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Elijah Watson
@elijahjwatson.bsky.social
anthropologist/biodemographer interested in early life stress, epigenetics, aging, and causal inference 🧬⏳📈

PhD (biological anthropology) & MPH (epidemiology) candidate at Northwestern | NIA F31 fellow

Tar Heel 🐏

https://ejwatson.github.io
And a little one over the city on my walk back 🙂
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A little cloudy, but was so worth the 20 minute walk to the lake to see the northern lights over Chicago
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
#NoKings Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Excited to be reading this great new book from @mgurven.bsky.social!

Already loving the first chapter — so helpful to have a book like this on the evolutionary anthropology and demography of aging as I’m writing up my dissertation
September 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wyoming backpacking trip, year 2: success. Grateful for new traditions and friendship. Feeling human again 😎 (

Zoom in on the last pic for a young moose who stopped by our campsite with its mom 🫎) #wyoming #snowyrange
August 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Back in Chapel Hill after six long years. Seeing old friends, reconnecting with mentors, and remembering the place and people who’ve shaped me is good for this weary anthropologist’s soul #GDTBATH
May 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
today’s delayed flight airport rocking chair read
April 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I, too, would like to live in a tree and emerge only when ready.

#CadesCove #BlackBear #WildlifePhotography #Nature
April 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
First snow of the season in Chicago ❄️
November 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Today’s read ☕️
November 16, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Scored these Tufte books from the free little library on my street! Coincidentally, last night I finished reading the copy of “The Visual Display…” from my research group’s bookshelf. Now I have my own copy + more!
October 17, 2023 at 12:32 AM
I brought Butters to my office in Evanston so she can avoid the scary Chicago air show fighter jets. Luckily(?),I have a probability theory final exam to prepare for and can also use the quiet.
August 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM