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December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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Two things: one institutional, one petty
Institutionally, I don't think we can understand Henrich without seeing its relationship to the fraught bioanthro/cultural anthro split, particularly at Harvard.
Institutionally, I don't think we can understand Henrich without seeing its relationship to the fraught bioanthro/cultural anthro split, particularly at Harvard.
When Joseph Henrich agreed to study whether anthropology is overly politicized, he said he knew he “wasn’t going to make everyone happy."
Correct. https://chroni.cl/4jrembV
Correct. https://chroni.cl/4jrembV
The Harvard Anthropologist Who’s Skewering His Own Field
Joseph Henrich, an author of a divisive report about politicization in the humanities, says, “I knew it wasn’t going to make everyone happy.”
chroni.cl
September 29, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Two things: one institutional, one petty
Institutionally, I don't think we can understand Henrich without seeing its relationship to the fraught bioanthro/cultural anthro split, particularly at Harvard.
Institutionally, I don't think we can understand Henrich without seeing its relationship to the fraught bioanthro/cultural anthro split, particularly at Harvard.
Me too! They’re the best ape and it’s not even close. (Source: I have a bioanthro phd)
October 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Me too! They’re the best ape and it’s not even close. (Source: I have a bioanthro phd)
As a bioanthro PhD, the original is my favorite tweet of all time
March 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
As a bioanthro PhD, the original is my favorite tweet of all time
One of the prevailing pop culture myths about bioanthro is that humanity were persistence hunters. Fortunately for us, the archaeological evidence instead indicates our hunting advantages were sociality, toll use and strategy. We were *intelligence* hunters.
January 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
One of the prevailing pop culture myths about bioanthro is that humanity were persistence hunters. Fortunately for us, the archaeological evidence instead indicates our hunting advantages were sociality, toll use and strategy. We were *intelligence* hunters.
One thing that has stuck with me from intro bioanthro is that even the
primates that evolved to eat mostly fruit have to supplement their diets with either insects or leaves.
To say nothing of humans.
primates that evolved to eat mostly fruit have to supplement their diets with either insects or leaves.
To say nothing of humans.
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
One thing that has stuck with me from intro bioanthro is that even the
primates that evolved to eat mostly fruit have to supplement their diets with either insects or leaves.
To say nothing of humans.
primates that evolved to eat mostly fruit have to supplement their diets with either insects or leaves.
To say nothing of humans.
Which field? 🤣
Forensics/bioanthro: We really can’t accurately sex a human skeleton as well as ppl think.. Humans have too much variety. The best an ethical CST is gonna tell you is 'ennnh, 80% certain."
Author/writing: Traditional publishing is corporate. They don't care much about story or YOU.
Forensics/bioanthro: We really can’t accurately sex a human skeleton as well as ppl think.. Humans have too much variety. The best an ethical CST is gonna tell you is 'ennnh, 80% certain."
Author/writing: Traditional publishing is corporate. They don't care much about story or YOU.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Almost all of the bugs and problems and breakage in the software you use is known to the engineers, we just aren't allowed to fix it. Gotta ship new features.
Almost all of the bugs and problems and breakage in the software you use is known to the engineers, we just aren't allowed to fix it. Gotta ship new features.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The number of parents that don't care much about their kids and/or have very thinly veiled resentment against them is much higher than most people think.
The number of parents that don't care much about their kids and/or have very thinly veiled resentment against them is much higher than most people think.
June 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Which field? 🤣
Forensics/bioanthro: We really can’t accurately sex a human skeleton as well as ppl think.. Humans have too much variety. The best an ethical CST is gonna tell you is 'ennnh, 80% certain."
Author/writing: Traditional publishing is corporate. They don't care much about story or YOU.
Forensics/bioanthro: We really can’t accurately sex a human skeleton as well as ppl think.. Humans have too much variety. The best an ethical CST is gonna tell you is 'ennnh, 80% certain."
Author/writing: Traditional publishing is corporate. They don't care much about story or YOU.
My daughter spent two summers in Tanzania, part of her BioAnthro degree at Indiana University. She befriended a Maasai tribesman, Ole Kipa. She promised to paint his portrait and send the money when it sold. It sold for $5,000 dollars, money was sent, and he bought some cows! 😀
#Maasai #oilpainting
#Maasai #oilpainting
January 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My daughter spent two summers in Tanzania, part of her BioAnthro degree at Indiana University. She befriended a Maasai tribesman, Ole Kipa. She promised to paint his portrait and send the money when it sold. It sold for $5,000 dollars, money was sent, and he bought some cows! 😀
#Maasai #oilpainting
#Maasai #oilpainting
When Peter Ellison (bioanthro) became the most prominent faculty member to call for Larry Summers's resignation, he highlighted that Summers—NOT Ellison—was trying to foment division between them: "I like what you guys do. I don't particularly like what they do"
www.thecrimson.com/article/2006...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2006...
