Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social Palaeoanthropology research group led by @martamlahr.bsky.social combining multiple projects that investigate human evolution, largely focused in the Turkana Basin.
Administered by the Ng'ipalajem team
Fiona @fionaholloran.bsky.social Under the influence of tiny humans. Back burner projects include a PhD in archaeology at UCL (palaeoecology & palaeoclimate reconstruction integrating zooarch, ZooMS, & multi-isotope analysis), dancing, fiction writing, cocktail making, and cat servitude.
Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social I am a professor of tropical ecology at the University of York. I have a passion for Mountain ecosystems and cultures across the Global South, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania where I work with many Universities, NGOs and Government organisations.
Bacara Spruit @bacaraspruit.bsky.social South African archaeologist specialising in ZooMS, stable isotopes, and zooarchaeology.
Current chair of the Southern African Archaeology Student Society https://www.saassarchaeology.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/saassociety.bsky.social
SAASSociety @saassociety.bsky.social The SAASS supports archaeology students across the SADC region by promoting academic growth, mentorship, and professional development. Follow us for resources, events, and opportunities in the field! https://linktr.ee/officialsaasc- C Chris Stringer @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
Marion Prévost @marionprevost.bsky.social Paleolithic archaeologist▪️ Stone tool enthusiast▪️
Gerda Henkel Fellow, Post-doc researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Affiliated researcher at the French Research Center of Jerusalem (CRFJ) ▪️Layout editor JLS
João Cascalheira @jmcascalheira.bsky.social Interested in Paleolithic adaptations | Director @ICArEHB @UAlg | PI of @Finisterra_ERC | Blogging at https://world.hey.com/jmcascalheira | Views are my own
Ana Abrunhosa @anaabrunhosa.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @ Last Neanderthals ERC project | Associated Researcher @ ICArEHB | Neanderthals | Lithic Raw Materials | AWAP Board of Directors member | Lithics Co-Editor
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social
Dr Izzy Wisher @izzywisher.bsky.social Early prehistoric art expert and cognitive archaeologist. 8th Renfrew Fellow @cam-archaeology.bsky.social & JRF @homertoncollege.bsky.social
Dr Sally Hoare @sallygeoarch.bsky.social Geoarchaeologist, University of Liverpool, likes human evolution, fire and microarchaeology
Marlen Fröhlich @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social Primatologist | Group leader & Lecturer @ Uni Tübingen | Freigeist Fellow | primate communication - behavioural plasticity - language evolution 🐵 🗣️
Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social Archaeologist/anthropologist, SFF nerd. Lawful good, veering chaotic neutral later. Snowflake libtard.
Eslem Ben Arous (She/Her) @eslembenarous.bsky.social African Pleistocene Geochronologist and Archaeologist | Associated Researcher at MPI-GEA and MNHN
Jay Stock 🇨🇦🇬🇧 @jaytstock.bsky.social Professor of Anthropology, Western University, Canada 🇨🇦
www.pavelab.ca
Human phenotypic plasticity, adaptability, skeletal biomechanics, paleobiology, bioarchaeology, life history, niche construction
Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social Junior Group Leader @humanorigins.bsky.social in Tübingen 💀| Editor, Hunter Gatherer Research | 👩🏽💻 https://ceciliapad.github.io/web/ | Interested on how differences in the way humans live, move and interact with one another shape evolutionary dynamics 🧬
Claudio Tennie @ctennie.bsky.social A PI of the HUMAN ORIGINS project (Tübingen, GER)
Humans, hominins & apes -> evolution of human cultural evolution
-> How did we get from an ape-like baseline to human cultural learning/ cultural cognition?
https://sites.google.com/view/claudiotennie
Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social PhD in Archaeology. Biomarkers & early human paleoecology. Husband. Father x2. Lecturer, coordinator for environmental science & sustainability and climate action programs and sustainability liaison at Bryant University.
