Zach Throckmorton
@throckman.bsky.social
Anatomical scientist & anthropologist.
En route to #AABA2025 and this plane's display has a feature that shows locations' Wikipedia entries as you fly over them. What a time to be alive!
March 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
En route to #AABA2025 and this plane's display has a feature that shows locations' Wikipedia entries as you fly over them. What a time to be alive!
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Just discovered Journal of Geek Studies (not peer reviewed), and it is pure joy.
jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
Is a bone a viable weapon when combating a Rancor? Estimating the bite force of an intergalactic mega-predator
Stephan Lautenschlager1,2 & Thomas Clements3 1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. 2The Lapworth Museum of Geology, Birmingham, UK. 3…
jgeekstudies.org
March 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Just discovered Journal of Geek Studies (not peer reviewed), and it is pure joy.
jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
Bighorn sheep in the Big Thompson Canyon.
March 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Bighorn sheep in the Big Thompson Canyon.
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Exciting new discovery of fossil leg and partial pelvis from Swartkrans, South Africa, by Travis Pickering and coworkers.
Attributed to Paranthropus robustus, this individual may have been the shortest fossil human relative known, just over a meter tall.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Attributed to Paranthropus robustus, this individual may have been the shortest fossil human relative known, just over a meter tall.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Exciting new discovery of fossil leg and partial pelvis from Swartkrans, South Africa, by Travis Pickering and coworkers.
Attributed to Paranthropus robustus, this individual may have been the shortest fossil human relative known, just over a meter tall.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Attributed to Paranthropus robustus, this individual may have been the shortest fossil human relative known, just over a meter tall.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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"Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago"
really interesting stuff here:
"early Acheulean toolmakers unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later."
really interesting stuff here:
"early Acheulean toolmakers unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later."
Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago - Nature
Bone tools shaped by knapping found within Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania precede any other evidence of systematic bone tool production by more than 1 million years.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago"
really interesting stuff here:
"early Acheulean toolmakers unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later."
really interesting stuff here:
"early Acheulean toolmakers unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later."
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Happy Mardi Gras, fellow anthropologists! IYKYK
(From a Target display I saw years ago that confused me for a hot minute.)
(From a Target display I saw years ago that confused me for a hot minute.)
March 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Mardi Gras, fellow anthropologists! IYKYK
(From a Target display I saw years ago that confused me for a hot minute.)
(From a Target display I saw years ago that confused me for a hot minute.)
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"While the small joint sizes [of H. naledi] are not well-suited to repeated high impact loads, the long legs and particularly long tibia would have been useful for walking substantial distances without such high loads." #paleoanthropology 🧪🏺
Long legs and small joints: The locomotor capabilities of Homo naledi
The 3D reconstruction of the lower limb of Homo naledi and comparative analyses of the knee reveal remarkably small joint sizes for its body size, a hyper-elongated tibia (and fibula), and a high cru...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"While the small joint sizes [of H. naledi] are not well-suited to repeated high impact loads, the long legs and particularly long tibia would have been useful for walking substantial distances without such high loads." #paleoanthropology 🧪🏺
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Do you like ANIMALS? Do you like #WORDLE ? Then you should try... www.animordle.com The Wordle Game with Animals Names
Thank you Rohit Singhal for creating word.rodeo & @mammalssuck.bsky.social for making March Mammal Madness #2025MMM. They served as inspiration for #animordle.
Do you like ANIMALS? Do you like #WORDLE ? Then you should try... www.animordle.com The Wordle Game with Animals Names
Thank you Rohit Singhal for creating word.rodeo & @mammalssuck.bsky.social for making March Mammal Madness #2025MMM. They served as inspiration for #animordle.
March 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Do you like ANIMALS? Do you like #WORDLE ? Then you should try... www.animordle.com The Wordle Game with Animals Names
Thank you Rohit Singhal for creating word.rodeo & @mammalssuck.bsky.social for making March Mammal Madness #2025MMM. They served as inspiration for #animordle.
Do you like ANIMALS? Do you like #WORDLE ? Then you should try... www.animordle.com The Wordle Game with Animals Names
Thank you Rohit Singhal for creating word.rodeo & @mammalssuck.bsky.social for making March Mammal Madness #2025MMM. They served as inspiration for #animordle.
Also has one of my favorite satirical quotes, "if the cash is there, we do not care!"
Deep Rising stays very close to its influences but ‘what if Evil Dead’s Ash fought tentacle creatures in a setting meant to blow up like Nakatomi Plaza?’ is still so damn fun.
And the closest thing we have to a *good* killer cephalopod movie.
