@Afropollen

Pollen nerd and occassional bog trotter. Tweets are my own..

 Hilton, South Africa
Joined June 2019
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In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago livescience.com/archaeology/…

In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago

Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — a first for human evolution studies.

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HERI@heri_uct7 Feb 2025
Happening in 10 minutes! 👇🏾 Celbrate today's 100-year anniversary of the discovery of the #Taung Child skull with the #palaeoanthropology community in #SouthAfrica🌍 Starting at 15.00 SAST / 08.00 EST Register here: bit.ly/4hyV28M

The Taung Child turns 100: Reflecting on a century of South African palaeoanthropology

Register now for The Taung Child turns 100: Reflecting on a century of South African palaeoanthropology on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on February 7, 2025, 03:00 PM GMT+2.

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100 years after Dart’s publication, this special issue brings together African researchers & international collaborators to offer perspectives on the science, history & legacy of palaeoanthropology in South Africa. sajs.co.za/issue/view/1257 @heri_uct
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Hot off the press 📢📢 It has been a great privilege to contribute to this special issue celebrating the discovery of the iconic #Taung child with @BeaudetAmelie and my fellow South African team. #Palaeoanthropology #FossilFriday – at Cambridge, England
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The Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology is open to all MSc, graduate and post graduate students. 📍University of Urbino, Italy 🗓️23 July – 8 August ⌛️Deadline to apply 6 March ℹ️ pastglobalchanges.org/calend…
Urbino University campus (Photo credit: Urbino University website)

ALT Urbino University campus (Photo credit: Urbino University website)

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Don't miss this opportunity to be involved with the paleoscience ECR community. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Past Global Changes@PAGES_IPO15 Jan 2025
Interested in joining the PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN) Steering Committee? Due to leadership rotation, the @PAGES_ECN welcomes applications for new SC members to begin their role from April 2025. Deadline to apply is 10 February 2025! ℹ️ pastglobalchanges.org/news/1…
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It’s that time again! Apply today for the best summer ever
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✏️ Are you looking for an opportunity to gain editorial experience in one of geography's leading academic journals? Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers is looking for four new Editorial Board members to support its work. ⬇️ Learn more: rgs.org/about-us/our-work/la…

Editorial opportunities at Society journal | RGS

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, one of the Society’s scholarly journals, is looking for four new Editorial Board members.

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SAEON-GSN@SAEON_GSN4 Sep 2024
The ARC is seeking a skilled and motivated Remote Sensing Technician to join their team. The project focuses on mapping woody invasive alien plant species and native bush encroachment in Strategic Water Source Areas across South Africa.
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The NRF-Mitacs Globalink Research Award Programme supports South African Doctoral students and Postdoctoral Fellows to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project in Canada. More details: nrf.ac.za/wp-content/uploads…
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Manuel Will@MW_hominin26 Jul 2024
YESSSS!!! Sibhudu has just been declared a World Heritage Site by the @UNESCO ! #Archaeology #science #history #Heritage
KZN Amafa & Research Institute@amafa_kzn26 Jul 2024
We a new World Heritage Site in KZN #WelldoneTeamWHC46. Sending a big shoutout to the Western Cape Province as well!!! #WHC46 #KZNHeritage🥳🥳
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Put some RESPECT on KwaZulu-Natal! Sibhudu Cave is set to be the 3rd Heritage Site found within the province.@SportArtsKZN MEC Mntomuhle Khawula led the team to see the beauty that is Sibhudu Cave #KZNhasitall #CradleofHumanCulture #activeandwinningkzn
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PostDoc available! Work on one of the longest-running field experiments in Africa (under the watchful eye of some local wildlife). See advert below for details.
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GENUS@GenusPalaeo20 Jun 2024
New Internship at GENUS: DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeoscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg! A Masters or higher degree in one of the palaeoscience disciplines (i.e. Palaeontology, Archaeology, etc.) is required. Application deadline: 18 July 2024.
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Great fieldwork opportunity with Viola Schmid. Highly recommend!
Southern African Archaeology Student Society@saasst_society19 Jun 2024
Happy Wednesday 🥳 Today, we bring you a fieldwork opportunity for members of the Southern African Archaeology Student Society! Apply to participate in the Rose Cottage Excavation season from 3rd November to 1st December 2024.
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🐝 Johannesburg's concrete jungle is tough on local bees. The Jozi Bee Hotel project, fueled by citizen scientists and a vibrant social media campaign, is changing that. Find out more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/4caBxR9 #NatureAfrica @ChevReynolds

Hive mind gets bee hotel buzzing

Nature Africa - Urban biodiversity project inspires citizen scientists to save the bees

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UBI for South Africa? This is some of the most positive and progressive stuff I’ve read in a while amp.theguardian.com/world/ar…

Free money? South Africa floats universal basic income for all

The ruling ANC is on a pioneering path to transform the Covid grant into a scheme that aims to combat poverty

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“ If implemented, this would make South Africa the first country in the world to work towards a policy of paying all people between the ages of 18 and 59 a regular grant, with no condition to be seeking work”
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I first got excited about this idea when reading @ProfMarkMaslin on the Anthropocene xitter.cf/ProfMarkMaslin/status/…
Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏@ProfMarkMaslin16 Feb 2023
Our #environment is the basis of our society We must reset our hierarchy of needs - we need safe environment & safe society before we can support and nurture our own needs #UBS #UBI Maslow triangle re-envisioned for the 21st century by Maslin #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability
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What a brilliant initiative! Love this article @sarahemilywild @SAJS_Official
Sarah Wild@sarahemilywild6 Jun 2024
I just love this story. My latest in @Nature: ‘Rainbow’, ‘like a cricket’: every bird in South Africa now has an isiZulu name @BirdLife_SA nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

‘Rainbow’, ‘like a cricket’: every bird in South Africa now has an isiZulu name

Nature - An effort to create names for wild bird species in the Indigenous language hopes to strengthen conservation research.

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