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Ancient DNA (unemployed) researcher. 🧬 Fiction writer in the Grant proposal genre. 📜 That's funny because it's true! 🤭

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Mummies
From 19th November 2025 to 25th May 2026
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29.11.2025 22:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Human Evolutionary Genetics (3rd Edition)
By Mark Jobling, Brenna Henn, Edward Hollox, Toomas Kivisild, Luca Pagani, Chris Tyler-Smith
Copyright 2026
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26.11.2025 20:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Muere James Watson, descubridor de la estructura del ADN, a los 97 años Se convirtió en uno de los científicos más celebrados de la ciencia del siglo XX al describir la famosa forma de doble hélice junto con Francis Crick

Muere James Watson, descubridor de la estructura del ADN, a los 97 años
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07.11.2025 20:26 — 👍 148    🔁 57    💬 12    📌 12
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Egypt is building a $1-billion mega-museum. Will it bring Egyptology home? For 100 years, Egypt’s scientists have watched as their nation’s story was largely told by institutions from Europe and the United States. Can a stunning new museum change that narrative?

Egypt is building a
$1-billion mega-museum
Will it bring Egyptology home?
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

03.11.2025 11:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nach 20 Jahren Bauzeit wird Großes Ägyptisches Museum endlich eröffnet

Lange wurde am „Grand Egyptian Museum“ an den Pyramiden in Ägypten gebaut, nun ist es endlich fertig. Prunkstück der Sammlung: der Grabschatz des Pharaos Tutanchamun.

01.11.2025 11:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Il Grand Egyptian Museum apre al mondo: Dopo un'attesa di vent’anni nasce il più grande museo della civiltà egizia - Economia X Finanza Il Grand Egyptian Museum, il più grande museo dedicato ai faraoni, apre vicino alle piramidi di Giza con migliaia di reperti unici.

Il Grand Egyptian Museum apre al mondo: Dopo un’attesa di vent’anni nasce il più grande museo della civiltà egizia

01.11.2025 11:21 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum opens, displaying full Tutankhamun collection for first time A trove of golden treasures and antiquities detailing life in ancient Egypt will go on public display at Cairo's record-breaking new museum.

Billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum opens, displaying full Tutankhamun collection for first time

01.11.2025 11:20 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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The Oxford Handbook of South American Archaeology
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13.10.2025 13:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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News - Faces of Four Mummified Andean People Reconstructed - Archaeology Magazine LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that researchers from the Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University […]

Faces of Four Mummified Andean People Reconstructed
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03.10.2025 21:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why scientists should take more coffee breaks Grad students should make time for casual conversations with peers, this Ph.D. student writes

Why scientists should take more coffee breaks
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01.10.2025 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The oldest mummies in the world may hail from southeastern Asia and date back 12,000 years Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest mummies in the world in southeastern Asia. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies.

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest mummies in the world in southeastern Asia. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies.

15.09.2025 23:00 — 👍 118    🔁 32    💬 5    📌 4
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Giving a talk about Bolivian mummies 🇧🇴
They've been waiting for centuries to be listened to
#World #Mummy #Congress #Peru 2025

15.08.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Explore the Bolivian mummy collection on sketchfab: sketchfab.com/munarq

13.08.2025 16:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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XI Congreso Mundial de Estudios sobre Momias | PUCP Join us at the XI World Congress on Mummy Studies, a premier event showcasing groundbreaking research and discussions on ancient mummies and their significance.

11° Congreso Mundial de Estudios sobre Momias - Cusco 2025
#Congreso #Mundial #Momias #Peru #Cusco
xi-wcmscusco2025.pucp.edu.pe

08.08.2025 23:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World Mummy Studies

World Mummy Studies Society
International collection of mummy scientists
worldmummystudies.org

06.08.2025 23:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cusco recibirá el Congreso Mundial de Estudios sobre Momias Revista Cusco Social

Cusco #Peru recibirá el #Congreso #Mundial de Estudios sobre #Momias 2025
www.cuscosocial.com/nota.php?id_...

02.08.2025 17:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Evolutionary origins of the potato revealed - and a tomato was involved The potato is one of the world's food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America before spreading globally from the 16th century. But despite its importance to humankind, the evolutionary origins of the potato have remained puzzling - until now.

