.bsky.social Know any other paleo ppl wanting an invite? Hit me up.

Did Early Pleistocene hominins control hammer strike angles when making stone tools? 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This implies the development of a more comprehensive understanding of the role of the angle of blow in flake formation by ∼1.5 Ma.3dd637df-c784-471e-84f1-98957679b348.png

Two new species of ancient primates resembling lemurs identified phys.org/news/2023-09...

Guide to Australopithecus species @johnhawks.bsky.social johnhawks.net/weblog/guide...

Well... This isn't good. Six of nine planetary boundaries now exceeded This new study MUST serve as a call to action on the anthropogenic impacts on Earth systems Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In December 1232 a.d., a single arrow changed the course of history. Loosed by a Buddhist monk, the missile struck down the leader of the second Mongol invasion of Korea. FOR CENTURIES THE MONGOLS FAILED TO TAKE KOREA. WHY? www.historynet.com/mongol-khan-...

Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare www.thecollector.com/horse-archers/ Across the Ancient and Medieval worlds, archers mounted on horses wield a powerful combination of speed and firepower. As such, horse archers were almost unbeatable.

How the need to hunt smaller prey drove human evolution talker.news/2023/09/11/h...

Ancient-human fossils sent to space: scientists slam ‘publicity stunt’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

'I am horrified': Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Dr Jean-Jacques Hublin was cited for his discoveries of the oldest Homo sapiens in Africa, contributing to the study of human evolution. Balzan Prizes recognize achievements in study of human evolution phys.org/news/2023-09...

Misinterpretation a factor to rarity of knapping tools? Macroscopic similarities between carnivore chewing and knapping damage Taphonomic approaches to distinguish chewing damage from knapping marks in Palaeolithic faunal assemblages 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Male-biased stone tool use by wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Understanding of differences in social structure, diet and dispersal patterns needed to explain why sex-biases in tool use arise in some populations.

Amending our understanding of human evolution. Reassessing female endurance and hunting capabilities as well as the sexual division of labor. Woman the hunter: The physiological evidence 🧪 Cara Ocobock , Sarah Lacy anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Standing outside the mouth of Arma dello Stefanin, July 2022. This site houses a long sequence of Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic levels. Originally excavated in the 50s and 60s and then again in the 80s, my team and I have been working there for the past two years 🏺🧪

Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Your Genes 🧪 ft. Fernando Villanea www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH9C... How Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry affects your genes, and the significance of populations often overlooked in genetics. h/t @chrisbstringer.bsky.social

Use of mineral pigments, in particular iron-rich rocks, holds importance in understanding the emergence and evolution of human cultures. First identification of an evolving Middle Stone Age ochre culture at Porc-Epic Cave, Ethiopia 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hearths are home... Neanderthals had sophisticated tools, a playful childhood and a place they could call home. Did Neanderthals have a society? 🧪 by Becky Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...

‘I feel like a man from another era’: Neanderthal hunter Ludovic Slimak www.theguardian.com/science/2023...