American Museum of Natural History | How Do We Search for Human Ancestors in East Africa? with Paleoanthropologist Ashley Hammond @AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
Travel to Turkana, Kenya on a search for hominin fossils with paleoanthropologist Ashley Hammond, assistant curator in the Division of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History. Discover the techniques Hammond uses to find fossils in the field, how 3D scanning lets scientists study specimens from anywhere in the world, and what studying the pelvis can tell us about the evolution of humans and our relatives.

Learn more about Dr. Hammond's research: amnh.org/research/staff-directory/ashley-hammond

#Evolution #HumanEvolution #Paleontology #Anthropology #Fossils #EastAfrica #Kenya #HumanAncestors #Turkana

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