Associate Professor. UCL. Prehistorian. Passionate about human origins, Neanderthal archaeology, Palaeolithic cultures and Ice Age geoarchaeology.
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Joined March 2009
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Applications are now open to join our 2026 UCL Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣📷tinyurl.com/5duy6twh
We had a full @uclarchaeology.bsky.social Lecture theatre last night when we welcomed @ChrisStringer65 with the brilliant Radical Anth Group.
Chris revisited his 1993 book, with Clive Gamble, In search of the Neanderthals. Now 30 years on things are so much more complex. 🦣🏺
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The proteome of Middle Pleistocene Xujiayao and common Denisovan morphology nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
"The inventory of wooden remains from Abric Romaní is extensive and represents a particularly unique case as it comes from a prehistoric domestic archaeological context." 🦣🏺
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution. James Cole, Eleanor M.L. Scerri, Mateja Hajdinjak, Chris Stringer rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
On Friday (4th September) the CIfA Geoarchaeology & Palaeoenvironment Network will be holding an online lunchtime event focusing on the Palaeolithic in the planning system.
Details of the event, how to register & the network can be found through here: 🏺🦣
archaeologists.net/groups/ne…
We are still taking applications to join this October's cohort on the MSc in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
Come and study human evolution with us at @UCLarchaeology
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Applications are now open to join our 2026 UCL Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣📷tinyurl.com/5duy6twh
A big, beautiful South Downs sky over Worthing Archaeological Society's Burpham excavations.
Great to see the site & impressed by how much has been achieved in the week 1. Great to see prehistory investigated through targeted excavation answering questions at scale. 🏺
Could you bring heritage expertise (archaeology, history, curation, more?), a passion for the past and commitment to an ethical, democratic and impactful future for a Sussex Archaeolgical Society ?
My DMs are open on this....
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Last week, after eight years as a Trustee of The Sussex Archaeological Society I resigned.
I care deeply about the Society, having been a Member since my teens, but my concerns about how the Society is being run have reached a point I couldn't remain on Council. 1/2
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Archaeologists working in our field next to #LaHougueBie have so far discovered evidence of 6,000 yrs of human activity, from the #Neolithic to the last century. Drop in and take a look at the dig site tomorrow (2nd) from 10am-2.30pm.
@MatthewPope @UCLarchaeology @Soc_Jersiaise
ALT A group of people standing in a field wearing brightly coloured vests with trees in the foreground
ALT People working in the soil of a field using specialist archaeological equipment
ALT Two people wearing brightly coloured vested in a field with specialist equipment
ALT People in a field wearing brightly coloured vests and with buckets and other equipment for archaeological use
Join us for tours of our excavation at La Hougue Bie today. All part of the @archaeologyuk Festival of Archaeology, with @JerseyHeritage and the @sjarchaeology share.google/TvxClzeDLq6Xziv…
#JerseyPrehistory
#IceAgeIsland
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We are underway here next to La Hougue Bie with @JerseyHeritage . Five test pits opened and a geophysical transect underway. Students from @UCLarchaeology ,volunteers from the @sjarchaeology.
Come and visit us on the 2nd August.
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We've arrived in Jersey for our 2026 field season and we are cooking our first meal.
Potatoes, and potato fields will feature in the next three weeks of prehistoric research.
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The man behind the microscope is our Conservator Neil. Join him and his colleague, Harry, this Sat (18th) at #JerseyArchive and discover how we conserve our collections. Watch a demo and then have a go yourself. Find out more at jerseyheritage.org/visit/wha…
#DiscoverTheCollections
Have your degree results?
Looking for a Masters in Human origins, with lots of opportunities to sprecialise?
Join our MSc Programme here at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social.
Applications are open until mid August.
DM or email me with any questions.
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The programme includes a teaser for the next phase of our research: #MiddleEarth. Exploring deep records of past cultures, environments and climate from the interior of Jersey.
Join us on the 2nd August! 🏺🦣
societe.je/council-for-briti…
Check out Jersey's programme for the @archaeologyuk #FestivalOfArchaeology, brilliantly put together by @sjarchaeology Get some dates in your diaries.🏺 societe.je/council-for-briti…
The @UCLarchaeology is hosting Unravelling The Palaeolithic 2026 Conference in London this week. You can follow proceedings from our great speakers online on Blue Sky via hashtag #UTP26 🏺🦣
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120,000-year-old European fallow deer—tracing the loss of genetic diversity phys.org/news/2026-06-year-e… via @physorg_com
