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Learn more about where anthropologists work in the field and what studying the science of our human origins is all about!

Discover: Hadar, Ethiopia

Heading out from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

On the road, Ethiopia

Camels getting a ride, Ethiopia

Caravan of trucks, Ethiopia

Setting up bathrooms, Hadar, Ethiopia

"Camp Hadar," Awash Valley, Ethiopia

Outside classroom, Hadar, Ethiopia

Students taking notes

Students walking up the hill

The top of the hill, Hadar, Ethiopia

Setting up the dig site

Careful excavation techniques

Sifting through dirt

A jaw bone, Hadar, Ethiopia

Cleaning fossils and bones from the field work

Which animal is this from?

Computers in the field

Cooling off in the Awash River

A student with a satellite phone

Field kitchen, Hadar, Ethiopia

Field camp at night

Field team, Hadar, Ethiopia, 2009

Discover: Mossel Bay, South Africa

South Africa coastal map

Above-coastline of Mossel Bay; below-close up detail of the cave locations

PPB 13B stairs and view

Curtis Marean with students

Mussels along the shore, Mossel Bay, South Africa

Inside the Mossel Bay caves

The work of an archaeologist in the field

An excavated fire hearth

Kyle Brown "knapping" stone cutting blades

Maasi woman with red ochre

Mossel Bay team

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Why did the size of our brains change over time?
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