I am a philosopher of biology currently working as a postdoc at KU Leuven (Institute of Philosophy). I am interested in the dynamics of scientific reasoning and conceptual foundations of Middle and Late Pleistocene paleoanthropology and archaeology. My work has focused on HS origins, 'behavioral modernity', Neanderthal admixture and extinction, and cognitive archaeology. My current project is on the character concept and character individuation in evolutionary biology and paleoanthropology.