🔗 robertpatalano.squarespace.com
Ben Marwick @benmarwick.bsky.social Archaeologist and #rstats enthusiast
Mateja Hajdinjak @matejahajdi.bsky.social ❤️ ancient DNA, Neandertals, and gallons of coffee 🦴💀🧪🧬👩🔬
| First Gen 📚
| Lise Meitner Research Group leader, Hominin Palaeogenomics (HOPE) at MPI EVA, Leipzig
Leslea Hlusko @hlusko.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist with a primate twist. European Research Council-funded investigator at the Spanish National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain
Shumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social Hunter-Gatherer and Multispecies Archaeology (Deep Time), Environmental Humanities, More-Than-Human Deep History, Animal-kin, Boardgames & eSports, Politics of Life - PI of ECOLITHIC & ZOOGESTURES @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
Sarah Pederzani @sarahpederzani.bsky.social palaeoclimate | human evolution | proxy system modelling | R & Quarto enthusiast | Postdoc at Dep. Geology & Geophysics, U of Utah | climber | D&D nerd | she/her
Alice Leplongeon @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social Palaeolithic archaeologist, African archaeology
Guilhem Constans @guilhemarcheo.bsky.social Archaeologist in Quercy (Lot, France)
#Palaeolithic and #Mesolithic
Associate member of @umr5608traces.bsky.social
Cyrielle Mathias @cylex.bsky.social Dr. in Palaeolithic archaeology.
Stone tools & early Middle Palaeolithic. Postdoc fellow, UMR 7194 HNHP & CRFJ
C'est gravé dans la roche !
Dr Geoff M Smith @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.
Kamilla Lomborg @kamillalomborg.bsky.social Archaeologist at heart. Environment and hominin interactions in the Palaeolithic are just my favourite cup of tea.
PhD student in ERC Lateurope, placed at Museum National d’Histoire Nationale, Paris.
Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social Aussie archaeologist, PhD, obsessed with tool-using animals. Steward at Skara Brae, Orkney || http://twig.technology || writing a book on intelligence with @abigaildesmond.bsky.social for Harvard Uni Press (2027)
🐒🦦🐙🐦⬛🐝🕷️🦧🐴🐠🪲🦜🐿️🐋🦀
Tomos Proffitt @tomosproffitt.bsky.social PI at ICArEHB Researching Palaeolithic Archaeology, Primate Archaeology, Lithic Analysis, Knapping and Experimental Archaeology. View my own
Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social Anthropological geneticist, NYT bestselling author, martial artist, professor, Ox mother. Rock chalk.
Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social Bioarchaeologist, chemist | Nerd, coffee snob, loves fresh air and equality | She/her | Museum lover, but not museum apologist
Holly Dunsworth @dunsworth.bsky.social Anthropology professor with a weird little book about human evolution coming to science shelves in 2027. https://hollydunsworth.blogspot.com/ & https://ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/
Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social Palaeogenomics of mammoths, lemmings and everything inbetween. Professor of Evolutionary Genomics at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University.
Webpage: https://palaeogenetics.com/ld
Paleogenomics - María Ávila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social Mom. Scientist. Ancient DNA, genetic ancestry, Afrodescendants. Mexico. PI.
She/her/hers RT!=endorsement
Scott D. Haddow @sdhaddow.bsky.social Bioarchaeologist with a focus on SW Asia, Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Funerary practices, taphonomy, dental anthropology. Music and photography nerd.
Caroline VanSickle (she/her) @cvansickle.bsky.social Feminist, paleoanthropologist, anatomists, previously known as cvans. I write my own posts without AI and will do my best to not share AI content.
My Website: carolinevansickle.com.
Prof Nicki Whitehouse @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.
Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo @whiterabbit36.bsky.social Paleolithic Archeologists | Reading the past in the bones | Atapuerca Research Team | working at The Institute of Archeology in Mérida (Spanish Research Council -CSIC).
Dr. Kim Foecke @kimfoecke.bsky.social Geochemist to paleoanthropologist. Neanderthal diet + nitrogen isotopes, XRF evangelist. Assistant Professor at George Mason U. PhD from GWU CASHP.
