John Rowan
@jjrowan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Human Evolution, University of Cambridge | Mainly interested in Neogene fossil primates, other mammals, and ecosystem evolution in Africa | www.rowanlab.org
Philip Leakey unveiling the blue plaque that will mark Louis Leakey’s home here in Cambridge @cam-archaeology.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Philip Leakey unveiling the blue plaque that will mark Louis Leakey’s home here in Cambridge @cam-archaeology.bsky.social
Interested in ancient food webs? Check out our new study on the paleoecology of the Pliocene large carnivore guild at Hadar (Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia):
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April 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Interested in ancient food webs? Check out our new study on the paleoecology of the Pliocene large carnivore guild at Hadar (Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy 100 years to Australopithecus africanus: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Happy 100 years to Australopithecus africanus: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Reanalysis of Samburupithecus reveals similarities to nyanzapithecines (Pugh et al):
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January 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reanalysis of Samburupithecus reveals similarities to nyanzapithecines (Pugh et al):
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In southern Africa, grazing herbivores decline over the last 50 kyr, but regional pollen records show no change in grass abundance through time. How do we make sense of these patterns? Check out our new study led by postdoc Alex Norwood (Univ of Utah) in QSA:
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December 10, 2024 at 7:34 PM
In southern Africa, grazing herbivores decline over the last 50 kyr, but regional pollen records show no change in grass abundance through time. How do we make sense of these patterns? Check out our new study led by postdoc Alex Norwood (Univ of Utah) in QSA:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...