Bioarchaeologist. Amateur Scarecrow.
Ancient DNA Lab @ The Francis Crick Institute
Associate Lecturer in Quantitative Archaeology and Later European Prehistory @ UCL Institute of Archaeology
Tom Booth
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BBC News - London Museum's new Smithfield Market home to open on 28 November - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“What’s that about?”
“Shirt’s poisoned.”
“Wha-“
“SHIRT’S POISONED!”
I wrote quite a sceptical take, with Texas Sharpshooter stats etc and then toned it down, but the rest was based on your paper www.sarsen.org/2026/06/bulf...
We're underway here at #UTP26 with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social with Caitlin Withnell welcoming everyone to the Institute. 🦣🏺
#UTP26 is under way with @drclaireharris.bsky.social leading a tour on Ice Age London. Beginning at Embankment and the modern Thames, the banks of which have been remodelled in the historic era. 🦣🏺 #PalaeoLondon
Outrageous BBC DEFIES World Experts Suggesting NO STONES at STONEHENGE until 2500 BCE!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good article on the potential and challenges of looking for pathogen DNA on ancient faunal remains, and really how without them we are only seeing a small part of the story of human disease through time. Possible it will change everything we think we know about infectious disease in the past.
Thx Tom. Expectations are high 😅. With plenty of faunal aDNA generated the initial bottleneck is that often no one looks into the pathogen signature. But I hope more and more people appreciate the unseen bycatch they may have. Our lab is happy to team up on the pathogen hunt if expertise is wanted.
