Very, very happy that our paper is finally out! We look at how tight a fit primates experience at birth, and found really cool results. It has been a long journey from collecting the first data seven years ago! A brief thread (1/8) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Comparative primate analysis shows that humans are not unique in having a tight cephalopelvic fit at birth - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Analysing cephalopelvic proportions among 29 extant primate species, the authors show that a tight cephalopelvic fit is not unique to humans, with comparable or tighter fits occurring in several non-h...

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New paper alert! A big thanks to the remarkable Cara Wall-Scheffler for joining me on the journey for this one. And to @paleonicole.bsky.social and Cédric Cordey for inviting us to join this Anatomical Record special issue. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The fossil record stays silent: Confusions and conundrums for hominin pelvis evolution

The evolution of the hominin pelvis is commonly modeled as a series of stages driven largely by the requirements of bipedal locomotion, reproduction, thermoregulation, and pelvic floor muscular suppo...

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Just migrated from that platform formerly known as Twitter, so if you got a follow means I was likely following you over there. Nice to see see you're over here as well!

Rest in Peace, Jane 💔

Hoy toca concierto de The Lumineers en el Wikiiiiii!!!! 💜🎵

Next Tuesday (6May) I'll be speaking at @palaeopercs.bsky.social about my research on bone morphology and the #3D methods I develop (or help develop)! If you want to see some 3D bones 💀🦴🩻, you can join (discover how in the thread 👇) 🧪 #science 🏺 #anthropology #primates #PaeoAnth #HumanEvolution

Pal(a)eoPERCS@palaeopercs.bsky.social · last yr.

Next week at #PalaeoPERCS we will be joined by Alessio Veneziano (@aveneziano.bsky.social ) from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France. Sign up here: paleopercs.com/participate/ (1/4)

Next week at #PalaeoPERCS we will be joined by Alessio Veneziano (@aveneziano.bsky.social ) from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France. Sign up here: paleopercs.com/participate/ (1/4)

New #OpenAccess article alert! @paleonicole.bsky.social led this first description of a partial right #Neandertal hipbone from El Sidrón, Spain that expands the range of morphological variation in Neandertals. Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Paleoanthropology #TeamPelvis

Pelvis neandertal El Sidrón SD-1663: rasgos similares con otros neandertales, pero también afinidades con Homo anteriores, como ER 3228 (H. erectus) ➡️ Rango más amplio de variación pélvica dentro de los neandertales de lo que se conocía previamente. 👏 @paleonicole.bsky.social et al

Our paper about the first description and comparative analyses of the partial Neanderthal hipbone of El Sidrón (Asturias, Spain) is published!!. Please, reach out if you need to access to the PDF! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... Enjoy!

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ALT: a person reading a book next to a cup of coffee

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This is a weird request, but anyone in Baltimore area want to help me collect tap water samples this summer? I can give you some vials, you go to a couple restaurants/grocery stores/public water fountains and we get some critical science done for forensic work

A quick tour of the Wits hominin vault before we start a days work on the 105 site fossils

Don't forget to pick up your Open Science items at the #AABA2025 registration desk! Join us on the several open science events happening in the next 3 days!

Don't forget to participate in the survey we organised with Lumila Menéndez on Open Science/Open Data in Bioanthro: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We would like to represent as many ideas as possible on this relevant matter! Please share the link and spread the word!

Data archiving and sharing survey

The goal of this survey is to understand general attitudes and habits surrounding data archiving and sharing across biological anthropologists. The target demographic for this survey is researchers as...

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A Paranthropus robustus fossil from Swartkrans shows it walked upright—and was tiny. Was it also a tool user? Researchers are investigating. #HumanEvolution #FossilFind #ParanthropusRobustus #Swartkrans

A Small but Capable Walker: New Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Paranthropus robustus

Piecing Together an Elusive Skeleton

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Don't forget to participate in the survey we organised with Lumila Menéndez on Open Science/Open Data in Bioanthro: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We would like to represent as many ideas as possible on this relevant matter! Please share the link and spread the word!

