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We are still dealing with the #colonial legacy of ancestors having being stolen, put on '19th century spaceships' (tallships) and sent to far flung places. Terrible to see Lee Berger perpetuating the same ideology. Shocking it's supported by Wits University and SAHRA.

Thrilled to share my most recent paper - New hominin dental material from the Drimolen Main Quarry including the specimen I found my very first year on site (DNH 125)!

This work includes excavating, cleaning, and stabilising fossils, followed by years of reconstruction, primary description, and analysis.

We name a new hominin sub species, Paranthropus robustus ukusa, and propose a hypothesis driven framework for palaeo systematics. #archaeology #evolution #southafrica #fossilfriday onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev…

We argue many recently named hominin species represent sub-species and that hominin taxic diversity is overestimated. For instance we cannot reject the null hypothesis A sediba is a late occurring A africanus onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev…

Of all the papers in my (very recently) submitted thesis, this is by far my favourite. Partly because it stirs the paleo pot re: hominin taxonomy, and partly because it was the last chapter in my thesis! #phdlife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev…

Ubiquitously absent from this article is the real reason for 'delays' to building projects, and that is developers' insistence on ploughing through cultural heritage sites. Delays are easily avoided - don't propose to destroy Aboriginal Cultural heritage. heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/…

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The lies pushed out in the media about #cultural #heritage all make sense now - cover for the LNP to withdraw from #treaty. Truth telling is clearly not their strong suit. nit.com.au/22-01-2024/938…

The #AABA now has a special interest group dedicated to Indigenous biological anthropologists! Join us for our first meeting in LA. Email or dm me for more information. #anthropology bioanth.org/news/3831/

Thanks to Adeshola Ore for working with us to get the truth told about Victoria's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. Much respect to Uncle Bert, BJ, and my Wadawurrung colleagues. #vicpol theguardian.com/australia-news…

Latest paper in SAJournalofScience on the ~1.9-1.8 Ma SK 54 cranium from Swartkrans in South Africa, which is Homo, not Paranthropus, as previously assumed, led by PhD student Jesse Martin @ltuarchaeology @ujpalaeo sajs.co.za/article/downlo…

Our paper in SAJS argues the iconic sk54 fossil represents Homo, not Paranthropus, challenging traditional narratives that cast Homo as hunter and Paranthropus as hunted. doi.org/10.17159/sajs.… SAJournalofScience

New evidence from southern Africa regarding iconic hominin fossil SK 54 suggests our ancestors were prey rather than predators. @palaeozone #Hominins buff.ly/3xngg7q

Ubufakazi obusha obuvela eningizimu ye-Afrika mayelana nezinsalela ze-hominin SK 54 bubonisa ukuthi okhokho bethu babeyizisulu kunokuba babe izilwane ezizingelayo. @palaeozone #Hominins buff.ly/43xowxX

Congratulations to @ltuarchaeology PhD student and now 'Dr' Jesse Martin Jesse Martin for passing their PhD without amendments. "New fossil hominins from Drimolen & their implications: a case study for the reassessment of hominin taxonomy & systematics" very proud of you! La Trobe University

A rather nice composite of an adult male P. robustus from Drimolen. Also worth noting everything here excavated in only the last 3 field seasons.

The 2.04-1.95 Ma DNH 155 Paranthropus robustus ukusa cranium found at Drimolen by the @ltuarchaeology La Trobe University UJ Palaeo-Research Institute Palaeoanthropology Field School in 2018 on show at Maropeng in South Africa

This year I had the opportunity to come to Drimolen as a teaching assistant. I also spent time in the hominin vault at the University of Witwatersrand and Ditsong gathering data for my thesis. Met great people and learnt LOTS, couldn’t be more grateful to be apart of this.