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@isotopesrule

Past Environments & Human Evolution. Emmy Noether Research Group Leader of "Kgalagadi Human Origins" Project (@khoproject.bsky.social) at @uni-kiel.de. She/her. Views my own.

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Ki-generierte Version

Ki-generierte Version

Originalbild mit dem die KI gefüttert wurde

Originalbild mit dem die KI gefüttert wurde

Die Forschungsministerin freut sich auf Insta darüber, dass jetzt "Porträts" von Frauen der Geschichte in ihrem Haus hängen. Nur: Die sind mit KI erstellt. Und schleifen die Gesichter der Frauen gemäß moderner westlicher Schönheitsideale glatt.
Was für ein irres Projekt
Z.B.

07.03.2026 06:31 👍 2206 🔁 789 💬 95 📌 97
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🐂 Fascinated by the symbolic role of animals in the Neolithic world? Develop your #PhD with #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
🔗 More info: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#Archaeology #Neolithic #HumanEvolution #ScienceCareers #PhDLife

02.03.2026 15:30 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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⛰️Drawn to the landscapes where human evolution unfolded in Eastern Africa? Develop your #PhD with #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
🔗 More info: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...

#Geoarchaeology #HumanEvolution #Paleoecology #ScienceCareers #PhDLife

24.02.2026 10:41 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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🦴 Passionate about fossil mammals and human evolution in Africa? Develop your #PhD with #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
🔗 More info: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#Archaeology #Paleoecology #HumanEvolution #ScienceCareers #PhDLife

20.02.2026 16:16 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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🦷 Curious about what prehistoric teeth can reveal about diet and daily life in Meso-Neolithic Iberia? Develop your #PhD with #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
🔗 More info: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#Archaeology #Research #Prehistory #ScienceCareers #PhDLife

19.02.2026 15:53 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Jobs

New #jobs at @uni-kiel.de within the @clusterroots.bsky.social advertised: one doctoral & two postdoctoral positions. The postdoc positions are for any projects relating to archaeological science and are explicitely looking for for applicants from Africa and Asia: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...

02.03.2026 10:23 👍 10 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

when people talk about AI used in moderation of social media posts, you must remember there is always the human-in-the-loop, often a woman, often in the Global South, always dehumanised and forgotten

1/n

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

24.02.2026 16:33 👍 554 🔁 352 💬 3 📌 24
Jobs

You are a #postdoc working in #archaeology, #paleoeco, #humanevo, #paleoclimate, #history, #geoarchaeology, ++, are in ❤️ with interdisciplinary research & are looking for a #jobinscience? @uni-kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social just advertised two 2-year scholarships!
www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...

26.02.2026 18:27 👍 4 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Post-doctoral researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 100%)

2-year Postdoctoral Position – Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition at @unituebingen.bsky.social uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties...

19.02.2026 17:18 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

The @terra-cluster.org is offering another position - this time @sgn.one in Frankfurt: Interested in global vegetation or biome modeling - then apply. The position is open for #PhD and for #Postdocs 😀

14.02.2026 10:52 👍 5 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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„Diese Bilder formen ein Geschichtsbild, das eine KI festgelegt hat“ Was tun, wenn historische Bilder fehlen? Terra X History setzt nun auf KI-generierte Szenen. Ein Schritt, den Historikerin Sabrina Alber in ihrem Gastbeitrag als verantwortungslos kritisiert: Solche B...

Was, wenn historische Bilder fehlen? #TerraXHistory setzt inzwischen auf #KI​-Szenen.

Historikerin Sabrina Alber übt im @wisskomm.de​-Gastbeitrag berechtigte Kritik: Solche Bilder verstärken Stereotype und verzerren historische Darstellungen.

www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/diese-bilder...

18.02.2026 07:38 👍 211 🔁 63 💬 12 📌 12
Wissenschaftliches Volontariat (m/w/d) in Vollzeit (39,5 h/W) - ALM BW - Hauptseite

📣 Wir suchen Verstärkung!

👉 Wissenschaftliches Volontariat
📅 Start: 01.09.2026
📍 Standort: Konstanz

Wir suchen für unseren Hauptsitz in Konstanz zum 1. September 2026 ein*e wissenschaftliche*r Volontär*in!

