Submitted my thesis this morning which obviously required a little treat from the local bakery 🤗 • • Thanks to everyone that’s been part of this incredible journey!

There was an idea, called the UAntwerpen Vertebrate Palaeontology course. The idea was to bring together a group of of remarkable people to work together when I needed them, to teach the lectures that I never could...😉 Tomorrow, we see if it all pays off... #VertPalaeosAssemble

There was an incredible turnout for an NHM Explorers Programme event at the end of January; CHER’s @JPlummerSires participated in one of the Meet the Scientists stations. Watch out for future events! nhm.ac.uk/visit/whats-on…

Early Career Researchers @emmabirdpalaeo Dr Hester Hanegraef & Lucile Crété from the Centre for Human Evolution spoke about the future of palaeoanthropology research at the Patron's event. A great evening of stimulating conversations! Big thanks to our host, Chris Stringer

Kantis is one of the only hominin fossil sites located near a major African city. Dr. Emma Mbua has led work there since it was discovered in 2009. She and her team have unearthed 29 species of extinct animals, including early human remains. #FossilFriday

Excellent talks from Amélie Beaudet and Dr Hester Hanegraef - thank you both!

On Tuesday, I passed my viva 🥂 Huge thanks to my examiners Amélie Beaudet and Paul O’Higgins for making this such an enjoyable experience! I couldn’t have finished this PhD without the support from my supervisor Fred Spoor and the encouragements from colleagues and friends!

Had an amazing time UAntwerpen last Friday giving a lecture about 7 million years of hominin evolution💀 Thanks dr. Jamie MacLaren for inviting me! And really fun to catch up with the UAntwerp Funmorph group after finishing my masters there almost 8(!) years ago

We wrote a piece for The Conversation about Rising Star Cave discoveries. Did H. naledi bury the dead and made rock art? The evidence shared so far does not prove it. The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Michael Petraglia Emmanuel KNdiema Nicole Boivin theconversation.com/major-new-rese…

Very proud of our recent PhD graduates Dr Nichola Arthur Dr Nichola Arthur and Dr Hester Hanegraef Dr Hester Hanegraef at a celebration of NHM graduates tonight.

Just in time for #Halloween 🎃 The remains of #human bones with chewing marks found across northern #Europe show that some human groups were eating their dead as part of their normal behaviour. 💀 Find out more in today's #NatureNews 👇 brnw.ch/21wDdaP

Congratulations to our colleague Chris Stringer, who received a CBE medal from the Prince of Wales on October 4th. Chris has been at the Museum since 1973, and is well-known for research on the Recent African Origin hypothesis to explain the origin of our species, Homo sapiens.

Traces of stone tools on prehistoric human teeth from daily activities and cultural practices 'Non-masticatory striations on human teeth from the British Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic' #toothwear #archaeology #prehistory nature.com/articles/s4159…

One does not look like the other... 🙈 Our paper on differences between the maxillae of wild and captive chimpanzees is now available online Journal of Anatomy! Open access courtesy of NHM Library and Archives. doi.org/10.1111/joa.14…

Incredibly busy night on Wednesday for 'Valentine's at the Museum'. Our Anthropology Scientists [Emma Bird, Lucile Créte, and Karen Swan] met hundreds of couples and chatted all things love, pair-bonding, and mating across the world of primates.

Fifty years ago, paleoanthropologists unearthed the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton known as Lucy and transformed our views of humanity’s origins. Today, Lucy faces competition for the role of our direct ancestor but remains the best candidate. Learn more: scim.ag/6tI

What a privilege to have taken part in some of the recent fieldwork at Shanidar Cave, and to see the amazing work of my colleagues showcased in this documentary. I cannot wait to be back in the Zagros mountains for this year's field season! bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Come join the Centre for Human Evolution Research Natural History Museum Applications are now open for a research assistant position mainly focused on collecting data from CT scans and other digital imagery 💀🩻 Deadline 16 June 2024 jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job/J…

Ready for the first poster session of the ESHE annual meeting! Come find me at poster board no. 45 to chat about the differences between wild and captive chimpanzee maxillae #ESHE2024 🐒

[#Palevol] Mid-Pliocene hominin diversity revisited ✒️ Dr Hester Hanegraef , Meave G. LEAKEY, Louise Leakey & Fred SPOOR 🔗 doi.org/10.5852/cr-pal… #FossilFriday #humanevolution #midpliocene #EasternAfrica #maxilla #Australopithecus #deyiremeda