Evolutionary origins of the potato revealed - and a tomato was involved reut.rs/45fQ4sG

01.08.2025 15:10 — 👍 34    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 1
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Thank ketchup for your French fries Interbreeding with tomatoes 9 million years ago gave potatoes the genes to develop tubers

“Tomato is the mother of potato.” scim.ag/4mheKrH

31.07.2025 16:01 — 👍 147    🔁 39    💬 6    📌 9
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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language Abstract. Linguists have long described their findings in an archaeological context, while archaeologists have been interested in what language can tell th

New volume on the interface between languages, human history, anthropology, archaeology and (a bit of) genetics, curated by M. Robbeets and M. Hudson. A very rich table of content for everyone interested in these multidisciplinary studies of the human past. I contributed two chapters:

23.07.2025 16:45 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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LA PAZ, BOLIVIA 🏔️
Foto 📷 : Bolivia en imágenes

25.07.2025 16:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for their societies and cultures to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why

19.07.2025 05:59 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Ötzi the Iceman and his neighbors had totally different ancestries, ancient DNA study finds

Ötzi the Iceman and his neighbors had totally different ancestries, ancient DNA study finds

Ötzi the Iceman and his neighbors had totally different ancestries, ancient DNA study finds #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #DNA #science #fossils
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20.07.2025 15:54 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Expertos se reunirán en Cusco para participar de Congreso Mundial de Estudios sobre Momias En agosto próximo especialistas de diversas partes del mundo se reunirán en Cusco para participar del XI Congreso Mundial de Estudios sobre Momias. Los investigadores, de distintas disciplinas, debati...

Expertos se reunirán en Cusco para participar de #Congreso #Mundial de Estudios sobre #Momias 2025
andina.pe/agencia/noti...

18.07.2025 12:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Un nuevo templo hallado en Bolivia revela secretos de una civilización perdida Su arquitectura, localización y enorme tamaño podrían llevarnos a revisar por completo nuestra información hasta ahora sobre la difusión del antiguo Estado Tiwanaku.

Un nuevo templo hallado en #Bolivia revela secretos de una civilización perdida 🇧🇴
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30.06.2025 17:43 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Gateway to the east: the Palaspata temple and the south-eastern expansion of the Tiwanaku state | Antiquity | Cambridge Core Gateway to the east: the Palaspata temple and the south-eastern expansion of the Tiwanaku state - Volume 99 Issue 405

Gateway to the east: the Palaspata temple and the south-eastern expansion of the Tiwanaku state
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30.06.2025 17:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nuestros Ancestros A visually interactive catalog containing a selection of the mummified remains and skulls of pre-Columbian individuals from the MUNARQ – The National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz’s anthropology col...

Nuestros Ancestros
A visually interactive catalog containing a selection of the mummified remains and skulls of pre-Columbian individuals from the MUNARQ – The National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz’s anthropology collection.
www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

20.06.2025 14:27 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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We finally know what the face of a Denisovan looked like A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their DNA finally have a face

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their DNA finally have a face

18.06.2025 18:36 — 👍 23    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Scientific project will help restore identity to the mummies | Proyecto científico contribuirá a restituir identidad de las momias By Edwin Conde Villarreal, El Diario: National Museum of Archaeology The facial reconstruction of mummies will restore the identity of pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the Bolivian highlands, according …

Research project that unites science, art, and society to reconstruct the faces of pre-Hispanic mummies. 🇧🇴
#Bolivia #Mummies #Research #Ethics #Community
bolivianthoughts.com/2025/05/27/s...

28.05.2025 03:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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XI World Congress on Mummies Studies | PUCP Join us at the XI World Congress on Mummy Studies, a premier event showcasing groundbreaking research and discussions on ancient mummies and their significance.

11th World Congress on Mummy Studies - Cusco 2025
#Mummy #Cogress #Cusco
en.xi-wcmscusco2025.pucp.edu.pe

23.02.2025 13:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who first spoke Indo-European? DNA points to Eurasian herders 6400 years ago Long-awaited data sets pinpoint roots of the world’s largest language family

Who first spoke Indo-European? DNA points to Eurasian herders 6400 years ago
www.science.org/content/arti...

15.02.2025 23:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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