Dr Hester Hanegraef

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

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

Come join the Centre for Human Evolution Research @NHM_London 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…

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…

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

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.

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

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…

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.

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

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

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. @ConversationEDU @MDPetraglia @endiema @NicoleLBoivin theconversation.com/major-new-rese…

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

On Tuesday, I passed my viva 🥂 Huge thanks to my examiners @BeaudetAmelie 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!

Excellent talks from @BeaudetAmelie and @HesterHanegraef - thank you both!

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

Early Career Researchers @emmabirdpalaeo @HesterHanegraef & @LucileCrete 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, @ChrisStringer65

There was an incredible turnout for an @NHM_Explorers 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…

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

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!