Alex Pel
@paleoanarcheo.bsky.social
Paleoanthropologist, union rabble rouser at UCW, band dad at JSR, former Denver DIY evangelist and grumpy line cook.
Very excited to announce Taphosource! Our lab at CSU has made our database of hundreds of confocal microscope-scanned cut, tooth, percussion, and trampling marks available open source! This is the result of years of work in experiments, scanning, and prepping data by everyone involved.
August 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Very excited to announce Taphosource! Our lab at CSU has made our database of hundreds of confocal microscope-scanned cut, tooth, percussion, and trampling marks available open source! This is the result of years of work in experiments, scanning, and prepping data by everyone involved.
Yesterday absolutely ruled
August 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Yesterday absolutely ruled
Happy fossil Friday, seems as good a day as any now that I've signed the offer letter to announce I'm moving to DC basically for a dream postdoc position
Hint: it's on my shirt
Excited, but it's insane to be moving out of Colorado after 20 years. Denver will always be home
Hint: it's on my shirt
Excited, but it's insane to be moving out of Colorado after 20 years. Denver will always be home
July 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Happy fossil Friday, seems as good a day as any now that I've signed the offer letter to announce I'm moving to DC basically for a dream postdoc position
Hint: it's on my shirt
Excited, but it's insane to be moving out of Colorado after 20 years. Denver will always be home
Hint: it's on my shirt
Excited, but it's insane to be moving out of Colorado after 20 years. Denver will always be home
Hey Michaels, do you need a zooarchaeologist consultant, because what the hell is this supposed to be?
July 23, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Hey Michaels, do you need a zooarchaeologist consultant, because what the hell is this supposed to be?
Happy fossil Friday from me and Paranthropus aethiopicus
Artist IG: jonald_juck
Artist IG: jonald_juck
July 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Happy fossil Friday from me and Paranthropus aethiopicus
Artist IG: jonald_juck
Artist IG: jonald_juck
Hard to describe how incredible it was to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social at Red Rocks as the sun set
July 11, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Hard to describe how incredible it was to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social at Red Rocks as the sun set
New paper out! Very honored to be a part of this research led by @egveatch.bsky.social We argue that H. floresiensis most likely scavenged Stegodon kills from komodo dragons, rather than hunted these dwarf elephants, and that there is no evidence they used fire. Link below!
July 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
New paper out! Very honored to be a part of this research led by @egveatch.bsky.social We argue that H. floresiensis most likely scavenged Stegodon kills from komodo dragons, rather than hunted these dwarf elephants, and that there is no evidence they used fire. Link below!
I'm so tired, depressed, angry
March 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I'm so tired, depressed, angry
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Them JSR boys are back in town
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Them JSR boys are back in town
RIP to an absolute legend. Hard the overstate how influential she was on my entire field and worldview
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
RIP to an absolute legend. Hard the overstate how influential she was on my entire field and worldview
Went to my old neighborhood haunt to see OBAA. What a hell of a film
September 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Went to my old neighborhood haunt to see OBAA. What a hell of a film
Weekly jamz for the recently separated
September 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Weekly jamz for the recently separated
My dumb band JSR is playing our first show in 3 years! Awesome mini fest put on by my friends at some of the best dives in Denver
September 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My dumb band JSR is playing our first show in 3 years! Awesome mini fest put on by my friends at some of the best dives in Denver
Yeah I'm a master angler
August 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Yeah I'm a master angler
UP bar signs I love you
August 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
UP bar signs I love you
Met a personal hero today
August 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Met a personal hero today
Victim of Fire last night at Surfside 7
August 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Victim of Fire last night at Surfside 7
Best song? Worst song? Doesn't matter. All songs pale in comparison to whatever these guys are playing
August 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Best song? Worst song? Doesn't matter. All songs pale in comparison to whatever these guys are playing
Fast times at the DMNS
August 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fast times at the DMNS
Very important: Smoke break bunny had a baby
July 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Very important: Smoke break bunny had a baby