Ségolène Vandevelde @segovandevelde.bsky.social MSCA-PF Postdoc at @UnivCantabria | Adjunct professor at @UQAC | Humanities & Geosciences interdisciplinary researcher | PhD (@SorbonneParis1) in #archaeology #geoarchaeology #prehistory #pyroarchaeology
Also artist (harpist and singer in @UtopusBand)
Zach Cofran @dizachster.bsky.social Associate professor of Anthropology, HEAD (Human Evolution and Development) Lab @ Vassar College. Bones & brains. lawnchairanthropology.com
Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social PhD in Biological Anthropology
Paleoanthropology
Senior Researcher @CNRS
@PACEA_Bordeaux lab,
@univbordeaux
#Paleoanthropology #Prehistory #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #Bioanthropology #Neanderthal #Homosapiens
Helen Fewlass @helenfewlass.bsky.social Archaeological Scientist 👩🔬 Lecturer in Archaeology at Uni of Bristol 💜 Palaeolithic archaeology and Human Evolution 💀 Old Bones 🦷 Proteins 🦴 Radiocarbon dating ⏳
Ollie 🦣 🏳️🌈 @palaeolivic.bsky.social (Professional) Museum dweller 🏺 | full time Neanderthal defender and fan of the Palaeolithic | they/he | London
Dr. Becca Peixotto @beccapeixotto.bsky.social skier, archaeologist
views expressed are my own
AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador
she/her
Alain Queffelec @alainqueffelec.bsky.social Ingénieur de recherche CNRS, PhD in Caribbean archaeology (lithic beads and pendants). Archaeometry, spectroscopy, minerals and so on.
Martin Porr @martinporr.bsky.social Associate Professor of Archaeology
University of Western Australia
Centre for Rock Art Research + Management
Frobenius Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)
Universität Tübingen
http://uwa.academia.edu/MartinPorr
Caroline Partiot @carolinepartiot.bsky.social Biological anthropologist, postdoc Austrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, children in the past, Nile valley & feminism, views are my own
Palmira Saladié @palmirasaladie.bsky.social Archaeologist-taphonomist working in Atapuerca, Abric Romaní, Barranc de la Boella
Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social Archaeologist | Biologist | Feminist | Max Planck | Hon Prof U Queensland Adjunct Prof Griffith U | Linking Past, Present and Future for a Better Anthropocene | Gender Equity | Research Governance | www.nicole-boivin.com
Janet Kelso @janetk.bsky.social Genomics, bioinformatics, ancient DNA. 🇿🇦Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Germany
Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social Zooarchaeologist, photography & palaeozoologist
Danu Ruadh Teoranta, Ireland 🇮🇪
P/T Senior Res Fellow (Zooarch) ATU Galway
&
Hon. Res Fellow LJMU
Co-PI Castlepook Cave Project
#PALAEO-IRELAND | #IrishCaveBones | 🏺🦣
Co-PI @howlsandhooves.bsky.social
Cora Leder @bioarchaeology.bsky.social PhD candidate in osteoarchaeology. Into Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic, currently studying the pinky finger.
🏳️🌈 they/she
Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social Interested in population genetics, archaeology, anthropology, Neandertals and early modern humans. Working at MPI-EVA
Ivo Jacobs @ivojacobs.bsky.social Cognitive zoologist investigating the evolution of animal cognition, particularly in response to fire (pyrocognition). Amateur wildlife photographer based in southern Sweden. More interested in rare behaviours than rare species.
Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social hunter-gatherer archaeology at UCD Archaeology; Book *Hunter-Gatherer Ireland* (Winner EAA Book Prize 2024); President *International Society for Hunter-Gatherer Research*; grows/eats chillies; mountain/ultra runner
Jonathan Paige @jnpaige.bsky.social Archaeologist interested in the evolution of technology.
