LHOSA
Looking for human origins in southern Africa
Principal investigator
- Amélie Beaudet (PALEVOPRIM)
Funding
LHOSA is funded by the Jeunes Chercheurs/Jeunes Chercheuses program of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (2025-2029).
Aims
Because of the exceptional degree of preservation of the fossil record and the density of the remains, the southern African Plio-Pleistocene paleontological sites play a major role in the search for human origins. The general aim of LHOSA is to shed new light on the taxonomic and evolutionary context of the southern African fossil hominins, and more particularly those from the prolific site of Sterkfontein, to further explore this long-standing conundrum.
Outcomes
LHOSA was built upon results synthetized in this paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/evan.21972
Consortium
LHOSA involves PALEVOPRIM (coordinator) and researchers from various institutions in South Africa (University of the Witwatersrand), Spain (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and France (Archéosciences Bordeaux).