A study by HEAS member Timo Canessa has just been published in the open access journal PLOS One. - HEAS The Early Upper Palaeolithic of Iberia remains an actively debated record of human occupation, yet quantitative approaches to lithic assemblage variability are still lacking, especially among large-sc...

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New Article by #HEASVienna member @timocanessa.bsky.social et al. on 'Unpacking lithic assemblage variability in the Early Upper Palaeolithic: A multivariate approach to the structure of the Iberian Aurignacian'

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This talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

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This talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel

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@tommyhigham.bsky.social from #HEASVienna introducing #PatrickCuthbertson for a #HEASTalk taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at

We are delighted to announce the results of the #HEASSeedGrants February 2026 round.

The following projects by #HEASVienna members will be funded:

HEAS Talk with Patrick Cuthbertson - HEAS We are looking forward to welcoming Patrick Cuthbertson from University College London to Vienna for a HEAS Talk on The role of mountainous environments in the earliest occupation of Central Asia: A L...

We are looking forward to welcoming #PatrickCuthbertson to #HEASVienna for a #HEASTalk online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at

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@barbarahorejs.bsky.social from #heasvienna introducing #elenarova for a #heastalk taking place now online and in-person @oeai.bsky.social

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@philipnigst.bsky.social from #HEASVienna introducing @phytolith.bsky.social as part of the #HEASSeminar taking place online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at

The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel

HEAS Seminar Series - Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic - HEAS As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic Amanda Henry from Leiden University will give a talk on Plant foods and the evolution of hominin diets on the 16th March 2026...

We are looking forward to welcoming @phytolith.bsky.social to #HEASVienna as part of the #HEASSeminar series in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic next Monday the 16th March at 10:30 CET.

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This #InternationalWomensDay, join us here at #HEASVienna as we celebrate women through time...and the women who study them.

@univie.ac.at @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social @barbarahorejs.bsky.social

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This #InternationalWomensDay, join us here at #HEASVienna as we celebrate women through time...and the women who study them.

Here we look at the work of #HEASMember #SylviaKirchengast at @univie.ac.at

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This #InternationalWomensDay, join us here at #HEASVienna as we celebrate women through time...and the women who study them.

Here we look at the work of #HEASMember #KarinaGrömer at the @nhmwien.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

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This #InternationalWomensDay, join us here at #HEASVienna as we celebrate women through time...and the women who study them.

@barbarahorejs.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social

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The recording from the #HEASPechaKucha with #MartaLuciani is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

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The recording from the #HEASSeminar with #ElenaIreneZavala is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics, Elena Irene Zavala from the University of Copenhagen will give a talk on Human Identification with Sediment DNA on the 23rd February 2026 at 10:...

Kick off your week with the latest #HEASVienna seminar, this time in Ancient Genomics, with Dr Elena Zavala who will be talking about sediment DNA and humans! Can't wait! Tomorrow 1030 am CE time!

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HEAS Members Publish GENOVIS: a Python package for the visualization of population genetic analyses - HEAS We are proud to announce that our HEAS member Dr. Elmira Mohandesan and her postDoc (Siavash Salek Ardestani) have published a new open-access paper in BMC Genomics introducing GENOVIS, a user-friendl...

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New Article by #HEASVienna members #ElmiraMohandesan and #SiavashSalekArdestani

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HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics, Elena Irene Zavala from the University of Copenhagen will give a talk on Human Identification with Sediment DNA on the 23rd February 2026 at 10:...

We are looking forward to welcoming #ElenaIreneZavala to #HEASVienna next week for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics.

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Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand. - HEAS Higham, C., Higham, T., 2026. Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand. Archaeometry. ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determ...

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New Article by #HEASVienna Head @tommyhigham.bsky.social and #CharlesHigham

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New Publication!

New Article by #HEASVienna member #ViolaSchmid et al.

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The recording from this talk with @palomadelalasca.bsky.social is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel 👇

Tracing social mechanisms and interregional connections in Early Bronze Age Societies in Lower Austria - HEAS Furtwängler, A., Rebay-Salisbury, K., Neumann, G.U., Kanz, F., Ringbauer, H., Bianco, R.A., Schmidt, T., Semerau, L., Radzevičiūtė, R., Barquera, R., Rohland, N., Stewardson, K., Workman, J.N., Curtis...

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New Article by #HEASVienna members @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social, #oliviacheronet , #ronpinhasi et al. on 'Tracing social mechanisms and interregional connections in Early Bronze Age Societies in Lower Austria'

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HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics, Robin Allaby from The University of Warwick will give a talk on Evolutionary genomics of Andean maize on the 26th January 2026 at 10:30 CET in S...

We are looking forward to welcoming #RobinAllaby to #HEASVienna for the #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics taking place online and in-person in the #UBB at @univie.ac.at

Registration and more information on our website 🔗👇

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@philipnigst.bsky.social from #HEASVienna introducing @palomadelalasca.bsky.social as part of the #HEASSeminar taking place now online and in-person in the #UBB @univie.ac.at

The recording from this talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

HEAS Seminar Series - Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic - HEAS As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic, Paloma de la Peña from Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología Universidad de Granada, Spain will give a talk on Archaeolo...

We are looking forward to welcoming @palomadelalasca.bsky.social to #HEASVienna for the first #HEASSeminar in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic of 2026.

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Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA. - HEAS Guellil, M., van Dorp, L., Saag, L., Beneker, O., Bonucci, B., Sasso, S., Saupe, T., Solnik, A., Kabral, H., Allmäe, R., Bates, J., Dittmar, J.M., Ge, X.J., Inskip, S., Jonuks, T., Karmanov, V.N., Kha...

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New Article by #HEASVienna member @meriamguellil.bsky.social et al. on 'Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA'

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New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: identifying archaeological bone in the tropics - HEAS Oertle, A., Peters, C., Summerhayes, G., O’Connor, S., Gillespie, R., Douka, K., 2025. New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: identifying archaeological bone in the tropics. Royal Society...

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New Article by #HEASVienna members #AnnetteOertle, @katerinad.bsky.social et al. on 'New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: identifying archaeological bone in the tropics'

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Homo sapiens could have hunted with bow and arrow from the onset of the early Upper Palaeolithic in Eurasia - HEAS Kitagawa, K., Tejero, J.-M., Yeshurun, R., Walter, R., Huber, H., Andrews, R., Magliozzi, N., Doyon, L., Homo sapiens could have hunted with bow and arrow from the onset of the early Upper Palaeolithi...

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New Article from #HEASVienna member #José-MiguelTejero et al. on Homo sapiens could have hunted with bow and arrow from the onset of the early Upper Palaeolithic in Eurasia.

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