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Our article on the timing of Neanderthal disappearance in Northwest Europe is now out in PNAS. A new exciting application of "HYP dating" & a great international team work! pnas.org/content/118/12…

It was great to work on this individual! Exciting genetic data and it shows how challenging radiocarbon dating can be for very old human remains! rdcu.be/cifO2

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The first Neanderthal DNA sequence was published #OnThisDay in 1997. It suggested that Neanderthals did not interbreed with modern humans (later shown to be false). The DNA was retrieved from the original Neanderthal specimen, discovered in 1856. #histsci

Radiocarbon dating uses radioactive carbon isotopes to reliably measure time. It's used to date objects ranging from artefacts and ancient trees all the way to human bones and tissues. You can learn how to use radiocarbon dating in our latest Primer! nature.com/articles/s4358…

Congratulations to @JennyKeute who passed her PhD/DPhil viva yesterday with minor corrections! It has been a hectic journey (covid) but the outcome is fantastic! I am pleased I had the opportunity to work with such a highly curious and motivated student while at Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit!

Dernier géant de la Préhistoire, #Yves Coppens vient, ce matin, de nous quitter. 35 années de liens s'achèvent. Le magazine de l'archéologie de France Culture lui rend hommage samedi, 19h30.

It’s a change of scene from Archaeology Nottingham. I’ve come to talk 🐻 with Dr Thibaut Deviese. Time to write up all ours data.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has just been awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo

📢 Conference alert!📢 The next Groupe des Méthodes Pluridisciplinaires Contribuant à l'Archéologie #GMPCA #archaeometry symposium will be in Nice, France from April 17th-21st, 2023 by the CEPAM laboratory CNRS 🌍 Université Côte d'Azur French and English submissions are welcome!

Archaeologists come up with a more precise estimate for how long modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2022/1…

Very happy to have collaborated on this exciting research published today "Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals". This is another great application of HYP dating on Neanderthals done Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit with Tom Higham .

Here we go again... We explain why the compound specific approach matters A LOT when radiocarbon dating contaminated bones. Feel free to contact us if you want more information on the method! 🧑‍🔬🦴

Reviewing for MDPI is a waste of time and a corruption of the scientific peer review process. Yesterday I sent back a second major revision, frustrated that the authors had ignored many of my comments. Today, paper is accepted. What a farce.

Had a great time in Vienna ! Thanks Tom Higham for inviting me to the HEAS Vienna seminar series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic to talk about the challenges of radiocarbon dating ! It was great to meet everyone, see the labs and get a special tour of the @NHM_Wien !

Our paper out today in Cell Biology reports a new Neanderthal skeleton ("Thorin") from Mandrin (France) and the DNA from it shows that he represents a distinct population that stayed isolated for ~50,000 years in Europe from other Neanderthal groups. cell.com/cell-genomics/…

🧪 New Research Alert! 🧪 Our latest study, published in Communications Biology, uncovers the earliest known evidence of the medicinal and psychoactive plant Harmal in ancient Arabia. nature.com/articles/s4200… MPI-GEA Jena Universität Wien HEAS Vienna هيئة التراث