Dr Laura T. Buck

Apologies Will, it was being updated. It should all work now, but please let me know if not.

Deadline to get your posters in tomorrow! ‼️🚨🔔⏰

🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨

The Society for the Study of Human Biology has now opened calls for its 2026 awards: Undergraduate Bursary; PG Student Travel; and Research Grant. Deadline: 27th March 2026. Details: www.sshb.org/funding-gran...

PhD Studentship in Archaeology at University of Reading jobs.ac.uk are now advertising a PhD Studentship in Archaeology. Discover exciting PhD opportunities on jobs.ac.uk.

PhD Studentship in Archaeology at the @uniofreading.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...

I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.

Post Doctoral Research Assistant - 1160-25 Thinking of the next step in your career? Take a look at our exciting new role, Post Doctoral Research Assistant based at our Other. Find out more and apply he…

I'm hiring! 4 year post doc on my Wellcome Trust grant -- come be inventive about isotopes in teeth with me in PPN Turkiye :) www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...

please share!

Very cool, @acsharp.bsky.social! I look forward to reading / hearing about this

PhD-opening in our ancient genomics lab this year, apply below!

We work on:
1. Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
2. Natural selection and trait genetics
3. Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
4. Ancient pathogen genomics
5. Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics

Growing Up Human Join us for this free public talk about growing up human. We'll explore why it takes humans so much longer to grow up compared to our primate relatives.

Right and also! Free talk tomorrow! www.lancashire.ac.uk/events/listi...

Huge congratulations!! Very excited to see what comes out

Growing Up Human This talk will look at the incredible evolutionary story of how humans came to spend quite so much of our time playing around.

If you’re in the Preston area and fancy talking palaeo-parenting or primate placenta, well aren’t you in luck ;) come to this totally free talk at the University of Lancashire, kick off at 17:40 on October 8th www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-up...

Apply! I postdoc'd at Stony Brook U--great folks there.

"The Meave Leakey Postdoctoral Scholar, named in honor of Dr. Meave Leakey’s extraordinary contributions to the understanding of human and primate evolution in the Turkana Basin, will join the SHaPE Lab in the Department of Anthropology."

Associate Senior Lecturer in Archaeology with Specialisation in Osteology - Uppsala University Associate Senior Lecturer in Archaeology with Specialisation in Osteology, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University

Tenure track bioarchaeology job advert.

A gentle reminder that applications for our advertised post Associate Senior Lecturer in Archaeology with Specialisation in Osteology closes next week.

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Tagging some (more or less) "disgust nerds" for sharing 🙏 @laithalshawaf.bsky.social @gfalbery.bsky.social @ltbuck.bsky.social @joshtybur.bsky.social @lfitouchi.bsky.social @nicholaraihani.bsky.social @haneuljang.bsky.social @allegralove.bsky.social @radicalanthro.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

Project Archaeologists, Supervisors & Officers - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £26,518 - £37,084Closing Date: 30/11/25Location: Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire & Suffolk

Project Archaeologists, Supervisors & Officers
Network Archaeology LTD
Salary: £26,518 – £37,084
Closing Date: 30/11/25
Location: Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire & Suffolk
www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨

The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:

- a scientific coordinator

- a science communication officer

🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨

See links for the full advertisements:

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

The biomechanics and evolution of quadrupedal gaits at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The biomechanics and evolution of quadrupedal gaits at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD claxon!! Bill Sellers at University of Manchester is advertising a fully-funded PhD position on the evolution of quadrupedal gaits. Exact focus is open and *could* include fossils. Deets here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A great opportunity for in-country community-based primate conservationists to share experiences and challenges in our online Panel Discussion (30 Aug '25). Send in your expression of interest by 10 Aug!
@lemurnetwork.bsky.social @neoprego.org
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches. People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans (pay-walled) www.newscientist.com/article/2486...

Thanks, Zach! I know you like a gibbon :)

Morphometric characterization of Holocene mandibles expands the ecological baseline for understanding gibbon extinction dynamics | Royal Society Open Science Human activities have driven biodiversity loss for millennia, and conservation of ‘refugee species’ that survive as remnant populations requires insights from historical baselines. However, reconstruc...

Happy to see this out, having played a small role: cool new paper about gibbon fossils and how they can inform current conservation concerns, led by Sam Turvey (ZSL). royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

A reminder for anyone in Liverpool tomorrow: we have this treat coming up - join us in person at LJMU at 16:30!

‘Through the Innovation Fellowships, our researchers in the humanities and social sciences are supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skill development’ email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/cr/AQimihMQq...

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

PhD position in France at @univ-amu.fr about #ecosystem #modelling applied to human #evolution :
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

We are looking forward to welcoming @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social to give our next RCEAP seminar on Tues 10th June 16:00-17:00 (in person only). Lucy will be speaking about 'Technological variation and ‘complexity’ in hunter-gatherers: insights from the recent and distant past' .

Much missed!

Don't forget, if you're local to Liverpool, our next MENDLS lecture is on Wednesday 14th May. We are welcoming Prof. Andrea Manica from @eegcam.bsky.social to speak to us about 'The Role of Climate in Shaping Past Demography and Evolution in Human.' Should be a fascinating evening!