The Ice Age 🦣
An eclectic and non-exhaustive list of accounts that intersect with the Ice Age period of human history (Quaternary/Pleistocene/Holocene). Palaeontology, Geology, Archaeology, Climatology, Glaciology, Oceanography, scicomm, whatever. If you want to be added, @me
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@toriherridge.bsky.social
@ans.bsky.social
non-binary geographer || co-chair Oracle Voices, head & neck cancer Patient Advisory Group || ultra & trail runner || neach-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig || managed by @davidadger.bsky.social || cancer blog https://ansmackay.wixsite.com/uclgeography/blog
@stever60.bsky.social
⚒️ 🧪Earth scientist / geologist reconstructing past environments in Antarctica, Arctic, S. America, & Nepal 🏡Cambridge, UK 🏳️🌈 he/him
@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/
@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 🌍
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social
CPG brings scientists from diverse disciplines together in a state-of-the-art aDNA research facility, and is jointly run by Stockholm University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History. More info: https://www.palaeogenetics.com
@neaarlab.bsky.social
NE-aar is obsessed with amino acid racemization analysis for Quaternary geochronology, earth science, archaeology & to understand protein breakdown. Based at Uni of York; posts are own views.
@amymosigway.bsky.social
Archaeologist and lecturer, jointly appointed at the Australian Museum and the University of Sydney #australianarchaeology #lithictechnology
@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
@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 😍
@lucytimbrell96.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MPI-GEA and UoL👩🏼💻 Interested in African archaeology, palaeoclimates and quantitative approaches
@cmramos.bsky.social
Teaching Fellow in Early Prehistory and Human Evolution at @archanchistleic.bsky.social. Interested in lithics, geoarchaeology and cognitive archaeology. Mental health advocate. From Seville. Geek stuff. Opinions my own. She/her 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
@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/
@ninadavtian.bsky.social
@cnrs-insu.bsky.social researcher at @climatecerege.bsky.social. Using biomarkers to study climate, ocean, and environment of the past. @icta-uab.bsky.social alumna. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3047-6064 🇫🇷 -> 🇪🇸 -> 🇫🇷
@ellienelson12.bsky.social
I am an early career researcher working in the Neaar Lab at the Uni of York. Interested in geochronology, Quaternary climate, and biomineralisation.
@oliverkern.bsky.social
PostDoc @ University of Cologne Vegetation Modelling & Paleoclimate | R | REVEALS Pollen | Geochemistry | XRF he/him
@alelivraghi.bsky.social
PhD in zooarchaeology and integrative paleoecology - dental wear analysis and cementhocronology - currently working on Combe Grenal and Chez Pinaud-Jonzac 🐴🦬🦷 Fyssen post doc fellowship @TRACES-UMR 5608 - Ernesto’s humble servant 🐱🐈⬛
@julienrs.bsky.social
Archaeologist, full professor & chair / Archéologue, professeur titulaire & directeur / Université de Montréal. Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, human-environment interactions, disinformation in archaeology. ⚜️ 🇨🇦 🇮🇹
@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
@kimfoecke.bsky.social
Geochemist to paleoanthropologist. Neanderthal diet + nitrogen isotopes, XRF evangelist. Assistant Professor at George Mason U. PhD from GWU CASHP.
@martyna-lech.bsky.social
Palaeolithic archaeologist, mostly interested in lithic analysis and Neanderthals. Currently PhD student at @unituebingen.bsky.social working on Neanderthals in Hohle Fels Cave.
@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
@amylprendergast.bsky.social
People-environment interactions | Archaeological science 🐚🔬 | Quaternary Climate Change | Shells | Isotopes | Sclerochronology | Mum | Associate Professor @unimelb via @Cambridge_Uni & @uni_mainz
@abistone.bsky.social
Reader in Physical #Geography | #Quaternary #Dryland Dynamics | #Geoarchaeology | #Luminescence | #USeries | #Hydrogeology | Aspiring photographer | #cyclist | #swimmer |🏳️🌈 | (she/her) URL: https://shorturl.at/XPLUN
@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
@biancajg.bsky.social
I travel through life, as evolutionary biologist, as philosopher, and as a dancer.
@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.
@enzaspinapolice.bsky.social
Evolutionary Archaeologist | Palaeolithic Professor in Sapienza, Rome | Lithics nerd
@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.
