We are hiring a Project Co-ordinator! 🚨
Are you extremely organised with great interpersonal skills?
Able to multitask efficiently?
Interested in African prehistory?
Keen to work with an enthusiastic team?
We want to hear from you!
Closing date: 17 October, 2025
Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Celebrating our wonderful PI @martamlahr.bsky.social for such an incredible achievement 🎉🍾🥂
Congratulations!!! So well deserved!! ❤️🤩🎉
Breaking the barriers! Important new paper by Daniel Green and others discovering 18 million years of proteins of East African mammals!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tupak the dog is pouting because he got scolded for biting people again. 1 like = 1 sympathy for Tupak
We spend long periods of time in Kenya collecting data in the collections, understanding the landscape and looking for fossils. Picture credits: Sarah Paris
The rest of the year is spent analysing data, honing skills and preparing for upcoming field work. During this time, we develop new methodologies, attend conferences, write papers and discuss our findings Picture credits: Sarah Paris, Eleanor Williams
What does the Ng'ipalajem team do?
Ng’ipalajem, meaning Ancestors in Turkana, is an ERC-funded project.
Led by @martamlahr.bsky.social, the project investigates how the emergence of Homo sapiens is deeply intertwined with Africa’s long-term environmental and ecological history.
#humanevolution
#HumanEvo25 features 26 posters showcasing fabulous evolutionary science - vying for your attention and 🏆
This evening we’ve heard the first half of poster pitches including Palaeotrails’s @jclark997.bsky.social P9 and Avantika Binani P5!
Let the poster session begin!
A huge congratulations to all the #HumanEvo25 prize winners 👏
🎉 including Palaeotrails’s @avantikab.bsky.social who won a a prize for her poster Tracing Ancient Footsteps using sulphur isotopes 🏆