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...
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@lemoustier.bsky.social
@martinrenger.bsky.social
Dad | QM at Uni Heidelberg | Archaeologist at Uni Mainz | Southwest Asia | Neolithic | Theoretical Archaeology | Chair of AG TidA/TAG Germany (@agtida.bsky.social) | private account | TTRPG https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/MartinRenger
@fyolaviano.bsky.social
💀 Researcher in Prehistory, Paleoecology & Human Evolution | I'm currently searching for timing and causes of Neanderthal extinction in Eurasia by modelling dated fossils at continental-scale, finalizing my PhD thesis at @globecoflinders.bsky.social 🌍
@eegcam.bsky.social
We are interested in how animals (including humans) respond(ed) and adapt(ed) to changing environments. Department of Zoology, Cambridge, UK. PI: Prof. Andrea Manica (he/him) Website: https://evolecolgroup.github.io/website/
@marcel-weiss.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Middle Paleolithic | MP/UP Transition | Lower Paleolithic | Neanderthals | Stone Tool Analysis | Behavioral Evolution | Paleoenvironment | Rchaeology @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social
@beccyscottuk.bsky.social
Woman of Kent | recovering Curator | Wessex Archaeology| Neanderthal-botherer | Akela | submerged landscapes, paths and tracks | #IceAgeIsland #archaeology #palaeolithic
@teyssand31.bsky.social
Director of research #CNRS #Prehistory / #HumanEvolution / #HomoSapiens / #Neandertal #Denisova / Lithic technology / #DNA / Middle and Later Stone Age #Africa / Middle and Upper Paleolithic #Eurasia Auteur de “Nos premières fois” #Flammarion #Lavillebrule
@amelinebardo.bsky.social
Paleoanthropologist & primatologist at @museedelhomme.fr HNHP UMR7194
@sabiagini.bsky.social
Human Population Geneticist 💀🧬 #aDNA | Bioinformatician 👨💻 | Diversity&Inclusion in Academia 🌈 | Member of the SMBE IDEA Task Force ✨ | Theater 🎭 | he/him | 🗣️🇮🇹🇬🇧🇪🇸🏳️🌈
@deadbovids.bsky.social
SUNY Oneonta Assistant Professor, paleontologist, anthropologist, naturalist, and teacher. Views my own https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xAy15BUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
@idegroote.bsky.social
Research professor in biological anthropology at Ghent University Belgium. Head of ArcheOs UGent.
@solangerigaud.bsky.social
Researcher @CNRS @univbordeaux and @PACEA_Bordeaux #HumanEvolution #archaeology #shell #anthropology #bead
@eshallinan.bsky.social
Archaeologist, postdoctoral researcher at ICArEHB, Portugal. Human evolution, lithic technology, Nubian, Levallois, arid environments, North and South Africa
@mikleonardi.bsky.social
#Biodiversity modeller. Special focus on #paleoecology, #paleoclimate, #prehistory. Working at NHM London @nhm-london.bsky.social and Evolutionary Ecology Group @eegcam.bsky.social Cambridge University (UK). She/her
@robfoley.bsky.social
Professor of Human Evolution and Fellow of King's College Cambridge. Emeritus, so I now do the research there was never time to do before. Interested in anything evolutionary, from humans to lithics to ecology and stars.
@heriuct.bsky.social
Our work drives transformative research on the African record of human evolution. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/heri.uct
@brandileewhat.bsky.social
Archaeologist and ArchSci nerd. Faculty at Archaeometry Lab at MURR. Managing editor @ArchaeometryJNL. Board member @SocietyArchScience. Provenance and pigments. #FirstGen she/her #archaeology 🏺views expressed here are my own
@mdpetraglia.bsky.social
Professor & Director @ARCHE_Griffith | #HumanEvolution | #Archaeology | Researching #HumanOrigins in #Africa and #Asia more info: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/28674-michael-petraglia
@robertosaezm.bsky.social
Paleoantropología, Bioarqueología del Cuidado, Divulgación | Autor de NutcrackerMan (premio 20Blogs) y del libro Evolución humana: Prehistoria y origen de la compasión
@humanaustinology.bsky.social
Paleoanthropologist, anatomist. Trying to figure out the evolution of the human hip and pelvis. Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Western University of Health Sciences. I ride bikes, play drums, and do what my dog tells me. 🏳️🌈/Ace. he/they
@jholm.bsky.social
Danish palaeolithic archaeologist, retired (and tired). Interests: The Middle Palaeolithic, especially Neanderthals. Late Palaeolithic: The Hamburgian -, Federmesser-, Bromme and Ahrensburgian Cultures. Excavations: Jels and Slotseng in Denmark.
