Alemseged Lab News
Click a title to learn about what goes on here at our lab, at conferences, and in the field.Prof. Alemseged elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
[April 22, 2021 | Cambridge, MA] – The American Academy of Arts & Sciences announces today the election of 252 new members. The Academy was established in 1780 by the country’s founders to provide guidance to a young nation that would face challenges and need...
QnAs with Enquye Negash, Zeresenay Alemseged, and Jonathan Wynn
Join PNAS author in a question and answer session with Enquye Negash, Zeresenay Alemseged, Jonathan Wynn about their recent findings.
When Colorblind Parenting Meets Anti-racism
An Ethiopian-born biological anthropologist and father dissects the “myth of race” and reflects on his own deepening understanding of racism in the U.S.
Ancient hominins had small brains like apes, but longer childhoods like humans
Using conventional and synchrotron computed tomography, we scanned eight fossil crania, which allowed us to explore patterns of brain growth.
Human Origins Class in the Lab
This fall quarter, Professor Zeray Alemseged's "Human Origins: Milestones in Human Evolution" class visited our lab several times to to delve deeper into the fossil record and learn about cutting edge imaging and visualization techniques . During these sessions,...