Keneiloe Molopyane (born in 1987 in Benoni) is a South African biological archaeologist and paleoanthropologist.[1] [2] She began studying archeology at the University of Pretoria, and later completed a master 's degree in archeobiology at the University of York. In 2021 she completed a doctoral thesis in biological anthropology at Wits University. In 2021, she was named an "emerging explorer" by the National Geographic Society.[3] [4]