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“My colleague Yingi Zhang had been working on G. blacki evidence for over ten years,” says Kira Westaway, lead author of the new study and a geochronologist at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

From National Geographic • Jan. 10, 2024

Until recently, geochronologist Li Xian-Hua’s research focused on molten rocks on Earth.

From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022

“It’s intriguing to think what a moderate to large impact event could do in this time period,” says Timmons Erickson, a geochronologist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, who led the study.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 27, 2019

“New fossils would be especially welcome, as we know almost nothing about the physical appearance of Denisovans, aside from them having rather chunky teeth,” said geochronologist Zenobia Jacobs of the University of Wollongong in Australia.

From Reuters • Jan. 30, 2019

Rock art “is unique, it’s precious — there’s a lot of pressure on you not to make a mistake,” says geochronologist Dirk Hoffmann at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

From The Verge • Feb. 22, 2018