What a wonderful discussion about the science of who we are! Thank you so much for this opportunity to talk with so many thinkers.

A few more days!

We can trace ourselves to her. She lived 150 000-200 000 years ago. Our mothers mothers mothers, and their mothers mothers... all through the female line. What does she mean to you? Come share with @keithcchan.bsky.social and me at The Foremothers Cafe on #ENGAGE Oct 23rd at 7 pm. Image: ChatGPT

Come have a fun talk in Engage!

Thanks AT&T. I wonder what Spectrum is like.

Disney ban, meet Target ban. It’s too bad I won’t be enjoying the Fantastic Four home release, but I want to live in a functional society instead of just seeing one on screen.

Took 20 minutes to park on campus and I need another 5 in the car to chill the f out

We recently paid people to unfollow the most divisive accounts on X. After a month, they felt 23% less animosity towards other political groups Their experience was so positive that half declined to refollow those hostile accounts after the study and they felt less animosity 11 months later.

I learned about the new Pope through the new Mexican radio station in San Diego. “Why are they talking about a new potato?”

"Tsutaya et al. used ancient proteomic analysis on a previously unidentified hominin mandible from Taiwan and identified it as having belonged to a male Denisovan." #paleoanthropology

I got brake checked and the most insulting part was that they didn’t get anywhere as close to me as we got to each other in our simultaneous lane change.

Losing the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be an act of monumental neglect. I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places. youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...

If you’d rather have this in text form with citations, I gotchu 💛 bit.ly/3XWWUki

Incredible orangutan fossil from Vietnam highlights how diverse this group of apes was in the past; today there are only 3 highly endangered species living on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra (article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

I went to Target for the first time in months. Don't worry: I didn't buy anything. I just flipped off the things I used to buy.

Best accomplishment last week: got elected undergraduate advisor. This week: beat my class in a game of Kahoot.

Scientists say they have the first recorded video evidence of narwhals using tusks not only to strike and manipulate fish during feeding, but also engage in what appears to be playful behavior: cnn.it/3QRn188

PLAY THIS (archaeology) GAME! Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺 katrinehaydock.itch.io

Two days of rain in San Diego and people are taking it as a personal attack

#BiologicalAnthropology @bioanth.org folks attending #AABA2025... share your photography, sculpture, paintings, other artistic works, #SciComm projects or engaging learning activities at this year's expo in Baltimore! Submit through the link below.

How come the Doomsday Clock is always minutes from midnight? What does 12:15 look like and how is it different from 12:05? Heck the fact that there is a midnight implies there’s a 4pm. What’s that like?

I got a perfect score! (Then again, I did write it…) 🧪🏺

I love that a Wikipedia editor added subtitles to the audio file of a howler monkey's call

I have a new camera and I now have birder cred. Someone next to me in an aviary with a huge camera pointed at a bird whispered to me “that’s a roasted sapphire” and I’m like “… magnificent.”

I had a pleasant driving experience in Phoenix during the daytime but it’s chaos at night

Got zero work done due to unexpected Internet troubleshooting. It works but I changed nothing and I see bugs out of the corner of my eyes.

I have proof that it isn't, but every Microsoft verification code looks like the same number to me.

What did we learn about Neanderthals this year? Here are my top 10 discoveries, neatly collected in a year-end countdown! 🏺🧪 www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

I am super excited for this! We have just opened the Call for Paper for our upcoming #archaeogaming conference! Check out the details in the link below, and let me know if you have questions. Plenty more announcements to follow soon!

Not a good start to the work session! I replugged in the GPU power cable and it seems fine now.

Amazing to think that this happens regularly in our cells

Delighted to publish my new molecular animation: DNA Break Repair by Homologous Recombination youtu.be/Xe-83tBcxhs

Wake up, babe! New fossil footprints just dropped! 🏺🧪 Trackway found in Kenya shows that H. erectus and P. boisei basically lived side-by-side, which is bonkerballs cool! www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

After a lot of talk about it in my anthropology classes I'm finally watching Lucy, the Scarlett Johansson film. None of the biology is remotely accurate, like you have to work to get something this wrong. 4/5 stars.

Alright - archaeology question! *Many* of my recent followers are archaeologists. And while I love sharing simulations about various topics... I'm out of my depth with archaeology. So - I'll turn the task around. You tell me - what are some cool archaeology simulations / games / interactives?

How about some siamang photos from the San Diego Zoo?

Huh

This Apple Intelligence summary is kind of fun? Only the subject line refers to Halloween

Choosing between Apple Intelligence and Australian Siri voice is a real Sophie’s Choice for me

I'm 15 hours into Mechwarrior 5 and just found out that I never activated the mods I installed.

It’s amazing to see people migrate social media platforms in real time

Photogrammetry software needs a way to be told “no not like that”

A fun part about getting a new iPhone is finding out which bugs were due to the phone’s age and which are due to programming.

The Department of Education site is confusing but I think my student loans are forgiven with PSLF? Got ten years of work in education in the bag.

My life goal is to walk up to someone playing piano in public and be perfectly framed in the camera they have set up

If you're looking for interactive science toys/games/simulations - take a peek at this growing list: https://thescienceplayground.com/ The Science Playground helps me track the fun science stuff I've found online - and maybe it'd be helpful for you too! 🎢 ⚛️ (Any favorite projects I'm missing?)