Katie MacKinnon, Ph.D.
@ktcapuchin.bsky.social
Anthropologist/Primatologist🐒;
Professor at Saint Louis University;
Alumna of U.C. Berkeley & Univ. of Alberta; inspired by nature 🌿, travel 🗺️, music 🎶, food 🍲
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katherine_Mackinnon2
Professor at Saint Louis University;
Alumna of U.C. Berkeley & Univ. of Alberta; inspired by nature 🌿, travel 🗺️, music 🎶, food 🍲
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katherine_Mackinnon2
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A gallery of ladybird beetles:
Coccinellidae - Alex Wild
A gallery of ladybird beetles.
www.alexanderwild.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Happy New Year! 🎊 Thankful these two don’t get too anxious from the noises (this year’s celebrations have been very quiet here so far…🤞) 🎆🐾🎉✨☮️🕊️ #dachshunds #hounddogs
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Happy New Year! 🎊 Thankful these two don’t get too anxious from the noises (this year’s celebrations have been very quiet here so far…🤞) 🎆🐾🎉✨☮️🕊️ #dachshunds #hounddogs
…practice photo shoot of their adorable new Christmas sweaters - it’s been too warm to wear them otherwise! 😞🎄🐾🧣🔥☀️🌡️🥵
#hounds #dachshunds #hounddogs
#hounds #dachshunds #hounddogs
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
…practice photo shoot of their adorable new Christmas sweaters - it’s been too warm to wear them otherwise! 😞🎄🐾🧣🔥☀️🌡️🥵
#hounds #dachshunds #hounddogs
#hounds #dachshunds #hounddogs
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Looking for a masters in primatology? Northern Illinois University's Prof Leila Porter & Mitch Irwin are seeking students for next year!
www.niu.edu/clas/anthropology
#primates #gradschool #lemurs #tamarins #nutrition
www.niu.edu/clas/anthropology
#primates #gradschool #lemurs #tamarins #nutrition
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Looking for a masters in primatology? Northern Illinois University's Prof Leila Porter & Mitch Irwin are seeking students for next year!
www.niu.edu/clas/anthropology
#primates #gradschool #lemurs #tamarins #nutrition
www.niu.edu/clas/anthropology
#primates #gradschool #lemurs #tamarins #nutrition
Wonderful interview with @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social today on @scifri.bsky.social - looking forward to reading her intriguing new book! 📖 🪨 🌏 🌍🖊️🌎 #geology #earthscience
"They told me of ancient worlds where mountains were born and volcanoes had erupted, where raging rivers flowed and the gentle wind had moved a sand grain." Read an excerpt from @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social's "The Whispers Of Rock." 📖
How Rocks Help Us Discover Lost Stories Of Earth
To author Anjana Khatwa, rocks are “storykeepers of time.” She blends science and spirituality to explore the origin story of our world.
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wonderful interview with @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social today on @scifri.bsky.social - looking forward to reading her intriguing new book! 📖 🪨 🌏 🌍🖊️🌎 #geology #earthscience
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Fascinating and so much more true and factual than the outdated inaccurate illustration below that we might be used to.
Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu... #ape #darwin #Evolution #human #monkey #naturalselection via @mitpress.bsky.social
Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu... #ape #darwin #Evolution #human #monkey #naturalselection via @mitpress.bsky.social
Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past?
We may have ditched the monkey-to-man meme, but the myth of humans as nature’s “pinnacle of evolution” persists in subtler ways.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Fascinating and so much more true and factual than the outdated inaccurate illustration below that we might be used to.
Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu... #ape #darwin #Evolution #human #monkey #naturalselection via @mitpress.bsky.social
Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu... #ape #darwin #Evolution #human #monkey #naturalselection via @mitpress.bsky.social
It's cold and flu season here in the Northern Hemisphere - this cute #opossum says, "don't forget to wash your hands well...and often!"😀 🧼 🚿 🤧 👐 😷 🐾 🌬️ 🫖 🦠 🧬 🧪 🧫 💉 🩺 💊 🩻 #Mammalia #Marsupialia #Didelphimorphia #Didelphidae #Didelphis #urbanwildlife #wildlife
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's cold and flu season here in the Northern Hemisphere - this cute #opossum says, "don't forget to wash your hands well...and often!"😀 🧼 🚿 🤧 👐 😷 🐾 🌬️ 🫖 🦠 🧬 🧪 🧫 💉 🩺 💊 🩻 #Mammalia #Marsupialia #Didelphimorphia #Didelphidae #Didelphis #urbanwildlife #wildlife
The news about moss spores surviving in space is one of my favorite stories of 2025…amazing. 💚 🛰️ 🤩
Dormant moss spores endured months of vacuum, radiation and temperature swings outside the International Space Station … and lived.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moss-spores-survive-nine-months-space
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moss-spores-survive-nine-months-space
Moss spores survived in space for 9 months
The moss species Physcomitrium patens is the latest organism to survive an extended stay in the vacuum and radiation of space.
www.sciencenews.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The news about moss spores surviving in space is one of my favorite stories of 2025…amazing. 💚 🛰️ 🤩
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"For centuries, engineers have turned to nature for inspiration." Read Carl Zimmer's exploration of "How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution" here! https://ow.ly/U6Js50Xt7tm
How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution
Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.
ow.ly
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"For centuries, engineers have turned to nature for inspiration." Read Carl Zimmer's exploration of "How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution" here! https://ow.ly/U6Js50Xt7tm
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This is what Jupiter looks like in the infrared.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is what Jupiter looks like in the infrared.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Full time, TT position in Biological Anthropology at Santa Clara University:
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879320...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879320...
Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology - Santa Clara, California (US) job with Santa Clara University | 37879320
Seeking for a teacher-scholar with an active field/lab based research program at the intersection of infectious disease/immunology/human growth & dev.
jobs.chronicle.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Full time, TT position in Biological Anthropology at Santa Clara University:
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879320...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879320...
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Short article I wrote* on recent advances in the story of early Homo sapiens is now available online!
*commissioned as accompanying BBC Human series, although tbh I did not love their Neanderthal episode :-(
www.sciencefocus.com/science/huma...
*commissioned as accompanying BBC Human series, although tbh I did not love their Neanderthal episode :-(
www.sciencefocus.com/science/huma...
We didn’t conquer the world alone. This is humanity’s untold origin story | BBC Science Focus Magazine
We’re discovering there were more characters, and more acts, in the tale of how Homo sapiens spread across the globe.
www.sciencefocus.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Short article I wrote* on recent advances in the story of early Homo sapiens is now available online!
*commissioned as accompanying BBC Human series, although tbh I did not love their Neanderthal episode :-(
www.sciencefocus.com/science/huma...
*commissioned as accompanying BBC Human series, although tbh I did not love their Neanderthal episode :-(
www.sciencefocus.com/science/huma...
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Listening to soundscapes from Simon was a somber and moving example of how our natural world is changing around us, in so many ways.
Such an informing and moving interview for my @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social series ‘Symphony of the wild’
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Such an informing and moving interview for my @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social series ‘Symphony of the wild’
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Great to chat #shiftingsoundscapes with @bengarrod.bsky.social as part of his “Symphonies of the Wild” series for BBC Radio 3’s The Essay.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Essay - Symphony of the Wild - 4. Wild Soundscapes - BBC Sounds
Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod uncovers melodies and rhythms across the natural world.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Listening to soundscapes from Simon was a somber and moving example of how our natural world is changing around us, in so many ways.
Such an informing and moving interview for my @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social series ‘Symphony of the wild’
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Such an informing and moving interview for my @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social series ‘Symphony of the wild’
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
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Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
September 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
Reposted by Katie MacKinnon, Ph.D.
For your Friday, another stunning view of the cosmos from JWST—this time of jets of plasma blasting out from a newly formed star.
It looks like a painting.
It looks like a painting.
September 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For your Friday, another stunning view of the cosmos from JWST—this time of jets of plasma blasting out from a newly formed star.
It looks like a painting.
It looks like a painting.
I love when random pics pop up - an adult male white-necked #jacobin (Florisuga mellivorais), aka the great jacobin or collared #hummingbird; I took these in Northern Honduras, 2016. 💚🇭🇳💙🥰 #birds #birdwatching #hummingbirds #wildlife
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I love when random pics pop up - an adult male white-necked #jacobin (Florisuga mellivorais), aka the great jacobin or collared #hummingbird; I took these in Northern Honduras, 2016. 💚🇭🇳💙🥰 #birds #birdwatching #hummingbirds #wildlife
New position announced: Assistant Professor - Environmental Change, Resilience, Precarity, and Justice in Archaeology/Bioanthropology at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 👇
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05077?fbc...
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05077?fbc...
Assistant Professor - Environmental Change, Resilience, Precarity, and Justice in Archaeology/Bioanthropology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New position announced: Assistant Professor - Environmental Change, Resilience, Precarity, and Justice in Archaeology/Bioanthropology at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 👇
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05077?fbc...
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05077?fbc...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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August 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15.
apply.interfolio.com/171196
apply.interfolio.com/171196
Apply - Interfolio
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August 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15.
apply.interfolio.com/171196
apply.interfolio.com/171196
Hear, hear Agustin 💥👊💥(@anthrofuentes.bsky.social)
Good op-ed piece in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Good op-ed piece in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion
Recently, I exchanged views with a prominent Ivy League scientist who was complaining about the minority students and junior faculty applying to his program. He claimed that the university, through di...
www.science.org
July 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hear, hear Agustin 💥👊💥(@anthrofuentes.bsky.social)
Good op-ed piece in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Good op-ed piece in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Amazing find - with insightful comments by U.C. Berkeley archaeologist and Mesoamerican expert, @rajoyce.bsky.social #archaeology #Belize #Mesoamerica #anthropology
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Amazing find - with insightful comments by U.C. Berkeley archaeologist and Mesoamerican expert, @rajoyce.bsky.social #archaeology #Belize #Mesoamerica #anthropology
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
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Hi folks. I'm not from the US, but I find what's happening to science over there right now absolutely *appalling*.
If you're working in the sciences, I can't imagine the dread you're probably feeling.
I can't do much. But I write a science newsletter, so I can, maybe, do *something*...
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If you're working in the sciences, I can't imagine the dread you're probably feeling.
I can't do much. But I write a science newsletter, so I can, maybe, do *something*...
1/
July 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hi folks. I'm not from the US, but I find what's happening to science over there right now absolutely *appalling*.
If you're working in the sciences, I can't imagine the dread you're probably feeling.
I can't do much. But I write a science newsletter, so I can, maybe, do *something*...
1/
If you're working in the sciences, I can't imagine the dread you're probably feeling.
I can't do much. But I write a science newsletter, so I can, maybe, do *something*...
1/