My research addresses the role of predation and competition pressure between hominin and carnivore and their fundamental roles in the evolution of the paleoecological status of Hominins (from prey and opportunistic collector to predator).

My research fields include bone assemblages from various chronological phases: Plio-Pleistocene of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique) and Holocene from Eastern Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti).

My research aims at better understanding the mechanisms driving the evolutionary dynamics of communities and ecosystems. I am particularly interested in the evolution of interactions between carnivoran mammals (lions, saber-toothed cats, hyaenas, dogs…) and hominins in eastern Africa from the Miocene to the Pleistocene.

I am interested in the influence of fallback foods on the selection of dental phenotypes in suids and primates, particularly in early hominins.

One of the objectives of my project is to study the dental data of fossil suids and primates from the Shungura Formation, in the light of the results obtained on controlled-fed pigs, in order to better understand their diversity and evolution in relation to their feeding habits.