Anthropologist. PhD. Interested in ancient DNA, human pathogens, and historical disease dynamics. She/her.
Joined September 2015
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If you’re curious about extinct, giant lemurs from Madagascar, check out our paper on the paleogenome of Megaladapis edwardsi! A collaborative effort that complements previous aDNA, morphological and isotopic work pnas.org/content/118/26/e202…
We integrated skeletal and aDNA data for 167 individuals to understand health across the shift to farming, representing a snapshot of this dynamic and nuanced process (pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.21…). The project was a team effort and I’m fortunate to have worked with awesome people!
Werner Müller, Alison Sheridan, Žydrūnė Miliauskienė, Rimantas Jankauskas, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Kitti Köhler, Ágnes Király, Beatriz Gamarra, Olivia Cheronet, Vajk Szeverényi, Viktória Kiss, Tamás Szeniczey, Krisztián Kiss, Zsuzsanna K. Zoffmann…
Judit Koós, Magdolna Hellebrandt, Robert Maier, László Domboróczki, Cristian Virag, Mario Novak, David Reich, Tamás Hajdu, Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, Ron Pinhasi, @grg_perry
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REMINDER: #ancientDNA Journal club is on Friday at 12PM EST! Please join the discussion on an #ethics form created for #ancient & historic samples... Everyone is welcome!
Our next #ancientDNA journal club will not focus the discussion on a recent paper, instead a longtime attendee will be presenting. Jessica Hider from McMaster University will present the #ethics review board form they have created for #ancient & historic samples... 1/2
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Our new @FrontiersIn paper led by @UCSB_Anthro's Sean Hixon shows that #dogs have been on #Madagascar for at least 1,000 years. We use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data to reveal how dogs interacted with endemic Malagasy fauna. Open Access: doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.68…
A great team involved! @MehreenRuhi, Laurie Godfrey, @RYRJB, Heritiana Randrianatoandro, Brooke Crowley, Jeannot Randrianasy, Brigitte Raharivololona, @bergeycm, @ProfMuldoon, Stephan Schuster, @MalhiRipan, @theyoderlab, @LoganKistler, Edward E. Louis, Jr., @grg_perry….and
Joel Borgerson (@joel_borgerson) for the amazing illustrations!
And a shout out to @ap_sullivan for the Megaladapis fossil scan that I used to make the GIF!
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It’s out, in gorgeous published form @PLOSGenetics! 🥳We investigated longstanding anthropological hypotheses about evolutionary changes in human body size & shape sex differences following the agricultural transition using genetic data from the UK Biobank journals.plos.org/plosgeneti…
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Concerning the Possession and Unethical Use of the Remains of the Children of MOVE and the Africa Family:
A Collective Statement from @ABA_AAA, @SbaArch and @BlackinBioAnth
You can access it at: aba.americananthro.org/
We integrate osteological and paleogenomic data for 160 individuals to broadly explore health in prehistory, finding reduced stature and other stress markers during the shift to agriculture. A truly collaborative effort! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Can you reconstruct the height of ancient people from their DNA? Yes, although not all that that well: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…. New preprint led by Sam Cox, with @mootspoints @JayTStock @dudutchy @haak_wolfgang @EvaRosenstock and others not on twitter.
Super excited to talk about #ancientDNA and what we learned from the genome of an extinct giant lemur!
We have another fantastic #CHES sponsored lecture this Friday! Dr. Marciniak @AnthroSteph will join us to discuss paleogenomics and the large extinct lemur Megaladapis edwardsi. Mark your calendars now!
It was great fun to chat about all things ancient DNA and studying disease in the past with @MerleEisenberg and @LeeMordechai!
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Today, we discuss the legacy and history of racial studies in the field of biological anthropology through the words of prominent Black scholars in our field. Although “race” is not a scientifically accurate biological concept, its effects are very real. #RaceandBioAnth
ALT BLACK IN BIO ANTH WEEK FEB 1-7, 2021 THURSDAY, FEB 4 The history of "Race" and BioAnth Follow us to learn from the experts about "Race" as a biological fallacy that nevertheless, shaped centuries of lived experiences. Use the hashtags #BlackInBioAnthWeek and #RaceAndBioAnth to stay involved
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Y'all are not ready for the amazing week we have planned!! Here is an updated version of our agenda for next week #BlackinBioAnthWeek 🎉🎉
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Ontario flirting w/ 10% positivity, 200+ outbreaks in LTC, 40+ deaths/d already, 5K cases/d in sight. Field hospitals being built. Surgeries canceled. Was it worth it? How long will we add kindling to this fire? #WeNotMe
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New preprint! We investigated how the immune system of wild colobus monkeys reacts to Hepatocystis, a cousin of the malaria that plagues humans. It's the first first-author pub by the wonderful Amber Trujillo (@ambrquerquetrky)! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
ALT Ugandan red colobus (Procolobus tephrosceles) juveniles, Kihingami Wetland, Uganda. Photo by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA.
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So this *finally* happened:
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New preprint led by @TinaLasisi, who did an incredible job developing a really cool new method for efficiently and objectively quantifying hair fiber morphology.
Article: doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.24.3…
