Dr Matt Pope

Associate Professor. UCL. Prehistorian. Passionate about human origins, Neanderthal archaeology, Palaeolithic cultures and Ice Age geoarchaeology.

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

Applications are now open to join our 2026 UCL Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣📷https://t.co/iPGvNmaCTb

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

Good Morning U.S. Friends. Good luck voting and making the vote stick. I really hope today sees the beginning of the end of the awfulness.

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Neanderthals Were Likely Stronger Than Modern Humans, but Also Cared More Than Stereotypes Suggest
https://t.co/wu193S2Lx6

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

All Soul's Eve, and safely back from Alfriston, a place of fairy castles, warring giants, eery figure-heads, spectral dogs and figures of scrotum-biting beavers.
We climbed Windover Hill and, between the worlds encountered the crooked thorn tree standing over the Neolithic tomb.

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We had a full @uclarchaeology.bsky.social Lecture theatre last night when we welcomed @ChrisStringer65 with the brilliant Radical Anth Group.
Chris revisited his 1993 book, with Clive Gamble, In search of the Neanderthals. Now 30 years on things are so much more complex. 🦣🏺

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

The proteome of Middle Pleistocene Xujiayao and common Denisovan morphology https://t.co/xeVd4yYI2a

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

"The inventory of wooden remains from Abric Romaní is extensive and represents a particularly unique case as it comes from a prehistoric domestic archaeological context." 🦣🏺
https://t.co/7MOLDmOxyX

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution. James Cole, Eleanor M.L. Scerri, Mateja Hajdinjak, Chris Stringer https://t.co/9WzZZojm1E

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

@omimea Wow, stunning to see their geographical range

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

On Friday (4th September) the CIfA Geoarchaeology & Palaeoenvironment Network will be holding an online lunchtime event focusing on the Palaeolithic in the planning system.
Details of the event, how to register & the network can be found through here: 🏺🦣
https://t.co/J9n2RzettD

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

We are still taking applications to join this October's cohort on the MSc in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.

Come and study human evolution with us at @UCLarchaeology
🏺🦣🧬🧪

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

Applications are now open to join our 2026 UCL Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣📷https://t.co/iPGvNmaCTb

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

A big, beautiful South Downs sky over Worthing Archaeological Society's Burpham excavations.

Great to see the site & impressed by how much has been achieved in the week 1. Great to see prehistory investigated through targeted excavation answering questions at scale. 🏺

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

Could you bring heritage expertise (archaeology, history, curation, more?), a passion for the past and commitment to an ethical, democratic and impactful future for a Sussex Archaeolgical Society ?
My DMs are open on this....
https://t.co/PttTGrBGpn

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

none of this is the fault of the Society’s staff and volunteers who deserve everyone’s support and respect.
If you want to know more, or if you are considering putting yourself forward as a Trustee, do consider getting in touch. 2/2

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

Last week, after eight years as a Trustee of The Sussex Archaeological Society I resigned.
I care deeply about the Society, having been a Member since my teens, but my concerns about how the Society is being run have reached a point I couldn't remain on Council. 1/2

[Jersey Heritage @JerseyHeritage]

Archaeologists working in our field next to #LaHougueBie have so far discovered evidence of 6,000 yrs of human activity, from the #Neolithic to the last century. Drop in and take a look at the dig site tomorrow (2nd) from 10am-2.30pm.

@MatthewPope @UCLarchaeology @Soc_Jersiaise

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

Join us for tours of our excavation at La Hougue Bie today. All part of the @archaeologyuk Festival of Archaeology, with @JerseyHeritage and the @sjarchaeology https://t.co/4peiuyi78L
#JerseyPrehistory
#IceAgeIsland
🇯🇪🦣🏺

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

We are underway here next to La Hougue Bie with @JerseyHeritage . Five test pits opened and a geophysical transect underway. Students from @UCLarchaeology ,volunteers from the @sjarchaeology.
Come and visit us on the 2nd August.
🏺🦣

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

@sam_joy Of course, in this case roasted in them

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

We've arrived in Jersey for our 2026 field season and we are cooking our first meal.
Potatoes, and potato fields will feature in the next three weeks of prehistoric research.
🇯🇪🏺🦣

[Jersey Heritage @JerseyHeritage]

The man behind the microscope is our Conservator Neil. Join him and his colleague, Harry, this Sat (18th) at #JerseyArchive and discover how we conserve our collections. Watch a demo and then have a go yourself. Find out more at https://t.co/5F6mGJqlPb
#DiscoverTheCollections