1/ How did the human skeleton evolve to support bipedalism and tool use? 🦴 A new study from my lab in Genome Biology and Evolution dives into the genomic changes that separate us from chimpanzees during skeletal development. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/.... Here's a quick overview of what we found:

Modular genetic architecture underlies human hand and foot evolution | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Great coverage of our work on the pelvis: www.harvardmagazine.com/research/har...

Terrific new work on tendon growth by Heather Dingwall @dingwallaby.bsky.social and @jennagalloway.bsky.social in collaboration with my lab. Congrats Heather and all authors! journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Great work on the genetics of osteoarthritis by my post-doc Dr. @clarissacoveney.bsky.social and lab: acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../art.43231

Pleased to announce our new review on human musculoskeletal evolution lead by my post-doc @gayani.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Here is the tweetorial for the terrific work by Clarissa Coveney in my lab.

Delighted to announce the publication of this amazing work by my post-doc Dr. Clarissa Coveney and a team of wonderful collaborators. This work on GDF5 and its roles in controlling disease risk was published in Arthritis & Rheumatology. acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Recent coverage of our Nature Paper on the Evolution of Human Bipedalism: www.sciencenews.org/article/gene...

Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449

Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449

Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449

In the sadness I feel for the passing of Jane Goodall, I take from her a continued energy, passion, and commitment to bolster up, fight for, and inspire those without voices! We must be champions to protect this earth and basic decency!

Question for those at academic research institutions: Have your institutions received requests from the federal government regarding recent changes in Restricted Party and Export Controls Screening Process?

Kirstin Sterner (University of Oregon) and I would like to give a big CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Sam Queeno, who successfully defended her dissertation entitled "A New Perspective on Human Bipedalism: Using Functional Genomics as a Window to Past Physiology". Terrific Job Sam!!!!

This was a 9-0 decision last year

Thanks Nature for this terrific coverage of our work! @gayani.bsky.social

Thanks Katie Kavanagh for this nice news piece on our work!!! @gayani.bsky.social

Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

New research shows the human pelvis didn’t evolve gradually—it flipped its growth pattern 90° and rewired bone formation. These shifts let our ancestors walk upright and birth big-brained babies. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Bipedalism

A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz

Super excited and thrilled to see this work come out in Nature today. 🥹@tdcapellini.bsky.social Thank you so much for your amazing mentorship throughout the project, and to all my co-authors who helped take this work to the next level.

Fantastic coverage of our recent work in Nature. Thanks!!!!

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/s...

1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."

🧬NEW: Our Dr Palesa Madupe & colleagues retrieved some of the oldest human genetic data from #Africa They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP

Today, I take the reigns as Chair, Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. Big thankyou to Dan Lieberman outgoing Chair & Joe Henrich, previous Chair. They did tremendous jobs advancing HEB's intellectual/academic vibrancy. I'll work hard for all students, postdocs & faculty in this changing landscape

We are responding legally to our President’s illegal acts! All should do the same www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

1) Despite the chaos, I am very pleased to present the terrific research conducted by my post-doc @clarissacoveney.bsky.social. acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Postdoc position in human brain evolution at the amazing @janetsong.bsky.social lab at Harvard! Despite the freeze, she’s hiring! Send her a message.

A huge congratulations to my graduate student Dr. Alexander Okamoto for successfully defending his remarkable dissertation today! You make all of us in HEB very proud!

I’m very proud of my university Harvard and support this move entirely!!!!

See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org

Maybe we can spread this like wild fire

Maine Governor Janet Mills told Trump she’ll see him in court. Now he demands an apology. Apologize for nothing Mills! Going through the courts is the proper channels not some apology for illegal actions. #DON’T_BEND_THE_KNEE

Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire. Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would. They're not fraudsters. They earned it. How out of touch are you not to realize that?

The US is scheduled to co-host the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028. Why would thousands of international athletes and millions of fans from around the world come to a country where tourists, asylum seekers, and visa holders are being disappeared to foreign prisons?

When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵

Concerning new executive order "IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” COST EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE" (Feb 26th, 2025)

NIH GHD Study Section scheduled for today/tomorrow is now canceled. Got the notice now.

Trump undoing US science capacity : for most of the past century, the United States has been the global leader in scientific discovery. In just the last five years, US scientists won more Nobel Prizes than the rest of the world combined. An end of an era www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

We see this on many levels!

This Executive Order ensures that Presidential Accountability (and subordinates) is under the control of the Executive Branch. So, the President is in charge of their own accountability even if it runs through the OMB (part of executive branch). This is wrong! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I am trying to find a list of actual news agencies currently covering (allowed into) the white house press room. I've been searching but its so far to find. Has anyone found this list? If so, please share!