Emily Pigott
@emilypigott.bsky.social
Archaeological Scientist
Postdoc at @unituebingen.bsky.social
Human Origins - Cluster of Excellence
Recently finished my PhD at @univie.ac.at -
Radiocarbon dating, Paleoproteomics, Stable Isotopes.
Postdoc at @unituebingen.bsky.social
Human Origins - Cluster of Excellence
Recently finished my PhD at @univie.ac.at -
Radiocarbon dating, Paleoproteomics, Stable Isotopes.
I defended my PhD at @univie.ac.at at the end of March. But it was really nice to also have a formal ceremony, in between lab work at Vienna University for my new postdoc position at @unituebingen.bsky.social 🧪🎓🦴
July 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I defended my PhD at @univie.ac.at at the end of March. But it was really nice to also have a formal ceremony, in between lab work at Vienna University for my new postdoc position at @unituebingen.bsky.social 🧪🎓🦴
Reposted by Emily Pigott
June 30, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Reposted by Emily Pigott
It‘s #EuropeanArchaeologyDay 🏺, and at the Cluster exciting things are happening!
The first fieldwork projects of HUMAN ORIGINS are underway, and one of it is Yerevan-1. Armenia is a place of stunning landscapes, and potentially of new insights into the time Neanderthals disappeared. #paleosky
The first fieldwork projects of HUMAN ORIGINS are underway, and one of it is Yerevan-1. Armenia is a place of stunning landscapes, and potentially of new insights into the time Neanderthals disappeared. #paleosky
June 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
It‘s #EuropeanArchaeologyDay 🏺, and at the Cluster exciting things are happening!
The first fieldwork projects of HUMAN ORIGINS are underway, and one of it is Yerevan-1. Armenia is a place of stunning landscapes, and potentially of new insights into the time Neanderthals disappeared. #paleosky
The first fieldwork projects of HUMAN ORIGINS are underway, and one of it is Yerevan-1. Armenia is a place of stunning landscapes, and potentially of new insights into the time Neanderthals disappeared. #paleosky
Reposted by Emily Pigott
The team of Andrew Kandel and @emilypigott.bsky.social is working in cooperation with the Armenian National Academy of Science at the Middle Palaeolithic cave site. It was discovered in the 1960’s and shows promise of new insights into climate, environment and human‘s life 50-30,000 years ago.
June 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The team of Andrew Kandel and @emilypigott.bsky.social is working in cooperation with the Armenian National Academy of Science at the Middle Palaeolithic cave site. It was discovered in the 1960’s and shows promise of new insights into climate, environment and human‘s life 50-30,000 years ago.
PhD defended @univie.ac.at @vdsee-univie.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social 🎓
What a time the last three years has been at the Higham/Douka Lab under the supervision of @tommyhigham.bsky.social 🧪
I am eternally grateful for everyone who was part of my journey 🦴
What a time the last three years has been at the Higham/Douka Lab under the supervision of @tommyhigham.bsky.social 🧪
I am eternally grateful for everyone who was part of my journey 🦴
April 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
PhD defended @univie.ac.at @vdsee-univie.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social 🎓
What a time the last three years has been at the Higham/Douka Lab under the supervision of @tommyhigham.bsky.social 🧪
I am eternally grateful for everyone who was part of my journey 🦴
What a time the last three years has been at the Higham/Douka Lab under the supervision of @tommyhigham.bsky.social 🧪
I am eternally grateful for everyone who was part of my journey 🦴
Reposted by Emily Pigott
🎓 PhD Defense Announcement
Emily (@emilypigott.bsky.social) will defend her PhD on the 30th of March!
You’re very welcome to join!
Check out her Invitation below!👇
#PhD #Defense #AcademicLife @univie.ac.at
Emily (@emilypigott.bsky.social) will defend her PhD on the 30th of March!
You’re very welcome to join!
Check out her Invitation below!👇
#PhD #Defense #AcademicLife @univie.ac.at
March 19, 2026 at 1:16 PM
🎓 PhD Defense Announcement
Emily (@emilypigott.bsky.social) will defend her PhD on the 30th of March!
You’re very welcome to join!
Check out her Invitation below!👇
#PhD #Defense #AcademicLife @univie.ac.at
Emily (@emilypigott.bsky.social) will defend her PhD on the 30th of March!
You’re very welcome to join!
