The Importance of Combining Experimental and Computer Modeling Techniques

The value of modeling and simulation is tremendous, but it has to be done in a way that's grounded in reality so it doesn't risk becoming just a purely academic exercise. The approach we're taking right now before doing more of that is a really rigorous set of modeling and Simulation studies in modern humans and extent chimpanzees where we have tight integration of the experimental work and the modeling work. And that will allow us to define what the bounds of uncertainty are when we go back to doing pure simulation work on an extinct organism that we can never get data from. So I think we'll switch gears a little bit because we really want to talk about some of the roles that you've taken in your academic