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🚨I couldn’t be happier to share that today I’m officially starting my own research group at the Human Origins Cluster of Excellence in Tübingen (@humanorigins.bsky.social)!🚨We’ll explore drivers of genetic, phenotypic and cultural evolution by integrating evidence from many fields in creative ways 🧬

🏺🧪🦣 Large new MSA shell assemblage from Morocco, c 100 Ka, near shell source and with traces throwing light on potential uses journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Lessons from the Past takes place in less than two weeks! For those that are interested in joining, but can’t make it to Liverpool in person, online tickets to attend the first day of the conference are still available 🎟️ 🎟️ 🎟️ Sign up for your free ticket here: lessonsfromthepast.info/registration/

Join the University of Liverpool’s Department of Archaeology, for the hybrid conference - Lessons From the Past: UN SDGs. 🌍💡 Don’t miss out on the keynote talk from the renowned Professor Robert L Kelly taking place on the 23rd March, 5-6pm.👏 🔗 Book your space: lessonsfromthepast.info/keynote/

🚨🧬New preprint!🧪🚨"Cultural norms of exogamy and mobility shape hunter-gatherer genetic evolution". We used demographic, genomic and mobility data from two hunter-gatherer populations to investigate how they mitigate negative fitness consequences of inbreeding. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

There are still free online tickets for the “Lessons from the Past” conference, hosted by the University of Liverpool on 23-24/03 lessonsfromthepast.info We are particularly pleased to welcome Prof Robert L. Kelly to Liverpool for the keynote on “Learning from the Past how to Build the Future.” 😊

My next Webinar is in just one week! Title: 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 Organised by the Human Palaeosystems at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology. Free Zoom Registration --> www.gea.mpg.de/201476/cross...

A paper over then years in the making! Using Latent Class Models to categorise stone tool classes. Great to see it out after so long, and huge thanks to @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social for taking this to the finish line!

With @elliescerri.bsky.social and Matt Grove, we explore latent class modelling for quantifying stone tool assemblages in our new paper published in the Journal of Palaeolithic Archaeology 😊 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026! Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June. Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information. sites.google.com/view/unravel...

🔥Wood, Smoke and Science! #LivUni’s Dr Ceren Kabukcu was a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science podcast. Drawing on her archaeobotany expertise, she explained how carbonised plant remains and dental evidence reveal how fire shaped human diets and eating habits. 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Hi all, Please join us next Thursday, 19th February at 13:00 GMT for the next webinar of the semester, presented by Dr Francesc Marginedas. If you would like to attend, please register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/30baf8... We hope to see you there!

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS!🚨 @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social and I are running a session (S17) at PanAf2026 in Mozambique, titled: Pan-African Homo sapiens evolution: linking processes with data. More info: panaf2026moz.com/panaf-sessio... & submit an abstract: panaf2026moz.com/paper-submis... deadline March 15th

Job alert in Malta on my ERC funded IslandLab Project for a post excavation research assistant. A bachalor's degree in Archaeology, or related fields is required, ideally with experience working on faunal assemblages and handling bones/fossils, and curating finds. www.um.edu.mt/media/um/doc...

We are delighted to announce our timetable of talks for Semester 2 of the 2025/26 academic year! 🥳🤩 As always, all of our talks will be streamed online and are open to anyone. Our first talk will be on the 12.02.26. More details will be released closer to the time. We hope to see you there!

📣 Yonatan Sahle and I are delighted to invite abstracts for Session# 18 of the 17th PanAf Congress (July 26–31, 2026, Maputo, Mozambique). The session welcomes interdisciplinary contributions on the Middle and Late Pleistocene archaeology of eastern Africa. Submit your abstract by March 15, 2026.

📣 The Newton International Fellowship programme by the Royal Society opens on 15th January! 📍If you're an early career researcher interested in collaborating and moving to Liverpool, lets chat! 🔗 www.royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

CALL FOR PAPERS ALERT 🚨 For the next PanAf2026 in Mozambique, we are organizing the session "Beyond the frontiers in Palaeoscience: renewing chronological, geoarchaeological, palaeolandscape and palaeoenvironmental approches to the African Pleistocene".

Fully funded PhD studentship here with @katerinad.bsky.social on palaeoproteomics. Apply below! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-Stud...

The earliest confirmed evidence of an adult cremation pyre has been discovered in Malawi! 🔥 theconversation.com/oldest-known...

Just out "Social and emotional cognition in Pleistocene hominin evolution: The role of biocultural processes" with @johnhawks.net @marckissel.bsky.social Penny Spikins, Jennifer French and me. Open access in Journal of Archaeological Science... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Join us this Thursday in Liverpool for the next MENDLS lecture 👇🏼

We hope you are enjoying the series so far! Please join us again next Thursday, 27th November 2025 at 13:00 GMT for a talk by Dr James Clark, University of Cambridge. More details 👇 If you would like to attend, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ALERT - One day left to submit session abstract for the 17th Congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies! Check here the website : panaf2026moz.com

Young people don't need more "Religious Education" to live in modern world. If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Please join us next week, Thursday 30th October, for our next talk. We will be joined by Dr Jessica Thompson, Yale University. More details 👇 Please note the change of start time to 15:00 GMT! Please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... We hope to see you there!

Very grateful to everyone who joined our symposium and workshop last week, inspiring discussions and wonderful company all around!

Join us tomorrow online for our symposium on quantifying complexity in stone tools! 😊

Next Tuesday at UCL 😊

Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur... Apply by Nov 12! Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏

On the 4th December 2025, @eesaupe.bsky.social will be giving an in person lecture at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series. There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow! Open to all, more details 👇 Register here: forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...

Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara! His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene” Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...

Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara! His talk will be on “The evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistocene” Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...

The seminar series is back! Don't miss the FIRST talk of the 2025/26 Human Palaeosystems in focus - the perfect way to get inspired for the new academic year ahead ➡️ www.gea.mpg.de/177655/the-e...

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 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...

Deadline for in-person registration is tomorrow!

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Registration for in-person or online participation for our symposium is still open!

Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨 With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon! Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...

Today! Don’t miss it 😊

Join us on Wednesday for our final webinar of series by @jcsvenning.bsky.social on: “Deep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.” More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...

Co-organizing a session at #SAA San Francisco with T. Kovach: "Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches in #Lithic Analysis." A few spots still open! Abstracts due Sept. 4. Email me if you’d like to join the conversation: [email protected] #Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday 🏺

Thank you @prelights.bsky.social & Alejandra Leffer's group for choosing our preprint on @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social and for this chance to talk about human- #malaria coevolution!🦟 @eegcam.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social @MPI_GEA

And Palaeolithic archaeology, which remains hugely behind too. 'This is not about political correctness or ticking boxes....Diverse teams deliver better science: they ask different questions, challenge old assumptions, and produce richer, more nuanced insights.' www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...

Archaeologists, historians, classicists: can your research into our past inform our future? The ‘Lessons from the Past’ (March ‘26) conference is looking for papers on tangible sustainability changes informed by human history lessonsfromthepast.info @livancworlds.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! 🪨 With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon! Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...

Interested in the functional morphology of mammal heads and want to come join us in Liverpool? Apply for this exciting new PhD project with Alana!

Both proxies and models provide key resources More is not always better: Delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies🏺🧪 @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social, @elliescerri.bsky.social , et al cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...