Former GSAS Dean Calls for Summers To Resign | The Harvard Crimson
The former dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) told The Crimson yesterday that Lawrence H. Summers
www.thecrimson.com
September 29, 2026 at 1:40 AM
When Peter Ellison (bioanthro) became the most prominent faculty member to call for Larry Summers's resignation, he highlighted that Summers—NOT Ellison—was trying to foment division between them: "I like what you guys do. I don't particularly like what they do"
www.thecrimson.com/article/2006...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2006...
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Drafting.
2. Bioanthro stats
3. Orbital mechanics
4. Business ethics
5. Conspiracy Theories
1. Drafting.
2. Bioanthro stats
3. Orbital mechanics
4. Business ethics
5. Conspiracy Theories
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Studio Art of Africa
2. Weaving
3. Medieval materials and methods
4. Astrophysics
5. Bowling (they make you take a pe class using projectiles even if you are blind. I figured that was safest.)
1. Studio Art of Africa
2. Weaving
3. Medieval materials and methods
4. Astrophysics
5. Bowling (they make you take a pe class using projectiles even if you are blind. I figured that was safest.)
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Medieval French Romance
2. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient World
3. Arabic
4. History as Film
5. Foundations in Gender Studies
1. Medieval French Romance
2. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient World
3. Arabic
4. History as Film
5. Foundations in Gender Studies
January 31, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Drafting.
2. Bioanthro stats
3. Orbital mechanics
4. Business ethics
5. Conspiracy Theories
1. Drafting.
2. Bioanthro stats
3. Orbital mechanics
4. Business ethics
5. Conspiracy Theories
Laughter didn’t start with stand-up comedy. Chimps, bonobos, and even ancient humans cracked up too. Joy is in our bones—and maybe our guts. #PaleoPost #BioAnthro #HumanOrigins #WOPA #AncientJoy
April 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Laughter didn’t start with stand-up comedy. Chimps, bonobos, and even ancient humans cracked up too. Joy is in our bones—and maybe our guts. #PaleoPost #BioAnthro #HumanOrigins #WOPA #AncientJoy
Didn't we all grow up with Kanzi in learning and teaching bioanthro.
RIP
RIP
Kanzi the bonobo has sadly passed away. You can follow the link to find out more about this incredible primate. I feel lucky to have learned about him in my undergraduate "Apes" class & to have held a Skype virtual meeting with Kanzi and his other ape friends at Ape Iniative. RIP handsome. #Primates
Remembering Kanzi — Ape Initiative
www.apeinitiative.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Didn't we all grow up with Kanzi in learning and teaching bioanthro.
RIP
RIP
Before writing, our earliest humans used simple sounds & gestures to connect. The first words sparked bonds and built communities—planting the seed for stories that still shape us today. #LanguageOrigins #WOPA #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #BioAnthro
April 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Before writing, our earliest humans used simple sounds & gestures to connect. The first words sparked bonds and built communities—planting the seed for stories that still shape us today. #LanguageOrigins #WOPA #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #BioAnthro
Your body hair is a fossilized feature—passed down from ancestors who needed warmth, awareness, and maybe a little flair. It’s not just fluff; it’s evolution in action. #HairyHistory #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #WOPA #BioAnthro #EvolutionIsCool
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Your body hair is a fossilized feature—passed down from ancestors who needed warmth, awareness, and maybe a little flair. It’s not just fluff; it’s evolution in action. #HairyHistory #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #WOPA #BioAnthro #EvolutionIsCool
it seems to not be able to search uppercase in hashtags, because it is also happening to the bioanthro conference right now.
March 18, 2026 at 9:37 PM
it seems to not be able to search uppercase in hashtags, because it is also happening to the bioanthro conference right now.
Bones are not passive structures. A new evolutionary study shows how shifts in locomotion, from life on land to bipedalism, reshaped the molecular systems that let bone sense and adapt to load. #HumanEvolution #BioAnthro #Paleo www.anthropology.net/p/when-bones...
When Bones Learned to Listen
How shifts in locomotion rewired the molecular machinery of the vertebrate skeleton
www.anthropology.net
December 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Bones are not passive structures. A new evolutionary study shows how shifts in locomotion, from life on land to bipedalism, reshaped the molecular systems that let bone sense and adapt to load. #HumanEvolution #BioAnthro #Paleo www.anthropology.net/p/when-bones...
I love my job and the company I work for. The products we make save lives every day. I get to use all all of my CIS, Archival, BioAnthro, and Historian skill sets and then some.
I get to do a lot of really fascinating, fun things.
And I'm learning new things every day, even six years later.
I get to do a lot of really fascinating, fun things.
