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Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Rassim Khelifa, Concordia University

Daniel Cash, United Nations University; Aston University

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes, Baylor University and Christopher von Rueden, University of Richmond

Fridah Gatwiri Kiambati, African Population and Health Research Center

Busani Ngcaweni, University of Johannesburg

Sarah Bracking, King's College London and Danford Chibvongodze

Saheed Babajide Owonikoko, Modibbo Adama University of Technology

Gudani Goodman Mukoma, University of Venda

Jacopo Gnisci, UCL

Trevor Hill, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Andriantsilavo Hery Isandratana Razafimanantsoa, University of Cape Town; Caryn Upton, University of Cape Town; Dilys Berman, University of Cape Town; Frank Neumann, North-West University; Jemma Finch, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Jonny Peter, University of Cape Town, and Takudzwa Matuvhunye, University of Cape Town

Ivor Chipkin, University of Pretoria

Gideon Ndubuisi, Delft University of Technology; Elvis Korku Avenyo, University of Johannesburg; Solomon Owusu, Boston University, and Woubet Kassa, American University

Kevin Mudavadi, Georgia State University; Bingbing Zhang, University of Iowa; Gregory Gondwe, University of Alabama; California State University, San Bernardino; Harvard University, and Shitemi Khamadi, Indiana University

Daniel Waktola, Austin Community College

Mathias Alubafi Fubah, Human Sciences Research Council

Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Gabriele Cosentino, American University in Cairo

Burak Şakir Şeker, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Simon Adams, Murdoch University

Robert Lucas, University of Manchester

Sarah Bracking, King's College London and Danford Chibvongodze

John (Eddie) La Marca, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and Sarah Diepstraten, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)

Chris Ogden, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town

Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University

Malizgani Paul Chavula, University of Zambia and Cosmas Zyambo, University of Zambia

Davies Tsikayi, University of the Witwatersrand

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria; Ana Saggioro Garcia, PUC-Rio; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); Kennedy Mbeva, University of Cambridge, and Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria

Glen Nwaila, University of the Witwatersrand and Grant Bybee

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria

Damilola Peter Olatade, Lagos State University

Naomi Adam, University of Liverpool

Sheila Petty, University of Regina

Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

Grace Khunou, University of South Africa

Christian Ungruhe, University of Passau

Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University

Cathy Wilcock, University of Manchester

Giulio Lucarini, National Research Council (CNR); Cyprian Broodbank, University of Cambridge, and Toby C. Wilkinson, University of Cambridge

Ashadee Kay Miller, University of the Witwatersrand

Junior Amboko, Florida Atlantic University and Kate Detwiler, Florida Atlantic University

Markus Engstler, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg and Daniel Masiga, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

Sean McCann, University of Illinois Chicago

Itamar Shatz, University of Cambridge

Lewis C. E. Mason, Kingston University

Ahmed Elbediwy, Kingston University and Nadine Wehida, Kingston University

Salah Ben Hammou, Rice University

Sougueh Cheik, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)

Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Marie Roseline Belizaire, Universidad de Alcalá

Thierry Vircoulon, Université Paris Cité