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Posts by Dr. Mary T. Silcox

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The Evolution and Development of Molar Size Among Exudate‐Feeding Lorises and Bushbabies Objectives A challenge for linking evolution and development is to find proxies for developmental processes that can be studied from the types of material preserved in the fossil record (i.e., teeth...

🚨Paper Alert!🚨 @keeganselig.bsky.social, @sergilopeztorres.bsky.social, @chrislaw.bsky.social, AM Burrows & @marytsilcox.bsky.social explore 'The evolution & development of molar size among exudate-feeding #lorises & #bushbabies' American Journal of Biological Anthropology 🦷🐵 doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...

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So proud of all of you! Wish I’d been there!

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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - CLTA - Biomedical Anthropology Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - CLTA - Biomedical Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Scarborough invites applications for a 3 year Teaching Stream appointment in Biomedical Anthropology. Submit applications by Nov. 10, 2025. Details available here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Mandibles and isolated molars of the new species Paromomys borealis

Mandibles and isolated molars of the new species Paromomys borealis

New paper out in JVP, in which we describe two new species of the basal paromomyid primate Paromomys from the Paleocene of Alberta 🇨🇦 By Craig Scott, myself, @marytsilcox.bsky.social & Lisa Bohach.

doi.org/10.1080/0272...

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Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about diversity in science.
However, disability/chronic conditions has been absent.
In response, Trends in Ecology & Evolution is publishing a series of interviews with ecologists and evolutionary biologists who are disabled or have a chronic condition.

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The Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine invites applications for an Instructor position, with primary teaching responsibilities in human gross anatomy to healthcare professional students. One year renewable appointment.

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“De-extinction” is to biodiversity loss what “Mars colonization” is to climate change—wishful thinking that is at its core impossible but nevertheless sucks up attention and resources from actual solutions to these crises (which, ultimately, might be the whole point)

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Huge thanks to our coauthors: Łucja Fostowicz-Frelik
Adam Lis
@sergilopeztorres.bsky.social
Gabriela San Martin-Flores
@ornellabertrand.bsky.social

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But how does it smell? An investigation of olfactory bulb size among living and fossil primates and other euarchontoglirans Analysis of cranial endocast data of 181 extant and 41 fossil species from Euarchontoglires shows that there was a reduction in olfactory bulb size in Crown Primates, but that there were also subsequ...

New paper co-led by Maddy Lang and myself, providing the most comprehensive analysis of the evolution of olfactory bulb size in living and fossil euarchontoglirans. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction

Our new study published today on a remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes from the early Paleocene of New Mexico! @purgatoriidae.bsky.social @abqtom.bsky.social @crowelljw.bsky.social @marytsilcox.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Might save a life.

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Petition e-5353 - Petitions

Awesome work! If you’re supporting us from Canada, sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Public Comment: Speak Out Against Passport Gender Policy Changes | Indivisible SF Public Comment: Speak Out Against Passport Gender Policy Changes

There's an open comment period until March 17 where you can leave comments about Passport Gender Policy Changes. This site has both links to proposals (you'll have to submit a comment on each), sample comments to get you started, and you can submit anonymously.

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A public lands protest will take place this Saturday, March 1st, at the Dinosaur National Monument entrance (Utah side), in support of federal employee community members who have recently lost their jobs.

#PleaseShare

#Paleontology #Dinosaurs #NationalParks

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Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children against deadly childhood diseases. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone

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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

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A powerful window on one aspect of the current debacle

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Love this so much!!

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Full-time or part-time Research Technician in Micropalaeontology available in my lab @bridgetwade.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social
as part of the NERC TONIC Large Grant. Closing date: 23rd February 2025. More details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#technician #micropalaeontology #plankton #NERC

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

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Sensory Reconstruction of the Fossil Lorisid Mioeuoticus: Systematic and Evolutionary Implications The fossil record of lorises and pottos (family Lorisidae) potentially dates back to the late Oligocene of Namibia, but a later moderate diversification of this family occurred during the Miocene of A...

🚨New paper alert! 🚨' #sensory #reconstruction of the #fossil #lorisid Mioeuoticus: #Systematic and #evolutionary implications ' 🙈🙉🙊

www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

Many thanks to my coauthors Adam Lis, @ingthingg.bsky.social, @marytsilcox.bsky.social & @sergilopeztorres.bsky.social sky.social 😊

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Example of Middle Jurassic mammal fossils from Skye, published by Elsa Panciroli et al. 2024.

Example of Middle Jurassic mammal fossils from Skye, published by Elsa Panciroli et al. 2024.

Cuillin Hills, the view from our field site on the Isle of Skye.

Cuillin Hills, the view from our field site on the Isle of Skye.

📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...

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Sobering read about ongoing financial challenges for PRI. I'm hard pressed to think of a US museum that stretches limited resources further for science and outreach.

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Final call !! Apply for this funded PhD at University College London @UCLarchaeology.bsky.social on Establishing limits of Neanderthal presence in Britain.

Deadline 20th Jan 5pm Uk time

www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/est...

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I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.

You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.

You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.

You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.

You want sourced info? Library.

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I wouldn’t recommend it per se. But it is quite a thing!

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