And I'm learning new things every day, even six years later.
November 16, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I love my job and the company I work for. The products we make save lives every day. I get to use all all of my CIS, Archival, BioAnthro, and Historian skill sets and then some.
I get to do a lot of really fascinating, fun things.
And I'm learning new things every day, even six years later.
I get to do a lot of really fascinating, fun things.
And I'm learning new things every day, even six years later.
And if my dim memories of bioanthro serve, walking upright on 2 legs is just bad design. Our spines did not get optimized. Wheels, multiple teeny-tiny legs, four equally long limbs, there's so many better ways to move through our environments!
April 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
And if my dim memories of bioanthro serve, walking upright on 2 legs is just bad design. Our spines did not get optimized. Wheels, multiple teeny-tiny legs, four equally long limbs, there's so many better ways to move through our environments!
Drinking and watching alternative rock bands at Ricks & Joe's Star Lounge.
Oh, and Zoology & BioAnthro.
Oh, and Zoology & BioAnthro.
March 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Drinking and watching alternative rock bands at Ricks & Joe's Star Lounge.
Oh, and Zoology & BioAnthro.
Oh, and Zoology & BioAnthro.
From bioanthro/forensics? We really can't sex skeletons anywhere near as firmly and accurately as people think. The best any experienced skeletal person is gonna say, if they're ethical, is being? 80% possibility of (sex).
From writing? Traditional publishing is abusive AF to marginalized writers.
From writing? Traditional publishing is abusive AF to marginalized writers.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
In some states, the right to an appointed attorney, "if you cannot afford" one, made famous by the Miranda warning, is not guaranteed for misdemeanor charges, even when the defendant ends up serving their sentence in prison or jail.
In some states, the right to an appointed attorney, "if you cannot afford" one, made famous by the Miranda warning, is not guaranteed for misdemeanor charges, even when the defendant ends up serving their sentence in prison or jail.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Federal judges may sentence someone based on alleged conduct related to uncharged crimes and crimes for which the jury returned a not guilty verdict. See US v Watts (1997).
Federal judges may sentence someone based on alleged conduct related to uncharged crimes and crimes for which the jury returned a not guilty verdict. See US v Watts (1997).
September 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM
From bioanthro/forensics? We really can't sex skeletons anywhere near as firmly and accurately as people think. The best any experienced skeletal person is gonna say, if they're ethical, is being? 80% possibility of (sex).
From writing? Traditional publishing is abusive AF to marginalized writers.
From writing? Traditional publishing is abusive AF to marginalized writers.
There are some good areas of bioanthro but few and far between. My undergrad anthro class (not at Harvard lol) didn't get into this, but there was a lot of ultra adaptationist stuff. And my prof talked about the evolution of women's bodies in a creepy way. He got great course reviews 😬
January 14, 2024 at 6:22 PM
There are some good areas of bioanthro but few and far between. My undergrad anthro class (not at Harvard lol) didn't get into this, but there was a lot of ultra adaptationist stuff. And my prof talked about the evolution of women's bodies in a creepy way. He got great course reviews 😬
Don't forget to participate in the survey we organised with Lumila Menéndez
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Data archiving and sharing survey
The goal of this survey is to understand general attitudes and habits surrounding data archiving and sharing across biological anthropologists. The target demographic for this survey is researchers as...
docs.google.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Don't forget to participate in the survey we organised with Lumila Menéndez
on Open Science/Open Data in Bioanthro: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We would like to represent as many ideas as possible on this relevant matter! Please share the link and spread the word!
on Open Science/Open Data in Bioanthro: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We would like to represent as many ideas as possible on this relevant matter! Please share the link and spread the word!
Nice Proc B article on climate change and weight gain in owl monkeys by Yale bioanthro PhD student Jonathan Pertile. 👍 @jonathanpertile.bsky.social news.yale.edu/2026/05/20/w...
Warmer temps, heavier owl monkeys: Climate linked to weight gain in primates
A Yale-led study finds that Azara’s owl monkeys have gotten heavier as temperatures rise — a result that defies long-standing expectations about how animals adapt to warm climates.
news.yale.edu
May 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Nice Proc B article on climate change and weight gain in owl monkeys by Yale bioanthro PhD student Jonathan Pertile. 👍 @jonathanpertile.bsky.social news.yale.edu/2026/05/20/w...
Hello 🧪, am I doing this right? Any geneticist /bioanthro friends on here?!
June 22, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Hello 🧪, am I doing this right? Any geneticist /bioanthro friends on here?!
I studied bioanthro in college, and the most reassuring thing I got from it was “different cultures raise their kids a huge variety of different ways and they all turn out basically fine”
September 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I studied bioanthro in college, and the most reassuring thing I got from it was “different cultures raise their kids a huge variety of different ways and they all turn out basically fine”