Archaeologist, word-witcher, author of #KINDRED (#PENHessellTiltman winner 2021), now writing #MATRIARCHA 1/4 @trowelblazers Rep @pew_literary
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Honestly could not ask for a more beautiful epigraph for my time on twitter, and what I might hope to have given others here, than this.
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Please come and find me at bluesky 🦋
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Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes retweeted
And now with a ready means to find a lot of your #Palaeolithic #archaeology & #HumanOrigins colleagues from here!
(starter packs are curated lists of people so you can easily find & follow those with shared interests - there are thousands of them ! )
Begging all my mutuals, ESPECIALLY fellow scientists & historians, to give this place up. You're not doing good work here.
And the censorship is real - the below post doesn't even appear on my profile, only the reply - presumably because it mentions the other place. Free speech?
Have given Bluesky a solid 2 months, it's now exactly like good-old-days twitter. Chronological TL, no algorithm or paid posts, *no ads*, 90% of #archaeology & #history & #science community there, with much greater engagement. And I have MORE followers.
Why are people still here?
Have given Bluesky a solid 2 months, it's now exactly like good-old-days twitter. Chronological TL, no algorithm or paid posts, *no ads*, 90% of #archaeology & #history & #science community there, with much greater engagement. And I have MORE followers.
Why are people still here?
Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes retweeted
Still convinced that somewhere, ice-clenched by 50,000 year old mud and permafrost, there's a #Neanderthal.
#FossilFriday The Kolyma Woolly rhino (Coelodonta antiquitatis), the only complete permafrost preserved adult woolly rhino known. Images from Boeskorov 2012 and Vladimir Filipov
Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes retweeted
By me for @BBC: The Secret Life of #Neanderthal Children. (so pleased we could use the gorgeous Kennis brothers image, one of my favourites!)
bbc.com/future/article/20210…
Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes retweeted
#InternationalCatDay ... #Neanderthal-style
European wildcat, famed for their elusiveness and massive grumpiness.
Let’s go back 55,000 years to explore one cat’s story, with a sneak peek where it features in #Kindred.
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📷 Scottish Wildcat Action
ALT Wildcat face, looking at camera
Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes retweeted
"So tell me more about this 'genetic admixture' thing... " 😍 #Neanderthal #DeepNostalgia
(Kennis brothers' @AdrieKennis Spy reconstruction)
with thanks to @AdamRutherford for the inspiration 😉
Getting ready to fully migrate from here by going through my archive and RTing my greatest #Neanderthals hits, prepare yourselves
Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes retweeted
I'm waiting for you under a blue sky, like many other colleagues, and you can easily find us thanks to this great initiative ⬇️👏 #palaeolithic #prehistory #archaeology #evolution
And now with a ready means to find a lot of your #Palaeolithic #archaeology & #HumanOrigins colleagues from here!
(starter packs are curated lists of people so you can easily find & follow those with shared interests - there are thousands of them ! )
Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes retweeted
Hi everyone, I'm going to where the sky is blue. It's easy to find colleagues using the lists prep by @LeMoustier or @FlintDibble. Hope to see you there.
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Tips for how to get started on BlueSky stuff.tv/features/the-best-b…
It's being reported (here & in The Times) that a Middle Palaeolithic tar production pit has been excavated at Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar, but I can't find the QSR article referred to, has anyone seen a link ?
@CliveFinlayson
chronicle.gi/vanguard-resear…
And now with a ready means to find a lot of your #Palaeolithic #archaeology & #HumanOrigins colleagues from here!
(starter packs are curated lists of people so you can easily find & follow those with shared interests - there are thousands of them ! )
Are you looking for an alternative?
Bluesky offers:
- chronological timeline
- algorithmic feed based on your likes
- 1000s of user created feeds, from archaeology to politics to cat pics
- familiarity: hashtags, threading, DMs
- real engagement
- no ads or toxic misinfo promo
Breaking. Tesla's Amsterdam HQ got an unsolicited "light show " from @bydonkeys last night, because nothing says "I have concerns about your business practices" quite like turning someone's building into a surprise PowerPoint presentation. #TeslaAfterDark #teslaisthedark
After much wrangling, I *think* I finally have the structure of #Matriarcha's 'Metal Ages' chapter worked out...
So now's your last chance to tell me your fav example of Iron or Bronze/Copper Age #archaeology concerning women - extra points if it is from outside Europe!