The picturesque town of Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia

Thanks be to Allah for blessing me with another blissful year in my life. #birthday #BlessedAndGrateful #GODDID

The archaeological site of Carthage, Tunisia

Found this from Ilse Köhler-Rollefson new book "Hoofprints on the Land": quote from Iranian pastoralist Uncle Sayyaad addressing "protected areas" and "conservation". cenesta.org/en/2003/09/09/…

For more backstory, check out this thread from right before our team set off on our #Jarigole2019 field season. Shout out to coauthors Dr. Katherine M. Grillo annekejanzen Abdikadir Kurewa jeroline Emmanuel KNdiema & others not on Twitter + the amazing National Museums of Kenya. x.com/palaeobeth/sta… 2/15

“I want to know more about my history but also all history. Why shouldn’t we come & study your history in the west like you have done here? We could teach you something, perhaps”🔥 Young Sudanese archaeologists dig up history as ‘west knows best’ era ends theguardian.com/world/2022/dec…

Lost in the mists of time? : A call for action for safeguarding the #Gaalgulaame initiation ceremony of the Rendille Indigenous community in Northern Kenya. A thread

Evidently,the use of home DNA test kits has elicited interesting conversations on how this may change the notions of family & how biological & family identities are constructed in the future. The "save the home"arguments frm the Luo capture these concerns in great details! 😃

Met reps of 14 diverse groups in Marsabit County to plan for the documenting & digitization of Indigenous Knowledge in line with Traditional Knowledge & Cultural Expressions Act of 2016. Despite differences, these grps share cultural traits due to their interactions & coexistence

9 grupos culturales distintos durante el Gravetiense identificados a partir de los adornos personales: Evidence from personal ornaments suggest nine distinct cultural groups between 34,000 and 24,000 years ago in Europe nature.com/articles/s4156…

The megalithic pillar sites built around Lake Turkana (🇰🇪) ~5000 years ago are monumental cemeteries the deceased were interred in shortly after death, research at the Jarigole pillar site reveals. 1/2

Anyone who wants open access to my book Moving the Maasai, take a look at my profile on academia.edu: I'm making all chapters, pre-published and slightly revised, freely available. Fed up with publishers who fail to market books! This was never about money anyway.

📚 From our book series with Berghahn Books "ETHNOGRAPHIES OF POWER: A Political Anthropology of Energy" ⌲ by Tristan Loloum, Simone Abram (@MScEnSoc) and @NathalieOrta (ed) buff.ly/3cplaq8

New open access paper out today with @stgoldste Natalie Mueller & team in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Go check out what we found in 135 flot samples from what we reckon is now the most floated site in Eastern Africa. 💧🌱👩‍🌾 #AllTheFlots #Archaeology #AfricanArchaeology

Our latest paper in the American Journal of Human Genetics delves into ancient DNA research in Africa & propose a vision for inclusive & equitable research in the continent. Shout out to Dr. Ebeth Sawchuk & Kendra Sirak for organising the #DNAIROBI workshop! doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg…

Our first group output from the #DNAirobi workshop is now published! Written by co-authors from all over the world, we share our view for what the #popgen and #aDNA research landscape in Africa could look like in ten years’ time (and how we can get there). cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/…

Earlier today, I attended a press conference launching our new paper on the future of ancient DNA studies in Africa. I urged the Kenyan youth to venture into science, leveraging the National Museums of Kenya global standing & scientific partnerships. #DNAIROBI #ScienceForAll Dr. Ebeth Sawchuk

Archaeologists: Much to offer, but they are undervalued universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

It is a win for the indigenous people globally! In the MERU ELC CONST. PET. NO. 4 OF 2020 LERUK MURUSI & 12 OTHERS VS COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF MARSABIT & 4 OTHERS. The court has ruled that: Kdf and MOD vacates the land within 1 year. Kdf and MOD removes their structures

A little behind the scenes chat with Kendra Sirak & I about our collaborative paper published in AJHG this month! ashg.org/ajhg/inside-aj… #AncientDNA #popgen #Africa