@enskawho.bsky.social
French PhD student, middle paleolithic, Neanderthal & rocks 🦣 Anarcho-shlaguiste amatrice de thé rouge et de mots rigolos à prononcer. Let's just dig in, shall we ?
@paleonicole.bsky.social
Palaeoanthropologist. Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Zürich 🇨🇭 Honorary Research Fellow at UCL 🇬🇧 Promoting diversity, mental health and open science. Feminist 💜
@jnpaige.bsky.social
Archaeologist interested in the evolution of technology. Research Scientist, New Mexico Consortium, Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Sciences
@graemewarren.bsky.social
hunter-gatherer archaeology at UCD Archaeology; Book *Hunter-Gatherer Ireland* (Winner EAA Book Prize 2024); President *International Society for Hunter-Gatherer Research*; grows/eats chillies; mountain/ultra runner
@ivojacobs.bsky.social
Cognitive zoologist investigating the evolution of animal cognition, particularly in response to fire (pyrocognition). Amateur wildlife photographer based in southern Sweden. More interested in rare behaviours than rare species.
@arevsumer.bsky.social
PhD student at MPI-EVA, interested in population genetics, Neandertals and Early Modern Humans
@bioarchaeology.bsky.social
PhD candidate in osteoarchaeology. Into Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic, currently studying the pinky finger. 🏳️🌈 she/they
@ruthfcarden.bsky.social
Commercial & research zooarchaeologist, artefact photography & palaeozoologist with Danu Ruadh Teoranta, Ireland 🇮🇪 P/T Res. Fellow, UCD Archaeology & ATU Galway, Ireland 2024-26. #PalaeoIreland | #IrishCaveBones | 🏺 Co-PI @howlsandhooves.bsky.social
@janetk.bsky.social
Genomics, bioinformatics, ancient DNA. 🇿🇦Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Germany
@mariesoressi.bsky.social
Prof Hominin diversity Archaeology @UniLeiden | VP @ESHE_society | Neandertals | First Homo sapiens in Europe | Excavations | Interactions | VICI awardee | 🇫🇷
@nicoleboivin.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Biologist | Feminist | Max Planck | Hon Prof U Queensland | Linking Past, Present and Future for a Better Anthropocene | Gender Equity | Research Governance
@palmirasaladie.bsky.social
Archaeologist-taphonomist working in Atapuerca, Abric Romaní, Barranc de la Boella
@carolinepartiot.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist, postdoc Austrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, children in the past, Nile valley & feminism, views are my own
@katerinad.bsky.social
Archaeological scientist · Assoc Prof. @univienna · #FINDER_Project @ERC_Research · #Archaeology #Prehistory #Radiocarbon_dating #ZooMS #Palaeoproteomics #Denisovans #Neanderthals
@martinporr.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Archaeology University of Western Australia Centre for Rock Art Research + Management Frobenius Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) Universität Tübingen http://uwa.academia.edu/MartinPorr
@alainqueffelec.bsky.social
Ingénieur de recherche CNRS, PhD in Caribbean archaeology (lithic beads and pendants). Archaeometry, spectroscopy, minerals and so on.
