National Geographic Explorer and palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi specialises in fossil hunting in unstable, hostile and disputed territories… and is also a stand-up comic.

73K Followers, 2,184 Following, 1,542 Posts - Ella Al-Shamahi (@ella_alshamahi) on Instagram: "@NatGeo Explorer 📺 HUMAN @PBS/@BBC 📕 Handshake - A Times Book of the Year Standup …

Ella Al-Shamahi is a British-Yemeni paleoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist, and stand-up comedian. She specializes in Neanderthals and caves, often exploring some of the most …

Ella Al-Shamahi. 23,380 likes · 14,309 talking about this. National Geographic Explorer TV presenter Stand-up Palaeoanthropologist & Evolutionary...

Jul 4, 2025 · Ella Al-Shamahi is the erudite presenter of a breathtaking new series about our 300,000-year history. But her own evolution story isn’t short of drama either… Photograph by …

Ella Al-Shamahi is an explorer, palaeoanthropologist, and evolutionary biologist turned stand-up and TV presenter, who has fronted science, natural history and archaeology programmes on …

May 6, 2025 · Ella Al-Shamahi grew up a creationist, but her perspective shifted when she studied evolution at university. Today she’s a paleoanthropologist who hunts fossils in unstable …

In her TED talk, Ella describes how she and her team navigated around the no-fly zone of Yemen to reach the tiny island of Socotra by hopping a cement cargo ship through the Indian Ocean, …

Aug 22, 2025 · Ella Al-Shamahi is a National Geographic Explorer, palaeoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist (and stand-up comic) who specializes in Neanderthals, caves, and …

Al-Shamahi believes audiences won’t have seen a show like it. She finds that telling the story of humanity beyond reducing humans to data points has influenced the response to the show — …