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Comments on new discovery report

Recently, Zeray was asked by the National Geographic team to comment on a new Nature paper titled "New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei". National Geographic reported the story here. The original paper describes not only the hand bones discovered at...

‘Missing links’ of evolution, explained

UChicago News curates a series of Explainers that summarize the scientific research the University of Chicago is well-known for. Recently, Physical Sciences News Officer Louise Lerner added 'Missing links' of evolution, explained to highlight how species have evolved...

2025 SAfA in Portugal

Zeray and Maddie were both able to attend the 27th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Africanist Archaeologists, held this year at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal. According to their website, this year's theme, titled "Crossroads through Time”, was chosen...

Appointed Chair of the Sub-Saharan Africa Faculty Working Group

Zeray has been appointed Chair of the Sub-Saharan Africa Faculty Working Group here at UChicago. As stated on their website, "The Working Group for Sub-Saharan Africa has been formed as a part of the University of Chicago’s expanding commitment to academic engagement...

2025 AABA and AAA

The 94th annual American Association of Biological Anthropologists meeting (AABA) was held in Baltimore, Maryland this year. As usual, our team enjoyed learning of new research as well as seeing others in the field and reconnecting with past lab members. Zeray...

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