Chris Chang-Yen Phillips
@chriscyphillips.bsky.social
Likes thinking about fossils, fungi, sweaty men, biking, and falling through deep time into a better future.
Edmonton/amiskwaciwâskahikan (Treaty Six Territory)
ccyp.ca
Edmonton/amiskwaciwâskahikan (Treaty Six Territory)
ccyp.ca
Scientists recently observed menopause in chimpanzees too! Which has complicated the previous leading explanation for menopause, the grandmother hypothesis.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Menopause may be widespread among mammals, challenging famed hypothesis
Chimps, other species live past end of reproduction, pair of studies finds
www.science.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Scientists recently observed menopause in chimpanzees too! Which has complicated the previous leading explanation for menopause, the grandmother hypothesis.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Chris Chang-Yen Phillips
here's a better link, not sure what happened with the one above www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A juvenile iguanodontian from the Lower Cretaceous of China preserves both spikes and scales in its skin that are different from integumentary structures in either non-avian dinosaurs or extant squama...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 AM
here's a better link, not sure what happened with the one above www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Chris Chang-Yen Phillips
the holotype is near-complete and articulated, allowing an impressive amount of insight into the animal's life appearance due to the exceptional preservation of soft tissues
February 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM
the holotype is near-complete and articulated, allowing an impressive amount of insight into the animal's life appearance due to the exceptional preservation of soft tissues
Reposted by Chris Chang-Yen Phillips
"Three quarters of the Canadian public are unaware of the ban. Only 22% of Canadians know that news is banned on Facebook and Instagram. Even among users of the platforms and those who say they get news from the platform, a majority do not know about the ban."
[From 2024]
meo.ca/work/old-new...
[From 2024]
meo.ca/work/old-new...
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"Three quarters of the Canadian public are unaware of the ban. Only 22% of Canadians know that news is banned on Facebook and Instagram. Even among users of the platforms and those who say they get news from the platform, a majority do not know about the ban."
[From 2024]
meo.ca/work/old-new...
[From 2024]
meo.ca/work/old-new...