@beccapeixotto.bsky.social
skier, archaeologist views expressed are my own AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador she/her
@palaeolivic.bsky.social
Professional Museum Haunter 🏺 | Neanderthal defender + fan of the Palaeolithic | they/he
@helenfewlass.bsky.social
Archaeological Scientist 👩🔬 Lecturer in Archaeology at Uni of Bristol 💜 Palaeolithic archaeology and Human Evolution 💀 Old Bones 🦷 Proteins 🦴 Radiocarbon dating ⏳
@isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social
Dr., Paleoanthropologist Senior Researcher @CNRS @PACEA_Bordeaux lab, @univbordeaux, France PhD in Biological Anthropology #Paleoanthropology #Prehistory #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #Bioanthropology #Neanderthal
@dizachster.bsky.social
Associate professor of Anthropology, HEAD (Human Evolution and Development) Lab @ Vassar College. Bones & brains. lawnchairanthropology.com
@segovandevelde.bsky.social
Adjunct professor at @UQAC | Postdoc at @CELAT | Interdisciplinary researcher at the interface of Humanities & Geosciences | PhD (@SorbonneParis1) in #archaeology #geoarchaeology #prehistory #pyroarchaeology Also artist (harpist and singer in @UtopusBand)
@kimfoecke.bsky.social
Geochemist to paleoanthropologist. Neanderthal diet + nitrogen isotopes, XRF evangelist. Assistant Professor at George Mason U. PhD from GWU CASHP.
@whiterabbit36.bsky.social
Paleolithic Archeologists | Reading the past in the bones | Atapuerca Research Team | working at The Institute of Archeology in Mérida (Spanish Research Council -CSIC).
@fossilbeetle.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Scientist, likes all things landscape, land use, ecosystems and biodiversity loss, preferably Neolithic and boggy! Peatlands are a speciality. Quaternary entomologist. I know, a bit eclectic. Proud to be a member of UoG.
@cvansickle.bsky.social
Feminist, paleoanthropologist, associate professor of anatomy. Website: carolinevansickle.com. Was once known as @cvans but no longer.
@sdhaddow.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist with a focus on SW Asia, Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Funerary practices, taphonomy, dental anthropology. Music and photography nerd.
@paleogenomics.bsky.social
Mom. Scientist. Ancient DNA, genetic ancestry, Afrodescendants. Mexico. PI. She/her/hers RT!=endorsement
@lovedalen.bsky.social
Palaeogenomics of mammoths, lemmings and everything inbetween. Webpage: https://palaeogenetics.com/ld
@marckissel.bsky.social
co-creator of 2 amazing daughters, paleoanthropologist, Assistant professor at AppState in Boone, NC!
@dunsworth.bsky.social
Human evolution-obsessed anthropology professor, book coming 2025/6, southern Rhode Islander
@chrisstantis.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist, chemist | Nerd, coffee snob, loves fresh air and equality | She/her | Museum lover, but not museum apologist
@julienrs.bsky.social
Archaeologist, full professor & chair / Archéologue, professeur titulaire & directeur / Université de Montréal. Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, human-environment interactions, disinformation in archaeology. ⚜️ 🇨🇦 🇮🇹
@jenniferraff.bsky.social
Anthropological geneticist, NYT bestselling author, martial artist, professor, Ox mother. Rock chalk.
@lucytimbrell96.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MPI-GEA and UoL👩🏼💻 Interested in African archaeology, palaeoclimates and quantitative approaches
@tomosproffitt.bsky.social
PI at ICArEHB Researching Palaeolithic Archaeology, Primate Archaeology, Lithic Analysis, Knapping and Experimental Archaeology. View my own
@twigtechnology.bsky.social
Australian archaeologist, PhD, obsessed with tool-using animals. Steward at Skara Brae, Orkney. I write about creative critters at http://twig.technology 🐒🦦🐙🐦⬛🐝🕷️🦧🐴🐠🪲🦜🐿️🐋🦀
@michellelangley.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Archaeology - Human Evolution - Neanderthals - Palaeolithic- Ancient Bone & Shell Tools and Ornaments - Deep Time Australia
@cdwren.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Archaeology at UCCS in Colorado, mind usually other places. Agent-based models and quantitative methods usually for the Palaeolithic.
