Helen Fewlass

Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

Two great biomechanics talks at @primatesocietygb.bsky.social by lab postdocs @savannarhianna.bsky.social and Charlotte King. 👏👏🧗🏼‍♀️🦍🐵🌳

Paleogenomics Reveals a Loss of Bovine Lineages in Mid-latitude Asia Over the Last 200,000 Years Abstract. Bovines have a complex yet poorly understood evolutionary history that is characterized by admixture and diversity loss during the Late Pleistoce

Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬

Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️

@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA

The poll for selecting the host city of the Radiocarbon 26 in 2028 is closed.

The winner is Tokyo, receiving 58% of all votes!

Congratulations to Tokyo team!

Thanks to the Cologne and Ottawa teams for their excellent proposals.

Thanks to Kim from @14cjournal.bsky.social for running the poll.

🚨SAVE THE DATE for two 14C conferences happening in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, next year:

4th 14C & Diet: 6-8 July
3rd Latin American 14C: 8-10 July

Plus, the 11th 14C & Archaeology will be in Brazil just before on 30 June-3 July 🇧🇷

Details for 🇨🇱 below👇 Please share widely!

@fransantanas.bsky.social

Very excited to receive an ERC Starting Grant to study the earliest archaeological and biomolecular evidence of Homo sapiens in NW Europe

Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉

#HorizonEurope #ERCStG

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Interested in studying archaeology at university? JOIN US in person or virtually on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy bsky.app/profile/brit... to find out more about what it's like to study archaeology at university! More info and booking links here: linktr.ee/University_A...

Excited to announce our paper on ancient Borrelia genomes is finally out! 🦠💀We document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever, published today in @science.org‬ with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social #aDNA 🏺🧪🧬
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️

Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Finding Scotland’s Lost Ice Age Animals: extending the Late Pleistocene-early Holocene palaeontological record using biomolecular approaches at University of Aberdeen , listed on F...

@whatkatiedigs.bsky.social has a funded PhD opportunity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

Using #ZooMS and #sedaDNA #ancientDNA, #radiocarbon dating and #geoarchaeology to find Scotland's lost Ice Age animals 🦣❄️

#PhDposition #archaeology #paleontology #biomolecular

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...

Climate influence on the early human occupation of South America during the late Pleistocene Nature Communications - Here, the author presents a Bayesian chronological model based in 1700 radiocarbon dates that traces human occupation South America in the late Pleistocene and describes the...

It's Friday so happy news! Excited to share my new
@naturecomms.bsky.social paper, published today!

Thanks to the @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding this work! Grateful also to Linacre College (Oxford) and @bristolantharch.bsky.social for the support.

Click and check it out! 👇

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Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees Present-day humans have small and retracted midfaces, while Neanderthals possess large and forwardly projected midfaces. To understand the ontogenetic…

Very happy to share our new paper on human facial development and evolution out today in JHE 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Engineering skills in the manufacture of tools by wild chimpanzees Biological sciences; Zoology; Evolutionary biology

Really happy to see this paper out, using field biomechanics we show that wild chimpanzees don't just randomly select plants materials for termite fishing tools – they use a little “folk physics” choosing materials with specific properties! Study in iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful.... 1/5

The Tai Chimpanzee Project is making available microCT scans from their collections on human-fossil-record.org. All proceeds are used to support their mission of conservation and non-invasive research in Tai National Park (taichimpproject.org).

Hi

We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!

some links;

the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...

our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...

and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...

Associate Professor in Zoology (268410) | University of Oslo Job title: Associate Professor in Zoology (268410), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 23, 2025

The University of Oslo is hiring an Associate Professor in Zoology for its Natural History Museum, starting January 2026. Candidates should have a strong research track in zoology and curatorial experience. De… https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/268410/associate-professor-in-zoology #job

I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)

Draw them in - GEOSCIENTIST They say a picture speaks louder than a thousand words, and it might… but what if it is speaking in a foreign language? When communicating geoscience through graphics, are we favouring our own needs t...

I wrote a short piece for @geolsoc.bsky.social Geoscientist Magazine 🌋 🌍 ✏️

Learn how to draw audiences into your science through illustration > geoscientist.online/sections/une...

AaRC TikTalk Seminars - Expression of Interest Please let us know if you are interested in presenting at the AaRC TikTalks Seminars. The seminars are held on the last Friday of every month. Speakers are currently open to graduate students (PhDs an...

Are you an Early Career Research (PhD, postdoc, new group leader) working in Animal Ancient DNA? Want to present your work to the @aarc-community.bsky.social community? Express your interest in participating in our AaRC TikTalk Seminar series with the link below! #aDNA

We are looking for two new Senior Geoarchaeologists to join out team at Archaeology South-East (UCL). This would be as part of a friendly team with scope to focus on your own specialisms. I’m happy to answer any questions about this if you’d like to know more.

www.bajr.org/Employment/U...

(1/11) I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded a European Research Council ‘Consolidator Grant’. The TerraForm project (‘The Rise and Fall of Maltese Terraced Landscapes’) will begin in the spring of 2025.

Consolidator Grants: ERC awards €678m in grants to back excellent research across Europe The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its 2024 Consolidator Grants to 328 researchers across Europe. These grants, totalling €678 million, aim to support outstanding scientists and scholars ...

I am thrilled to share the news that I was awarded #ERC_Consolidator Grant for studying the problem of Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Central Asia. Stay tuner for #INASIA project
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: The adaptability of deep sea coral biomineralisation strategies at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded #PhD opportunity to work with us on deep sea coral biomineralisation: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Webinar Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 11 am GMT: if you're interested, just sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)

Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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I have made a new list about all things ICE AGE! Pin this to your feed if you love Quaternary Science, Ice Age beast, and the Stone Age.

It combines starter packs by me, @chslane.bsky.social & @bluerehn.bsky.social & is your one stop shop for the Pleisto Scene

bsky.app/profile/did:...

We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA.
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA

For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...

I have created a #palaeoproteomics and #ZooMS starterpack - please DM if you want to be added to the list.

Tides of History: S5 E102: Ancient DNA and the Iron Age Mediterranean: Interview with Dr. Hannah Moots Ancient DNA has transformed our understanding of the more distant reaches of the human past, but what can it tell us about more recent ages of history? Dr. Hannah Moots has extensively investigated th...

Interested in the use of ancient DNA for reconstructing population dynamics during historical periods? Check out this superb podcast with @mootspoints.bsky.social ! Thoroughly enjoyed the listen! wondery.com/shows/tides-...

Awesome, thanks! 🤗 Yep! we have been meeting up to chat about projects - so happy to have such a great set of people around!