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Avantika Binani

@avantikab.bsky.social
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Research Assistant with the Ng’ipalajem Project at the University of Cambridge. Interested in Biomolecular archaeology | Isotopes | Proteomics | Zooarchaeology @palaeotrails.bsky.social

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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
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Project Coordinator (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a 12-month Project Co-ordinator position on the NG'IPALAJEM project, funded by the ERC. The project aims at collecting new palaeontological, archaeological and geological
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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years - Nature Geoscience
Sulfur isotope excursions in skeletal collagen samples from Eurasia suggest rapidly changing biogeochemical processes across the region from about 30,000 to 15,000 years ago, potentially related to ch...
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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Celebrating our wonderful PI @martamlahr.bsky.social for such an incredible achievement 🎉🍾🥂
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Rob Foley @robfoley.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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...
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Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift - Nature
The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...
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Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D. @deadbovids.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Tupak the dog is pouting because he got scolded for biting people again. 1 like = 1 sympathy for Tupak
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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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
We spend long periods of time in Kenya collecting data in the collections, understanding the landscape and looking for fossils. 

Picture credits: Sarah ParisThe 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
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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#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!
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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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 🏆
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