K.L. Kaosa writes about how the adaptations of our earliest ancestors shaped the anatomy of modern Homo sapiens. She studied evolutionary anatomy and human osteology as an undergraduate; her graduate work focused on science journalism.

She served as an exhibit educator for the only U.S. exhibition of Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba under Dr. Becca Peixotto. She went on to work as a research intern in a joint research project with the University of North Texas Health Science Center and the University of Texas, Arlington where she developed methods for 3D scanning South African bovid assemblages. She also completed a gross anatomy internship through UNTHSC's Summer Opportunities in Anatomy Research program at the Center for Anatomical Sciences. Her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention was awarded for a proposed study on human physiological adaptation to hot climates. She presented "It's just a theory… the five most common misconceptions about human evolution, explained" at Science Distilled Dallas, and her professional background includes CRM field archaeology and federal archaeology.