George M. Leader

Archaeologist. Human Origins in Africa to Historical America. Assistant Professor @tcnj Anthropology. Fellow @explorersclub.

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

My book is now available from #oxbowbooks. Artifacts of Mourning presents the assemblage of funerary hardware and artifacts from the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

https://t.co/pujZbYvxzJ

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

This focuses on fossils but the same can be said for stone tools and their distribution across the continent. We have a huge bias both in knowledge and finding towards big name sites. https://t.co/Ckt59DCUc8 #Archaeology

[Dr. Kim Foecke @KimFoecke]

More Research Shuts Down Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi, Star Of Netflix Documentary - out today from @IFLScience

@QueffelecAlain1 @PickeringRobyn
https://t.co/SldHSXnrYW

[Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social @AbiStone]

What was Narabeb like ~230,000 years ago?
Our luminescence dating with @LivLumLab shines light on this archaeological blind spot https://t.co/0nIIjgbCIw via @TC_Africa

@_TCglobal @GeographyUOM @GobabebRSH @georgemleader @rachelbynoe @QuaternaryRA_UK @_algunn @TheLeakeyFndtn

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

@KimFoecke and @PickeringRobyn and colleagues just published a fantastic and thorough response to burial claims at Rising Star. #realscience https://t.co/cpVQ4rbsSb

[Manuel Will @MW_hominin]

For the sake of #openscience & #scicomm it would be interesting to hear what Rising Star team & collaborators think of the published critique of their findings @LeeRberger @johnhawks @Anthrofuentes @MarcKissel - also considering the original media splash https://t.co/orom25jJXT

[Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social @AbiStone]

If you like a bit of Stone Age lithic archaeology sitting on the surface of your desert, go & read of our current paper in QSA

https://t.co/5wLmAnWgAI

We present fieldwork coupled with revisiting a sample from 2007 PhD fieldwork for luminescence dating… [1/n]

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

Our new paper is out in QSA. Really great job at understanding and dating an MSA site in the middle of the arid Namib Desert. https://t.co/GudzHTpxSX
@AbiStone is awesome.

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

@FlintDibble crushed a debate in the name of standing up for science and evidence. Nice one.

https://t.co/TjavmZhkRR

[Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social @AbiStone]

Fans of Namib #sand & #archaeology found between dunes... head to PICOspot3 #EGU24 Mon15th (9.07am for 2 min intro & then chatting at screen3.13 about what we're finding so far, until coffee 10.15, #NamibSandSea #teamSANDS #lithics #luminescence https://t.co/1U1d0jwHW7

[Marcus Green @Marcus_Green86]

We did it!!! 2hrs 57mins 30secs and a new Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon in a 6-person costume! Absolutely incredible support throughout from the wider Team Phil, crowds and runners at the Manchester Marathon!
#shareandcaremnd
#teamphil
https://t.co/GnMaxplujD

[Michael Petraglia @MDPetraglia]

"In order to understand better our evolutionary success, we suggest a shift of focus from adult – and often largely #male – activities such as big-game hunting towards the diet of infants and young #mothers and the development rate of their #children" https://t.co/MpM9rtWbdD

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

Important thoughts from @PickeringRobyn and Dipuo Kgotleng
on the Berger naledi project.

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

@FlintDibble I got my first troll. What do I do? I’m so excited!

[Emma Loftus @Emma_J_Loftus]

A pleasure to work with Peter Mitchell and @AbidemiBabalol5 to delve into the archives of the Journal of Archaeo. Science for a special collection of enduring, impactful papers on African archaeology. Big thanks to the editors, esp @BarberenaRamiro for the invite!

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

@PamJCrabtree @FlintDibble I have no doubt

[George M. Leader @georgemleader]

This is not good. compare it to a genetic pool, more variation is good! Science is the same, a diverse group of scientists from various backgrounds thinking/discussing topics creates better results.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a @ScienceAdvances analysis finds. https://t.co/5vw7yGYDMi

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Did Our Species Evolve in Subdivided Populations across Africa, and Why Does It Matter? (2018) https://t.co/QC60YwNptv

[Koobi Fora Fldschl @koobiforafs]

Applications are open! Tell everyone you know! Grab this image to tell your students! #fieldschool #FellowshipsAvailable #SummerResearch