Scholars@Duke
Charles M Musiba

Charles M Musiba

Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Office hours Fall 2025:
Mondays - Thursdays 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Preserving the Past: Conservation Strategies for the Laetoli Animal Trackways

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2026 Link to item Cite

Using GPR Technology to Detect and Map Unexposed Hominin Footprints at Laetoli

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2026 Link to item Cite

Re-assessment of papionin diversity at Laetoli using mandibles

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2025 Link to item Cite

Data Sharing in Paleoanthropology and the Technology Divide Dilemma

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2025 Link to item Cite

Lessons from Anthro-Cast: Ethical Futures in Casting, Curation, and Repair

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 2024 Link to item Cite

New Pliocene cercopithecoid primates from Laetoli, Tanzania (1998-2022)

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 2023 Link to item Cite

What can monkey fossils tell us about early human evolution? New insights from the analysis of molar cusp proportions in fossil cercopithecoids from Laetoli, Tanzania

Conference The FASEB Journal · May 2022 IntroductionLaetoli, Tanzania preserves the earliest fossils attributed to Australopithecus afarensis (3.7 mya). A diversity of non‐human primates including cercopithecoid ... Full text Cite

Calcaneal ecomorphology of Bovidae from the Upper Laetolil Beds, Tanzania

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 2022 Link to item Cite

Body mass estimation from footprint size in early hominins

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2020 Link to item Cite

Rediscovery of original site A bipedal footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2020 Link to item Cite

Geological and taphonomic context of excavations within the Rising Star cave system

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Negotiating Conservation and Sustainable Use of Tanzania's Paleoanthropological Heritage: The Laetoli Hominin Footprints Site in Ngorongoro, Northern Tanzania

Conference ACTAS DEL PRIMER CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE BUENAS PRACTICAS EN PATRIMONIO MUNDIAL: ARQUEOLOGIA · 2012 Link to item Cite

Pliocene animal trackways at Laetoli: Research and conservation potential

Conference Ichnos an International Journal of Plant and Animal · December 15, 2008 Laetoli, a paleoanthropological site in Northern Tanzania, is perhaps best known for its famous fossil hominid footprints that were discovered by Mary Leakey and her co-workers in 1978. The site not only preserves the hominid footprints but also trackways, ... Full text Cite