Venez nombreuses et nombreux écouter nos collègues à l'occasion de la table ronde "Femmes de Sciences, Femmes en Sciences" ce jeudi à 12h30 @univpoitiers.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @palevoprim.bsky.social
09.03.2026 09:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Excited for the VCWAP starting today! Good luck to all presenters 😀
04.03.2026 07:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Un nouveau visage pour Little Foot, l’australopithèque le plus complet jamais mis au jour
02.03.2026 16:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
6️⃣ Curious to know more?
📖 Read the full paper in Palevol
📰 Or check out our more accessible article in The Conversation: theconversation.com/un-nouveau-v...
5️⃣ We also chose a full Open Access approach.
The paper is published in a diamond OA journal: sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/periodiqu...
And the 3D reconstruction is freely accessible via MorphoSource: morphosource.org/concern/medi...
4️⃣ After years of collaboration between the Sterkfontein team, beamline scientists, and CNRS colleagues, we are proud to present a first digital facial reconstruction.
Our analyses reveal intriguing anatomical features with implications for the paleobiology of Australopithecus.
3️⃣ So in 2019, we took Little Foot on a journey ✈️
The skull traveled to the UK to be scanned at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron facility, offering us the possibility to see internal structures and damaged areas in unprecedented detail.
2️⃣ Enter Little Foot
This remarkable Australopithecus specimen from Sterkfontein preserves a nearly complete skull, something exceptionally rare in the fossil record.
However, the face had been damaged over time.
1️⃣ The face played a crucial role in human evolution, offering important clues on how our ancestors and relatives interacted with their environment.
But… very few fossil specimens preserve a complete face.
🧵Our latest #LittleFoot paper is out in #Palevol! A few words about the study and what we found👇@palevoprim.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @diamondlightsource.bsky.social
03.03.2026 10:01 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
#CNRSinternational 🌏 Le CNRS lance son 7ᵉ Centre International de Recherche avec l’université du Witwatersrand, en Afrique du Sud. Premier IRC sur le continent africain, il vise à relever des défis majeurs du XXIᵉ siècle : jeunesse, IA, climat, santé et innovation scientifique.
16.12.2025 19:28 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Last group meeting of 2025✨ What a moment to reflect on our achievements, the growth of our team, and the unforgettable experiences—from exploring some of the world’s most amazing collections to connecting at international conferences. 2026 is going to be even bigger!🚀
17.12.2025 12:37 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Have you already sent us your abstracts? Deadline for talks and poster submissions is December 1: Only a few days left!⏳
Deadline to enter the paleoart gallery is December 20 🎨
More info: awap-science.org/en/vcwap-cur...
Très belle expérience avec l’équipe des #Curionautes pour le numéro de novembre sur l’évolution humaine ! Un grand merci pour cet échange passionnant 🙏🦧💀 @palevoprim.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univpoitiers.bsky.social
23.11.2025 17:02 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🦴 The #TaungChild fossil changed how we understand human origins in #Africa. Its story is shaped by prejudice, rivalry and hidden hands.
🎧 Unburied Season 2: The Taung Child from HERI and ARC explores its history and legacy.
Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/arcdocs
The IRN Bipedal Equilibrium team is running an international survey on hominin bipedalism. They aim to better understand how scholars think about bipedalism.
Perspectives from all fields are welcome!
👉 Here is the survey link: questions.huma-num.fr/v4/s/dv57r1 (10 min)
Please share it widely! 🏺🧪🦣
Thrilled to have you both on board 😊 @agencerecherche.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social #LHOSA #CoEvol #CPJHominines
03.11.2025 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lizon Delomosne joins us as a research assistant, bringing her expertise in 3D modeling and imaging —plus a unique background in art history and archeology! She will help organize our database and digitize new specimens🩻
03.11.2025 16:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🚨 We are growing the #CoEvol #LHOSA team😀 @edwindejager.bsky.social joins us as a @fondationfyssen.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher. Edwin is a paleoanthropologist who will work with F. Guy and me at @palevoprim.bsky.social to refine the chronology of changes in the early hominin brain 🧠
03.11.2025 16:18 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Thrilled to join @palevoprim.bsky.social with @fondationfyssen.bsky.social to continue my "healthy" obsession with early hominin brains with Franck Guy and @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social. Thanks for the warm welcome!
03.11.2025 14:56 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Des rencontres inspirantes et de belles perspectives qui s'ouvrent pour notre domaine 🧠🦴
14.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
En plus d’avoir eu l'honneur de co-animer la session IA & Image 1, j’ai présenté un premier bilan de notre projet #BrAIn financé par la #MITI @cnrs.fr qui a jeté les bases d’une nouvelle approche pour l’identification des fragments fossiles
14.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
C. Theye @Charchotte a présenté ses travaux sur la segmentation assistée par IA du réseau trabéculaire à l’aide des outils implémentés dans @ai_dragonfly
14.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Merci au @cnrsecologie.bsky.social pour l’organisation de ces deux jours de prospective sur la biodiversité et l’IA🌱🤖Des échanges passionnants autour des défis actuels et solutions de demain auxquels notre équipe a participé @palevoprim.bsky.social 👇
14.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
✨ And to close it all out…I will tell you more about the project we are working on! Spoiler alert: it is about
Australopithecus, morphological disparity and hominin radiation 💀
📍 Saturday, Session 10 – 3.50 p.m.
🦷🦴 Jérôme Surault
Choosing surface scanners: intra-oral vs. Artec Space Spider
📍 Friday, Poster Session 2 – 2 p.m.
🔍 Charlotte Theye @charlottetheye.bsky.social
Inner secrets of the Little Foot vertebrae
📍 Friday, Poster Session 2 – 2 p.m.
🧠 Harmony Hill
PhD research on brain vascularization in fossil hominins
📍 Friday, Session 5 – 11 a.m.
💻 Eliott Gilet
Automated protocol for identifying cranial bones
📍 Thursday, Poster Session 1 – 2 p.m.
🧠Edwin de Jager @edwindejager.bsky.social
A fresh scenario for hominin brain evolution
📍 Thursday, Session 3 – 4 p.m.