@kamillalomborg.bsky.social
Archaeologist at heart. Environment and hominin interactions in the Palaeolithic are just my favourite cup of tea. PhD student in ERC Lateurope, placed at Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurés.
@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social
#Palaeolithic #Zooarchaeology 🦴🦣 #ZooMS | University of Reading | COEXIST project: https://research.reading.ac.uk/coexist/ | #HumanEvolution and #rstats 🏺Associate Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology, UCL🧪. All views my own.
@cylex.bsky.social
Dr. in Palaeolithic archaeology. Stone tools & early Middle Palaeolithic. Postdoc fellow, UMR 7194 HNHP & CRFJ C'est gravé dans la roche !
@guilhemarcheo.bsky.social
Archaeologist in Quercy (Lot, France) #Palaeolithic and #Mesolithic Associate member of @umr5608traces.bsky.social
@sarahpederzani.bsky.social
palaeoclimate | human evolution | proxy system modelling | R & Quarto enthusiast | Postdoc at Dep. Geology & Geophysics, U of Utah | climber | D&D nerd | she/her
@shumon.bsky.social
Forager and Multispecies Archaeology, Palaeolithic & Mesolithic, Environmental Humanities, Animal-kin, Boardgames & eSports, Politics of Life
@mattpope.bsky.social
Archaeologist & Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology at UCL, where we run the PaPa MSc programme. Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte. Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE. He/Him 🏺
@hlusko.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist with a primate twist. European Research Council-funded investigator at the Spanish National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain
@brianapobiner.bsky.social
Paleoanthropologist • Zooarchaeology + Taphonomy • Paleodiet • Museum Education • Science Communication • Mom • Tennis Player • https://s.si.edu/45ZAaBT
@matejahajdi.bsky.social
❤️ ancient DNA, Neandertals, and gallons of coffee 🦴💀🧪🧬👩🔬 | First Gen 📚 | Max Planck Research Group leader, Hominin Palaeogenomics (HOPE) at MPI EVA, Leipzig
@jblinkhorn.bsky.social
@jamescolearch.bsky.social
Dean for the School of Applied Sciences; Principal Lecturer in Archaeology @uniofbrighton. Human evolution & prehistoric cannibals. @IgNobel prize winner 2018
@huwgroucutt.bsky.social
Archaeologist, lecturer at University of Malta, PI: TerraForm ERC project.....posting about old stones, and occasional bones. Exploring human responses to climate change, particularly in Malta and Arabia. http://www.huwgroucutt.com
@apv2600.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist (Pleistocene human evolution), Professor @Wellesley College, dad, outdoor-lover, sport enthusiast
@robertpatalano.bsky.social
PhD in Archaeology. Biomarkers & early human paleoecology. Husband. Father x2. Lecturer, environmental science prog. coordinator & campus sustainability liaison at Bryant University. 🔗 robertpatalano.squarespace.com
@kabweprq.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Director, Uppsala University Bioarchaeology Research Laboratory @uubrl.bsky.social Bioarchaeology; trauma & pathology; thanatology & taphonomy; medieval Visby; caves; African Stone Age; 3D imaging. Slightly sweary. He/Him.
@elliescerri.bsky.social
Archaeologist, head of the Human Palaeosystems Group at the MPI-GEA, Reader at the University of Cologne, A/Prof at the University of Malta & NatGeo Explorer. Human evolution, niche expansion & the transition to human dominated landscapes.
@ctennie.bsky.social
Group Leader, Uni Tübingen. Comparing humans, hominins, and apes & the study of the evolution of human cultural evolution. -> How did we get from ape-like hominin cultures to open-ended cultural evolution? https://sites.google.com/view/claudiotennie
@wabarr.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at George Washington University. Paleoecology and human evolution. Creator of bioanthtree.org
@fossilhistory.bsky.social
Science writer, historian of science. Working on a book about hobbits and human evolution. Editor PBS Eons.