Check out her Invitation below!👇
#PhD #Defense #AcademicLife @univie.ac.at
Thesis done and printed 🎓 at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology - @univie.ac.at 🦴🧪
The past 2 years and 10 months has flown by. I can not believe how much I have done when looking back at the publications/other work. Where did time fly ? I have no idea.
Still in bewilderment 🍃
The past 2 years and 10 months has flown by. I can not believe how much I have done when looking back at the publications/other work. Where did time fly ? I have no idea.
Still in bewilderment 🍃
February 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Thesis done and printed 🎓 at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology - @univie.ac.at 🦴🧪
The past 2 years and 10 months has flown by. I can not believe how much I have done when looking back at the publications/other work. Where did time fly ? I have no idea.
Still in bewilderment 🍃
The past 2 years and 10 months has flown by. I can not believe how much I have done when looking back at the publications/other work. Where did time fly ? I have no idea.
Still in bewilderment 🍃
Very happy to hear today we are successful in gaining the HEAS Seed Grant at @heasvienna.bsky.social at the @univie.ac.at. Looking forward to progressing with this project and seeing the results 🦴
We are delighted to announce the funding of the following #HEASSeedGrants for the October 2025 round.
The following projects by #HEASVienna members will be funded:
The following projects by #HEASVienna members will be funded:
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Very happy to hear today we are successful in gaining the HEAS Seed Grant at @heasvienna.bsky.social at the @univie.ac.at. Looking forward to progressing with this project and seeing the results 🦴
Had the pleasure of presenting at two seminar series at the @ox.ac.uk this week, within the @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social and @oxford-anthro.bsky.social. The talks were centred on my PhD research, using methods such as radiocarbon dating, ZooMS and Stable Isotopes on late Neanderthal sites etc.
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Had the pleasure of presenting at two seminar series at the @ox.ac.uk this week, within the @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social and @oxford-anthro.bsky.social. The talks were centred on my PhD research, using methods such as radiocarbon dating, ZooMS and Stable Isotopes on late Neanderthal sites etc.
Reposted by Emily Pigott
New seminars in our PalEvo series
Exciting line up for Michaelmas Term 2025!
October 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
New seminars in our PalEvo series
Reposted by Emily Pigott
A short video on who we are.
@univie.ac.at @nhmwien.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social
@tommyhigham.bsky.social @barbarahorejs.bsky.social
#heasvienna #humanevolution #archaeologicalscience #ancientgenomics
@univie.ac.at @nhmwien.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social
@tommyhigham.bsky.social @barbarahorejs.bsky.social
#heasvienna #humanevolution #archaeologicalscience #ancientgenomics
HEAS - Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences.
YouTube video by HEAS
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are in the paper #derstandard
Based on our new publication -
'A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia' | PNAS
@konstantinache.bsky.social
@tommyhigham.bsky.social
Based on our new publication -
'A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia' | PNAS
@konstantinache.bsky.social
@tommyhigham.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We are in the paper #derstandard
Based on our new publication -
'A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia' | PNAS
@konstantinache.bsky.social
@tommyhigham.bsky.social
Based on our new publication -
'A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia' | PNAS
@konstantinache.bsky.social
@tommyhigham.bsky.social
Reposted by Emily Pigott
New paper on a late Neanderthal, with contribution from the lab:
dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
dx.doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New paper on a late Neanderthal, with contribution from the lab:
dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Reposted by Emily Pigott
So proud to see our new paper out in PNAS spearheaded by @emilypigott.bsky.social She found a tiny 46,000 yr old Neanderthal bone at Starosele (Crimea). DNA work revealed long-distance connections across Eurasia, supported by stone tool evidence @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
So proud to see our new paper out in PNAS spearheaded by @emilypigott.bsky.social She found a tiny 46,000 yr old Neanderthal bone at Starosele (Crimea). DNA work revealed long-distance connections across Eurasia, supported by stone tool evidence @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Very happy to share our new paper in PNAS, revealing a new late Neanderthal discovered through biomolecular techniques, revealing long-distance connections across Eurasia 🦴
@konstantinache.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@konstantinache.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia | PNAS
The Crimean Peninsula contains several important Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites,
including Starosele, Kabazi II, and Siuren I. The region has b...
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Very happy to share our new paper in PNAS, revealing a new late Neanderthal discovered through biomolecular techniques, revealing long-distance connections across Eurasia 🦴
@konstantinache.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@konstantinache.bsky.social @tommyhigham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Reposted by Emily Pigott
We have a new #HEASBlog on our website. This week twenty one HEAS members went to the #NationalMuseumPrague to see #LucyandSelam.
www.heas.at/activities/b...
www.heas.at/activities/b...
