Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Archaeologist, word-witcher 📚 author of KINDRED (PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize 2021). Science consultant.
Current 🖋️: MATRIARCHA: PREHISTORY RE-IMAGINED.
🏛️ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool
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Rep: PEW Literary
Starter Packs
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Palaeolithic Archaeology & Human Origins
An assemblage of people working in Palaeolithic archaeology and human origins more broadly, including allied disciplines e.g. palaeoanthropology, paleogenomics, Pleistocene palaeoenvironments...
@parkesland.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in history. Views my own. Historian of US politics and sexuality, especially Sumner Welles. Canadian. Non-binary (they/them). Fabulous.
@julialt.bsky.social
Wandering SAffer, retired archaeological scientist interested in all things human, animal and vegetable
@erinmaglaque.bsky.social
writer, historian, critic. mostly for the lrb and nyrb. i’m writing a history of the female body, out in 2026. https://linktr.ee/erinmaglaque https://erinmaglaque.com
@hpspodcast.bsky.social
Popular podcast discussing all things history, philosophy and social studies of science. Run by Grad Students at The University of Melbourne. Bluesky posts by Samara and Thomas Season 5 dropping soon! www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast
@palaeotrails.bsky.social
Palaeoanthropology research group led by @martamlahr.bsky.social combining multiple projects that investigate human evolution, largely focused in the Turkana Basin. Administered by the Ng'ipalajem team
@jamie-woodward.bsky.social
Prof in Physical Geography @ Manchester, UK. Earth history, river science, #microplastics. Vice Pres R&HE @RGS_IBG Fellow @BSG_Geomorph Editor @GeogReview Author: The Ice Age VSI. New book on Earth History nearing completion 🌍
@inasia-erc.bsky.social
INASIA is an @ERC_Research CoG (2025-2030) which aims to trace the earliest Anatomical Modern Humans migration to Central Asia and their interactions with Neanderthals. Housed at @UniWarszawski
@lizzicollinge.bsky.social
Labour MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, general interest nerd.
@cam-archaeology.bsky.social
News, events and research from the Department of Archaeology and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
@sarah-paris.bsky.social
Post-doc with the Ng’ipalajem Project at the University of Cambridge. Interested in Palaeoanthropology | Bioarchaeology | Behaviour | Burials | Ochre | Taphophonomy @palaeotrails.bsky.social
@pontus-skoglund.bsky.social
Ancient DNA, evolution, and the human past. Senior group leader heading the Ancient Genomics lab at the Francis Crick Institute. http://www.skoglundlab.org
@kensycoop.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist, writer, podcaster. Interested in the diversity of communication & cognition. Language, gesture, concepts, time, space, metaphor. Host of Many Minds (@manymindspod.bsky.social) www.kensycooperrider.com
@nicolawriting.bsky.social
Nature. Writer. Reader. Rural. Guardian Country Diary, BBC Countryfile, RSPB. Award Winning On Gallows Down. Wild Service. Climate Fic Prize Judge. North Wessex Downs. https://linktr.ee/nicolachesterwriting
@aaronflippo.bsky.social
Creative director and owner of Filppfly, developers of Whisker Squadron and Race The Sun.
@sarsf.bsky.social
The School for Advanced Research. Create. Connect. Understand. SAR: The only residential research institution supporting scholars & artists at the intersection of humanities, social sciences, & Native arts. Anthropology I Archaeology I Humanities I Art
@gcbias.bsky.social
Population and evolutionary genetics @UCDavis. Posts, grammar, & spelling are my views only. He/him. #OA popgen book https://github.com/cooplab/popgen-notes/releases
@saloneurope.bsky.social
Travelling salon and writing community - connecting writers across Europe and beyond. Posts by @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and @deborahzafer.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/europeanwriterssalon
@florencehrscott.bsky.social
Historian of queenship in early medieval England. Based in York UK. Antiracist. Disabled. Non-binary. Marxist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Author of Ælfgif-who?, biographies of medieval women: florencehrs.substack.com Agent: @tomkillingbeck.bsky.social
@science.esa.int
Official European Space Agency account, keeping you posted on European space science activities. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science
@claremulley.bsky.social
Author of The #SpyWhoLoved (freedom), #WomenWhoFlewForHitler (but ended their lives on opposite sides of history), #WomanWhoSavedTheChildren (but didn’t like them much). #AgentZo (what a hero).