@egveatch.bsky.social
Paleolithic Zooarchaeologist & Taphonomist of bone and aDNA Research Associate Dept Anthropology NMNH Liang Bua research team #Tikus #Stegodon On the job market | she/her | Higher Ed An Emory, GWU, and CU Boulder alumnus
@wbanks33.bsky.social
CNRS Senior Scientist. PACEA (UMR 5199) lab director. Archaeologist specializing in Paleolithic culture-environment relationships via ecological niche modeling. Formerly of the Rockies and Great Plains, now in Bordeaux, France. Born 326 ppm.
@ozarchaeomaglab.bsky.social
Palaeoanthropology & Geochronology Professor at La Trobe University Archaeology. Director of the Drimolen Palaeoanthropology Field School, Amanzi Springs & The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory he/him
@mikegeoarch.bsky.social
Troglodytic Geoarchaeologist & Professor @ Flinders University; Director, Flinders Microarchaeology Laboratory; ARC Future Fellow; Disperscapes Project; Stratigraphy Tamer & Resinator of Sediments; repetitive music lover
@isotopesrule.bsky.social
Past Environments & Human Evolution. Emmy Noether Research Group Leader of "Kgalagadi Human Origins" Project (@khoproject.bsky.social) at @uni-kiel.de. She/her. Views my own.
@ceciliapad.bsky.social
Research Fellow @eegcam.bsky.social & Emmanuel College, Cambridge University 🍃| Public Scholars Fellow at Sapiens | Book Review Editor @ishe-society.bsky.social 📚| Editor, Hunter Gatherer Research | 👩🏽💻 https://ceciliapad.github.io/web/
@pacea.bsky.social
CNRS, University of Bordeaux https://www.pacea.u-bordeaux.fr/ ; https://sciences-archeologiques.u-bordeaux.fr/
@jaytstock.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology, Western University, Canada 🇨🇦 www.pavelab.ca Human phenotypic plasticity, adaptability, skeletal biomechanics, paleobiology, bioarchaeology, domesticates, dietary transitions, niche construction
@eslembenarous.bsky.social
African Pleistocene Geochronologist and Archaeologist | MSCA 🇪🇺 Postdoc Fellow at Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) | Associated Researcher at MPI-GEA and MNHN
@martamlahr.bsky.social
Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology & Prehistory @CamBioanth @UCamArchaeology - interested in #science, #humanevolution, #prehistory, #palaeontology, #bones #lithics, #fossils, #climatechange, #museums, #collections Can get distracted by much more 😍
@fionacoward.bsky.social
Archaeologist/anthropologist, SFF nerd. Lawful good, veering chaotic neutral later. Snowflake libtard.
@justinpargeter.bsky.social
Africanist archaeologist, Assistant Professor @ NYU, Cultural Evolution, Lithic Analysis, rstats, papers @ https://nyu.academia.edu/JustinPargeter
@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social
Primatologist | Group leader & Lecturer @ Uni Tübingen | Freigeist Fellow | primate communication, behavioural plasticity, language origins 🐵 🗣️ Academic mama x2 👣
@caleyorr.bsky.social
Associate Professor | CU School of Medicine & CU Denver Anthropology | Paleoanthropology, Primate Morphology, Teaching Anatomy, Noisy Rock & Roll, Felis catus | Research: ucdenver.academia.edu/CaleyOrr
@sallygeoarch.bsky.social
Geoarchaeologist, University of Liverpool, likes human evolution, fire and microarchaeology
@manuelwill.bsky.social
Researcher in Paleolithic/African Archaeology & Paleoanthropology! Lecturer at University of Tübingen. Associate Editor Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manuel-Will
@izzywisher.bsky.social
Cave art expert and cognitive archaeologist. Currently a postdoc on the ERC project eSYMb: The Evolution of Early Symbolic Behaviour at Aarhus University. 🇬🇧 in 🇩🇰.
@dussel.bsky.social
Does Pleistocene Archaeology @ Leiden University https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/gerrit-dusseldorp#tab-1 Cricket | Natural history