Elen Feuerriegel risked her life to recover bones hidden in a cave below the rolling hills of South Africa. What she found helped open a new chapter in the story of human evolution.
Four years ago, Dr Elen Feuerriegel was trawling the internet when she saw an ad. The ad was unusual - it asked for three or four people for a short-term project, but they had to be skinny, preferably small and could not be claustrophobic. They also needed to be fit, have some caving experience, a good attitude and be a team player. And they had to be willing to work in cramped quarters. Elen was intrigued. The ad described her to a tee. "I sat on it for an hour or two, thinking 'well if I fit the bill I should really apply' but I didn't think I'd have a chance in heck that I'd even be considered," she says. "And then I thought 'I would be a fool if I let this opportunity go by without trying.' It cost me nothing, so why not?" So the 24-year-old Australian PhD student sent her resume - and her measurements - to a man she'd never met in South Africa. http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-08-26/elen-feuerriegel-the-underground-astronaut/8825148?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=abc_science_newsletter%3a125&user_id=f9e042d83d4ce8cddb605dd0ee1b4d8c56d0b9eb1556ba79ca7b029519da3225&WT.tsrc=email&WT.mc_id=Email%7cabc_science_newsletter%7c125&utm_content=story_2_title ... Jon
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