@jennyrohn.bsky.social
Cellular microbiologist, #UTI host/pathogen interactions, lab head at University College London, novelist, broadcaster, writer, pundit, Editor of LabLit.com, all things geek-chic. Find out more at jennyrohn.com
@sharmand.bsky.social
Archéologue préhistorienne lithicienne africaniste spécialiste de paléocognition plus vieux outils Kenya
@nicholaraihani.bsky.social
Professor of Evolution & Behaviour. @ucl @aucklanduni Likes cycling. 1st book: THE SOCIAL INSTINCT. 2nd book THE THINKING ANIMAL in progress ✍🏼
@ahistoryinart.bsky.social
Art historian, dealer/art consultant 19thC and 20thC British/European art. Writing book on lesser known great artists. Seen in/on: CNN, NBC, Spectator, The Times etc website: richardmorris.org richard@richardmorris.org
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist (Guardian/Observer, MOJO, BBC Culture, the i), podcaster (Origin Story, Oh God What Now?) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
@alecbad.bsky.social
Just zis guy, you know? (He/him) Asst. prof. for Media and Culture at Utrecht Univesity. I write stuff about radio, media history, women's history, archives, grief, and stuff. https://alecbadenoch.org/
@celiarichardson.bsky.social
Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
@garius.bsky.social
He/Him. Author. Historian (inc of obscure Military Holy Orders). Strategy streamer. Tech/Transport Strategist. Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
@drbeldavis.bsky.social
Historian @ Natural History Museum, research on repro history, nat history, collections. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/people/isabel-davis.html Book: Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy, Past & Present MIT Press. 🐁 lover (someone's got to be).
@hannahfearn.bsky.social
Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent. Find me in The i Paper, The New European, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
@lmesseri.bsky.social
anthropologist of sci & tech. Prof @Yale. author of "Placing Outer Space" and VR book "In the Land of the Unreal". tech criticism with good vibes.
@thebookseller.com
At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚 News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
@romanpalace.bsky.social
Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos. We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
@augustamcmahon.bsky.social
Mesopotamian archaeologist at Univ of Chicago; former Univ of Cambridge; ancient urbanism; Tell Brak and Nippur; Co-Editor, Iraq Journal; distance runner.
@leahredmondchang.bsky.social
Writer * Historian * Author of Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power (Bloomsbury; FSG, 2023). She/Her leahredmondchang.com
@carolineeagle.bsky.social
Love people Hate Borders. Recovering optimist. Fascinated by ancient world, like reading & walking.
@reasonstobecheerful.world
An online editorial project sharing stories of solutions and positive change. Created by David Byrne. reasonstobecheerful.world Become a member: https://bit.ly/3BUCAnL Sign up to our weekly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gBp8oP
@ics.bsky.social
The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
@bobmarshall.co.uk
Edinburgh-based architectural illustrator and 3D reconstruction artist. #Blender3D Pro. Member: Society of Architectural Illustrators (MSAI), Scottish Castles Association, Caithness Broch Project. https://bobmarshall.co.uk
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social
🦕 PhD in Paleontology 🦖 Soon a Researcher at CUHK 香港中文大学 🦇 Museum Collections Curator ⚒ Drawing Dinosaurs 🦖 1st Gen in Academia 🧳 Immigrant
@holland-tom.bsky.social
New translation of Suetonius out in February! Dinosaur enthusiast. ‘A leading English cricketer’ - The Times. Podcast: theresthistory.bsky.social
@archaeologyuk.bsky.social
We are a UK-wide educational charity that helps champion and promote participation in archaeology. We run the Young Archaeologists’ Clubs and the annual Festival of Archaeology. Join us to help shape the future of archaeology. https://www.archaeologyuk.org
@rebeccacharbon.bsky.social
Historian of Science at The American Institute of Physics. Adjunct Asst Scientist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Author of Mixed Signals: Alien Communication Across the Iron Curtain (out now!) rebeccacharbonneau.com
@levine.bsky.social
Archaeology @ Copenhagen U. Greek Islands, Ancient Prisons, & Digital Humanities. Bouncing between 🇬🇷 🇩🇰 🇬🇧
@womensprize.bsky.social
Charity changing the world through books written by women📚 Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast 🔗 linktr.ee/womensprize
@adambienkov.bsky.social
Editor of BylineTimes.com Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️ https://www.adambienkov.co.uk