Dr Sarah Paris
@sarah-paris.bsky.social
Post-doc with the Ng’ipalajem Project at the University of Cambridge.
Interested in Palaeoanthropology | Bioarchaeology | Behaviour | Burials | Ochre | Taphophonomy
@palaeotrails.bsky.social
Interested in Palaeoanthropology | Bioarchaeology | Behaviour | Burials | Ochre | Taphophonomy
@palaeotrails.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Challenging the name!
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
Objectives To test the hypothesis that the StW 573 (Little Foot) fossil specimen should be attributed taxonomically to Australopithecus prometheus. Materials and Methods We adopt the methods of cl...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Challenging the name!
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Thrilled to share that our lovely PI, @martamlahr.bsky.social is now officially Professor Marta Mirazón Lahr FBA. Formally admitted at a ceremony at the British Academy yesterday!
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and remarkable milestone — here’s to many more!! 🎉
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and remarkable milestone — here’s to many more!! 🎉
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Thrilled to share that our lovely PI, @martamlahr.bsky.social is now officially Professor Marta Mirazón Lahr FBA. Formally admitted at a ceremony at the British Academy yesterday!
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and remarkable milestone — here’s to many more!! 🎉
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and remarkable milestone — here’s to many more!! 🎉
Congratulations @martamlahr.bsky.social 🍾 So well deserved!
Today was the ceremony for new fellows at the #BritishAcademy - it was wonderful 🤩. I am thrilled and so grateful to the colleagues who nominated me, elected me, and the many colleagues, students, friends, our kids & family, & specially Rob 😍 who have so enriched my life and career ❤️
October 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Congratulations @martamlahr.bsky.social 🍾 So well deserved!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
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
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
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
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
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
It's a wrap! #ESHE2025
3 days filled with stimulating discussions in the form of 35 podiums, 33 Pecha Kuchas, 169 posters.
Congratulations to the winners of the student prize - Harmony Hill & Gabriele Russo!
Massive thank you to the organisers for making it all happen.
See you in Burgos next year!
3 days filled with stimulating discussions in the form of 35 podiums, 33 Pecha Kuchas, 169 posters.
Congratulations to the winners of the student prize - Harmony Hill & Gabriele Russo!
Massive thank you to the organisers for making it all happen.
See you in Burgos next year!
September 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's a wrap! #ESHE2025
3 days filled with stimulating discussions in the form of 35 podiums, 33 Pecha Kuchas, 169 posters.
Congratulations to the winners of the student prize - Harmony Hill & Gabriele Russo!
Massive thank you to the organisers for making it all happen.
See you in Burgos next year!
3 days filled with stimulating discussions in the form of 35 podiums, 33 Pecha Kuchas, 169 posters.
Congratulations to the winners of the student prize - Harmony Hill & Gabriele Russo!
Massive thank you to the organisers for making it all happen.
See you in Burgos next year!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Session 9 Podium #ESHE2025
@stephanepeyregne.bsky.social on a new Denisovan genome,
J. Kubat uncovers sexing and phylogeny of M. palaeojavanicus,
E. Veatch reconsiders fire use and behaviour in H. floresiensis,
H. Berghuis on the first subsea H. erectus site in Sundaland
@stephanepeyregne.bsky.social on a new Denisovan genome,
J. Kubat uncovers sexing and phylogeny of M. palaeojavanicus,
E. Veatch reconsiders fire use and behaviour in H. floresiensis,
H. Berghuis on the first subsea H. erectus site in Sundaland
September 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Session 9 Podium #ESHE2025
@stephanepeyregne.bsky.social on a new Denisovan genome,
J. Kubat uncovers sexing and phylogeny of M. palaeojavanicus,
E. Veatch reconsiders fire use and behaviour in H. floresiensis,
H. Berghuis on the first subsea H. erectus site in Sundaland
@stephanepeyregne.bsky.social on a new Denisovan genome,
J. Kubat uncovers sexing and phylogeny of M. palaeojavanicus,
E. Veatch reconsiders fire use and behaviour in H. floresiensis,
H. Berghuis on the first subsea H. erectus site in Sundaland
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Podium Day 3 #ESHE2025
H. Farrell, R. Sorrentino, C. Ruff, A. Toccacceli, R. Clarke, A. Robles on the architecture of human foot, gait in Dmanisi, dexterous rock climbing in chimps, craniofacial diversity in great apes and so much more!
H. Farrell, R. Sorrentino, C. Ruff, A. Toccacceli, R. Clarke, A. Robles on the architecture of human foot, gait in Dmanisi, dexterous rock climbing in chimps, craniofacial diversity in great apes and so much more!
