Chew Lab at Loyola Chicago
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We study teeth! Motivated by dental anthropology & human evolution, powered by NSF. Science is for all. Posts by Dr. Kristin Krueger.
After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains have been far from home for over 100 years.
English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains
The skeletal remains will go back to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, six years after formal repatriation efforts began.
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I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
Don't worry. A very specific demographic of academics will be along to defend this guy's academic freedom.
Laleh Khalili@lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 5d agoOn the one hand, the press hound a black scholar to death, on the other hand, on this one, where the academic fraud is front and centre and the dude is an Epstein pal... crickets... www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
If you're a biologist, especially one in a field that has a history of eugenics and racism (which absolutely includes my own field of evolutionary biology) and you choose to remain "neutral" as race science once again crawls out from under its rock, you are not in fact neutral.
Two new Denisovan fossils have emerged from the seafloor of the Penghu Strait, near Taiwan. I look at what these tell us about the survival of Denisovans into the time frame of the “classic” Neanderthals. www.johnhawks.net/p/legs-of-th...
Legs of the last Denisovans
Two bones from the floor of the Penghu Strait reveal some of the latest evidence of Denisovan survival.
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New paper klaxon! Neanderthals in the Desert? Our new paper suggests that Neanderthals may have been responsible for producing MIS 3 Middle Palaeolithic Levallois blanks in northern Arabia! Have a look at this: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Neanderthals in the desert? Population history best explains Middle Palaeolithic technological heterogeneity in Arabia
Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia present a rich record of hominin occupations between ca. 100 and 50 thousand years ago (ka) at a critical biogeogr…
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Had an amazing time discussing the newest enamel nanostructure misorientation work by @mackiecohara.bsky.social today. Thank you to @nicholaslab.bsky.social for letting me lead discussion! 🦷
In Chicago tomorrow? Join me at Uncontrolled Variables, a science/comedy show, where I’ll discuss my bioarchaeology work at Amarna, Egypt! 7:30pm, Lincoln Lodge.
Read the whole article - but also bring it to your departments, your unions, your senate committees.
Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth
Politicians think faculty members don’t teach enough. Here’s what the data says.
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Teeth are amazing. Sometimes fame-seeking paleoanthropolgists are not. www.science.org/content/arti...
Why were mysterious ancient humans found in an African cave all female?
Analysis of fossil proteins deepens mystery of the enigmatic Homo naledi
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“…genetic load did not accumulate over time, arguing against progressive genetic deterioration as a driver of Neanderthal extinction.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe - Nature
Genetic sequencing of multiple late Neanderthals living less than 52,500 years ago provides an overview of genetic diversity and demonstrates that even low-coverage nuclear genome data can increase re...
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Scary stuff, although LUC appears to be okay? Time will tell. kylesaunders.com/university-m...
Mapping the Structural Divide
1,556 U.S. colleges and universities mapped on Institutional Resilience, Post-College Market Position, and AI Exposure.
kylesaunders.com
I had no idea men played soccer, too! Good for them! Go boy soccer!! ⚽️
Awesome study by the AMAZING @mackiecohara.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased with meat-eating and agriculture - Nature
An analysis of enamel nanocrystal misorientation in primate and human teeth across three major dietary shifts in human evolution shows that misorientation increased with harder diets, suggesting that ...
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If you are around Chicago on June 16th, come have a beer and learn about the evolution and development of sexual diversity.
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Earliest evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals
Neanderthal medical knowledge has long attracted scholarly interest. Evidence suggests they cared for sick, injured, and elderly group members, with possible use of medicinal plants. However, it remai...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago - Nature
Bayesian modelling of radiometric age estimates provides a robust chronology for Homo erectus at Ngandong (Java), confirming that this site currently represents the last known occurrence of this speci...
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Rudy Giuliani is in ‘critical condition’ in a Florida hospital. I hope he gets the level of care he deserves.
Never have 4 people more wished they were still in the deepest, darkest recesses of outer space.
Event (also on zoom): Managing human remains: Scientific analyses, museum conservation, sharing data, and caring for human osteological collections. May 18th, 2026 at 9:15 am to 7 pm (Geneva time). Registration link: framaforms.org/managing-hum...
Managing human remains: Scientific analyses, museum conservation, sharing data, and caring for human osteological collections | Framaforms.org
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo agoBananas are ticking time bombs. One moment, they’re yellow, velvety, and tender; the next, they’re a brown, mushy, goopy mess. Here’s everything you need to know about prolonging a banana’s golden era for as long as possible. nyti.ms/4dUwYOV
Came into my lab with every. single. floor. outlet filled with water. Love this for me. 😭
Recorded this so long ago - happy to see it out! A lot of shenanigans, a little bit of science. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...
8. The Chewing Machine (Dr. Kristin Krueger and Gena Gephart)
Podcast Episode · Uncontrolled Variables · January 1 · 57m
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NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
Along with Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall, Birute Galdikas (10 May 1946 - 24 March 2026) was one of The Trimates 🏺🧪 The Trimates were the first women to establish long-term studies of great apes in the wild. They were all mentored by Louis Leakey. The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org
PaleoAnthropology@qafzeh.bsky.social · 6mo agoOrigin Stories: Biruté Mary Galdikas - 50 Years with Orangutans @leakeyfoundation.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMUx...
Come join Dr. Tomczak and me at the LUC Department Fair!
