“The challenge here, then, is that we now know that Homo naledi, in addition to #HomoSapiens and #Neanderthals and #Denisovans and a few others, were engaging in the kind of behavior that we, even just a few decades ago, thought was unique to us,” he said. “That means we need to rethink the timing of fire use, of meaning-making and of the burial of the dead in hominin history.” https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/05/world/homo-naledi-burials-carvings-scn/index.html

Ok here we are, an #introduction! I'm somewhere in between #HumanGenetics and #FunctionalGenomics, and I'm really interested in the contributions of #GeneRegulation to #HumanEvolution, whether that be recent, for instance gene flow from #Neanderthals and #Denisovans, or understanding humans as apes. Currently we work closely with scientists from #Indonesia and #PapuaNewGuinea.

Sometimes, though... I take advantage of being in Australia and work with #marsupials instead! 🦘