McNulty Lab
@mcnultylab.bsky.social
Evolutionary bioanthropologist and HoD EEB @ UMN | 💀🦷🦍🐒 🇰🇪 | 1 partner 2 kids 🦮🐕🦺 🚲🚲🚲 the rest changes without notice | in my free time <pause for laughter>
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Driving on all fours: when the engine will cut out if you dont keep your foot on the accelerator, but traffic has jammed, so you have to depress the clutch with your other foot and use the hand-brake to stop. Still have 1 limb left for the steering wheel!
a man is cleaning the dashboard of a car with a cloth .
ALT: a man is cleaning the dashboard of a car with a cloth .
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February 13, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Driving on all fours: when the engine will cut out if you dont keep your foot on the accelerator, but traffic has jammed, so you have to depress the clutch with your other foot and use the hand-brake to stop. Still have 1 limb left for the steering wheel!
Is rage-sobbing a thing? Is there a better word for it?
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Is rage-sobbing a thing? Is there a better word for it?
To all you nice people: when someone recalls a gesture, action, or words of yours that had a huge impact but you dont recall the moment: don't feel bad! It doesn't mean you're self absorbed. It means kindness and generosity are a habit not an exception. You make the world better just by being you!
January 22, 2026 at 1:02 PM
To all you nice people: when someone recalls a gesture, action, or words of yours that had a huge impact but you dont recall the moment: don't feel bad! It doesn't mean you're self absorbed. It means kindness and generosity are a habit not an exception. You make the world better just by being you!
My son observed today that radio interpretations of Christmas songs vary so much more than other songs [with most versions Big Yikes, in his opinion]. Also #paleoanthropology: so many researchers interpreting limited evidence pushes some to brilliance, others to the limits of palatability.
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My son observed today that radio interpretations of Christmas songs vary so much more than other songs [with most versions Big Yikes, in his opinion]. Also #paleoanthropology: so many researchers interpreting limited evidence pushes some to brilliance, others to the limits of palatability.
The best defense is a good offense!
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Reviewer 2,
I don't know who you are, but thankyouthankyouthankyou for giving me the opportunity to put this reference into my paper.
Reviewer 2,
I don't know who you are, but thankyouthankyouthankyou for giving me the opportunity to put this reference into my paper.
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The best defense is a good offense!
Check out this new OA article on diet and molar root cervix morphology by my postdoc Dr. Zana Sims! "This region provides a more nuanced understanding of dental adaptation along the folivore–frugivore continuum." Congrats Zana!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Molar Cervical Root Cross‐Sectional Morphology and Diet in Extant Catarrhines
Objectives External tooth root morphology has demonstrated utility in understanding the mechanical function of teeth including patterns of loading during mastication and the overall mechanical chall...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Check out this new OA article on diet and molar root cervix morphology by my postdoc Dr. Zana Sims! "This region provides a more nuanced understanding of dental adaptation along the folivore–frugivore continuum." Congrats Zana!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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My PhD student Jaime Zolik and I were interviewed on the @anthrobiology.bsky.social podcast about our aDNA 🧬💀work with community partners in Peru. Have a listen to hear what Jaime & our lab have been up to! 🤓 Thx Gaby for inviting us on! @umnanth.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/27ys...
open.spotify.com/episode/27ys...
Dr. Maria Nieves-Colón and Jaime Zolik, MA – Working with Ancient DNA and descendent communities in Peru
open.spotify.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
My PhD student Jaime Zolik and I were interviewed on the @anthrobiology.bsky.social podcast about our aDNA 🧬💀work with community partners in Peru. Have a listen to hear what Jaime & our lab have been up to! 🤓 Thx Gaby for inviting us on! @umnanth.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/27ys...
open.spotify.com/episode/27ys...
So pleased to introduce the newly minted Dr. Abbey Hall! Abbey's research on Early Miocene mammal communities is a tremendous body of work that will be yielding insights far beyond her dissertation. Congratulations! 🎊 👏🏼 💐
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So pleased to introduce the newly minted Dr. Abbey Hall! Abbey's research on Early Miocene mammal communities is a tremendous body of work that will be yielding insights far beyond her dissertation. Congratulations! 🎊 👏🏼 💐
For #fossilfriday I'm happy to announce this short OA piece about a small but fossil site formerly called "Meswa Bridge." This came about through collaboration with local officials and wonderful interactions with the Tonde community.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Updating the “Meswa Bridge” Locality Name to “Tonde Bridge”
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
For #fossilfriday I'm happy to announce this short OA piece about a small but fossil site formerly called "Meswa Bridge." This came about through collaboration with local officials and wonderful interactions with the Tonde community.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Had a great time working on nasal septum deviation with new collaborators from BU's Goldman School of Dental Medicine, @richsherw.bsky.social and others.
academic.oup.com/ejo/article-...
academic.oup.com/ejo/article-...
