@ThomasPuschel

not really here, found at @tpuschel.bsky.social Associate Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology @oxford_anthro @StHughsCollege

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🚨Our newest paper on human brain evolution 🧠 ✅ This study reveals that brain expansion in hominins was primarily driven by within-species dynamics, with an accelerating trend in recent lineages! ⁦@oxford_anthro⁩ ⁦@ReadingBioSci⁩ pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…

Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization | PNAS

The fact that rapid brain size increase was clearly a key aspect of human evolution has prompted many studies focusing on this phenomenon, and many...

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Scientists Finally Figured Out Why 90% of Humans Are Right-Handed vice.com/en/article/scientis…

Scientists Finally Figured Out Why 90% of Humans Are Right-Handed

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I can extend my empathy beyond myself just enough to imagine someone else’s perspective, fully knowing I’ll never completely understand the texture of their...

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Marta Pina@_martapina_Oct 9
#Outreach It is happening today: talk about The Nakali Project and how we do fieldwork in Kenya 🇰🇪 Jornades Eurepees de Patrimoni ⏰ 11:45 h 📍 Museu de l'ICP C/ Escola Industrial 23, Sabadell @ICP_MCrusafont @gencat #BPpostdoc --- @TheLeakeyFndtn #LOrealUNESCO_FWIS
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Chimps can carry their deceased infants for months. Scientists are now closer to finding out why |...

Understanding infant corpse carrying behaviour in primates could provide clues to how humans perceive death

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Here we discuss our latest paper on why some chimp moms carry their dead babies, sometimes for months @ConversationUK theconversation.com/why-do-s…

Why do some chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants for months?

New research looks for patterns in this sad phenomenon.

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Alessandro Urciuoli@a_urciuoliSep 25
How can we clarify early clade diversification? Inner ear morphology helps resolve the affinities of key fossil primates at the base of the Old World monkey, ape, and human phylogenetic tree pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…

Early catarrhine evolution in the light of semicircular canal and vestibule shape | PNAS

The phylogenetic relationships of early catarrhines (Old World monkeys and apes) are contentious, particularly regarding pliopithecoids, which are ...

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@UniofOxfordSep 17
Chimpanzee and bonobo mothers have been observed carrying their dead infants for months. New Oxford research suggests that the strength of the mother-infant bond and how the infant died may help explain why. Find out more ⬇️ ox.ac.uk/news/2026-09-16-why…
Illustration of a chimpanzee mother walking on all fours while carrying her deceased infant on her back. Text reads: “Why do some chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants for months?”

ALT Illustration of a chimpanzee mother walking on all fours while carrying her deceased infant on her back. Text reads: “Why do some chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants for months?”

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Marta Pina@_martapina_Sep 17
#Nakali🇰🇪 Tres dientes y una mandíbula de hace 10 millones de años: el fósil que puede esconder una clave de nuestros orígenes eldiario.es/1_cd568d?utm_cam… via @eldiarioes @ICP_MCrusafont @gencat #BPpostdoc #LOréal-UNESCO_FWIS @TheLeakeyFndtn @FundacionPalarq

Tres dientes y una mandíbula de hace 10 millones de años: el fósil que puede esconder una clave de...

Los restos pertenecen a Nakalipithecus, un antiguo homínido considerado el último ancestro común del grupo que incluye a gorilas, chimpancés y humanos

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Really proud of my PhD student Reece Hammond for publishing his 1st paper! 🎉 We looked at why chimpanzee and bonobo mothers sometimes carry their dead infants and what this behaviour can tell us about maternal bonds and responses to death. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2026.03…

Multisite analysis of infant corpse carrying in Pan reveals maternal attachment and death context...

Abstract. Understanding the mechanisms underlying non-human primate death-related behaviours is essential for reconstructing the evolution of human respons

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Why do some chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants for months?

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Joseph Keating@evopalaeoAug 10
⚠️Please repost!⚠️ Over 99% of species that ever lived are extinct. Without palaeontology, the new Natural History GCSE will only cover a snapshot of life's history. @ThePalAss is making the case for fossils in the new GCSE 🦴🐚🌿 teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolo…...
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So proud of my student Rachel Hurwitz for publishing her 1st PhD chapter 💪 check it out! It’s a really cool review on how can extant primates can help us to identify tool use in the past 🦴🙂 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Jesús Gamarra@GamarraptorJul 17
So happy to collaborate again with you all illustrating the beautiful and interesting Miocene primate Pliobates 🐒 #fossilfriday #pliobates
Julia Arias-Martorell@JAriasMartorellJul 17
Paper alert👏🤩 Our work on the distal humerus of Pliobates was just published in JME. Thanks and congrats also to @Figueroamber, @ThomasPuschel, @a_urciuoli, @AlmecijaSergio, G Raventós-Izard and DM Alba. Featuring lovely artwork by @Gamarraptor! rdcu.be/fuc8u
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Check out our new paper on Pliobates! Really cool fossil and results 💪🦴 congrats to all the team 😀 rdcu.be/fuc8u 🐒 led by @JAriasMartorell
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Paper alert👏🤩 Our work on the distal humerus of Pliobates was just published in JME. Thanks and congrats also to @Figueroamber, @ThomasPuschel, @a_urciuoli, @AlmecijaSergio, G Raventós-Izard and DM Alba. Featuring lovely artwork by @Gamarraptor! rdcu.be/fuc8u
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How humans evolved to be twice as big as our ancestors | New Scientist newscientist.com/article/253…

How humans evolved to be twice as big as our ancestors | New Scientist

Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually smaller than us, in both height and body mass. Columnist Michael Marshall...

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Why Am I Left-Handed? | Quanta Magazine quantamagazine.org/why-am-i-…

Why Am I Left-Handed? | Quanta Magazine

An invisible difference in 10% of humans poses deep mysteries in several fields at once.

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Roberto Sáez@robertosaezmJun 30
Cierre de trimestre... Aquí llega el resumen de Paleoantropología: novedades 2º trimestre 2026 wp.me/p4Bi9E-6xp

Paleoantropología: novedades 2º trimestre 2026

Como cada trimestre, aquí llega el resumen de las principales novedades publicadas en el ámbito de la paleoantropología, ordenadas cronológicamente según la antigüedad de los hallazgos estudiados. …

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PaleoAnthropology@QafzehJun 25
Competing models of hominin body size evolution pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…

Competing models of hominin body size evolution | PNAS

The evolutionary trajectory of hominin body size remains contested, with prior studies suggesting a gradual increase or lineage-specific shifts. He...

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