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Posts by Dr Briana Pobiner

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Visitor Experience Associate, IS-1001-07 Job Opening: Visitor Experience Associate, IS-1001-07 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

DC area folks - great opportunity: 10 front line visitor experience associate jobs just opened at our museum! trustcareers.si.edu/postings/33b...

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USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government <p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world&rsquo;s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.&nbsp;The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a major...

Anthropology collections manager position open at our museum! www.usajobs.gov/job/864498000

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The Impact of Human Origins on People's Understanding of the World Join the National Museum of Natural History’s Human Origins Program for a discussion on how the program developed from the Smithsonian's cutting-edge research, a permanent exhibition, and public engag...

The Smithsonian will be hosting a free webinar this Sunday, February 22 from 1:30-3:00 EST, The Impact of Human Origins on People's Understanding of the World. Check it out! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/impac... #museums #humanorigins #evosky

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I'm delighted to have contributed even in a small way to this just-published article in @frontiersin.bsky.social describing a comparative bone surface modification database - with open-source data and code! frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2026.1681814/full

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Senior Director, BioInteractive Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. HHMI is focused on supporting and moving science forward in a...

Amazing opportunity to lead a stellar science education program: Senior Director, BioInteractive @hhmi-science.bsky.social! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

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I’m not a taxonomist, but I think there’s a sizable group of folks who always called the African fossils H. erectus 🤷‍♀️

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Thank YOU for writing it!! I knew right away where I could go to find a thoughtful, reasoned, well-informed, evidence-based reflection on the new guidelines… your Substack. 🙂

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If you want a deep dive into the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) by the smartest registered dietitian I know, Dr. Kevin C. Klatt - here it is!

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Flyer for the webinar. The text reads: 2026 Darwin Day Webinar. Journey Into Darkness: The Allegory of the Cave. Thursday, February 12, 7:00 PM EST. Sponsored by the National Center for Science Education and the National Association of Biology Teachers. Imagery are illustrations of Homo naledi fossils: a skull and a foot. A map drawing of the Rising Star Cave system.

Flyer for the webinar. The text reads: 2026 Darwin Day Webinar. Journey Into Darkness: The Allegory of the Cave. Thursday, February 12, 7:00 PM EST. Sponsored by the National Center for Science Education and the National Association of Biology Teachers. Imagery are illustrations of Homo naledi fossils: a skull and a foot. A map drawing of the Rising Star Cave system.

Mark your calendar for 2/12 at 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PST for NCSE and NABT's free Darwin Day webinar! Rick and Lindsay Hunter will share stories from the discovery and excavation of the first-known fossils of Homo naledi. To register - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #DarwinDay2026 #EduSky #evobio

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Science Education Digital Asset Coordinator at @hhmi-science.bsky.social in Chevy Chase MD. (I know some of the folks on this team; they’d be great to work with!) Full time with benefits. Hourly pay $27.80 (minimum) - $34.75 (midpoint) - $45.18 (maximum).

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Archaeology Center – Academic Curator, Academic Program Professional (APP 2) Position- Hybrid Opportunity in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States This position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.Archaeology Center....

Stanford Archaeology Center – Academic Curator. "[will] advance and develop SUAC operations, education, research, and outreach... supervises student interns, teaching and research assistants". Expected pay range $116,966-$150,114. careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/archaeo...

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Come be my colleague! The CU Natural History Museum has a welcoming community, great leadership, and connections with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

I believe museum faculty also get a summer stipend, in addition to the 9 month salary listed here.

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Assistant Professor - Curator of Education (Tenure-Track)

Curator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

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Vol. 2025 No. 2 (2025): PaleoAnthropology | PaleoAnthropology

You could check out the articles in the recent special issue of PaleoAnthropology “What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics” for some of the, ahem, discussion. paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

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I too am anticipating a prolonged and spicy, ahem, discussion about this - and as someone who doesn’t dabble in hominin taxonomy, I’ll defer to my colleagues who do. (And you left out bodoensis, too.) The muddle in the middle Pleistocene of hominin taxonomy seems especially… kerfuffle-y.

