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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 8h

Let's give @carriemongle.bsky.social and her colleagues a big hand for these informative new fossils of Paranthropus just published in @nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei - Nature

Analyses of newly discovered hand and foot bones of a Paranthropus boisei specimen provide insight into possible tool use and other palaeobiology characteristics among Plio-Pleistocene hominin species...

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Carrie Mongle @carriemongle.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you so much!

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Tim Vernimmen @timvernimmen.bsky.social · 7h

A fossilized hand reveals 'Nutcracker Man' Paranthropus boisei, thought to have made the Oldupai gorge tools until Homo habilis was found, would also have been able to make and use those. Based on the @nature.com paper by @carriemongle.bsky.social et al. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

Discovery of fossilized hand may unlock a 1.5-million-year-old mystery

Some sixty years after her grandmother discovered “Nutcracker Man,” Louise Leakey unearths his long-lost hand—reviving a family debate about ancient toolmaking.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · 7h

Paranthropus boisei is a human fossil cousin w/ giant jaws and teeth that lived in East Africa ~2.6 to 1.3 million years ago. Whether it could make & use tools has been a paleoanthropological mystery since the 1960s. Our new paper describes the first firmly associated hand and foot. 1/

New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei - Nature

Analyses of newly discovered hand and foot bones of a Paranthropus boisei specimen provide insight into possible tool use and other palaeobiology characteristics among Plio-Pleistocene hominin species...

www.nature.com

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Black in Anatomy Inc. @blackinanatomy.bsky.social · 18d

Announcing the 2025 #BlackinAnatWeek presenters! Join us for connection, celebration and inspiration.

Highlights:
Oct 14: Dr. Ketema Paul
Oct 15: Marcelo Oliver of Body Scientific
Oct 16: Ni-ka Ford of Enlight Visuals
Oct 17: Dr. Kerrie S. Lashley

Register: linktr.ee/blackinanatomy
#BlackinAnat

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm hoping to take 1 MSc & 1 PhD student next year in the areas of Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, especially if interested in working on fossil echinoderms. Link for more info below. 🧪

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PhD and MSc positions in Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology [Posted September 2025. Deadline is January 15, 2026. See below for information about the lab, student opportu…

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Science Magazine @science.org · 27d

Pastoralism remains central to survival in the Turkana of northwest Kenya, where heat and water scarcity pose constant challenges. New research uncovers the genetic signatures that underlie adaptation to arid living in this pastoralist community.

Learn more this week: https://scim.ag/4nxcJbx

Young Turkana herders guide camels across Kenya’s arid landscape near Lake Turkana at sunset.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 27d

NEW: NIH leadership has denied the existence of a list of banned words for grantmaking purposes, but I have seen such a list circulating among staff. It has lots of words relating to gender and diversity, of course. Also things like "climate change," "vaccine hesitancy," "ethnic origin," and others.

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Carrie Mongle @carriemongle.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come work with me! (Or Gabrielle or James)

stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...

Meave Leakey Postdoctoral Scholar

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

stonybrooku.taleo.net

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · Jul 15

It is not a political statement to note the fact that science enhances our well being, expands our knowledge of the world, and drives economic growth 🧪

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NPR @npr.org · May 6

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Carrie Mongle @carriemongle.bsky.social · Apr 7

Congratulations!!

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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · Mar 27

New paper from my lab & Drimolen team (@ozarchaeomaglab.bsky.social) on the DNH 43 hominin pelvis. I first saw it in 2019. Given the importance of the pelvis in the evolution of human locomotion and birth, I was surprised only a basic description had been published. 1/ #paleoanthropology 🏺🧪

sajournalofscience.bsky.social @sajournalofscience.bsky.social · Mar 27

Analysis of an understudied 2-million-year-old fossil pelvis from the site of Drimolen, South Africa provides additional insights into the anatomy of early human relatives. doi.org/10.17159/saj... @caleyorr.bsky.social @ozarchaeomaglab.bsky.social

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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · Mar 14

This new review by Sandel et al in @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social is a nice summary of the approach by which we can best link primate behavioral data to questions in #humanevolution using a more formalized comparative framework.
#biologicalanthropology #paleoanthropology #primatology

Primate Behavior and the Importance of Comparative Studies in Biological Anthropology

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Carrie Mongle @carriemongle.bsky.social · Mar 15

So much fomo for missing #aaba2025, but at least I am missing it from the field

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · Mar 5

Reading for today: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown

Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.

www.nature.com

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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · Mar 5

Despite the recovery of 100s of fossils of Paranthropus robustus (a human cousin) in the last ~75 years, there's a lot we don't know for sure about its anatomy below the neck. This beautiful specimen contributes significantly to our knowledge of P. robustus hindlimb morphology. #paleoanthropology 🧪🏺

First articulating os coxae, femur, and tibia of a small adult Paranthropus robustus from Member 1 (Hanging Remnant) of the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa

Since paleontological work began there in 1948, Swartkrans (South Africa) has yielded hundreds of Early Pleistocene hominin fossils, currently attribu…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Carrie Mongle @carriemongle.bsky.social · Mar 5

Door sign official, I'm excited to introduce the SHaPE lab!

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Feb 8

For every dollar of federal research funding in the United States, universities generate between $2.30 and $3.00 of economy activity, much of that in local communities.

That doesn’t even include the return on investment of getting a college or graduate degree, which research also dollars support.

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Nature @nature.com · Feb 4

Higher greenhouse-gas emissions, fewer jobs and dirtier air that kills more people: researchers have plugged Trump’s energy and climate policies into their models, and early results suggest far-reaching consequences for health, the economy and the planet.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Drill, baby drill? Trump policies will hurt climate ― but US green transition is underway

Market forces could undercut the administration’s plans to increase the use of fossil fuels such as oil and petrol.

www.nature.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Feb 4

I voted to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination to HHS.

I cannot in good conscience support someone who denies and will dilute our public health protections, sow distrust in science, and oversee massive cuts to health care programs for vulnerable Americans.

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Carrie Mongle @carriemongle.bsky.social · Feb 4

I'm sorry... what?

Nature @nature.com · Feb 4

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them.
https://go.nature.com/40YJGp4

US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers

The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.

go.nature.com

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Mya Breitbart @viromegirl.bsky.social · Jan 29

Senior scientists who will be reviewing tenure & promotion files in the future - please remember that the effects of many of these executive orders will disproportionately affect researchers from marginalized groups - often the same folks penalized by COVID-related delays, childcare issues, etc. 🧪

Image of a ship in rocky seas. Text reads “We are not all the same boat. We are in the same storm. Some have yachts, some have canoes, and some are drowning. Just be kind and help wherever you can”

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Carrie Mongle @carriemongle.bsky.social · Jan 29

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