Alice Toso
@alicetoso.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist and physical anthropologist. #isotopes #palaeopathology #proteins Junior Professor at the Bonn Center for ArchaeoSciences @bocas-news.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
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Alice Toso
@alicetoso.bsky.social
· Jul 21
How fertile have humans been over the past 200 years?
www.uni-bonn.de
🚨 New project funded!
Thrilled to receive €1.4M from the @VWStiftung for “Archaeology of Hormones”—we’ll develop methods to detect steroid hormones in ancient bones to study fertility, reproduction & resilience in past societies.
@unibonn
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
Thrilled to receive €1.4M from the @VWStiftung for “Archaeology of Hormones”—we’ll develop methods to detect steroid hormones in ancient bones to study fertility, reproduction & resilience in past societies.
@unibonn
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
Very happy to share our new paper, led by my wonderful postdoc Júlia Olive Busom and the first of many from our DFG-funded Mongolian project. A real team effort, and an exciting start to exploring past lives, diets, mobility and communities in Mongolia.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Very happy to share our new paper, led by my wonderful postdoc Júlia Olive Busom and the first of many from our DFG-funded Mongolian project. A real team effort, and an exciting start to exploring past lives, diets, mobility and communities in Mongolia.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Today is the day! Our edited volume Human Identities in the Archaeological Record is now fully available online.
Co-edited with Annamaria Diana and Daniela Marcu-Istrate, it grew from a conference session into a collection of chapters on identity, belonging, resilience and otherness.
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Co-edited with Annamaria Diana and Daniela Marcu-Istrate, it grew from a conference session into a collection of chapters on identity, belonging, resilience and otherness.
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Human Identities in the Archaeological Record
Retracing the origin, development and survival of individual and collective identities in past human societies, this volume features a global and interdisciplin…
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June 11, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Today is the day! Our edited volume Human Identities in the Archaeological Record is now fully available online.
Co-edited with Annamaria Diana and Daniela Marcu-Istrate, it grew from a conference session into a collection of chapters on identity, belonging, resilience and otherness.
👇
Co-edited with Annamaria Diana and Daniela Marcu-Istrate, it grew from a conference session into a collection of chapters on identity, belonging, resilience and otherness.
👇
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Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves!
jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoctoral Researcher ancient DNA:South Kensington
jobs.nhm.ac.uk
May 27, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves!
jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
In our latest work we show how animal exploitation in Coimbra evolved over 2,000 years, linking dietary change to wider socio-economic transformations. This highlights the role of animals in urban resilience. What drives continuity and change in food systems? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Animal Remains from Aeminium (Coimbra, Portugal): A Diachronic view from the Roman to the Modern Period
In this paper we present a small assemblage recovered in the older part of the city of Coimbra (Portugal), under the National Museum Machado de Castro, where human occupation was identified since t...
www.tandfonline.com
April 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
In our latest work we show how animal exploitation in Coimbra evolved over 2,000 years, linking dietary change to wider socio-economic transformations. This highlights the role of animals in urban resilience. What drives continuity and change in food systems? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Call for contributions 📢 Are you working on Social foodways in the past through a multidisciplinary lens? Have a look at our #EAAAthens session! Deadline 5th February! Submit here share.google/U8dlyOSYZneA...
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Call for contributions 📢 Are you working on Social foodways in the past through a multidisciplinary lens? Have a look at our #EAAAthens session! Deadline 5th February! Submit here share.google/U8dlyOSYZneA...
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Our new paper is out:
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
Population movements constitute a significant driver of cultural change in prehistoric societies. In recent years, sulfur isotopes have emerged as a valuable approach for distinguishing human/animal p...
journals.plos.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our new paper is out:
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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I am pleased to present my new Article Collection, "Stable Isotope Approaches to Human–Aquatic Interactions in Archaeological Contexts.” invt.io/1txbh73aizn
invt.io
August 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am pleased to present my new Article Collection, "Stable Isotope Approaches to Human–Aquatic Interactions in Archaeological Contexts.” invt.io/1txbh73aizn
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📣 Work with us! 📣
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology (Human and Animal Relations in Prehistory)
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology, to start on 1 January 2026 or as soon thereafter as possible. Subject to
www.cam.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Work with us! 📣
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Zooarchaeology.
📅 Closing date: 15 September
👉 More info and how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Making the impossible possible: @alicetoso.bsky.social wants to develop reliable methods for determining the concentration of steroid #hormones in centuries-old human bones.
Another exciting pioneering project 👍 – we wish you every success!
Another exciting pioneering project 👍 – we wish you every success!