Weitere Infos:
www.alm-konstanz.de/stellenangeb...

Wir freuen uns auf viele Bewerbungen!

16.02.2026 14:42 👍 5 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Our next @khoproject.bsky.social paper is published online 🎉👇 #archaeology #lithics #Kalahari #ProudSupervisor

16.02.2026 13:39 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Further job announcements! As part of the FORAGER project, (1) a PDRA position is open at the University of Montana apply.interfolio.com/180545, (2) a PDRA position at the University of Cambridge www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/ and (3) a Research Project Manager jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

09.02.2026 11:56 👍 0 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
poster with photos from Roca dels Bous, a Neanderthal site in Spain, indicating that 2026 excavations will run from 1st to 20th August

poster with photos from Roca dels Bous, a Neanderthal site in Spain, indicating that 2026 excavations will run from 1st to 20th August

Keen on excavating some Neanderthal sites in Spain?
Well, today is your lucky day!
Call for participants at Roca dels Bous site just opened. Excavations on this unique Neanderthal site will run 1-20th August (both inclusive). For further information and details, contact me!

09.02.2026 03:00 👍 8 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1
Unravelling the Palaeolithic Welcome to the website for the Unravelling the Palaeolithic conference 2026! Unravelling the Palaeolithic is an ECR and student-led conference with a history of showcasing excellence in research in P...

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.

sites.google.com/view/unravel...

09.02.2026 11:11 👍 28 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 2

Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!

careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...

06.02.2026 16:38 👍 19 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1

Now Open: SSH Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026

40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at

careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)

Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!

palaeo.univie.ac.at

04.02.2026 21:51 👍 4 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Interested in Meso-Neolithic population history through dental morphology?
Join #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fellowships-2026

04.02.2026 16:37 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCL Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...

04.02.2026 08:56 👍 26 🔁 40 💬 1 📌 0
Jobs - The University of York

We are looking for a research project manager for the upcoming FORAGER ERC Synergy Project. Based at the University of York, this is an exciting opportunity to work in a team of 37 researchers from the UK, the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Japan. Join us!
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

02.02.2026 11:23 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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Doctoraatsbursaal

📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST.

The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.

www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026

30.01.2026 09:48 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Renfrew Fellow (Fixed Term) Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance. The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of

📣 Work with us! 📣

The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of the Institute's founding Director, Professor Colin Renfrew.

📅 Closing date: 27 February 2026
👉 More info here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/renfrew...

29.01.2026 13:26 👍 4 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Second Circular- Radiocarbon and Diet & CLARa (Santiago - July 2026).
Deadline submission: 15th of March 2026.
See you in Chile this winter !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social @14cjournal.bsky.social

29.01.2026 18:30 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨

29.01.2026 08:38 👍 38 🔁 53 💬 1 📌 4

So excited to be a volunteer judge at the #FIRSTLEGOLeague competition at HAW Kiel this weekend. And the topic is "Unearthed" - this archaeology degree finally pays off 😅

28.01.2026 09:18 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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🏺📝Stellenausschreibung (50%, 2 Jahre) in #WissKomm für unser Projekt "Zeig mir die Hauptstadt der Hethiter!". Aufgabe: Entwicklung von Smartphone-Touren für Boğazköy-Ḫattuša. Bewerbung bis 22.2.2026. #academic #job

www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...

22.01.2026 10:09 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi - Nature A hand stencil painted on a cave wall on a small island off the coast of Sulawesi more than 67,800 years ago suggests a very early occupation of Wallacea.

Wowee. Even older ages for rock art in Sulawesi. This time pushing into that period beyond 50ka, where there are tantalising glimpses into human activities through this region and into Sahul. Congratulations to the authors of this paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

22.01.2026 10:35 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Job Vacancies

📢Job alert! Come & work with us as the Project Administrator for Dr Anke Hein's exciting new project China-TRACER (Technological Processes and Social Organisation in Early Northern China). Deadline for applications: 6 Feb. For full details: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies

20.01.2026 10:15 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Our first @khoproject.bsky.social PhD student has finished! Congratulations 🎉 #proudsupervisor

20.01.2026 09:16 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0