52nd annual conference of the Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology (CABA-ACAB) will be in Victoria, BC November 5-8
Register: tinyurl.com/mhyxbev7
fees go up after Oct 1
www.caba-acab.ca
caba2025victoria@gmail.com
#anthropology @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @uvic.ca
Is it the coracoid centre of scapula?
Justus Erus Edung was only 25 years old when he discovered Kenyanthropus platyops in a team led by Prof. Meave Leakey in 1999.
This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.
#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
Congrats to Marla! I love exploring skeletal ontogeny with this team @hkkurki.bsky.social
Great tune
If wisdom teeth kick off very late in childhood, then our work suggests they're at higher risk of impaction. Here's the free open source article fellow tooth nerds: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social @usask.bsky.social #dentistry #dentalanthropology #saskatchewan #canada
Come work with me in the Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta.
DM me if you would like more details: apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
Hi
We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!
some links;
the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...
our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...
and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...
The huge oval reflecting pool at the entrance of the Aga Khan Garden. In the reflection, we see a very blue sky and a tall forest of evergreens.
An off-white c fountain in the shape of an open flower with five petals sprays into the sky in the Aga Khan Botanic Gardens.
A vista showing the dramatic central pavilion of the Aga Khan Botanic Garden, a grey-white terraced structure. In the foreground, we see water features and floating lily pads.
Grey and white geometric mosaic blocks in the midst of the Aga Khan Garden with a forest of wild evergreens in the background.
On this “brisk” winter day in #Edmonton, thinking about the late Aga Khan’s generous gift to the University of Alberta Botanic Garden. The world’s Ismaili community is mourning. But know that the Aga Khan’s memory will be a blessing here for decades. #yeg #UniversityofAlberta #ualberta #AgaKhan
Wish I could be there!
We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
1/3 Many thanks to the 76 reviewers who dedicated time for our free #openaccess initiative in 2024!
42 anonymous reviewers +
@carigol.bsky.social
@davidedelpiano.bsky.social
@ndelsol.bsky.social
@armandofalcucci.bsky.social
@ihuvila.bsky.social
It's long to read but you will not regret it.
This perspective from a former editor in chief of Science magazine, provides a good confirmation of what many of us already suspected.
Thanks @jeremymberg.bsky.social for this honest & raw description of publishing in science, and not only in Science.
I recently stepped down as an AE at a Springer:Nature journal for reasons similar to o the JHE board (where I also once served). Time to stop allowing ourselves to be exploited for corporate profit. We can do everything without them.
New research led by former student, Dr. Jennifer S. Nelson "Exploring the Laws of Developmental Direction Using a Documented Skeletal Collection"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Beauty day out there
Note to self for a PD workshop
The site preserves one amazing, 12-step hominin trackway as well as 3 additional, isolated footprints of different hominin individuals.
Flyer has a white box on an orange background. The AABA 2025 logo and heading is at the top. In large orange font it says “WORKSHOP PROPOSALS” and in smaller font beneath “Submit a workshop proposal for the 2025 AABA Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland! Submission portal closes November 15, 2024.” A link to bioanth.org is shown and there’s a cute orange crab on the lower right corner of the graphic.
Are you interested in organizing a workshop at #AABA2025? Workshop proposal applications are due November 15! More info here: bioanth.org/94th-annual-...
Cell Biology at #ualberta is recruting for a tenure-stream faculty position in he area of stem cell biology to join our emerging 'Children's Health and Regenerative Medicine' hub. www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/...
Welcome!
You inspire me!
I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
Two new chapters from my free online book in human genetics out this weekend!
These complete Part 3 of the book, on human population structure and history:
3.3: Human prehistory [separate thread]
3.4: Ancient DNA: a genetic time capsule [this thread]
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
Open access selection of 21 milestones papers on African archaeology from the Journal of Archaeological Science !
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www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
Found some snow!
Skate break, on the Lake!