HEAS Members Travel to See the Lucy Skeleton - In Europe for the First Time - HEAS
by Prof. Tom Higham, head of HEAS. The visit of the world-famous Lucy skeleton to Prague in October 2025 led to the idea of a HEAS fieldtrip to the Czech Republic. “Lucy” is the remarkably complet...
www.heas.at
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We have a new #HEASBlog on our website. This week twenty one HEAS members went to the #NationalMuseumPrague to see #LucyandSelam.
www.heas.at/activities/b...
www.heas.at/activities/b...
A really nice trip visiting the Willendorf site and museums in the Wachau area
Wonderful HEAS Road Trip to Willendorf, Nussdorf and Traismauer! - We explored the prehistoric and Roman archaeology of the Traisen and Wachau valleys.
@heasvienna.bsky.social @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social @dominikhartmann.bsky.social @uhaunivienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @palarchgroup.bsky.social
@heasvienna.bsky.social @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social @dominikhartmann.bsky.social @uhaunivienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @palarchgroup.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A really nice trip visiting the Willendorf site and museums in the Wachau area
Reposted by Emily Pigott
78,000-year-old footprints from Neanderthal man, child and toddler discovered on beach in Portugal 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
At Monte Clérigo, dated to 78 ± 5 ka, trackways of three individuals demonstrate how Neanderthals navigated dune landscapes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
At Monte Clérigo, dated to 78 ± 5 ka, trackways of three individuals demonstrate how Neanderthals navigated dune landscapes.
September 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
78,000-year-old footprints from Neanderthal man, child and toddler discovered on beach in Portugal 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
At Monte Clérigo, dated to 78 ± 5 ka, trackways of three individuals demonstrate how Neanderthals navigated dune landscapes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
At Monte Clérigo, dated to 78 ± 5 ka, trackways of three individuals demonstrate how Neanderthals navigated dune landscapes.
We had a lovely time at ISBA in Torino and almost managed to gather everyone from Vienna in one pic @heasvienna.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @katerinad.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ISBA conference in Torino 🦴 🧪@isbarchaeology.bsky.social
and @isba11.bsky.social
Presented a poster on our recent work, prominently based our paper which is coming out soon.
A really nice time seeing so many talks in/around/completely out of my field of research.
and @isba11.bsky.social
Presented a poster on our recent work, prominently based our paper which is coming out soon.
A really nice time seeing so many talks in/around/completely out of my field of research.
September 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
ISBA conference in Torino 🦴 🧪@isbarchaeology.bsky.social
and @isba11.bsky.social
Presented a poster on our recent work, prominently based our paper which is coming out soon.
A really nice time seeing so many talks in/around/completely out of my field of research.
and @isba11.bsky.social
Presented a poster on our recent work, prominently based our paper which is coming out soon.
A really nice time seeing so many talks in/around/completely out of my field of research.
ISBA 2025, what a nice week :D
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
August 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
ISBA 2025, what a nice week :D
Another fun year at the Pinilla Del Valle excavation (Valley of the Neanderthals), Spain.
Such a nice team :D
#PinilladelValle
Such a nice team :D
#PinilladelValle
August 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Another fun year at the Pinilla Del Valle excavation (Valley of the Neanderthals), Spain.
Such a nice team :D
#PinilladelValle
Such a nice team :D
#PinilladelValle
Reposted by Emily Pigott
Un nuevo yacimiento está siendo explorado en el Valle de los Neandertales de Pinilla del Valle
cadenaser.com/cmadrid/2025...
cadenaser.com/cmadrid/2025...
Un nuevo yacimiento está siendo explorado en el Valle de los Neandertales de Pinilla del Valle
Un equipo de más de 100 arqueólogos y paleontólogos se encuentra trabajando bajo la dirección de Enrique Baquedano, director del Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológico regional que ha estado en Hoy por H...
cadenaser.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Un nuevo yacimiento está siendo explorado en el Valle de los Neandertales de Pinilla del Valle
cadenaser.com/cmadrid/2025...
cadenaser.com/cmadrid/2025...
An amazing time excavating in Galería de las Estatuas, Atapuerca 🦴⛏️ Such an interesting and rich area of archaeological sites with so many nice people to work alongside @fatapuerca.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
An amazing time excavating in Galería de las Estatuas, Atapuerca 🦴⛏️ Such an interesting and rich area of archaeological sites with so many nice people to work alongside @fatapuerca.bsky.social