@brennawalks.bsky.social
Archaeologist, biological anthropologist, and 1/4 of Team TrowelBlazers. I also write intense footnotes.
@stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social
geoarchaeolgist interested in human evolution, fire, ancient dna and most of all dirt
@janetk.bsky.social
Genomics, bioinformatics, ancient DNA. 🇿🇦Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Germany
@maridehasque.bsky.social
Postdoc at Uppsala University. Interested in all things woolly. Sheep, mammoths, ancient DNA, and population genomics.
@matejahajdi.bsky.social
❤️ ancient DNA, Neandertals, and gallons of coffee 🦴💀🧪🧬👩🔬 | First Gen 📚 | Max Planck Research Group leader, Hominin Palaeogenomics (HOPE) at MPI EVA, Leipzig
@boothicus.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist. Amateur Scarecrow. Ancient DNA Lab @ The Francis Crick Institute
@transevolpr.bsky.social
Trans-Evol archaeological project | Hominin Evolution at the Early to Middle Pleistocene Transition | Excavations in West-Turkana, Kenya www.trans-evol.org PI @aurelienmounier.bsky.social
@dussel.bsky.social
Does Pleistocene Archaeology @ Leiden University https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/gerrit-dusseldorp#tab-1 Cricket | Natural history
@hannahfluck.bsky.social
#Archaeology for a #biodiversitycrisis, #heritage for a #climate positive future. Optimist. #Pleistocene archaeologist, rugby coach, knitter, former public servant, now doing what I can in a large #conservation NGO with #landusechange and IRO research.
@evangowan.bsky.social
I am a climate scientist, focused on paleoclimate, sea level change and the evolution of Quaternary glaciations. I reconstruct ice sheets using glacial isostatic adjustment and ice sheet modelling. In Japan but have been all over the place. 🇨🇦🇯🇵🇦🇺🇩🇪🇸🇪
@chrisdarvill.bsky.social
Lecturer in Physical Geography at The University of Manchester, UK | Interest in Quaternary glaciation | Tweets my own | He / Him ❄️❄️❄️
@geochemem.bsky.social
Quaternary environments, palaeolimnology, organic geochemistry, Africa to Antarctica, expeditions 🌍🇦🇶👩🔬 and 🎵🎻 https://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/emmapearson.html
@andzerb.bsky.social
Professor @ Univ Milano. Geoarchaeologist, Quaternary geologist, Geomorphologist. INQUA TERPRO Commission President. Editor in Chief of Quaternary Environments and Humans
@palaeopoppy.bsky.social
Lecturer in Ecology at UH. Interested in (palaeo)ecology, (palaeo)climate and the Quaternary. T1D She/her.
@mikeaskin.bsky.social
@mlaw.bsky.social
Environmental archaeologist and geographer. Senior Lecturer at Bath Spa University, UK. Editor of Open Quaternary
@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.
@chslane.bsky.social
Geography Prof of tephra at Uni Cambridge. Thinks & teaches about Quaternary environments, volcanic ash and field/lab skills. She/her. 🧪🌍🌋⚒️
@qeguom.bsky.social
The Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology research group at the Geography Department of the University of Manchester URL: https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/geography/research/groups/quaternary-environments-geoarchaeology/
@inquaecr.bsky.social
International Union for Quaternary Research - ECR Committee foster the involvement of scientists in their early career stage
@proftashabarlow.bsky.social
Professor of Environmental Change at the University of Leeds Climate, sea level, Quaternary 🔬🌍 Leading the ERC RISeR project UoL Geosolutions Research Centre Free time 🚵🏃⛰️🛶🏕️🚴🚐🏋🏼♀️ She/her
@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.
@jcsvenning.bsky.social
Scientist: #biodiversity, #macroecology, #climatechange, #restoration & #rewilding, #novelecosystems, #plants & #vegetation, #megafauna, #human-#nature relations & #remotesensing. Director, https://econovo.au.dk/
@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
@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.
@iceybethan.bsky.social
Professor of Glaciology and glacial geology, Newcastle University, UK. Www.AntarcticGlaciers.org. Editor, Quaternary Science Reviews. She/hers 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇦🇶
@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.