Research Scientist
Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science,
New Mexico Consortium
Nicole Torres Tamayo @paleonicole.bsky.social Palaeoanthropologist. Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Zürich 🇨🇭 Honorary Research Fellow at UCL 🇬🇧 Promoting diversity, mental health and open science. Feminist 💜
Enska @enskawho.bsky.social French PhD student, middle paleolithic, Neanderthal & rocks 🦣
Anarcho-shlaguiste amatrice de thé rouge et de mots rigolos à prononcer.
Let's just dig in, shall we ?
Jørgen Holm @jholm.bsky.social Danish palaeolithic archaeologist, retired (and tired). Interests: The Middle Palaeolithic, especially Neanderthals. Late Palaeolithic: The Hamburgian -, Federmesser-, Bromme and Ahrensburgian Cultures. Excavations: Jels and Slotseng in Denmark.
Austin Lawrence, PhD @humanaustinology.bsky.social Paleoanthropologist, anatomist. Trying to figure out the evolution of the human hip and pelvis.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Western University of Health Sciences.
I ride bikes, play drums, and do what my dog tells me. 🏳️🌈/Ace. he/they.
Roberto Sáez @robertosaezm.bsky.social Paleoantropología, Bioarqueología del Cuidado, Divulgación | Autor de NutcrackerMan (premio 20Blogs) y del libro Evolución humana: Prehistoria y origen de la compasión
Michael Petraglia @mdpetraglia.bsky.social Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research | #HumanEvolution | #Archaeology | Researching #HumanOrigins in #Africa and #Asia
more info: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/28674-michael-petraglia
Brandi L MacDonald @brandileewhat.bsky.social Archaeologist and ArchSci nerd. Faculty at Archaeometry Lab at MURR. Managing editor @ArchaeometryJNL. Board member @SocietyArchScience. Provenance and pigments. #FirstGen she/her #archaeology 🏺views expressed here are my own
Human Evolution Research Institute at University of Cape Town @heriuct.bsky.social Our work drives transformative research on the African record of human evolution. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/heri.uct
Rob Foley @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.
Michela Leonardi @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
Emily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social Archaeologist, postdoctoral researcher at ICArEHB, Portugal. Human evolution, lithic technology, Nubian, Levallois, arid environments, North and South Africa
Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social Researcher @CNRS @univbordeaux
and @PACEA_Bordeaux
#HumanEvolution #archaeology #shell #anthropology #bead
Isabelle De Groote @idegroote.bsky.social Research professor in biological anthropology at Ghent University Belgium. Head of ArcheOs UGent.
Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D. @deadbovids.bsky.social SUNY Oneonta Assistant Professor on Kanien'keháka and Onʌyoteˀa·ká land
African paleoecology, human evolution, land stewardship, foraging. Views my own 🏳️🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xAy15BUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈 @sabiagini.bsky.social Human Population Geneticist 💀🧬 #aDNA | Bioinformatician 👨💻 | Diversity&Inclusion in Academia 🌈 | Co-chair of the SMBE IDEA Task Force @smbe-idea.bsky.social ✨ | Theater 🎭 | he/him | 🗣️🇮🇹🇬🇧🇪🇸🏳️🌈
Ameline Bardo @amelinebardo.bsky.social Paleoanthropologist & primatologist CNRS @museedelhomme.fr HNHP UMR7194
Nicolas Teyssandier @teyssand31.bsky.social Director of research #CNRS
#Prehistory / #HumanEvolution / #HomoSapiens / #Neandertal #Denisova / Lithic technology / #DNA / Middle and Later Stone Age #Africa / Middle and Upper Paleolithic #Eurasia
Auteur de “Nos premières fois” #Flammarion #Lavillebrule
Dr Beccy Scott @beccyscottuk.bsky.social Woman of Kent | recovering Curator | Wessex Archaeology| Neanderthal-botherer | Akela | submerged landscapes, paths and tracks | #IceAgeIsland #archaeology #palaeolithic
Marcel Weiss @marcel-weiss.bsky.social Archaeologist | Middle Paleolithic | MP/UP Transition | Lower Paleolithic | Neanderthals | Stone Tool Analysis | Behavioral Evolution | Paleoenvironment | Rchaeology
@landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social
Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @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/
Fiona Laviano @fyolaviano.bsky.social 💀 Researcher in Prehistory, Paleoecology & Human Evolution | I'm currently searching for timing and causes of Neanderthal extinction in Eurasia by modelling dated fossils at continental-scale, finalizing my PhD thesis at @globecoflinders.bsky.social 🌍
Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social Author and editor of books intended to help non-experts understand science. Interested in anything about evolution, development, heredity and nature of science.
