I’ll be joining the Vivek V. Venkataraman Human Evolutionary Ecology and Energetics Lab and Mike Antle’s #Chronobiology Lab U Calgary to start my research on the cross-cultural patterns of human sleep and biological rhythms and their health implications. 2/3

Check out our latest collection on Evolutionary Biomechanics and Human Movement, guest edited by Alison Murray (Dr. Alison Murray). ⬇️

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Today’s “fossil find” needs a whole thread… because it’s a radioactive giant monkey. (no seriously). Here’s the story of a Theropithecus oswaldi from the early Pleistocene

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JOB ALERT! Our department is hiring a Technician. See careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/10062239-… . Permanent job with good salary and benefits. Role supports both teaching and research and is quite flexible. Please share widely and reach out with questions. AABA CABA/ACAB Amanda Melin (she/her)

The exact physiological basis of crown shyness is not certain. The phenomenon has been discussed in scientific literature since the 1920s. A prominent hypothesis is that canopy shyness has to do with mutual light sensing by adjacent plants [read more: ow.ly/xZoc30mEVnL]

'Forest terrains influence walking kinematics among indigenous Tsimane of the Bolivian Amazon' bit.ly/3x1gvTr

by Nicholas B. Holowka, Thomas S. Kraft, Ian J. Wallace, Michael Gurven and Vivek V. Venkataraman

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'Cultural variation in running techniques among non-industrial societies' bit.ly/3sHbe0A
by Ian J. Wallace et al.

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Really enjoying talk on epizoochorous seed dispersal by geladas by Vivek V. Venkataraman
This type of seed dispersal is similar to how I envision helminth parasites traveling on fur of monkeys.

Early humans used an inefficient, high-risk, high-reward strategy to find food, according to a new study in Science Magazine. “But the rate of return is enormous,” says study co-leader Herman Pontzer. Duke Evolutionary Anthropology @DukeResearch
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Anthropologists study the energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/…

Humans afford the high energetic costs of life not through energy-saving adaptations—such as bipedalism or sophisticated tool use—but by acquiring energy at a far greater rate than our closest evolutionary great ape cousins, a new Science study finds. fcld.ly/iw9h975

Congratulations to the Herman Pontzer and colleagues on this fascinating new paper about the evolution of the human energetic strategy. Duke Evolutionary Anthropology

SciAm has set the cause of anti-racism back several years with this weird hit piece on E.O. Wilson.

Working for justice isn't a license to set aside ordinary standards of fairness, evidence, and reasoning. The opposite, if anything.

scientificamerican.com/article/the-co…