@drpardi.bsky.social
Quaternary Paleoecology🧪, Curator of Geology Illinois State Museum, Bacchante, Museum Nerd
@amjukar.bsky.social
Curator of Vert. Paleo @floridamuseum.bsky.social | Curatorial Affiliate, Yale Peabody Museum | Research Associate, Smithsonian’s NMNH | former @uarizona.bsky.social | @georgemasonu.bsky.social & @Reed.edu alumnus. Big fan of nature past and present
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
Palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum London. Posts are my own, and when I repost or like, it does not signify I necessarily agree with all content https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
The Quaternary Research Association (QRA) is an interdisciplinary scientific organisation dedicated to researching the last 2.6 Ma BP. https://www.qra.org.uk
@helenfewlass.bsky.social
Archaeological Scientist 👩🔬 Lecturer in Archaeology at Uni of Bristol 💜 Palaeolithic archaeology and Human Evolution 💀 Old Bones 🦷 Proteins 🦴 Radiocarbon dating ⏳
@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
@palaeohan.bsky.social
Archaeologist studying lots of things (mainly bones) ‘cos I’m cursed with curiosity. I like cats, crafts, bears and fungi. She/her. Own views.
@patriciachrzan.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist studying extinction genomics at @ucph.bsky.social | PopGen, aDNA, Conservation | Elephants & Mammoths | NatGeo Explorer patriciapecnerova.com
@mostlymammoths.bsky.social
Freelance writer (she/her) interested in paleontology and archaeology. Avatar by Natalia Jagielska. https://mostlymammoths.wordpress.com/freelance-work/
@annemiekemilks.bsky.social
Palaeolithic archaeologist, experimental archaeology, Pleistocene childhoods and skills, wood technologies, and human evolution. 🏺, 🥾, 📚 , 🎶
@widga.bsky.social
Director of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Penn State. Here for museums, fossils, not-fossils, and geo-nerdom. Sucker for good jazz. Personal account. #museums #paleontology #geology #scicomm #naturalhistory
@lovedalen.bsky.social
Palaeogenomics of mammoths, lemmings and everything inbetween. Webpage: https://palaeogenetics.com/ld
@deepfrieddna.bsky.social
Invernessian palaeogeneticist and stay-at-home dad. Knows a thing or two about the aDNA of extinct lions, sabretooths and megafauna. Author of The Missing Lynx. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missing-Lynx-Future-Britains-Mammals/dp/1472957350
@devoevomed.bsky.social
#Resist | Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, SUNY | 1st Gen | Extinction is forever | DevoEvo & EvMed | Innovation, Novelty, Constraint, Homology | Friend of Corvids and swans | Science Nerd | I❤️Biology!
@chrismanias.bsky.social
Historian of science based at King's College London, working on history of evolutionary & deep-time sciences and environmental history. Runs #PopPalaeo ( www.poppalaeo.com ) and co-leads the King's Environmental Humanities network
@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 🏺
@suziebirch.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Anthropology and Geography at UGA. Co-founder of TrowelBlazers and Open Quaternary. Climate change, environmental adaptation, & archaeological science.
@trowelblazers.bsky.social
Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology & geology — past & present. Posts by Tori Herridge, Becky Wragg Sykes, Brenna Hassett, and Suzie Birch. www.trowelblazers.com
@ruthmottram.bsky.social
Climate scientist at DMI, Greenland, Antarctica, polar regions in general. Dipping a toe in yet another social media site. Mostly on mastodon though @ruth_mottram@fediscience.org Blogging at sternaparadisaea.net
@tetzoo.bsky.social
Zoologist, author, natural historian Dr Darren Naish | Dinosaurs animals evolution | Books: DinosaursHTLE - DINOPEDIA - AncientSeaReptiles. PREHISTORIC PLANET lead consultant AppleTV+ | Mesozoic Art II coming 2025, also DINOCON
@jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at UMaine, researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writer and podcaster for the planet. Chaotic good professor. Working to be a good ancestor. She/her. #BiInSci #DisabledInSTEM
@lemoustier.bsky.social
Archaeologist, word-witcher, scicomm, consultancy 📚 KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death & Art 🖋️ MATRIARCHA: Prehistory Re-imagined 🏛️ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool 1/4 TrowelBlazers Rep: PEW Literary
@toriherridge.bsky.social
🏛Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield 🎓PhD Evolutionary Biology🏝Islands 🐘Elephants🦣Mammoths🦷Teeth ⚒️1/4 of TrowelBlazers 📰EiC Open Quaternary 🎥🎙Presenter. Expcet typos.