Happy to be part of such a great team.

A little something for #FossilFriday led by Chris Kirk. doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...

JHE update: here below is a summary of the JHE Open Forum at AABA and a final response to recent Elsevier communications

JHE Update: the previous JHE Editorial Board no longer has access to the editorial management system. Despite the previous editors and many other associate editors volunteering to finish handling any papers already in our pipeline, we have been cut-off without any notice. 1/2

Our recent paper confirming Kapi as the most compelling earliest hylobatid (gibbon ancestor). Thanks to the heavy lifting by my coauthors, I even understand most of it! (and likely my second to last paper in the “old” JHE). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

We lost another long time friend and field assistant of the Hadar Research Project. Ibrahim Digra was already one of the senior workers when I started in 2001, and I was happy (and surprised) to have him as part of our crew earlier this year. RIP old friend. (credit M. Mekonnen for the 2023 photo).

Free stream of the AZ PBS show on Lucy's 50th and some coverage of our 2024 Hadar field season. azpbs.org/lucys-lastin...