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Podium Day 3 #ESHE2025
H. Farrell, R. Sorrentino, C. Ruff, A. Toccacceli, R. Clarke, A. Robles on the architecture of human foot, gait in Dmanisi, dexterous rock climbing in chimps, craniofacial diversity in great apes and so much more!
H. Farrell, R. Sorrentino, C. Ruff, A. Toccacceli, R. Clarke, A. Robles on the architecture of human foot, gait in Dmanisi, dexterous rock climbing in chimps, craniofacial diversity in great apes and so much more!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Poster Session 2 #ESHE2025
83 wonderful posters. 169 in total.
Palaeotrails’ Jesse Martin & @martamlahr.bsky.social on detecting microevolutionary trends in fossil hominin populations.
83 wonderful posters. 169 in total.
Palaeotrails’ Jesse Martin & @martamlahr.bsky.social on detecting microevolutionary trends in fossil hominin populations.
September 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Poster Session 2 #ESHE2025
83 wonderful posters. 169 in total.
Palaeotrails’ Jesse Martin & @martamlahr.bsky.social on detecting microevolutionary trends in fossil hominin populations.
83 wonderful posters. 169 in total.
Palaeotrails’ Jesse Martin & @martamlahr.bsky.social on detecting microevolutionary trends in fossil hominin populations.
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Podium talks Day 2 #ESHE2025
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
September 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Podium talks Day 2 #ESHE2025
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
@jingzhang.bsky.social, K. Bretzke, G. Duller, @armandofalcucci.bsky.social, @giuliagallo.bsky.social, @jonathanreeves.bsky.social present exciting research on AI refits for lithics, use of operculum to push the limits of OSL, fire durations in the MP and so much more!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
First round of podium presentations at #ESHE2025
Olivia Rivero, Alba Mesa, April Nowell,
@aurelienmounier.bsky.social, Chris Hunt explore everything from cognitive complexity, aDNA in cave art to the lives of teens in the #Palaeolithic and the amazing discoveries at #Shanidar!
Stay tuned!
Olivia Rivero, Alba Mesa, April Nowell,
@aurelienmounier.bsky.social, Chris Hunt explore everything from cognitive complexity, aDNA in cave art to the lives of teens in the #Palaeolithic and the amazing discoveries at #Shanidar!
Stay tuned!
September 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
First round of podium presentations at #ESHE2025
Olivia Rivero, Alba Mesa, April Nowell,
@aurelienmounier.bsky.social, Chris Hunt explore everything from cognitive complexity, aDNA in cave art to the lives of teens in the #Palaeolithic and the amazing discoveries at #Shanidar!
Stay tuned!
Olivia Rivero, Alba Mesa, April Nowell,
@aurelienmounier.bsky.social, Chris Hunt explore everything from cognitive complexity, aDNA in cave art to the lives of teens in the #Palaeolithic and the amazing discoveries at #Shanidar!
Stay tuned!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Celebrating our wonderful PI @martamlahr.bsky.social for such an incredible achievement 🎉🍾🥂
July 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Celebrating our wonderful PI @martamlahr.bsky.social for such an incredible achievement 🎉🍾🥂
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾
July 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Justus has shared every adventure in Turkana with us since 2010 - wonderful friend and colleague
Justus Erus Edung was only 25 years old when he discovered Kenyanthropus platyops in a team led by Prof. Meave Leakey in 1999.
This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.
#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.
#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
July 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Justus has shared every adventure in Turkana with us since 2010 - wonderful friend and colleague
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Episode 2: Faunal identification with @deadbovids.bsky.social
Other than identification, tooth wear pattern can give us exciting insights into faunal diet and palaeoecology.
Other than identification, tooth wear pattern can give us exciting insights into faunal diet and palaeoecology.
July 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Episode 2: Faunal identification with @deadbovids.bsky.social
Other than identification, tooth wear pattern can give us exciting insights into faunal diet and palaeoecology.
Other than identification, tooth wear pattern can give us exciting insights into faunal diet and palaeoecology.
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
It's a bit late for #FossilFriday but I have to show this lovely young adult Palaeoloxodon (giant elephant) jaw from the new Middle Pleistocene site I'm working at in Turkana, Kenya!
July 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It's a bit late for #FossilFriday but I have to show this lovely young adult Palaeoloxodon (giant elephant) jaw from the new Middle Pleistocene site I'm working at in Turkana, Kenya!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
The joy of sorting LSA lithics from Turkana under the guidance of @robfoley.bsky.social
Follow us on Instagram for more www.instagram.com/palaeotrails...