🎉 Our own @alicetoso.bsky.social won a €1.4 million grant from @volkswagenstiftung.de! In this groundbreaking project, she’ll trace hormones in historically contextualized archaeological skeletons, shedding light on pregnancy, menopause and more across 200 years. www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
How fertile have humans been over the past 200 years?
www.uni-bonn.de
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Making the impossible possible: @alicetoso.bsky.social wants to develop reliable methods for determining the concentration of steroid #hormones in centuries-old human bones.
Another exciting pioneering project 👍 – we wish you every success!
Another exciting pioneering project 👍 – we wish you every success!
Reposted by Alice Toso
🎉 Our own @alicetoso.bsky.social won a €1.4 million grant from @volkswagenstiftung.de! In this groundbreaking project, she’ll trace hormones in historically contextualized archaeological skeletons, shedding light on pregnancy, menopause and more across 200 years. www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
How fertile have humans been over the past 200 years?
www.uni-bonn.de
July 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🎉 Our own @alicetoso.bsky.social won a €1.4 million grant from @volkswagenstiftung.de! In this groundbreaking project, she’ll trace hormones in historically contextualized archaeological skeletons, shedding light on pregnancy, menopause and more across 200 years. www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
🚨 New project funded!
Thrilled to receive €1.4M from the @VWStiftung for “Archaeology of Hormones”—we’ll develop methods to detect steroid hormones in ancient bones to study fertility, reproduction & resilience in past societies.
@unibonn
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
Thrilled to receive €1.4M from the @VWStiftung for “Archaeology of Hormones”—we’ll develop methods to detect steroid hormones in ancient bones to study fertility, reproduction & resilience in past societies.
@unibonn
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
How fertile have humans been over the past 200 years?
www.uni-bonn.de
July 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨 New project funded!
Thrilled to receive €1.4M from the @VWStiftung for “Archaeology of Hormones”—we’ll develop methods to detect steroid hormones in ancient bones to study fertility, reproduction & resilience in past societies.
@unibonn
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
Thrilled to receive €1.4M from the @VWStiftung for “Archaeology of Hormones”—we’ll develop methods to detect steroid hormones in ancient bones to study fertility, reproduction & resilience in past societies.
@unibonn
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/135-...
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Anthropology collections manager job at the AMNH @amnh.org in New York! Additional info: A PhD (or PhD candidacy) is required to apply. Prior training in collections management and databases is essential. This is not a research position. Salary range $93-98k/year. careers.amnh.org/postings/4509
Curatorial Associate
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
careers.amnh.org
July 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Anthropology collections manager job at the AMNH @amnh.org in New York! Additional info: A PhD (or PhD candidacy) is required to apply. Prior training in collections management and databases is essential. This is not a research position. Salary range $93-98k/year. careers.amnh.org/postings/4509
We just kicked off a citizen science project in @bocas-news.bsky.social where we’re teaming up with retired + active medical doctors to help interpret complex paleopathological cases while having fun. Our 1st session of the Ärtze-Konsil was great ✨🦴🧬 #citizenscience #paleopathology #bioarchaeology
July 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We just kicked off a citizen science project in @bocas-news.bsky.social where we’re teaming up with retired + active medical doctors to help interpret complex paleopathological cases while having fun. Our 1st session of the Ärtze-Konsil was great ✨🦴🧬 #citizenscience #paleopathology #bioarchaeology
This Friday we round up our summer series of the Debates in Archaeosciences with a bioarchaeological study of Bukhara! Don't miss it!
We travel not for trafficking alone; By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known, We take the Golden Road to Samarkand (J E Flecker) 🕌 Stop over with us and Shannon Monroe in Buchara for the last debates talk this semester - in HS2 or via Zoom!
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This Friday we round up our summer series of the Debates in Archaeosciences with a bioarchaeological study of Bukhara! Don't miss it!
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Gestern war BoCAS beim wunderbaren #Stiftshoffest in #Nideggen: Ernährungsrekonstruktion anhand von Gefäßrückständen, stabilen Isotopen und Skeletten. Ein schöner Tag und interessante Gespräche mit Laien und Fachleuten - danke an das Team der LVR-Bodendenkmalpflege für die Einladung!
June 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Gestern war BoCAS beim wunderbaren #Stiftshoffest in #Nideggen: Ernährungsrekonstruktion anhand von Gefäßrückständen, stabilen Isotopen und Skeletten. Ein schöner Tag und interessante Gespräche mit Laien und Fachleuten - danke an das Team der LVR-Bodendenkmalpflege für die Einladung!
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Join us this Friday when Silvia Amicone shares her material science perspective on pottery production in Etruria between the end of the early Iron Age and the beginning of the Orientalising period: 4PM in HS2 or get in touch for the Zoom link!
June 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Join us this Friday when Silvia Amicone shares her material science perspective on pottery production in Etruria between the end of the early Iron Age and the beginning of the Orientalising period: 4PM in HS2 or get in touch for the Zoom link!
