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Eleanor M. Williams

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Research Assistant with the Ng'ipalajem ERC project at the University of Cambridge | Human Evolution in Africa, Plio-Pleistocene, Palaeoanthropology, Archaeology | she/her

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Eleanor M. Williams @eleanormw.bsky.social · 2d

Last week I matriculated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge to start my NERC-funded (CREATES DLA) PhD in Archaeology!

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 12d

Poster Session 2 #ESHE2025

83 wonderful posters. 169 in total.

Palaeotrails’ Jesse Martin & @martamlahr.bsky.social on detecting microevolutionary trends in fossil hominin populations.

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Eleanor M. Williams @eleanormw.bsky.social · 15d

When in Rome...

#Colosseum

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Science Magazine @science.org · 20d

Pastoralism remains central to survival in the Turkana of northwest Kenya, where heat and water scarcity pose constant challenges. New research uncovers the genetic signatures that underlie adaptation to arid living in this pastoralist community.

Learn more this week: https://scim.ag/4nxcJbx

Young Turkana herders guide camels across Kenya’s arid landscape near Lake Turkana at sunset.

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Finn Stileman @finnstileman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy to share the first paper from my PhD! Open access in a special issue of JAS, 'The Mind in Deep Time: Interdisciplinary explorations of cognitive evolution'

When less is more: risk, reward and optimisation in Acheulean handaxe manufacture and the impact of skill

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When less is more: risk, reward and optimisation in Acheulean handaxe manufacture and the impact of skill

As the most numerous manifestations of technology across the Palaeolithic record, linking stone tool artefacts to past hominin cognition and expertise…

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Eleanor M. Williams @eleanormw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Very much enjoyed working on this paper. An important site for #Palaeolithic archaeology in the UK.

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Hominin glacial-stage occupation 712,000 to 424,000 years ago at Fordwich Pit, Old Park (Canterbury, UK) - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The authors report Acheulean hominin occupation of eastern Britain during glacial marine isotope stages 17–16 and again in glacial marine isotope stage 12 via stone tools in sediments dated to 712,000...

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Eleanor M. Williams @eleanormw.bsky.social · Aug 26

Last sunrise in Turkana before heading back to Nairobi. What an incredible few months it's been!

#kenya #fieldwork
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Cambridge Archaeology @cam-archaeology.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣 PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS 📣

In a new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Cambridge researchers explore the role of skill for Lower Palaeolithic handaxe manufacture through flint knapping experiments.

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Eleanor M. Williams @eleanormw.bsky.social · Jul 18

Such good news! Really pleased for you @martamlahr.bsky.social! 🎉

Rob Foley @robfoley.bsky.social · Jul 18

Fabulous news that @martamlahr.bsky.social has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy 🍾🍾🍾

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

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Eleanor M. Williams @eleanormw.bsky.social · Jul 16

3D scanning these beauties with Ng'ipalajem!
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#handaxe #turkana

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · Jul 13

The joy of sorting LSA lithics from Turkana under the guidance of @robfoley.bsky.social

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