We’re delighted to announce Dr Annemieke Milks as keynote speaker for Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026 at UCL on 19 June!

Her work on early weapon systems, wood technologies and childhood in prehistory is reshaping how we understand Palaeolithic societies.

#palaeolithic #geoarchaeology

Join us for the biggest UK Palaeolithic event of the year.
Tickets on sale at Early Bird Rates. 🦣🏺
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Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!

Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.

Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.

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ZooMS as a tool for understanding prehistoric pelagic fishing: Insights from archaeological shark and scombrid remains on Fais Island, Micronesia, over the last two millennia The capture of fast-moving marine predators, such as sharks and scombrids, played a crucial role in human subsistence and cultural evolution, with adv…

Very pleased about this paper that came out today 🐟🦈www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030...

Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Stalagmites in Mexican caves reveal duration and severity of drought during the Maya collapse A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a Mexi...

Sharing our new paper on the climate during the last years of the Classic Maya civilisation - for the first time we can tell the exact length of the severe droughts the Maya faced.

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science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Science Advances journal pages showing the article and one of its figures.

A group of colorful wrasses and parrotfish that were used in the article figures, all painted in watercolor by Julie Johnson.

Wrasses and parrotfish (family Labridae) are among the most diverse lineages of reef fishes on earth. A new study sheds light on Labridae diversification during the Miocene.

Painting reef fish is so rewarding because I get to use some vibrant colors. Hello, turquoise and magenta!

#sciart 🧪

Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago - Nature The identification of tools dated to the time of Homo sapiens associated with microfloral evidence of wet tropical forests indicates that West African forests were occupied by humans much earlier...

In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Frontiers | Ichthyoarchaeological perspectives on roles of fish and red meat during Indus Civilization in Gujarat, India

The first paper of our special issue on fish remains 🐟 is published: www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Frontiers | Species identification of modern and archaeological shark and ray skeletal tissues using collagen peptide mass fingerprinting IntroductionElasmobranchs, such as sharks and rays, are among the world’s most endangered vertebrates, with over 70% loss in abundance over the past 50 years...

TIL it is possible to identify both modern and archaeological #shark and #ray skeletal tissues using collagen peptide mass fingerprinting. 🐟🧪 #TheMoreYouKnow

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Frontiers | Species identification of modern and archaeological shark and ray skeletal tissues using collagen peptide mass fingerprinting IntroductionElasmobranchs, such as sharks and rays, are among the world’s most endangered vertebrates, with over 70% loss in abundance over the past 50 years...

Excited to share our new research on sharks 🦈 and ZooMS 🧪

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...