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The 1852nd SAP conference will be held in Paris from January 27 to 29, 2027.

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  • A. Brancic et al.Best Poster Prize · 2026
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab

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🚨Job alert🚨We are hiring a Laboratory Technician (24 months) to support our research in Archaeological Proteomics (ZooMS) at the University of Reading (UK), including our COEXIST project. More info here: tinyurl.com/bdfvawh8 #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS

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Mid-Career in academia can be a difficult time to pursue research due to other pressures. I'm pleased to say we've opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Mid-Career Fellowships with funding for 6-12 months to complete a major piece of research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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Les candidatures sont ouvertes pour le #prixalmadesjeuneschercheur.euses2026
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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP)

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We are delighted to announce the launch of the new SAP website 🥳🤩

sapweb.fr/en/

It brings together news from the Society, information about its activities, and, from today, all the material relating to the upcoming SAP Annual Meetings!👀💀
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Theme 3: Grave looting: identification, chronology, and interpretation

Theme 4: Current research in prehistoric anthropology

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Theme 1: Thinking outside the box? An interdisciplinary perspective on categorization in hominin studies

Theme 2: Paleobiological characterization from the skeleton: towards a renewal of osteoscopic and osteometric methods?

Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP)

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🚩Call for papers for the 1852nd #JournéesdelaSAP,
27 to 29 January 2027 at the #Muséedel’Homme in Paris.

Deadline for submitting a proposal in French or English: 14 September 2026 (no extension)

Check out the information on our new website:
sapweb.fr/en/sap-days/
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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP)

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Nous sommes très heureux de vous annoncer la mise en ligne de notre nouveau site internet ! 😀🤩🥳

➡️ sapweb.fr

Il rassemble désormais les actualités de la Société, les informations sur ses activités et, dès à présent, l'ensemble des éléments relatifs aux prochaines Journées de la SAP 👀
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Anette Sand-Eriksen

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The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027!

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195) | University of Oslo Job title: PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026

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This first edition of a thematic meeting will focus on the methods and approaches used to reconstruct physical activity in past populations, with particular emphasis on the evolution of human bipedalism and upper limb activity.
Location Access By tram: Line B, stop François Bordes By car: Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Pessac Building B6, Amphitheatre Campus Bordes, Bordeaux University Practical information Zoom link available upon request Christopher J. Knüsel (PACEA - UMR 5199) Sébastien Villotte (Eco-anthropologie - UMR7206) Elle Liagre (PACEA - UMR 5199)

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Mini-symposium “Reconstructing #PhysicalActivity in Past Individuals and Populations: Techniques, Methods and Applications”

Tuesday, 30 June 2026, from 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm @univbordeaux.bsky.social

Registration not required but welcome, see information ⬇️
We are pleased to invite you to the mini-symposium “Reconstructing Physical Activity in Past Individuals and Populations: Techniques, Methods and Applications”, which will take place on Tuesday, 30 June 2026, from 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm in the B6 Building Amphitheatre (Bordes Campus, University of Bordeaux). This first edition of a thematic meeting will focus on the methods and approaches used to reconstruct physical activity in past populations, with particular emphasis on the evolution of human bipedalism and upper limb activity. The mini-symposium will adopt an interdisciplinary perspective at the interface of biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, biomechanics, 3D imaging, and archaeology. The detailed programme and practical information can be found in the attached flyer. Registration is not required. However, if you are planning to attend, we would appreciate it if you could let us know in advance to help us with the organization of the event. For any questions, please contact Christopher Knüsel (christopher.knusel @u-bordeaux.fr). 13h30 14h00 14h30 15h00 15h30 16h00 16h30 17h00 Welcome coffee and tea Linking Skeletal Structure to Behavior: Life History and Health Timothy Ryan (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Hard Work or Bone Formers? Genetic Entanglements with Entheseal Changes Cynthia Wilczak (San Francisco State University, USA) Human Athletic Paleobiology: Using Modern Athletes to Interpret Prehistoric Human Activity and Adaptability Jay Stock (Western University, Canada) The Neandertal Way of Death Emma Pomeroy (University of Cambridge, UK) Entangled Bodies: Class, Identity, and the Body in Post-Medieval England Rebecca Gowland (University of Durham, UK) Break Discussion
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