Hugh Willmott @hugh-willmott.co.uk Medieval archaeologist at @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Often found excavating monasteries and thinking about material culture; currently directing work at #CerneAbbey. Cats may make occasional appearances 🐈⬛
https://www.hugh-willmott.co.uk/
PaleoAnthropology @qafzeh.bsky.social Human Origins, Hominin Fossils, Biological Anthropology
#Evolution #Fossils #Science🏺
https://twitter.com/Qafzeh
Dr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social Paleoanthropologist • Zooarchaeology + Taphonomy • Paleodiet • Museum Education • Science Communication • Mom • Tennis Player • https://s.si.edu/45ZAaBT
PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social CNRS, University of Bordeaux https://www.pacea.u-bordeaux.fr/ ; https://sciences-archeologiques.u-bordeaux.fr/
Jimbob Blinkhorn @jblinkhorn.bsky.social
Patrick Randolph-Quinney @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.
William E. Banks @wbanks33.bsky.social CNRS Senior Scientist. PACEA (UMR 5199) lab director. Archaeologist specializing in Paleolithic culture-environment relationships via ecological niche modeling. Formerly of the Rockies and Great Plains, now in Bordeaux, France. Born 326 ppm.
Katerina Douka @katerinad.bsky.social Archaeological scientist · Assoc Prof. @univienna · #FINDER_Project @ERC_Research · #Archaeology #Prehistory #Radiocarbon_dating #ZooMS #Palaeoproteomics #Denisovans #Neanderthals
Julien Riel-Salvatore @julienrs.bsky.social Archaeologist, full professor & chair / Archéologue, professeur titulaire & directeur / Université de Montréal. Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, human-environment interactions, disinformation in archaeology. ⚜️ 🇨🇦 🇮🇹- J Joan Silk @jbsilk.bsky.social Evolutionary anthropologist, primate behavioral ecologist.
Michelle Langley @michellelangley.bsky.social Associate Professor of Archaeology - Human Evolution - Neanderthals - Palaeolithic- Ancient Bone & Shell Tools and Ornaments - Deep Time Australia
Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social EvAnth, EvMed, & Global Health
I study mothers, milk, & babies
Cheddar Superfan.
"Scarier than a badger"
Opinions my own
Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social The official account for the Cultural Evolution Society. Our mission is to promote the study of cultural evolution in research and practice.
www.culturalevolutionsociety.org
American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org The American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) is a professional organization for biological anthropologists. See website for more info! 💻
bioanth.org
Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social Professor at the Univ. of Vienna dating archaeological sites; bones, Neanderthals. Author of "The World Before Us" (http://tinyurl.com/2p873jy8). Kiwi.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5949-598X
https://highamlab.univie.ac.at
Marie Soressi @mariesoressi.bsky.social Prof Hominin diversity Archaeology @UniLeiden | VP @ESHE_society | Neandertals | First Homo sapiens in Europe | Excavations | Interactions | VICI awardee | 🇫🇷
Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering @pickeringrobyn.bsky.social Assoc. Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 Co-director Human Evolution Research Institute | geology, isotopes, U-Pb dating carbonates, human evolution, southern African palaeoclimates | equitable fieldwork | decolonisation |she/her
Dr James Cole @jamescolearch.bsky.social Deputy Executive Dean @uniofbrighton. Human evolution & prehistoric cannibals. @IgNobel prize winner 2018
Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social Archaeologist, Senior 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