We are approaching conference season! We are currently preparing 9 presentations for 4 conferences, and look forward to sharing some of our first COEXIST project results, and more! #archsci #Palaeoproteomics #ZooMS #Zooarchaeology 🧪🦣

New paper in #ScienceAdvances led by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social on #Neanderthal adaptation 125ka years ago at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Our study shows large-scale grease rendering thousands of years earlier than previously thought: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦣🧪🏺

Spotting her first MALDI plate! Thanks to @archaeoprotein.bsky.social for offering this wonderful training opportunity to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social and helping us further develop our ZooMS capacity in Aberdeen @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social - and for running our first PALaEoScot samples with us!

This interactive 1.5 hour webinar allows students and researchers from around the world to ask questions from our panel of #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology experts: @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Camilla Speller, @abigaildesmond.bsky.social, Emmanuel Discamps, @mcodlin.bsky.social and Naihui Wang.

We are hosting a free online ‘Ask Us Anything’ event as part of the Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology workshop series. For more info and to submit questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📅 Date: June 30, 2025 🕒 Time: 15:00 CET 📍 Location: Online (link: univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/9775805212...)

Our paper on the #palaeoproteomic identification of a male Denisovan mandible from Taiwan is out in @science.org ! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

The next ICAZ-AGPM meeting (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics) will take place 14-17 October 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark 🐘🐐🦈🦜 Abstract are due 25 April! More info: sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

🧵 Thread: Comparing mass analyzers for ZooMS on poorly preserved collagen 1/5 Raymond et al. @palaeocdf.bsky.social @archaeoprotein.bsky.social test MALDI-TOF vs MALDI-FTICR for ZooMS analysis on Palaeolithic bone fragments (37-34 ka BP). Paper: doi.org/10.1002/rcm.... #ZooMS

The #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS starter pack has been updated to include, amongst others @archaeoprotein.bsky.social and @drsambrown.bsky.social

The @eaapam.bsky.social deadline has been extended until 10th February. Still time to submit to our session on #Zooarchaeology #ZooMS and subsistence in central and SE Europe. 🦣🧪🏺

New findings pin down when the Zlatý kůň woman lived to about 45,000 years ago and shed light on the remarkably mobile lifestyle of the earliest groups of modern humans to enter Europe. scim.ag/3C0ZVbp

4/5 Key challenge: We need "mediators" - scholars who understand both molecular science AND humanities. Current education systems need updating to bridge this gap. The future demands experts who can speak both languages! 🔬📚

A fascinating study with direct N isotope data from Australopith fossils from Sterkfonteinat 3.5mya. Amazing results with great figures and visuals: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Great 🧪🦣🏺

For those of you troubled by the JHE resignations, PaleoAnthropology provides a free #openaccess alternative, one of the reasons we published our #ZooMS Special Issue there.

Science reporting on the mass resignation of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution, highlighting some of the problems with commercial scientific publishing. OA PaleoAnthropology journal (www.paleoanthropology.org) highlighted among JHE's successors #openaccess #humanevolution

Follow us here to stay up to date with the latest news from our new Archaeological Proteomics Lab at the University of Reading. We will keep you updated with news from our various projects and our current publications #palaeoproteomics #zooarchaeology #ZooMS 🦣🧪🏺