Conceptual framework on biological health and behavioral mechanisms in response to temperature exposure before birth that may cause sex-specific mortality responses.
Fewer boys are born when mothers are exposed to extreme heat, according to data on 5 million live births. In sub-Saharan Africa, first-trimester heat stress causes pregnancy loss. In India, sex-selective abortions drive the trend. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/zNwy50YoaoE
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Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution
The Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution is dedicated to educating students to advance our understanding of the ecology and evolution of extant and ancestral organisms, populations, and communities. In Ecology, the focus is on uncovering the mechanistic and evolutionary drivers of patterns and processes across biological scales, from gene regulation to ecosystem structure and function, including the role of communities in biogeochemical cycles and their adaptive responses to environmental change. In Evolution, we investigate the processes shaping changes in organization and dynamics of organisms, populations, and species at molecular, developmental, morphological, and physiological levels.
Are you interested in human DNA from ancient sediments? Do you want to do a PhD in Vienna? We have two open positions in our group! You can learn more and apply here (scroll down to the very bottom, ours are the last two listings): careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
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Next Thursday (2/19), I'll be presenting some of my research in the Badè Museum's lecture series on Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean. It will be live-streaming on YouTube, so please tune in if you're interested!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMye...
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Excited to share that our co-edited volume on the Iron Age Philistine cemetery from Ashkelon is now out! This volume presents the bioarchaeological findings from the c. 250 individuals, each with a dedicated catalogue entry that synthesizes their stratigraphic, osteological & artifactual contexts.
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"If someone tells you it is raining and another tells you it is dry, it's not your job to quote them both. It's your job to look out the ****ing window and find out which is true"
Jonathan Foster, on journalism
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
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CARTA: Human Microbiome Evolution with Christina Warinner
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
New video of talk by @christinawarinner.bsky.social given at Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny posted by @ucsandiego.bsky.social explaining how advances in #aDNA and #proteomics can investigate the complex and diverse microbial communities from dental calculus
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Promotional graphic for The City University of New York (CUNY) application campaign. The top section has a blue background with yellow text that reads: “November 10 to November 21. Apply to CUNY for Free.” Below, white text states: “all New York State public and private high school seniors.”
Today is the final day for New York high school seniors to apply to CUNY for free! 🎓
You can apply to up to six of our colleges with one application! Go to cuny.edu/apply.
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I fundamentally do not understand why anyone is interested in these parlor tricks. It's outperformed nothing because recombining word patterns into a text isn't writing. Writing is born out of human experiences filtered through a unique sensibility. Only Han Kang can make more Han Kang.
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Looking forward to joining the @royalsociety.org Proceedings B editorial board in 2026 – send us your papers!
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Graphic featuring the Peopling the Past blog logo, the full title of blog post 67 “Beyond the Grave with Melissa S. Cradic, and an image of an Apulian red-figure volute krater depicting Hades and Persephone in the Palace of the Underworld
For the final throwback on our countdown to Halloween we return to our series on the presence of the Undead. Melissa Cradic guides us through the complexities of excavating ancient graves and relationships between the living & the disembodied dead in the Near East peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/21/b...
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The ISAW NYU program for the Ph.D. in the Ancient World is now accepting applications for Fall 2026 enrollment. More info: isaw.nyu.edu/graduate-stu...
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
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Female mountain gorilla (G. beringei beringei).
CREDIT: Martha M. Robbins
Gorillas likely experience menopause, according to an analysis of over 30 years of data from wild mountain gorillas in Uganda, which shows that females can live for a decade or more after their last baby. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/kxyz50Xf1ER
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BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
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Apply - Interfolio
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My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15.
apply.interfolio.com/171196
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Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
So they found a 125,000 yr old Neanderthal fat rendering plant & I have thoughts.
Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible?
Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Stone Age farmers’ households passed from mother to daughter
Moms and daughters were at the center of the family in ancient Çatalhöyük, ancient DNA and archaeological evidence suggest
There is a lot going on here but these results are wonderful (even if I find some of the archaeologists’ comments problematic). Here are a few notes to be followed up with a blog post at “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives” 1/
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History requires deep, extensive research a lot of that research will end up not being directly relevant. You won't know that until you get in it. Research isn't just pulling a doc with all the answers, it's finding connections, it's understanding what's *not* being said, it's knowing context.
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Logo of the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins: a handaxe with a glowing lightbulb inside the outline of a hominin brain
A permanent job here at @archsoton50.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social in #Palaeolithic Archaeology and/or #Palaeoanthropology 🏺🧪
Please share widely!
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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