Happy to share a new paper evaluating inter-rater reliability in evaluating growth disruption in deciduous teeth - through the hard work of Simone Lemmers and team. It was a pleasure to be a part of this! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Hi. Everyone! Nice to see all the new colleagues here. As you look for accounts to follow, be sure add to your list @bioanth.org 🧪

Was just discussing this with my grad students. In addition to the awareness of the barriers, the suggestions from this article on ways to remove those barriers at different levels are worth noting - including on the level of supervisors and colleagues. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

"Now, people are thinking about exploring West Africa for human ancestors. They might end up finding fossils in there as well... We need to have a firm foundation established, so the next generation [of African scientists] doesn’t have to deal with the lack of infrastructure that we [faced]."
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Hi everyone! I have been on Bluesky for a bit, but haven't been too active, and now it has rather exploded! Figured I should introduce myself a bit better. I'm a #bioarchaeologist, #dental_anthropologist, #bioanthropologist, #human_osteologist, #palaeodemography, #palaeopathologist

A new Bluesky starter pack listing biological anthropologists. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/CnJLf95

New Publication Alert!
@dentalbioarch.bsky.social & I sent replica skeletons home with #osteology students then tested them to evaluate skills they obtained remotely vs. in person (compared to experts)
Spoiler: home access to replicas supports student learning, but fragments & methods are still hard