Archaeologist, biological anthropologist, //Studies environmental change, human ecology, domestication, diet, food @IowaStateU in @WLC_ISU
Ames, IA
Joined October 2011
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Fungal jailbreak! Golden oyster mushrooms came into people's homes via growing kits, busted out of their basements, and have started expanding into local forests in North America.
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New Open Access resource: A Digital Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, by @idiom_project at @UniBonn, it combines epigraphic research with digital tools, correcting classifications, adding hundreds of signs, and enabling powerful search & filter functions.
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Avoiding Ultraprocessed Foods Might Double Weight Loss nytimes.com/2025/08/04/well/…
‘Scopes monkey trial’ turns 100 theguardian.com/culture/2025…
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How do animals move in perfect sync without a leader? In the latest Science Sessions episode, we explore how individual decisions shape collective behavior in ants, birds, fish, and more. Listen now: ow.ly/EBj250VR6RY
ALT A silhouette of ants working together in a coordinated chain, forming a bridge-like structure as they climb. Image credit: Chris R. Reid and Simon Garnier
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A new variety of rice created by simple cross breeding could reduce the plant’s emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, by nearly three quarters. newscientist.com/article/246…
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Ancient human populations in Bolivia may have intentionally fed muscovy ducks and been largely reliant on maize agriculture, prior to the colonial invasion of the Amazon Basin, according to research published in @NatureHumBehav. go.nature.com/4h5twzu
ALT A tethered muscovy duck in the village of Jasiaquiri, Llanos de Mojos. Ducks were probably also kept like this in pre-Hispanic times. Credit: Heiko Prümers / Deutsches Archäologisches Institut / German Archaeological Institute
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‘Grief is not just a human thing.’ trib.al/dgM6QoZ
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This #NationalMarineSanctuaryDay, learn about the newest sanctuary designated just this month on California's Central Coast. The @CHNMSanctuary is the third largest in the U.S., protecting 4500+ square miles of ocean and coast. Learn more from @AudubonCA: bit.ly/3YAIGWQ
ALT A graphic with a photo of many cormorants swimming off a mountainous coast overlaid with the text, "Designation of Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Shows the Power of Tribal-Led Conservation"
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By recommending that children avoid exposure to peanuts until age 3, doctors inadvertently turned a rare issue into a major health problem, writes Dr. Marty Makary
🔗: on.wsj.com/47Cj6DF
"Then there is insurance"...
Kendric Cromer, 12, is among the first patients to be treated with gene therapy just approved by the F.D.A. that many other patients face obstacles to receiving. nyti.ms/3MRd1tq
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In @nytopinion
“America’s problem isn’t that we’re a bunch of hedonists hooked on capitalism’s ‘dopamine hits’ — it’s that so many of us aren’t able to get our social, physical and emotional needs met in healthy ways,” writes Maia Szalavitz. nyti.ms/3XK6qaN
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In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @j_welkin and @CognitiveEcol join @mclean_ka to talk about their research on how memory helps mountain chickadees survive.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3Xgg8jr
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Miniscule monkeys called marmosets give one another individual “names.” scim.ag/8fl
"Like any other biological trait, fear is subject to evolution."
The face-hugger in Alien, an odious, zoological mash-up of scurrying spider and slithering snake, taps into fears and terrors symbolized in folklore and religions throughout human history. nautil.us/why-are-so-many-mo…
