Hello everyone!I'm happy to report that I've just completed measuring the stone tools from Dr. Reti's experimental collection here at UCSC. It took some long days and weeks of committed, monotonous...
Hello everyone!I know it's been quite some time since I've provided an update on my research progress this year. Here it goes...My research schedule for 2017 got flipped upside down, as it often do...
Hello everyone,I wanted to send a brief note about some exciting developments in my research plan for the next year. I have been offered the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) Field School Director posi...
Hello everyone,The funding campaign has come to an end, and what an exciting journey it was!I wanted to extend my heartfelt thanks to you for agreeing to support my research. It means the world to ...
I've been very encouraged and excited see my experimental project successfully funded - over and above my initial goal!There are just a few days left in this crowdfunding campaign, and I've taken t...
Hello everyone,The last few days have been very exciting and encouraging - so many people came through with their support for my project. I'm happy to report that my project placed 2nd in the Archa...
I am so excited - you've helped me successfully raise my initial funding goal of $2300!!This is a huge accomplishment, and I'd like to take a moment to sincerely thank all of my backers for support...
I was collecting data from my pilot experiment around this time last year. The experiment tested whether there were measurable differences between the stone tool products of flaking and shaping. Tu...
The Archaeology/Anthropology/Palaeoanthropology world is all shook up this week as new research shows a group of wild capuchin monkeys can accidentally make stone flakes. The capuchins hit stones w...