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Yamnaya = mobile? Probably — but what about their subsistene economy?Join us + Dr. Martin Riesenberg tomorrow at 4PM in HS 2 (or online) to see how sequential analysis on livestock teeth🦷🐄🐑🐐 help track mobility.
June 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Yamnaya = mobile? Probably — but what about their subsistene economy?Join us + Dr. Martin Riesenberg tomorrow at 4PM in HS 2 (or online) to see how sequential analysis on livestock teeth🦷🐄🐑🐐 help track mobility.
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Funded PhD on natural and cultural heritage on islands! www.mic.ul.ie/sites/defaul...
www.mic.ul.ie
June 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Funded PhD on natural and cultural heritage on islands! www.mic.ul.ie/sites/defaul...
The Rheinische Ärzteblatt came to our lab to have a chat about what we do and how we study human remains. It was great to have them over and show them some of our work. Click below for a direct link to the magazine
Das "Rheinische Ärzteblatt" berichtet in seiner aktuellen Ausgabe über unsere Arbeit! Dazu unsere herzliche Einladung an interessierte Ärztinnen und Ärzte in der Region, ehrenamtlich an einem Konsil zu unseren "archäologischen Patienten" mitzuwirken:
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Rheinisches Ärzteblatt 06/2025
16 Rheinisches Ärzteblatt / Heft 6 / 2025
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June 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Rheinische Ärzteblatt came to our lab to have a chat about what we do and how we study human remains. It was great to have them over and show them some of our work. Click below for a direct link to the magazine
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Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC?
From the next application rounds, expect changes to the:
• proposal structure
• evaluation process
• extra funding you can request
• eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027)
More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv
From the next application rounds, expect changes to the:
• proposal structure
• evaluation process
• extra funding you can request
• eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027)
More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv
Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
europa.eu
June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC?
From the next application rounds, expect changes to the:
• proposal structure
• evaluation process
• extra funding you can request
• eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027)
More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv
From the next application rounds, expect changes to the:
• proposal structure
• evaluation process
• extra funding you can request
• eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027)
More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv
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20,000-year-old whale bone tools discovered in Spain. 🌊🐳
New study carried out by ICTA-UAB researcher Krista McGrath
phys.org/news/2025-05...
New study carried out by ICTA-UAB researcher Krista McGrath
phys.org/news/2025-05...
20,000-year-old whale bone tools discovered in Spain
Humans were making tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago, according to a study conducted by scientists from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Au...
phys.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
20,000-year-old whale bone tools discovered in Spain. 🌊🐳
New study carried out by ICTA-UAB researcher Krista McGrath
phys.org/news/2025-05...
New study carried out by ICTA-UAB researcher Krista McGrath
phys.org/news/2025-05...
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A landmark success! The University of Bonn secured funding for all six existing Clusters of Excellence and both new initiatives – more than any other German university. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/095-...
© G. Hübl, V. Lannert, M. Thürbach/ECONtribute, J. F. Saba/UKB, S. Wegener/ML4Q; N. Wietrich
© G. Hübl, V. Lannert, M. Thürbach/ECONtribute, J. F. Saba/UKB, S. Wegener/ML4Q; N. Wietrich
May 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A landmark success! The University of Bonn secured funding for all six existing Clusters of Excellence and both new initiatives – more than any other German university. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/095-...
© G. Hübl, V. Lannert, M. Thürbach/ECONtribute, J. F. Saba/UKB, S. Wegener/ML4Q; N. Wietrich
© G. Hübl, V. Lannert, M. Thürbach/ECONtribute, J. F. Saba/UKB, S. Wegener/ML4Q; N. Wietrich
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Happy to share a PhD opportunity in my new lab at the University of Zurich! Application deadline: June 30. Do not hesitate to contact me for any questions!
May 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Happy to share a PhD opportunity in my new lab at the University of Zurich! Application deadline: June 30. Do not hesitate to contact me for any questions!
Don't miss out on this Friday talk! #debatesinarchaeosciences
Forensics and archaeology have a lot of methodological overlap. In our Debates this Friday, Patricia van der Burgt will introduce us to this emerging field. Join us in HS 2 at 16h or get in touch for the Zoom link!
May 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Don't miss out on this Friday talk! #debatesinarchaeosciences
www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/chil...
@unibonn.bsky.social covering our last paper on childhood weaning and diet in Iberia 👇
@unibonn.bsky.social covering our last paper on childhood weaning and diet in Iberia 👇
Childhood 1500 years ago uncovered
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May 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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@unibonn.bsky.social covering our last paper on childhood weaning and diet in Iberia 👇
@unibonn.bsky.social covering our last paper on childhood weaning and diet in Iberia 👇