It Takes a Village: A Paleoanthropologist’s Journey Leads to Community

Path to the main 2022 dig site. A new site was also discovered and excavated in the distant mountains during the 2022 field season. Photo: Johannes Setzer
February 10, 2023

For nearly two decades, assistant professor of anthropology at Yale, curator at the Yale Peabody Museum, and YIBS affiliate, Jessica Thompson has investigated the history of early humanity in present-day Malawi — work that owes its success to the support and cooperation of a growing local network of specialists. For more information, click here for an article published by the Yale Peabody Museum.

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