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Avantika Binani
@avantikab.bsky.social
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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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
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
www.cam.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Celebrating our wonderful PI @martamlahr.bsky.social for such an incredible achievement 🎉🍾🥂
July 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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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...
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...
www.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Tupak the dog is pouting because he got scolded for biting people again. 1 like = 1 sympathy for Tupak
July 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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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
July 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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#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!
April 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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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 🏆
April 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM