The ERC-funded RIFT-TO-RIM Consolidator project aims to fill the gaps in understanding the pathways of modern human dispersals from Africa into Eurasia, and ultimately to Sahul, by ~60,000 years ago. One of the project's principal objectives is the discovery and analysis of new modern human fossils from under-researched parts of the world, such as sites in East and South Africa. The candidate will work on developing and applying improved methodologies for palaeoproteomic analyses of bones, teeth and sediments from Middle and Later Stone Age sites in Africa. In addition, they will, where appropriate, apply other scientific methods including radiocarbon dating, stable isotope geochemistry and ancient genomics, to answer questions relating to the presence of modern humans at each site. The position would suit someone motivated to undertake cutting-edge research into aspects of modern human evolution, who has direct experience in prehistoric archaeology, as well as in areas of zooarchaeology and/or biomolecular archaeology.
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