Archaeologist and biological anthropologist Keneiloe Molopyane has explored some of the most challenging and dangerous excavation sites. She joined our HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic series to share her experience as a second generation “underground astronaut” at the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa–where the largest and oldest concentration of hominid fossils has ever been found, and the discoveries that have advanced our understanding of the natural world and the origins of modern humans.

Moderator: Briana Pobiner, paleoanthropologist and educator at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

This Zoom webinar with Keneiloe Molopyane aired live on November 17, 2022 as part of the ongoing "HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic" series.