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We study teeth! Motivated by dental anthropology & human evolution, powered by NSF. Science is for all. Posts by Dr. Kristin Krueger.
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It’s not goodbye, but see you later.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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This is what NativeBio is trying to fight. DNA is a business, estimated to be worh $172 billion/year by 2035. We live in a glut of information, including disinformation. The Genomics field already has a history of racism, power dynamics, data theft, surgical/chemical sterilization and murder.
Geneticist here. Anyone telling you that they can just change intelligence (which isn't what IQ measures well anyways) by fiddling with a few genes is just straight-up grifting, it doesn't work like that. And yes it's basically definitionally eugenics.
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Academics should really start thinking about whether it makes sense to continue operating in states where a girl can turn in a physics paper that just says, “Jesus never talked about atoms,” and you’ll be fired for giving her an appropriate grade.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Got an invite to review a manuscript yesterday (a U.S. holiday) and snarky email today that said invite is revoked because I hadn’t responded. 🫠🙄
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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"We conclude that adult individuals are composed of a mosaic spectrum of sex characteristics in their somatic tissues that should not be cumulated into a simple binary classification." elifesciences.org/articles/99602
elifesciences.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Want to hear what’s going on in the Chew Lab? Come to my Innovate & Advance talk tomorrow! UIC College of Dentistry.

dentistry.uic.edu/events/innov...
Innovate & Advance: Science Talk Series | College of Dentistry | University of Illinois Chicago
The Office of Research presents Innovate & Advance: Science Talk Series.
dentistry.uic.edu
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Want to support undergrad research & travel AND look adorbs? Check out our fundraising store for the LUC Department of Anthropology! (Just in time for the holidays!)

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Support Future Anthropologists! | Bonfire
Every shirt you buy helps our students hit the road (& the field!) for research & travel!. Our department may be small, but it’s mighty! We teach and mentor hundreds ...
www.bonfire.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Oh how I will miss this Chew Crew pup! She heads back to Barcelona next week. 😭 Thankfully, Berta is still here! ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Berta & I tried creating plangi today in Dr. Nichols’s museum class! Chew crew members Lily & Gavin carved pumpkins! 🎃 Happy Friday, y’all!
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Channeling my Neolithic German ancestors today. (It’s actually quite relaxing.) 🌾
October 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We got our Halloween on today! 🎃 👻 🧟‍♀️
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Stop by our table today! 10/22! BE IN YOUR ANTHRO ERA!
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
JOB! Santa Clara Uni is hiring a Bio Anth! I visited their dept in Sept and they are an amazing group of scholars!!

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Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology 26-27
Position Type: Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology 26-27 Position Type: Regular Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $85,947 to $95,410, depending on the successful candidate...
wd1.myworkdaysite.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Official Chew Lab pup Elna is hard at work distracting us with her cuteness. 11/10 good dog.
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Check out what LUC’s Department of Anthropology is bringing to Spring semester, and be in your anthro era!
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Loyola University Chicago is greatly saddened to confirm the death of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM. This is a tremendous loss of someone who touched the lives of so many people. We appreciate everyone’s thoughts & prayers during this difficult time. For more information: https://bit.ly/4o7eIUk
October 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM