@HeasVienna trip to Hallstatt was amazing! Learnt a lot about the salt mine and the super interesting archaeology happening there. Thank you to all our tour guides and organisers. #heas#hallstatt#salt
A team led by @DylanGaffneyNZ find the oldest plant artefact made by our species outside of Africa in a cave in West Papua, evidence that the Pacific had critical importance for global population movements over 50,000 years ago newscientist.com/article/244….
New research provides direct evidence that seafarers travelled along the equator to reach islands off the coast of West Papua more than 50 millennia ago. theconversation.com/new-evid…
🚨Our ideal #archsci PhD candidate has lab experience using bone 🦴, collagen or proteins, is keen on NIR spectroscopy, #radiocarbon dating and #palaeoproteomics🧪 , and has an interest in Palaeolithic archaeology.
Is this you? Then apply before May 31st!
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🌟Join us! @VeraAldeias and @Matrix_ERC are seeking a Post-doctoral Researcher in Archaeology, molecular biology, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental sciences, or similar fields. Ddl: May 14. Explore this opportunity: icarehb.com/post-doctoral-re…
Interested in applying for a MarieCurie fellowship? In aDNA, computational or wet lab methods, human or primate population genetics, paleoprotemics, or a related topic? In Vienna? Then get in touch!
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As dad used to say, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. 😃 This time fortune smiled on me..
I'm v. pleased to get an @ERC_Research Adv grant and happy for others here at @univienna - with 6 grants awarded.
I want to thank my group here (and @Katerina__Douka!).
When Did the Chicken Cross the Road? New research reveals that chickens were widely raised across southern Central Asia from 400 BCE through medieval periods and likely dispersed along the ancient Silk Road bit.ly/3xuuTG4
ALT The breathing pore of an ancient eggshell fragment. The morphology of these breathing pours helps with the identification.
Excited to announce our new paper with @Katerina__Douka, introducing SpecieScan, a new open-access algorithm developed in R & Python automating species identification in ZooMS.
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Fully funded opportunity to train and excavate at Boomplaas Cave through the Human Origins Migration and Evolution (HOMER) research group. May-June 2024. More information here: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Really happy this next paper from my PhD is out now! We used FTIR, ZooMS and deamidation rates to assess the preservation of collagen in the Australian archaeological and paleontological record.
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It was great to visit Penn State and present my research to everyone! Thank you @archaeojake, @isazooarch and everyone in the Anthropology department for your welcome.