Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes
@LeMoustier
Archaeologist, word-witcher, author of #KINDRED (#PENHessellTiltman winner 2021), now writing #MATRIARCHA 1/4 @trowelblazers Rep @pew_literary
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. 💙 Please come and find me at bluesky 🦋
#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. 1/6 📷 Scottish Wildcat Action
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
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
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…
"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
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 ! )
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.
Tips for how to get started on BlueSky stuff.tv/features/the-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-resea…
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