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Top Stories in Human Evolution of 2025 - PLOS SciComm By Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner 2025 has been quite the wild year! With more exciting stories in human evolution than we…

My colleague Ryan McRae and I wrote our annual round up of top discoveries in human evolution from this year for the @plos.org Sci Comm blog - enjoy! scicomm.plos.org/2025/12/19/t...

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Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago - Nature Communications When hominins dispersed into Eurasia is unclear. Here, the authors present multiple cut-marked bones from Grăunceanu, Romania dated to at least 1.95 million years ago and suggest hominins would have l...

This is a companion to our paper in January of this year “Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago”. The PaleoAnthropology paper has the thorough taphonomic analysis of the entire faunal assemblage that didn’t fit in the Nature Comms paper 😄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Online Early View in PaleoAnthropology today! Curran, Pobiner, Gogol, Croitor, Drăguşin, Keevil, Pante, Popescu, Robinson, Ungureanu, Werdelin, Petculescu & Terhune “Taphonomic Analysis of Early Pleistocene Fossil Localities of the Olteţ River Valley, Romania”. paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

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Volunteering Get information about volunteering at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Are you local to the DC area and want to be a public engagement volunteer with us in the Hall of Human Origins? Apply now! naturalhistory.si.edu/join-us/volu...

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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology) Full-Time, PermanentApplications are invited for the post of Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology) in the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London.The successful applicant will joi...

Interested in a lab tech career with a particular focus on palaeoecology? Come work with us at @royalholloway.bsky.social !!!

jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

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Program Officer – Science Education Alliance – HHMI The Program Officer will be part of the Science Education Alliance (SEA) team, supporting all aspects of the program, from recruitment and training of new faculty to engaging in research and managing ...

Job alert at @hhmi.org! “The Program Officer will be part of the Science Education Alliance (SEA) team, supporting all aspects of the program, from recruitment and training of new faculty to engaging in research and managing research data.” In person, in Maryland. jobs.biopatrika.com/job/program-...

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Loved seeing this when I just looked at the email NABT @nabtbio.bsky.social sent yesterday - huge congrats to Molly Selba @mollyselba.bsky.social, so well deserved!! 🎉🏆

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University of Delaware - Details - Curator of Education and Engagement

Job alert (Newark, DE): "Are you a passionate and collaborative educator who is dedicated to interdisciplinary teaching and object-based learning? Join the Museums in the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press as the Curator of Education and Engagement." careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...

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Who We Are The National Geographic Society uses the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. Our mission is only complete when our staff, explorers, educators, youth and partners are seen, valued, and heard. We embrace each person’s identity, experiences, and abilities, and we commit to cultivating an environment where everyone benefits from opportunity, mutual respect and a sense of belonging. National Geographic's headquarters is located in the heart of Washington, D.C. We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package, including health and dental benefits, generous vacation and parental leave time, a 401(k) plan, flexible work options, and career development.

National Geographic Society is hiring 30+ positions to staff their new museum location in Washington D.C. 👀 ngs.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/ngs_external...

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Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)

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Please reach out if you have any questions!

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Thanks for the shout-out, Holly! 🫶

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WHO’S CUTTING ONIONS IN MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW? 🥹 This email is from one of the Alabama high school biology teachers we worked with - I sent them all an email this morning letting me know the paper was published.

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Teaching human evolution in Alabama high school biology classrooms: the LUDA project - Evolution: Education and Outreach Background Multiple factors, including the context (human or non-human) in which evolution is learned and whether explicit efforts are made to try to reduce the conflict between evolution and religion...

Here's a link to the open access article. I'm grateful to the amazing project team and fantastic Alabama biology teachers for collaborating on such an impactful project. evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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