And the closest thing we have to a *good* killer cephalopod movie.
March 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Also has one of my favorite satirical quotes, "if the cash is there, we do not care!"
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In partnership with the #AABA conference in Baltimore, Friend of Darwin and paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner will be hosting a workshop examining the concept of race, its meaning, and how ‘socialized race’ came to be.
Circles of Voices will take place on 3/15 in Baltimore. Pay what you wish.
Circles of Voices will take place on 3/15 in Baltimore. Pay what you wish.
(CoV): What does science say about race and racism in America?
The U.S. is blinded by socialized race. CoV will examine what it means to be human, and the ongoing impacts of racism in America. Join us.
www.eventbrite.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
In partnership with the #AABA conference in Baltimore, Friend of Darwin and paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner will be hosting a workshop examining the concept of race, its meaning, and how ‘socialized race’ came to be.
Circles of Voices will take place on 3/15 in Baltimore. Pay what you wish.
Circles of Voices will take place on 3/15 in Baltimore. Pay what you wish.
A+ department; 10/10 would recommend!
February 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A+ department; 10/10 would recommend!
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Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1871. In it he wrote: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
February 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1871. In it he wrote: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
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For teachers, especially outside universities, I can point to the Human Evolution Teaching Materials Project with printable 3D models of 35 fossil hominin skulls and jaws.
This collection does include the model Australopithecus afarensis skull based on the fossils from A.L. 333.
hetmp.com
This collection does include the model Australopithecus afarensis skull based on the fossils from A.L. 333.
hetmp.com
hetmp
Visit the post for more.
hetmp.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
For teachers, especially outside universities, I can point to the Human Evolution Teaching Materials Project with printable 3D models of 35 fossil hominin skulls and jaws.
This collection does include the model Australopithecus afarensis skull based on the fossils from A.L. 333.
hetmp.com
This collection does include the model Australopithecus afarensis skull based on the fossils from A.L. 333.
hetmp.com
Steggy!
Stegosaurus at the Natural History Museum, London
February 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Steggy!
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I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
February 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
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Shawn Hurst & colleagues reanalyze the brain endocast of the iconic Taung (Australopithecus africanus) fossil – variability in a large sample of chimpanzee brains shows possible anatomies not known to previous researchers.
Read free for 50 days with this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdEeAlZXX...
Read free for 50 days with this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdEeAlZXX...
February 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Shawn Hurst & colleagues reanalyze the brain endocast of the iconic Taung (Australopithecus africanus) fossil – variability in a large sample of chimpanzee brains shows possible anatomies not known to previous researchers.
Read free for 50 days with this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdEeAlZXX...
Read free for 50 days with this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdEeAlZXX...
Looking forward to catching up with colleagues and everyone's interesting work!
Hi there! Who is going to #AABA2025 in Baltimore?
February 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Looking forward to catching up with colleagues and everyone's interesting work!
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Micro-CT analysis of juvenile human calcanei (birth to 15 years) reveals how internal and external morphology adapt to bipedal locomotion. Early calcanei are dense and featureless, later developing stronger trabeculae and reshaped surfaces to handle increased strain:
The Ontogeny of the Human Calcaneus: Insights From Morphological and Trabecular Changes During Postnatal Growth
Objectives To investigate the developmental changes in the human calcaneal internal and external morphology linked to the acquisition of mature bipedal locomotion. Methods Seventy seven micro-CT s...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Micro-CT analysis of juvenile human calcanei (birth to 15 years) reveals how internal and external morphology adapt to bipedal locomotion. Early calcanei are dense and featureless, later developing stronger trabeculae and reshaped surfaces to handle increased strain:
Reposted by Zach Throckmorton
Hi everyone! The Yearbook of Biological Anthropology is now on BlueSky! Please give the journal a follow: @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hi everyone! The Yearbook of Biological Anthropology is now on BlueSky! Please give the journal a follow: @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social
Our paper reconstructing the lower limb of Homo naledi was published this morning by @journalofanatomy.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/joa.... We used 32 of the most well-preserved fossils from both the Naledi and Lesedi chambers, then scaled them using comparative data to make the reconstruction.
Long legs and small joints: The locomotor capabilities of Homo naledi
The 3D reconstruction of the lower limb of Homo naledi and comparative analyses of the knee reveal remarkably small joint sizes for its body size, a hyper-elongated tibia (and fibula), and a high cru...
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our paper reconstructing the lower limb of Homo naledi was published this morning by @journalofanatomy.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/joa.... We used 32 of the most well-preserved fossils from both the Naledi and Lesedi chambers, then scaled them using comparative data to make the reconstruction.