Data archiving and sharing survey

The goal of this survey is to understand general attitudes and habits surrounding data archiving and sharing across biological anthropologists. The target demographic for this survey is researchers as...

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A reminder in these hard times. #sciencestrong

Hi there! Who is going to #AABA2025 in Baltimore?

ICArEHB is accepting expressions of interest for PhD topics, including a project led by @ricardomgodinho.bsky.social and me: 📌 "Augmenting palaeodemographic analysis: Geometric morphometrics and machine learning based sex estimation of mandibles" Interested? 📩 rmgodinho@ualg.pt | ja807@cam.ac.uk

ICArEHB@icarehb.bsky.social · 2y ago

ICArEHB is looking for PhD candidates! We are accepting applicants for the 2025 FCT PhD Fellowships Programme! Swipe through the images to explore potential project themes and supervisors. For more details, visit: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell... #FCTPhDFellowships #ICArEHB #ResearchOpportunity

Yesterday we had an awesome day in UNESCO World Heritage Preda-Bergun route, in Switzerland 🇨🇭. This was thanks to the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, UZH. Snow, sledging, unimaginable views, good company and a lot of fun! 😍 Fully recharged for the next few weeks!!

🤩This #Friday, we are excited to announce the 5th VCWAP program! 🌟 The full program is now available on our official website ⬇️ awap-science.org/en/vcwap-2025/ #conference #program #archeology #paleontology

Hi everyone! The Yearbook of Biological Anthropology is now on BlueSky! Please give the journal a follow: @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social

Gracias @mcotsar.bsky.social por tu compromiso y por esta oportunidad para visibilizar lo que nadie nombra el #11F. Ayer fue el día en el que las instituciones se limitaron a compartir la foto de investigadoras, “celebrando” no sabemos qué…donde cada vez hay menos espacio para la reivindicación.

María@mcotsar.bsky.social · last yr.

Desde la Paradoja de Jevons nos hemos mojado y hemos publicado un artículo crítico para el después del Día de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia. Mucho por hacer. Muchas gracias a todas las investigadoras que han contribuido con sus palabras www.elsaltodiario.com/paradoja-jev...

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is always a bittersweet one: it is time for awareness of the benefits of gender equality to advance science, but when we are promoting scientific careers... what careers are those?

Encantada de haber contribuido a esta iniciativa por @mcotsar.bsky.social . ¡Gracias por darnos voz, siempre! Es importante hablar alto, claro y sin miedo de estos problemas y de nuestras experiencias.

María@mcotsar.bsky.social · last yr.

Desde la Paradoja de Jevons nos hemos mojado y hemos publicado un artículo crítico para el después del Día de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia. Mucho por hacer. Muchas gracias a todas las investigadoras que han contribuido con sus palabras www.elsaltodiario.com/paradoja-jev...

My colleagues Lumila Menéndez and I are organizing a survey on data sharing and open science practices and impacts on research, in Bioanth and related fields. If you are interested in participating, please send me an email and I will share the link with you!

An absolute pleasure to contribute to this project led by @paleonicole.bsky.social and @liabetti.bsky.social. Pubic symphysis fusion in primates is fascinating and complicated, and studying it is shedding light on the 'obstetrical dilemma'.

Nicole Torres Tamayo@paleonicole.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out our latest work with @liabetti.bsky.social @ltbuck.bsky.social and other colleagues! 👇

Check out our latest work with @liabetti.bsky.social @ltbuck.bsky.social and other colleagues! 👇

Biological Anthropology@bioanth.bsky.social · last yr.

Most primates exhibit pubic symphysis fusion, though it occurs later or remains open in some females, suggesting an obstetric role. Fusion is also seen in species with tight cephalopelvic fit, implying other birth adaptations. In humans, lifelong openness likely evolved via obstetric selection:

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