I landed in Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday, and after a jet-laggy day and a half or so, I’m now at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (nee Transvaal Museum) in Pretoria. It’s winter here in the southern hemisphere, and when I’d landed yesterday, Joburg was in the midst of the kind of mists no one misses (left, Joburg from my hotel). It was seriously super gray and cold, it was like being back in Michigan. The hotel was pretty nice. Here’s a view of sunrise this morning (which I saw since I’m still not adjusted to the time change).

I just finished my first day back with Australopithecus robustus fossils (pic below). It’s nice to be working on fossils again, but I’ve been awake since 2:30 am so as much as I love fossils it was a bit of a struggle some of the time. I’d love to say more but my eyes are about to go on strike and pop out of my head, probably to face something upsetting to punish me for not letting them rest. I’ll do my best to keep the world up to date as to my progress and travels. Good night!