Dr. Habiba Chirchir studies the shape of the spongy bone ins…

Dr. Habiba Chirchir studies the shape of the spongy bone inside long bones (like the humerus and femur) using computed tomography – a very sensitive scanner that can reconstruct the inner bone. She is specifically interested in hominin remains from around Koobi Fora, Kenya that date to about 1 -2 million years old, so she can reconstruct how our ancient relatives walked and moved across the landscape. She is pictured here holding a cast of a famous Australopithecine fossil named Lucy.  To which subdiscipline of bioarchaeology does Dr. Chirchir belong?