Here we show that during the MCO, at Nyakach Fm there were humid conditions supporting a tropical forest with grassy openings as evidenced by the phytolith assemblages and paleosol geochemical proxies. The ecosystem was predominatly C3 with limited C4 biomass! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Revisiting the paleoclimate, paleoecology, and age of the Middle Miocene Nyakach Formation, Western Kenya

The Nyakach Formation of western Kenya provides a rare Middle Miocene (ca. 14–16 Ma.) terrestrial record bearing the monkey, Victoriapithecus macinnes…

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We hired a local artist to paint a mural of what the Early Miocene on Rusinga Island may have looked like. Here he is at work! This will be just inside of the entrance at the Rusinga Island Prehistory Organization's Interpretive Centre!

Our new paper is out in @science.org #ScienceResearch Our understanding of the dinosaurs at the very end of the Cretaceous is limited by few localities. What dinosaur biogeographic patterns were present leading up the K/Pg boundary? What can these tell us about end Cretaceous dinosaur communities

Excited to share the results of collaborative research in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico published today in @science.org that provides new age constraints for the Naashobito dinosaurs from New Mexico, like the giant sauropod, Alamosaurus: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Check out our new paper, led by former postdoc and current colleague Daniel Green on 18 Ma proteins in fossil teeth! Tim Cleland, a proteomics wizard, did the measurements. What's the take home? We hope to use protein fingerprints to study mammal and hominin phylogenetics! bit.ly/OldProteome

Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift - Nature

The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...

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🚨Postdoc Opportunity in Invert Paleontology🚨 Milwaukee Public Museum is searching for a postdoc to assist with a research project focused on Plio-Pleistocene to Recent mollusks from the southeastern United States. Details available at: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p... Please share #FossilFriday

Another great summary of our recently published work on the climate, ecology, and environment of the early Miocene in western Kenya @munyaka.bsky.social @mcnultylab.bsky.social urls.grow.me/7Gl5Oyr91N

Early apes lived in a constantly changing world of fire and ash

Apes lived in this changing environment, which helped shape their evolution.Their behavior and diet were influenced by the landscape.

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A summary of our new paper, featuring the brilliant work of @munyaka.bsky.social and @danpeppe.bsky.social. Always new surprises from the fossil record!

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Early apes lived in a land of forest fires, floods, and volcanoes, according to new early Miocene fossils. Research by @mcnultylab.bsky.social, @danpeppe.bsky.social, @munyaka.bsky.social, @paleosol.bsky.social, @susycote.bsky.social, @abigail-hall.bsky.social & colleagues. eos.org/research-spo...

Early apes lived in a land of forest fires, floods, and volcanoes, according to new early Miocene fossils. Research by @mcnultylab.bsky.social, @danpeppe.bsky.social, @munyaka.bsky.social, @paleosol.bsky.social, @susycote.bsky.social, @abigail-hall.bsky.social & colleagues. eos.org/research-spo...

Early Apes Evolved in Tropical Forests Disturbed by Fires and Volcanoes - Eos

Fossils discovered at an early Miocene site in Kenya include a new type of early ape and offer clues about the environment inhabited by human ancestors.

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Congratulations to @munyaka.bsky.social on this outstanding dissertation research! Special thanks to his advisor @danpeppe.bsky.social and to the other authors for a great collaboration: #paleoanthropology ∩ #paleontology ∩ #geology ∩ #forestry! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....