Sabrina Curran, Ph.D., is associate professor of anthropology. She specializes in biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, paleoecology and ecomorphology in the regions of Eastern Europe and Eastern Africa. Research she led reveals new evidence of early hominin activity in Europe, suggesting that hominins were present on the continent far earlier than previously thought. The discovery, published in , sheds new light on the timing and extent of hominin dispersal across Eurasia. While previous evidence indicated hominin presence in Dmanisi, Georgia, around 1.8 million years ago, the discovery at Gr膬unceanu pushes this timeline even further back, suggesting that hominins may have been present in Eurasia by at least 2 million years ago. 鈥淭he discovery of these cut marks is significant because it pushes back the timeline of hominin activity in Eurasia,鈥 Curran said. 鈥淲hile evidence of stone tools has been found in other parts of the world, the presence of these marks on bones offers a rare and valuable glimpse into the behavior of early human ancestors.鈥 Read more about her findings . She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.