Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Midwestern University, Hominin evolution, eastern Africa, faunal change, teeth, stable isotopes, and Bayesian models
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20 Dec 2025
Mini pig cuteness🚨: we found fossils of a mini pig (Cainochoerus) in the southern Kenyan Rift, near Narok, the first reporting of Cainochoerus at the site (Lemudong’o). Link to the article @JVP_vertpaleo : doi.org/10.1080/02724634.202…
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Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent, at 14.29 million square kilometers (5.52 million square miles) on March 15, edging just below last year’s record and statistically tying for the lowest maximum in the 48-year satellite record. bit.ly/4sBUe95
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Mar 13
If only people understood what this graph shows...
It's a failure of education and media.
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I’m delighted to share our new paper on sedimentary plant waxes and their use to assess past hydroclimate since the Younger Dryas in Central Europe:🍃👨🔬🌦️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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Feb 23
Oh look Pliocene CO2 levels
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430.48 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 22-Feb-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/
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These fossils help understand the composition of African ecosystems during the time when human ancestors were first evolving
Collaborative study by @MidwesternUniv, @museumsofkenya, @ICP_MCrusafont (@ashleyshammond), and others
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/02724634.202…
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Feb 12
CERDO PREHISTÓRICO
Descubiertos en Kenia restos de una especie de pequeño cerdo (Cainochoerus) de hace 6 millones de años
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vía @ICP_MCrusafont
#Mioceno #Mamiferos
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Feb 18
📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢
We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.
Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city
jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM026/lectur…
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Check it out! We found the first evidence of mini-pigs at Lemudong’o, a 6 million-year-old site in southern Kenya. This is the first new species from Lemudong’o to be published in last 20 years. 🐷🐽🐷
And yes… Ashley Hammond loves little jamones! 🐖
🗞️Mini-pig with a big story: bit.ly/4rMinJb
New fossil discoveries document the presence of an extinct and unusually small pig, Cainochoerus, in eastern Africa during the late Miocene (~6 Ma). The species was far smaller than any living African pig
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Thank you ICP for the coverage! It's a great pleasure working with you all! The article is free to access via tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
🗞️Mini-pig with a big story: bit.ly/4rMinJb
New fossil discoveries document the presence of an extinct and unusually small pig, Cainochoerus, in eastern Africa during the late Miocene (~6 Ma). The species was far smaller than any living African pig
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人間環境大学: 総合環境学部フィールド⾃然学科専任教員の公募（陸上動物の⽣態学・⾏動学） jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJo…
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Our latest issue is live! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi…
The cover features an exciting new Homo habilis specimen from Ileret by Fred Grine and colleagues: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Excellent write-up in @ScienceMagazine by Ann Gibbons (@evolutionscribe) of the exciting new Ileret Homo material: science.org/content/article/…
Check out the original AR article by Frederick Grine and colleagues here: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi…
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1/ 🦴 Homo habilis skeleton KNM-ER 64061 unveiled – the oldest and most complete postcranial evidence known (~2.02–2.06 Ma). Key for understanding early human biology. #HomoHabilis #PaleoAnthro #ICP
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KNM-ER 64061, most complete Homo habilis skeleton yet (Koobi Fora) shows primitive limb proportions: long forearms, thick cortices, small body mass (~31 kg) & ~160 cm stature. Upper limbs like early Homo, but proportions differ from H. erectus
Grine et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi…
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20 Dec 2025
Mini pig cuteness🚨: we found fossils of a mini pig (Cainochoerus) in the southern Kenyan Rift, near Narok, the first reporting of Cainochoerus at the site (Lemudong’o). Link to the article @JVP_vertpaleo : doi.org/10.1080/02724634.202…
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20 Dec 2025
I'm fortunate work with our amazing team that include @KyaloManthi @museumsofkenya, Julia Arenson at Yale, @ErinDiMaggio at Penn State, Stan Ambrose at UIUC, @AntoineSouron at U Bordeaux, and @ashleyshammond @ICP_MCrusafont
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20 Dec 2025
Our fieldwork is sponsored by @AMNH @RGGSatAMNH @NSF @NatGeo @TheLeakeyFndtn Our field team came from @museumsofkenya U Nairobi @uonbi and the Enkorica village of Narok
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20 Dec 2025
🚨New Pub!🚨The first occurrence of Cainochoerus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Late Miocene Lemudong’o Formation, Kenya🐷🇰🇪by Yang et al.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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16 Dec 2025
🐾 Our #DownersGrove Campus has received state approval to offer a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. The new Chicago College of Veterinary Medicine will include a teaching hospital for hands-on training, with the first class expected in 2028, pending accreditation.
ALT Midwestern University’s Downers Grove Campus has received a significant endorsement for its proposed four-year Chicago College of Veterinary Medicine (CCVM), which will include a full teaching hospital to support hands-on clinical education for students. On November 12, 2025, the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) approved the program, authorizing the University to confer the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree. The decision represents a major milestone as Midwestern University continues progressing toward full accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education.
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