Thanks! It was good to talk with you at the workshop.

A 3D printed bust of Lucy in copper-colored plastic.

A blocky silver 3D print of Lucy standing with open palms.

A blocky 3D print of a gorilla with 3D prints of Lucy in the background.

Closeup of a silver 3D print of Lucy from the side. Behind it slightly out of focus is a copper colored 3D printed bust of Lucy. Far in the background and very out of focus is man loading chairs.

The latest #aaba2026 meeting was the best yet! I have so many highlights, from the art expo and silent auction to the education committee workshop and course seeing the fascinating talks and posters. I’m so glad my 3D prints were so well received.

What a wonderful discussion about the science of who we are! Thank you so much for this opportunity to talk with so many thinkers.

A few more days!

We can trace ourselves to her. She lived 150 000-200 000 years ago. Our mothers mothers mothers, and their mothers mothers... all through the female line.
What does she mean to you? Come share with
@keithcchan.bsky.social
and me at The Foremothers Cafe on #ENGAGE Oct 23rd at 7 pm.
Image: ChatGPT

Come have a fun talk in Engage!

Thanks AT&T. I wonder what Spectrum is like.

Disney ban, meet Target ban. It’s too bad I won’t be enjoying the Fantastic Four home release, but I want to live in a functional society instead of just seeing one on screen.

Took 20 minutes to park on campus and I need another 5 in the car to chill the f out

We recently paid people to unfollow the most divisive accounts on X. After a month, they felt 23% less animosity towards other political groups

Their experience was so positive that half declined to refollow those hostile accounts after the study and they felt less animosity 11 months later.

I learned about the new Pope through the new Mexican radio station in San Diego. “Why are they talking about a new potato?”

A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...

"Tsutaya et al. used ancient proteomic analysis on a previously unidentified hominin mandible from Taiwan and identified it as having belonged to a male Denisovan." #paleoanthropology

I got brake checked and the most insulting part was that they didn’t get anywhere as close to me as we got to each other in our simultaneous lane change.

Trump is gutting museums and libraries. YouTube video by thebrainscoop

Losing the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be an act of monumental neglect.

I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places.

youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...

If you’d rather have this in text form with citations, I gotchu 💛

bit.ly/3XWWUki

Incredible orangutan fossil from Vietnam highlights how diverse this group of apes was in the past; today there are only 3 highly endangered species living on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra (article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

I went to Target for the first time in months. Don't worry: I didn't buy anything. I just flipped off the things I used to buy.

Best accomplishment last week: got elected undergraduate advisor. This week: beat my class in a game of Kahoot.

Scientists say they have the first recorded video evidence of narwhals using tusks not only to strike and manipulate fish during feeding, but also engage in what appears to be playful behavior: cnn.it/3QRn188

Katrine Haydock

PLAY THIS (archaeology) GAME!

Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺

katrinehaydock.itch.io

Two days of rain in San Diego and people are taking it as a personal attack

#BiologicalAnthropology @bioanth.org folks attending #AABA2025... share your photography, sculpture, paintings, other artistic works, #SciComm projects or engaging learning activities at this year's expo in Baltimore! Submit through the link below.

"I'm not a scientist" is a phrase that has been often used by American politicians, primarily Republicans,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] when asked about a scientific subject, such as global warming,[1] or the age of the Earth.

How come the Doomsday Clock is always minutes from midnight? What does 12:15 look like and how is it different from 12:05? Heck the fact that there is a midnight implies there’s a 4pm. What’s that like?

Neanderthal quiz: How much do you know about our closest relatives? Think you know everything about Neanderthals? Take our quiz to find out.

I got a perfect score! (Then again, I did write it…) 🧪🏺

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I love that a Wikipedia editor added subtitles to the audio file of a howler monkey's call

A tiny hummingbird perched on an equally tiny branch

I have a new camera and I now have birder cred. Someone next to me in an aviary with a huge camera pointed at a bird whispered to me “that’s a roasted sapphire” and I’m like “… magnificent.”