"When Laz showed me around the Cradle of Humankind, I felt like we were searching for treasure in his backyard," Daniel says. "Each bone he spotted made him beam with pride, a glimpse into an ancient ecosystem that our ancestors once inhabited. The fossils are like whispers from that ancient time. And Laz was there to tell me what those whispers were saying."
His rise in a field dominated by white researchers is unprecedented.
"When I grew up, this kind of work was not known or accessible for an ordinary boy," Kgasi says. "But since I’m doing it now and I’m exposing it to the wider audience in [the] Black community, I think the upcoming generation, they can benefit to see one of their own playing a pivotal role in telling the story of these fossils."
Daniel's profile traces Kgasi's path from fossil digger to a curator with an impressive roster of fossil discoveries.
TB or not TB? That is the question
A new study in Nature Medicine estimates that 2 million people are incorrectly told they have tuberculosis each year — and clinicians miss diagnosing TB in 1 million people. Why so many misdiagnoses?
Bad Bunny takes on the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. NPR writes: "It will be a party, but also a history lesson. We think San Benito's Tiny Desk from 2025, the story of Puerto Rico told in song and parable, could serve as a preview."
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