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Lesley Harrington
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Assoc Prof Biological Anthropology
Treaty 6 Beaver Hills Edmonton
University of Alberta #ualberta

examining nature-culture influences on human teeth and bone
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52nd annual conference of the Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology (CABA-ACAB) will be in Victoria, BC November 5-8
Register: tinyurl.com/mhyxbev7
fees go up after Oct 1
www.caba-acab.ca
caba2025victoria@gmail.com
#anthropology @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @uvic.ca
September 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Justus Erus Edung was only 25 years old when he discovered Kenyanthropus platyops in a team led by Prof. Meave Leakey in 1999.

This 3.5 million year old “flat-faced” skull quickly grabbed international headlines and changed the course of human evolution.

#fossils #turkana #humanevolution
July 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Congrats to Marla! I love exploring skeletal ontogeny with this team @hkkurki.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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If wisdom teeth kick off very late in childhood, then our work suggests they're at higher risk of impaction. Here's the free open source article fellow tooth nerds: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social @usask.bsky.social #dentistry #dentalanthropology #saskatchewan #canada
March 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Come work with me in the Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta.
DM me if you would like more details: apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
Assistant Professor - Anatomy - Careers@UAlberta.ca
University of Alberta: Careers@UAlberta.ca
apps.ualberta.ca
February 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Hi

We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial!

some links;

the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so...

our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view...

and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...
February 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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On this “brisk” winter day in #Edmonton, thinking about the late Aga Khan’s generous gift to the University of Alberta Botanic Garden. The world’s Ismaili community is mourning. But know that the Aga Khan’s memory will be a blessing here for decades. #yeg #UniversityofAlberta #ualberta #AgaKhan
February 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.

www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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1/3 Many thanks to the 76 reviewers who dedicated time for our free #openaccess initiative in 2024!
42 anonymous reviewers +
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January 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It's long to read but you will not regret it.
This perspective from a former editor in chief of Science magazine, provides a good confirmation of what many of us already suspected.
Thanks @jeremymberg.bsky.social for this honest & raw description of publishing in science, and not only in Science.
Bluetorial-A dream and a bit of a nightmare

Serving as Editor-in-Chief at Science was fascinating. I greatly enjoyed working with talented and committed editorial, news, graphics, and production staff. But the inside look into scientific publishing and AAAS was also deeply disillusioning.
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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I recently stepped down as an AE at a Springer:Nature journal for reasons similar to o the JHE board (where I also once served). Time to stop allowing ourselves to be exploited for corporate profit. We can do everything without them.
December 27, 2024 at 10:33 PM
New research led by former student, Dr. Jennifer S. Nelson "Exploring the Laws of Developmental Direction Using a Documented Skeletal Collection"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Beauty day out there
December 22, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Note to self for a PD workshop
How to write an effective journal peer review using a staged writing approach: a best-practice guide for early-career researchers

academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
December 2, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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The site preserves one amazing, 12-step hominin trackway as well as 3 additional, isolated footprints of different hominin individuals.
November 28, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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Are you interested in organizing a workshop at #AABA2025? Workshop proposal applications are due November 15! More info here: bioanth.org/94th-annual-...
November 4, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Cell Biology at #ualberta is recruting for a tenure-stream faculty position in he area of stem cell biology to join our emerging 'Children's Health and Regenerative Medicine' hub. www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/...
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Stem Cell Biology, With a Focus on Rare Diseases Affecting C...
www.careers.ualberta.ca
December 12, 2023 at 3:16 PM
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I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
November 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Two new chapters from my free online book in human genetics out this weekend!
These complete Part 3 of the book, on human population structure and history:
3.3: Human prehistory [separate thread]
3.4: Ancient DNA: a genetic time capsule [this thread]
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
September 23, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Open access selection of 21 milestones papers on African archaeology from the Journal of Archaeological Science !
⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
January 15, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Found some snow!
January 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Skate break, on the Lake!
December 24, 2023 at 6:34 AM