Preston, The project was advertised on social media (Facebook), looking for field scientists with caving and/or climbing experience and a “slender build” in order to get into the room with the fossils. I think a preference was made for young people just starting out in a scientific career (i.e., students). You can read about it in the various commercial news outlets.
K. Lindsay (Eaves) Hunter, one of the scientists, resided for a time in Texas and went on a few caving trips, plus spoke at the 2014 TSA Convention about the Cradle of Humankind project. She is now living in South Africa, married to Rick Hunter (one of the discoverers of the bone cache). Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 [email protected] (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) > On Sep 11, 2015, at 3:01 PM, PRESTON FORSYTHE via Texascavers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did any TX archy caver types know about this project 3-5 years ago and even > better participate? > > Preston > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > From:"Diana Tomchick via Texascavers" <[email protected]> > Date:Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 11:37 AM > Subject:Re: [Texascavers] New Human Ancestor Found in South Africa > > And here’s the link to the open access original scientific publication of the > discovery in the journal eLife. There are several additional papers in the > journal related to this one from the same research group, so explore to your > heart’s content. > > http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09560 > > Diana > > ************************************************** > Diana R. Tomchick > Professor > Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. > Rm. 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