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Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University.

Director office for inclusivity and change, University of Cape Town.

Victoria Gibbon receives funding from the South African National Research Foundation.

Jessica Thompson has received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Leakey Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation, and National Geographic Society.

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