Geometric analyses of changes in nasal septum deviation following maxillary expansion
AbstractObjectives. Maxillary transverse discrepancies are routinely addressed by palatal expansion. Nasal septum deviation is suspected to be related to t
academic.oup.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Had a great time working on nasal septum deviation with new collaborators from BU's Goldman School of Dental Medicine, @richsherw.bsky.social and others.
academic.oup.com/ejo/article-...
academic.oup.com/ejo/article-...
EEB Rock Block at Harvard today!
October 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
EEB Rock Block at Harvard today!
Cost in gas: $25.13
Round trip drive: 3 hours
Honors ceremony: 25 minutes
Having a quiet meal with your college-age daughter: priceless.
Round trip drive: 3 hours
Honors ceremony: 25 minutes
Having a quiet meal with your college-age daughter: priceless.
September 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cost in gas: $25.13
Round trip drive: 3 hours
Honors ceremony: 25 minutes
Having a quiet meal with your college-age daughter: priceless.
Round trip drive: 3 hours
Honors ceremony: 25 minutes
Having a quiet meal with your college-age daughter: priceless.
You: where did you develop such wonky taste in music?
Me: 🤷♂️ no idea how that came about.
Also me: <sorting through cassette tapes to find...
Me: 🤷♂️ no idea how that came about.
Also me: <sorting through cassette tapes to find...
September 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You: where did you develop such wonky taste in music?
Me: 🤷♂️ no idea how that came about.
Also me: <sorting through cassette tapes to find...
Me: 🤷♂️ no idea how that came about.
Also me: <sorting through cassette tapes to find...
September 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but the point of placing an online coffee order is so that it will be ready at the scheduled pick up time, not so that I can place my order when I arrive. This very modest goal should be achievable, at least when establishments are not busy.
August 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but the point of placing an online coffee order is so that it will be ready at the scheduled pick up time, not so that I can place my order when I arrive. This very modest goal should be achievable, at least when establishments are not busy.
When your behavior is determined by others--directly or in response--you lose degrees of freedom, making it much harder for anything you do to be significant.
August 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
When your behavior is determined by others--directly or in response--you lose degrees of freedom, making it much harder for anything you do to be significant.
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August 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Are you a biological anthropologist who loves nerding out about human evolution, fossils and/or adaptation ? 💀🙉 🤓 Do you like doing research and teaching? Do you want to live in the Twin Cities? 🌃 ❄️☃️Then join us at the University of Minnesota! See ad here:👇
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
How do you design exhibits on local African paleontology? You start by talking to the people who live where the fossils are from. Now we only have bare walls, but we got enough ideas to fill the space...and then some! #rusingaisland
July 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How do you design exhibits on local African paleontology? You start by talking to the people who live where the fossils are from. Now we only have bare walls, but we got enough ideas to fill the space...and then some! #rusingaisland
"Below are detailed responses to some of the reviewers' comments. For answers to their other questions and comments, we respectfully ask them to actually read the manuscript."
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July 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"Below are detailed responses to some of the reviewers' comments. For answers to their other questions and comments, we respectfully ask them to actually read the manuscript."
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Congratulations to the new Baldwin Fellows, including 2 of my students, Penina Kadalida (c/a with Martha Tappen) and Emmanuel Ngetich (c/a with @mitopr.bsky.social)! Thanks to the @leakeyfoundation.org for supporting all of these students and their staunch support for Paleoanthropology!
We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellows! Click through to learn about these 14 scholars and their exciting human origins research. leakeyfoundation.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2025 Baldwin Fellows
Meet the 2025 Baldwin Fellows! This year, 14 scholars from 11 countries have received fellowships, empowering them to become future leaders.
leakeyfoundation.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Congratulations to the new Baldwin Fellows, including 2 of my students, Penina Kadalida (c/a with Martha Tappen) and Emmanuel Ngetich (c/a with @mitopr.bsky.social)! Thanks to the @leakeyfoundation.org for supporting all of these students and their staunch support for Paleoanthropology!
Very excited to arrive in Cape Town for a workshop on building Socially Responsive practices in Paleoanthropology! Organized by @laurenschroeder.bsky.social and Becky Ackermann, and funded by @wennergrenorg.bsky.social.
July 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Very excited to arrive in Cape Town for a workshop on building Socially Responsive practices in Paleoanthropology! Organized by @laurenschroeder.bsky.social and Becky Ackermann, and funded by @wennergrenorg.bsky.social.
Have to admit I enjoyed this bit of spam. Apparently, my university's domain expiring and it's on me to fix it!
June 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Have to admit I enjoyed this bit of spam. Apparently, my university's domain expiring and it's on me to fix it!
Shout-out to the "Back to the 50s" attendant at the MN State fairgrounds who called out my poor cycling decision in an easy, professional (Minnesotan!) way. I misread the situation and chose poorly. Glad there are good staff to keep people safe and keep me honest!
June 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Shout-out to the "Back to the 50s" attendant at the MN State fairgrounds who called out my poor cycling decision in an easy, professional (Minnesotan!) way. I misread the situation and chose poorly. Glad there are good staff to keep people safe and keep me honest!