Follow us on Instagram for more www.instagram.com/palaeotrails...
July 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The joy of sorting LSA lithics from Turkana under the guidance of @robfoley.bsky.social
Follow us on Instagram for more www.instagram.com/palaeotrails...
Follow us on Instagram for more www.instagram.com/palaeotrails...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
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
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
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
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
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
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...
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
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...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Why is the Pacific important to our understanding of human dispersal out of Africa? 🏺
Ben Cullen Prize-winner Dylan Gaffney discusses the Homo sapiens who left the Afro-Eurasian landmass for the first time.
Read the prize-winning research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Ben Cullen Prize-winner Dylan Gaffney discusses the Homo sapiens who left the Afro-Eurasian landmass for the first time.
Read the prize-winning research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
June 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Why is the Pacific important to our understanding of human dispersal out of Africa? 🏺
Ben Cullen Prize-winner Dylan Gaffney discusses the Homo sapiens who left the Afro-Eurasian landmass for the first time.
Read the prize-winning research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Ben Cullen Prize-winner Dylan Gaffney discusses the Homo sapiens who left the Afro-Eurasian landmass for the first time.
Read the prize-winning research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
Cambridge Archaeology graduate Jonathan R. Goodman has published a book: 'Invisible Rivals: How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World'.
Available to purchase from Yale University Press: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Available to purchase from Yale University Press: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Cambridge Archaeology graduate Jonathan R. Goodman has published a book: 'Invisible Rivals: How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World'.
Available to purchase from Yale University Press: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Available to purchase from Yale University Press: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
🚨 New research by Palaeotrails' @sarah-paris.bsky.social
beautifully connects Neolithic infant burials in Thailand with today’s evolving conversations around perinatal loss.
"This isn't just about pigment—it's about belonging."
From ancient ochre to Ronaldo's 7th-minute tribute—grief unites. 🕊️
beautifully connects Neolithic infant burials in Thailand with today’s evolving conversations around perinatal loss.
"This isn't just about pigment—it's about belonging."
From ancient ochre to Ronaldo's 7th-minute tribute—grief unites. 🕊️
What Ancient Burials Can Teach Us About Grief: New Study Links Prehistoric Thai Cemetery to Today’s Perinatal Loss Conversations
www.arch.cam.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 New research by Palaeotrails' @sarah-paris.bsky.social
beautifully connects Neolithic infant burials in Thailand with today’s evolving conversations around perinatal loss.
"This isn't just about pigment—it's about belonging."
From ancient ochre to Ronaldo's 7th-minute tribute—grief unites. 🕊️
beautifully connects Neolithic infant burials in Thailand with today’s evolving conversations around perinatal loss.
"This isn't just about pigment—it's about belonging."
From ancient ochre to Ronaldo's 7th-minute tribute—grief unites. 🕊️
🚨New paper alert!
📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣
What Ancient Burials Can Teach Us About Grief: New Study Links Prehistoric Thai Cemetery to Today’s Perinatal Loss Conversations
👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/what-an...
What Ancient Burials Can Teach Us About Grief: New Study Links Prehistoric Thai Cemetery to Today’s Perinatal Loss Conversations
👉 www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/what-an...
What Ancient Burials Can Teach Us About Grief: New Study Links Prehistoric Thai Cemetery to Today’s Perinatal Loss Conversations
www.arch.cam.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🚨New paper alert!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Paris
🎉 Members of the Palaeotrails team were recently awarded bursaries to attend this years #HumanEvo25 🧬💀
The team were delighted to participate in the dynamic interdisciplinary programme ranging from genetic 👻 🏜️ 🦠 🧫 to evolutionary 🤰👣⚔️🌍
Thank you @eventswcs.bsky.social
The team were delighted to participate in the dynamic interdisciplinary programme ranging from genetic 👻 🏜️ 🦠 🧫 to evolutionary 🤰👣⚔️🌍
Thank you @eventswcs.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🎉 Members of the Palaeotrails team were recently awarded bursaries to attend this years #HumanEvo25 🧬💀
The team were delighted to participate in the dynamic interdisciplinary programme ranging from genetic 👻 🏜️ 🦠 🧫 to evolutionary 🤰👣⚔️🌍
Thank you @eventswcs.bsky.social
The team were delighted to participate in the dynamic interdisciplinary programme ranging from genetic 👻 🏜️ 🦠 🧫 to evolutionary 🤰👣⚔️🌍
Thank you @eventswcs.bsky.social